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www.constructionnews.net H (210) 308-5800 H Volume 16 H Number 11 H NOVEMBER 2018
The electric flourish
Stilt to last
Front row sitting down L-R: Greg Jarchow – CFO, Robin Shearer – Office manager/mom, Randy Leveen – VP service department and Robert Scott – President/Owner
Charlie Richardson, owner of ChasCo Interiors, Inc.
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e joined Petri Electric Inc. as Vice President of Construction with a handshake “buy-out” deal with Chuck Petri. Robert Scott was intrigued by what Mr. Petri had established. Petri Electric was originally founded in 1980. Scott’s opportunity came about in 2005 after he resigned with a well-known electrical contractor. He was a vice president in the company and had been with them for 20 years. “When Chuck Petri called me there was a project manager that Petri found through a search firm and he had listed me as a former supervisor,” said Scott. “As I proceeded to give Chuck a reference, I became interested in what he was offering. I set up a meeting with Chuck, we became friends and be-
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fore you knew it, I was onto a new adventure with Petri Electric.” Upon his arrival he was “very impressed with the culture.” He said, “There was a great culture, so I felt the best thing for me to do is to become part of the Petri culture.” Scott came from a $150 million dollar company and at the time of joining Petri Electric, the company was a $4 million dollar company. Nonetheless, after Scott became part of the culture he began to instill his management concepts, and sales. Scott shared that now the company does about $22 million dollars worth of work a year. “Roughly $5 million of that is commercial service work and $17 million of that is major construction, which includes major remodel jobs.” continued on Page 16
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harlie Richardson still remembers his “first steps.” He was 16 and tottering on stilts on a job site, helping his dad install suspended acoustical ceilings. “It was Bambi on ice,” Richardson says, laughing at the memory. “But I was pretty good at it right away. It didn’t take me long at all, maybe 10 minutes.” Richardson actually took to all aspects of the industry right away. “I grew up cutting my teeth on it because all my dad did was suspended acoustical ceilings for a company in the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s,” Richardson says. “He worked for large drywall companies and was in charge of ceilings. We did malls and hospitals, including Harris Hospital,
Cooks Children’s Hospital and All Saints. As a kid in the summers, I was out there helping; that’s how I learned. I liked it for some reason. I feel like God gave me a talent. By the time I was 18, I was pretty fast and good at it. I knew my calling and knew I wanted my own company. I knew it when I was 18 years old.” Richardson worked under his father’s tutelage for the next 12 years. When his dad retired in 1990, Richardson took over the position. “I continued working for that company for a few years, but I wanted to do more,” Richardson says. “I was making a contacts with people and I started doing other drywall jobs on the side. Before you continued on Page 16
Drive-thru construction
n 2017, Kevin McKibben founded MAC Construction & Development Services to fulfill his personal vision for excellence in construction. Through strong strategic planning and analytical skills, MAC Construction specializes in full service execution of commercial real estate development performing general contracting and construction management for owners and developers. Under their management platform, MAC provides clients with expert construction and development services from project inception through completion. As a general contractor, they work as an extension of their client’s team, from initial design coordination through bid packaging, handling the management and coordination of subcontractors and vendors from project start to construction completion. Celebrating their first year, MAC Construction has been successful in the com-
mercial construction arena in ground ups, remodels and tenant finish outs for QSRs, restaurants, retail, office medical, and automotive and fuel sectors of the construction industry for both private and public clients. MAC began construction of the Starbucks Shell for Christon Company in the spring of this year. The project took 60 days to complete. The construction of the Starbucks shell cost approximately $565,000 to complete. The new construction shell of the Starbucks building’s exterior was constructed primarily of stucco and thin brick. Project Manager and Superintendent Jake Scott communicated with Rogue Architects to ensure the project’s details were performed to the owner’s highest expectations. The MAC team experienced no complications and delivStarbucks, 5527 E R L Thornton Fwy., Dallas, TX.
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