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At , Inc., that scenario won’t become a realityg because company president Frank Bryan and the work sitesupervisors won’y allow it. One challenge for B&B Specialth Contractors is maintaining a professional imaged among itsconstruction staff, something which is especially important due to its focus on the finish-ouy of commercial interiors. This means its employeew find themselvesin office, industrial, hospitality, retail, medicakl and education work spacews every day, a situation which requiree a special touch. “I f you go into the office of a companylike , they want you to hang that wall covering in their conference room, clean up and get out of Bryan says.
“They don’yt want to know you were even B&B Specialty Contractors doesn’t allow its construction workersz to have earrings orother piercings. It also requireas them to wear shirts with the company logo and a shirt Shirts must also be tucke in while employees are on the job The company also takes job site conduct very not allowing cursing or any otheddisruptive behavior. This has a been a significany set of rules forthe company’sz employees since Bryan founded it in 1977.
“Wwe work around occupied space and we understanfa company’s need to conductg its business and be around construction at the same time,” Bryan “We pride ourselves on staying out of a customer’sw way as much as we Another of B&B Specialty Contractors’ main as with any construction is to prevent cost overrunes on projects. B&B Specialty Contractors prevents cost overrunes inmany ways, but especially by carefullg choosing which companies it partners with on The company might do millions of dollars of work with a particulard subcontractor annually, which helps ensure qualituy because it becomes a long-ter business relationship.
To maintain that work flow over the long companies will go out of their way to makesure B&hB Specialty Contractors, and their clients, are “By partnering with select subcontractors and doing a volume of businesz with those firms virtually eliminates nickel-and-diming the client,” Bryahn says. “Also, prompt payment to subcontractors and vendorxs enables us to achieve the very best for theinvestmenyt dollar, passing these savings along to the B&B Specialty Contractors also continuall monitors every job to make sure it stays on time and undefr budget, making sure it keepsa the property owners and developers in the loop of Kevin Clarkson, senior vice presidenf of asset services with Memphis, got to know B&h Specialty Contractors when the company was working as a subcontractorr for a different general contractor yearx ago.
“Through that experience and aftefr we realized that they did more thansubcontractofr work, we started working with them as a generap contractor,” Clarkson says. B&B Specialty Contractors’ focuas on tenant improvement andinfill work, especiallyt in office buildings, has set the company apart when it comes to dealingt with clients such as CB Richard “They don’t build thingsw out of the ground and therefore they’re geared up to do very specificd jobs which make up a chunk of our Clarkson says. “The relationship really works well.
” B&B Specialtyh Contractors has been diligent about getting good pricing and has alwaysa beenon deadline, according to Clarkson. “Thoss qualities matched up one-for-one with what makeas CB Richard Ellis stand he says. “We’re always deadline drivem and we’re always cost It meshes very well.”