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In October of this year, Silver Strike Concrete will be kicking off a project for an airport parking structure in Reno, a project that will require a great deal of experience, attention to detail, and service. Miller says that this type of work is challenging but rewarding to pull off—which the team typically does without a hitch.

Never resting on its laurels, Tornado Infrastructure Equipment will continue to focus on research and development, as well as providing a customer-centric approach, Thiel affirms. Continuing to provide the highest quality product in its industry is made possible by focusing on client needs and designing products with intent, while also providing relevant solutions to support customers' daily operations.

Senior Architect and Partner, Philippe Ashby, appreciates that such a longstanding firm continues to evolve and build on its capabilities, adding three new partners since we last spoke in 2021 and never resting on its laurels. These new partners, he says, bring experience in design, construction, technology, and the technical side of architecture, all of which exemplify the work that DMA does. Moves like these showcase the firm's vision of keeping its expertise broad and building on a strong foundation.

On the flip side, Messco also welcomes industry veterans with decades of experience, who help the next generation develop their sales skills and learn the ins and outs of the field. A breadth of experience levels throughout the team has helped the company remain nimble while its operations benefit from the decades of experience and knowledge it carries within its workforce.

Having been at Bailey International for 17 years and counting, Ken Baker believes that the leading hallmark of this company is its emphasis on excellence in customer service. The team is always honest about what it can and cannot do for a client and offers tremendous flexibility in terms of stocking and supply as well as engineering services, technical support, and marketing support. “A lot of companies in today's market focus on enhancing their internal operations,” Baker says; Bailey International, on the other hand, aims to optimize its customers' operations first, a belief that has supported 50 years of operations for this dynamic company.

“We pride ourselves on our safety record and our approach to risk management,” Huggins says. Being owned by a large, publicly-traded European conglomerate, Menard Canada has both a great depth of resources and the nimbleness of local offices, teams, and yards. This results in a best-of-both-worlds situation for the company in delivering tailored solutions to its clients, as each project brings its own constraints that determine the best course of action. Menard Canada is more than ready to go from a project's secret weapon to being an irreplaceable part of the construction process.

The RK Electric team continues to keep busy amidst this rise, having a number of future projects in the pipeline. Raul tells us that the company's revenue this year is expected to meet its projected budget; it is now just a matter of keeping up with client demand while ensuring the company has a solid foundation and can continue to support its customers amidst this fast pace. Current market and project speed resemble that previously seen in eras like the dotcom boom, which was another period of marked success for the company. RK expects to be able to support quite a few of today's burgeoning and top technology companies when it comes to structured cabling and electrical services in the near future and, hopefully, for a long time to come.

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Nothing is above rethinking in the backyard, to the point that even grass lawns are beginning to fall out of favour. The eco-friendly lens sees lawns as a more maintenance-intensive backyard option that has a less favourable environmental footprint, especially when compared to alternatives like low ground covers or turfs. Alternatives like these, such as certain clovers, echo the appearance of grass but require far less upkeep, with many types of cover calling for less watering or mowing than traditional grass. In some areas of the world, the methods of lawn upkeep (watering, sodding, mowing) are placing excessive strain on valuable water and electricity resources, so the move into environmentally friendly takes on the classic is a trend likely to accelerate with time.

HEDC isn't afraid of a challenge, and the team is keen to educate community members who are not as favorable toward the kind of development it is seeking. Kirk says that this kind of pressure from concerned parties often pushes things toward a good compromise for all sides, but you never want the pendulum to push too far one way. “Growth is necessary for an area to flourish,” he says, and thus HEDC aims to continue representing the best aspects of growth, change, and opportunity for many years to come.