By Brian Hoover, Senior Editor
Cooper Engineering, Inc. Partnering with Contractors and Suppliers Toward a Shared Objective of Excellence
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or decades, the traditional customer/supplier or general/subcontractor business relationship has seemed to default to availability, price and convenience. Today’s economy and business environment necessitates a more novel approach to achieving quality and long-lasting business objectives. For many, the key to success is found through partnering. Partnering with other companies replaces the traditional customer-supplier approach with a collaborative methodology that focuses on a shared objective. Hod and Denise Cooper of Cooper Engineering, Inc. believe that partnering with general contractors 6
and suppliers is how successful contracting firms will continue to evolve in the future. “Our focus has been to rethink the working landscape for a subcontractor, while always being a good partner to the general contractor,” says Denise Cooper (Denise), President and CEO, Cooper Engineering, Inc. “We strive to work closely with our prime contractors and do all we can to save them time and money. We want to leave every job knowing that we performed well and will be asked back for future projects.” Hod Cooper is chief operating officer of Cooper Engineering, Inc. and he makes it clear that
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Cooper Engineering performs left hand type 60M barrier pour on highway 138 in Palmdale.
his company’s business model has never been to just work for anyone and everyone and shoot a number out there in hopes of getting a job. “We want to work with and are always looking for contractors that recognize that there is value in time. That there is value in redesign, staging and constructability,” says Hod. “In C A LCO N T R AC TO R .CO M
