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San Antonio Construction News • Mar 2016
Adding metal to the mill
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Formed by the Collier family
Universal Form Tops, a family-owned laminate countertop manufacturing company, celebrated its 60th anniversary last year. L-R: Jim Welsh, sales; Sandy Collier, scheduling; Becky Logan, bookkeeper; Leonard Cortez, sales –mh
Members of the sales team at Roddis Lumber & Veneer L-R: John Williams, Bob Weaver, Tom Klar, Jim Barnhart
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s Roddis Lumber & Veneer prepares to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the family-owned business next year, the supplier has made a few changes, adding a new division and a new product manager to run it. On Jan. 1, Roddis opened a metal door and metal frame division, bringing John Williams, who has more than 20 years of experience, on as the division’s product manager. “We sell primarily to commercial and residential cabinet shops throughout South Texas,” explains Scott Friedrichsen, operations manager. “We also are in the residential and commercial millwork business where we sell doors and windows. Our target [in that division] is the custom homebuilders. Of course, we have a lot of contractors and GCs that are our customer base. So, since we’re already selling doors and windows, we decided to go into hollow metal doors and frames and hardware.” Friedrichsen estimates that business
revenue is 50-percent commercial and 50-percent residential. Roddis has been a supplier for Hotel Emma and the St. Anthony Hotel restoration. With the company for 17 years, Friedrichsen’s wife is the granddaughter of the founding Weaver. Today, Tom Weaver is the company’s president. Friedrichsen believes the family ownership and being in a single location for most of its history has led Roddis through the nine-plus decades in a changing market. He notes that they have always adapted quickly and focused on the customer. He adds that they’ve had very low employee turnover. With most of its staff with the company for many years, the stability of the organization has been an asset to the company. Founded in 1922, Roddis Lumber & Veneer has been owned and operated by the Weaver family for nearly a century. The company primarily supplies hardwood plywood, hardwood lumber, melamine, and doors and windows. –mh
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Intern-al staff
L-R: Tony Recine, Jorge Bernal and Earl McIntosh, SPACECO, have been working together since the civil engineering firm opened its San Antonio office. Bernal is a junior studying civil engineering at UTSA and has been interning at SPACECO. McIntosh notes, “We have two interns, and we’re looking to hire another one. We have a very good relationship with the UTSA School of Engineering, and they’re doing a lot of things to help us to attract more interns to work with us, and it’s working out wonderfully.” –mh
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A fond farewell
Kennedy Wire Rope & Sling Company hosted a farewell party for Leroy “Butch” Stucky just before he retired on Dec. 31. Though he joined the company in 1999 working parttime outside sales, he was always there for his customers, even on his days off. He will be enjoying retirement with his wife, four children, nine grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren. –mh