Masonry Magazine March 2006 Page. 17
Naturally Beautiful, Durable and Easier to Install.
Whistler: It sends a great message to our associates, the people that help us do the work, and also to new potential clients. They're great pats on the back... When you're recognized among all your peers, and a lot of other engineers and architects are there, the next time they have an influence on who's going to be able to bid on a particular project, they'll be there to validate our name when it's mentioned.
Masonry: Two years ago, Shook Construction received an "Outstanding General Contractor Award" from the regional American Subcontractors Association. What does it mean to you to receive this award?
Whistler: We operate our general contracting and masonry operations as two separate businesses. They have two separate business plans and two different strategies. The reason they do is because they don't necessarily coincide business cycle-wise. We may need all our masonry work to be done under general trade work, all at the same time, and we have a limited supply of skilled craftsmen and foremen. Likewise, it's important that we keep those masonry employees constantly busy over a year's time.
In our general contracting business, we subcontract 80 percent of our work. So, 80 percent of our effort and work is based on what is provided by specialty contractors. The extent to which we do a good job organizing a project and make those specialty contractors efficient in their operations and able to derive a profit, we receive very competitive proposals from them on the next job.
We live and breathe on the general contracting site by our specialty contractors. Every once in a while, they raise their hands and say we're the best general contractor in the area to work for, and it really means a lot to us.
Masonry: Shook Construction offers a design-build approach. Explain how adding this service has been beneficial.
Whistler: Owners, more and more, want to get their projects completed
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