Tag: Contractor of the Year finalist

Contractor of the Year

Couple grow successful excavation business from a dump truck and grit

Clint and Amber Stephenson of CLS Excavation have been named 2020 Contractor of the Year finalists. Learn more about them and CLS Excavation on Equipment World.

December 31, 2020

Contractor of the Year

How Two Brothers are Protecting 108 Years of Construction Legacy

To say brothers Scott and Tyler Roberts grew up in construction is an understatement. The two can trace the lineage of JLR Contractors back to their great-grandfather, J. Lyne Roberts Sr., who in 1912 started building homes in Provo. As they shared a bedroom growing up, the brothers talked about following their grandfather John Roberts […]

October 14, 2020

Contractor of the Year

Giordano Construction’s Quality, Versatility, Safety Record Pulled Company Through a Crucial Pivot

“We’re known for top quality,” says Tom Giordano from behind his desk. “We’re not known for being cheap. I tell people that call here for a bid the same thing.”

September 14, 2020

Contractor of the Year

This Carolina Contractor Masters Mountainous Terrain, Runs Distillery on the Side

“I took off my coat and tie and went into the ditch,” is how Wendell Howard describes his introduction to construction after majoring in accounting and business in college and working at a bank. For the next nine years he gained experience working under mentors such as Clarence Little and Garland Terry, who provided guidance […]

August 21, 2020

Contractor of the Year

Ohio’s Evans Construction specializes in relationships, “doing the unusual”

One of this year's Equipment World's Contractor of the Year finalists is Dean Evans with Evans Construction in Greentown, Ohio. Learn more about Evans here.

April 7, 2020

Contractor of the Year

This engineer ‘wanted to be the guy.’ So he built a successful construction firm

John Kovacs never thought he was on a path to a career in construction. With an engineering degree from The Citadel and ambitions to work in Manhattan, Kovacs started his career with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and entered the agency’s management training program. However, Kovacs’ opinion of contracting changed drastically […]

March 20, 2020

Contractor of the Year

Family’s ‘diversify or die’ attitude grows playground installation business

Jim Davis Jr. awoke to his phone ringing on a Monday morning in 1993. He looked at the clock. It was 6 a.m. “Let’s go,” said his father, Jim Sr., on the other end. “I just graduated college yesterday,” his son replied. “Yeah, now it’s time to go to work.” “He didn’t even give me […]

March 5, 2020

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Couple combine talents, find niche building cell towers throughout Southeast

Ken and Kellie Cooley made the perfect match for life – and for business. Before they met, Kellie had spent most of her career in the communications business, as an employee and a business owner. Ken had worked in the construction side of the industry, building cell towers and other communications infrastructure. In 2007, they formed […]

January 29, 2020

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How this husband and wife built a construction firm with loyalty to employees and giving second chances

Greg Huylar was born and raised on the Yakima Indian reservation. His father was a cattle rancher, tending up to 350 head, and Greg spent the better part of his youth on horseback working cattle in the mountains of Washington state. Despite studying agriculture in college, Greg didn’t want to spend the rest of his […]

January 2, 2020

Contractor of the Year

With deep roots in construction, this small, tight-knit Georgia contractor has reached Hollywood heights

Don Logan knew what he wanted to do right out of high school, and it had nothing to do with going to college as his father wished. “My father was in home building, and I liked being on his equipment,” Don recalls. So after graduation in 1995, he started doing a number of jobs, including […]

November 28, 2019

Contractor of the Year

A&A Paving’s best customer bought the whole business; has since built upon a legacy of great service

When Bob Olson started A&A Paving in 1960 he had a goal of running the best little asphalt paving and sealcoating company in the Chicagoland area. With a great work ethic, personable style and innovative practices, Olson earned a cadre of loyal customers for the better part of six decades. But when Olson started thinking […]

November 7, 2019

Contractor of the Year

Facing an empty bank account, Rita Lawrence started a paving business to survive. Now they call her “Mama Bear”

Rita Lawrence shares how she and her husband started L & L Asphalt and what it is like owning an asphalt company in the construction industry. Details here.

October 10, 2019