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Here are the 12 finalists for our 2017 Contractor of the Year award
While it came down to some tough decisions, the Equipment World editors have named the 12 finalists for the magazine’s 2017 Contractor of the Year award, now in its 17th year. Sponsored by Caterpillar since its inception in 2000, the Equipment World Contractor of the Year event honors 12 finalists during a weekend event that […]
December 9, 2016
Contractor of the Year
Focus on top-notch employees, business diversity grows success for Missouri’s B&P Excavating
Mike Brown has never had a job that wasn’t in construction. For 17 years, he worked as a general contractor superintendent for a large construction company before venturing out on his own. He started in 1992 with just one backhoe. Now that backhoe – and the desire to make a mark his own way – […]
November 24, 2016
Business
How Louisiana contractor Dieudonne Enterprises rose in Katrina’s wake
Hurricane Katrina is simply called “The Storm” in New Orleans, and that’s certainly a description of what it created in Tina Dieudonne’s life. Her small, tourist-related businesses took a hit in the storm’s aftermath, and she realized she needed to look for another opportunity. She found it in the massive rebuilding that consumed the city […]
October 28, 2016
Business
Contractor of the Year entry deadline extended to Oct. 14
The deadline for nominations for the Equipment World Contractor of the Year contest, which honors 12 finalists each year, has been extended. Contractors and peers who wish to nominate them now have until October 14, 2016, to apply to the program. To enter, go to Equipment World’s Contractor of the Year page, and click on the “Apply Now” […]
October 6, 2016
Business
California’s Hansen Bros. is a family construction business in more ways than one
Jeff Hansen knows a thing or two about tests, not the kind you get in school but the kind life throws at you—sometimes known as opportunities. Although Hansen grew up working in the construction business started by his grandfather and great uncles, he traveled out of state to attend college at the University of Nevada […]
August 26, 2016
Business
“Whatever it takes” the philosophy behind resilient New York contractor Gorick Construction
“Whatever it takes” on the surface may bring up thoughts of driving a square peg through a round hole with an enormous hammer, but for Al Gorick, it signifies a philosophy that a job will be done the right way, no matter what resources are needed. The slogan is part of Gorick Construction’s logo, and […]
July 12, 2016
Contractor of the Year
Inspired by father, Nebraska contractor built his company into an American Dream
The TCW in TCW Construction stands for “Tony’s Cement Works,” a tribute to the company started by Joe Delgado’s father, Lorenzo (Tony) Delgado. “We use his wheelbarrow logo to this day,” says Delgado, president of the Lincoln, Nebraska firm. In true American dream fashion, however, the son’s company has far eclipsed what his father started. […]
May 30, 2016
Business
Why this Colorado excavation contractor refuses to call his staff “employees”
Although it’s often said that you can’t please everyone all the time, Bradley Grubaugh says he’s sure going to try. With 35 years of construction experience, Bradley knew a thing or two about how to keep both clients and employees happy when he formed Bradley Excavating in Colorado Springs in 2002. With a scope of […]
May 4, 2016
Business
How an equipment operator turned 1 backhoe into a business with a 30-machine fleet
Andy Brown didn’t grow up in construction. His parents and grandparents were successful in the restaurant business. But, what he learned from them—about hard work and keeping a close eye on the books,— has served him well. After high school in Atascadero, California, Brown apprenticed with the Operating Engineers Local 12 and worked for Granite […]
March 16, 2016
Success Stories
Vermont’s G. W. Tatro Construction named 2016 Contractor of the Year
Greg and Dawn Tatro, owners of G. W. Tatro Construction, were named Equipment World’s 2016 Contractor of the Year at ceremonies in Las Vegas this weekend. The Tatros, who perform both civil and mountain ski infrastructure work out of Jeffersonville, Vermont, received some of the highest client recommendations that Equipment World editors had heard in […]
March 8, 2016
Business
From digging graves as a boy to relocating a construction business during the recession, Tim Humerick built a career staring down the odds
Tim Humerick has spent little of his life doing things he didn’t want to do. There was the one time he got a job in high school at Kroger that lasted all of a couple of weeks. “It was kind of hard to get hours at my other job during the winter, so I went […]
January 18, 2016
Business
Announcing the 12 finalists in our 2016 Contractor of the Year awards
We are proud to announce the 2016 finalists for our Contractor of the Year program, now in its 16th year. Sponsored by Caterpillar since 2000, the Contractor of the Year program honors 12 finalists during a weekend event that includes the March 6th NASCAR Kobalt Tools 400 race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Held […]
November 25, 2015
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