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By Jay Adams CEG CORRESPONDENT
Todd Clarke digs his work. He is every construction worker with a dream; one that came true. As a boy, Clarke, now in his 30s, would watch the largest, oldest Fourth of July Parade in the United States march through the streets of his native downtown Bristol, R.I. Every summer, the large trucks and marchers would strut over the red-white-and-blue stripes painted down Americana’s most visible Main Street. Machines Under the Floats Clarke never focused on the floats and the fluff, the marching bands or the colorful pomp of 200 marching units. Raised in a construction family by his hard-working father William, the boy centered his eyes on the vehicles that carried them and the large trucks pulling them, the heavy iron. “I started my business in Bristol in 2003,” said Clarke, owner of ZFC Construction that covers work throughout
Bristol County. “I just wanted to run my own business because I had an extreme interest in running heavy equipment — the trucks, the excavators, all the machines always fascinated me.” His company will celebrate 10 successful years in 2013. These stories have been told many times before. A boy helps his father on his job sites. He gets to run the machines. The kid realizes he never wants to do anything else. It becomes a dream and, eventually, through experience and hard work, a way of life for him and his new family. And so it has been for Clarke, whose family now includes his wife Jaclyn, son, Zachary, 8, and daughter, Samantha, 5. In fact, ZFC Construction is named with Zachary’s initials. That is how much ‘Family’ is part of the family business. Father on the Job 50 Years Todd Clarke’s father, William, owned a tree and landscaping company for more than 50 years. Todd still works occasionally with the man who has never contemplated see ZFC page 4