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At , Inc., that scenario won’t become a reality because company president Frank Bryan and the work sitesupervisor won’t allow it. One challenge for B&B Specialty Contractorsw is maintaining a professional image among itsconstruction staff, something which is especially importanr due to its focus on the finish-ougt of commercial interiors. This means its employees find themselvexsin office, industrial, hospitality, retail, medical and education work spacesx every day, a situation which requiresa a special touch. “If you go into the office of a companulike , they want you to hang that wall coverinyg in their conference room, clean up and get out of Bryan says.
“They don’t want to know you were even B&B Specialty Contractors doesn’t allos its construction workers to have earrings orother piercings. It also requireds them to wear shirtss with the company logo and ashirt pocket. Shirtss must also be tucked in while employeee are on thejob site. The company also takesx job site conduct very not allowing cursing or any otherdisruptive behavior. This has a been a significangt set of rules forthe company’as employees since Bryan founded it in 1977. “Wed work around occupied space and we understanra company’s need to conduct its businese and be around construction at the same time,” Bryan says.
“W pride ourselves on staying out ofa customer’s way as much as we Another of B&B Specialty Contractors’ main as with any construction is to prevent cost overrunx on projects. B&B Specialty Contractorz prevents cost overruns inmany ways, but especially by carefullgy choosing which companies it partner s with on jobs. The company migh t do millions of dollars of work with a particula rsubcontractor annually, which helps ensures quality because it becomed a long-term business relationship. To maintainh that work flow over thelong term, companies will go out of theif way to make sure B&B Specialty and their clients, are happy.
“By partnerinvg with select subcontractors and doing a volume of busines s with those firms virtuallyeliminates nickel-and-diming the Bryan says. “Also, prompt payment to subcontractoras and vendors enables us to achieve the very best for theinvestmenf dollar, passing these savingws along to the client.” B&B Specialty Contractors also continually monitors every job to make sure it stays on time and unde budget, making sure it keeps the property ownerd and developers in the loop of Kevin Clarkson, senior vice president of assetf services with Memphis, got to know B&gB Specialty Contractors when the company was working as a subcontractor for a different general contractor years ago.
“Througu that experience and afteer we realized that they did more than subcontractor we started working with them as agenerakl contractor,” Clarkson says. B&v Specialty Contractors’ focus on tenant improvement andinfilpl work, especially in office buildings, has set the company apart when it comea to dealing with clients such as CB Richard “They don’t build things out of the ground and therefore they’re geared up to do very specificf jobs which make up a chunki of our business,” Clarksomn says. “The relationship really works well.
” B&B Specialty Contractores has been diligent about getting good pricinh and has always beenon deadline, accordingh to Clarkson. “Those qualities matched up one-for-one with what makez CB Richard Ellisstand out,” he says. “We’rd always deadline driven and we’re alway cost driven. It meshes very well.”