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Only in America can a former ironworker figure out a better way to estimate steel costs for his company and then end up at Harvard to build a new part of the university.

Better Estimates, New World “He [my uncle] was one of the largest steel erectors in Rhode Island, but times were changing and it was tough for him to adjust. I worked as an ironworker for a couple of years, was accepted to Local No. 37’s apprenticeship program in 1983,” said Koury. “From 1984 until 1985 I worked in Boston with our lawyers and legal consultants helping prepare a multi-million dollar lawsuit for a large project that KSE had completed in 1983.

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Fledgling Company Got By With Little Money, Few Tools KOURY from page 1

“After the lawsuit was settled, I was brought into the office to learn how to estimate. I quickly realized that the bidding was being done in a primitive manner and that changes had to be made,” he added. “I spent the first two or three years in the office establishing cost basis for estimating and completely changed how jobs were priced. It was very difficult to change the ‘old ways’ of the company.” After taking over estimating, Koury began years of discussions to bring new electronic marvels like fax machines and computers into the office to help bookkeeping, estimates, communication and so much more.

From 2008 to 2010, D. Koury worked on the Harvard northwest corner building and garage, Cambridge, Mass. Koury erected and operated an electric Potain 605B tower crane that it leased from L.J. Crane.

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“I had never used a computer, so I read the manuals and taught myself how to use a UNIX based computer. I then had to learn about accounting, so I had my uncle’s CPA give me some books to read, which eventually allowed me to automate the entire accounting, billing and job cost system [by the late 1980s].” On His Own, Kourying Favor After some more months of being at odds with old school thinking that came with an old school company, Koury decided to strike out on his own in 1992, with “No idea of how I would pay my mortgage,” said Koury. He incorporated his own business in February 1993 with about $13,000 in cash and a handful of tools. “I began bidding work from my basement and landed several jobs for the late summer of 1993. I immediately started negotiating with various vendors and equipment suppliers to provide me with some of the necessary supplies that I would need until I was able to pay them,” said the budding entrepreneur. When his fledgling company started its first job in August 1993, he had only the bare minimum in tools and equipment. “I utilized every credit card that I, and two of my brothers, had as well as borrowed money from a University of Rhode Island grad student that was renting a room from me,” he recalled. “I would borrow my cousin’s landscaping truck at night so that we could pick up and deliver the necessary tools to get through the next day. “My brother David helped me when we first got started,

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A large truss was assembled in the air due to its heavy weight at the Harvard northwest corner building and garage project.

but soon moved on to overseeing projects all around the world. My brother Jeremy began working for me in 1984 and has been our shop manager since 1988. He is responsible for providing our job sites with all the tools, equipment and material that they need to complete our jobs. He has two drivers under his management,” said Koury. When it came time to hire field personnel to run his new jobs, Koury called himself lucky because he had developed many relationships with excellent ironworkers during his time at Koury Steel Erectors. “I also had developed many trusting relationships with the various union representatives throughout New England,” he added. For the first three years of being in business, Koury had to balance the lack of tools, trucks and cash. “There were times when we were within hours of missing payroll and it looked like we would fail. By the end of 1994, my uncle was closing KSE and was auctioning off his mass amount of old equipment. We rented a small building across the street, bought as much equipment as we could afford, and dragged it across the street,” said Koury. “Amazingly, we kept getting by and were building up a reasonable amount of tools and equipment. We were erecting a lot of smaller jobs [more than 30 Stop & Shop Supermarket buildings] as well as some medium jobs [office buildings throughout Massachusetts].” see KOURY page 8

Hangars were erected at the Army Aviation Support Facility in North Kingstown, R.I. Koury subcontracted the crane service to Imperatore Crane; general contractor was Bacon Construction Co.

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NHDOTEngineers Shut Down Memorial Bridge for Repairs The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) and the Maine Department of Transportation (MaineDOT) announced the closure to motor vehicle traffic of the Memorial Bridge carrying U.S. Route 1 over the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, N.H., and Kittery, Maine The bridge closure took place at noon on Dec. 9. Based upon a detail review of the most recent detailed inspection of the Memorial Bridge, engineers at the NHDOT, the lead agency on this lift bridge, have determined the closure is necessary due to the deterioration of two gusset plates. One gusset plate is located on the Maine fixed span, and one is located on the New Hampshire fixed span. Both locations are on the upstream side of the bridge. Gusset plates connect bridge beams or truss members to load-bearing columns. The Memorial Bridge will remain open to

bicycle and pedestrian traffic on the downstream sidewalk. Bridge lift operations will continue for marine traffic. Signed detours will be in place on both sides of the Piscataqua River during the bridge closure directing motorists to either

Engineers at NHDOT have determined the closure is necessary due to the deterioration of two gusset plates. the Sarah Long Bridge (U.S. 1 Bypass) or the Interstate 95 high level bridge. The NHDOT is looking at potential repair options, and will decide in consultation with the Maine DOT what can be done to reopen the bridge to a 3-ton (2.7 t) weight limit.

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Small Company Hits It Big With Million Dollar Projects KOURY from page 4

Casino and Hotel In the summer of 1995, Koury’s company landed a huge fish. It started the erection of the smoke-free casino at Foxwoods Casino, which would become the most productive gambling enterprise in the New England states, with revenues quickly ascending into the billions. “This was a fast-track ‘million dollar job’ for a very demanding client,” said Koury. “We put the job up so fast, and so efficiently, that we were invited to bid the Grand Pequot Tower at Foxwoods [the 26-story hotel and casino]. We were awarded the Grand Pequot Tower, some interior work at the Mashantucket Museum as well as the precast concrete parking garage. From the summer of 1995, until late 1998, we employed up to 100 ironworkers and completed more than $20 million of contracts there.” Since then, Koury Construction has worked on many projects in Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. “We have developed an excellent reputation of providing quality and safety without compromising our customer’s deadlines,” said Koury. Many Big Projects Despite updates, growth and many changes that come with success, Koury still occupies the same building in Warwick where it started. It also owns and operates a warehouse on Route 2 in East Greenwich, R.I. Today, Koury may employ from as many as 20 to 100 people, depending on the job, project or season. Its equipment lot is smaller than most, but filled with the right stuff. “We own a lot of small specialized equipment and tools. We own diesel and gas welders, a Caterpillar telescoping forklift, two 250 kW portable generators and a 100 kW portable generator,” said Koury. “We regularly rent truck cranes and occasionally rent tower cranes; the most recent tower crane being at Harvard N.W. Corner Building in From 2009 to 2010 Koury worked on the Norwood High School in Norwood, Mass. The general contractor was Agostini Construction Co.

Cambridge. In 2006, we utilized two TG tower cranes to erect the Battery Wharf project in the north end of Boston.” Its projects have included erecting new buildings for two universities, including the Harvard N.W. Corner Building and Garage ($4 million) and The New College Theater at Harvard, as well as the Brown University Life Science Building in Providence, R.I. Koury also has worked at the big Providence Place Mall

In 2010 Koury worked on the Roger Wellington Elementary School in Belmont, Mass. The general contractor was Skanska USA.

as a subcontractor to American Bridge and the Fidelity Investment Office Building in Smithfield, R.I. Currently, the company is just “finishing up” with Roger Wellington Elementary School in Belmont, Mass., the U.S. Army Aviation Hangar, in North Kingstown, R.I., and the L.B.J. Apartments, in Cambridge, Mass. It also is working on the MITRE Building L project in Bedford, Mass. Over the last two decades, Koury has worked with some of the largest and most prominent regional and Rhode Island construction and contracting companies, such as Gilbane Building Company, Turner Construction Company, Suffolk, C.R. Klewin, Skanska USA, John Moriarty & Associates, Dimeo Construction Company, Agostini/Bacon Construction Company, Lee Kennedy and Shawmut Design & Construction. Its projects usually range from $100,000 to more than $25 million. Always Meeting Deadlines Timetables and deadlines vary on each project, but one of the key assets in working with D. Koury Construction is its ability to keep to those deadlines. “We are on time and onbudget with our projects. Contractors that work with us know they can put their project on our shoulders and rely on us to erect their steel safely and on time,” said Koury. Most of Koury’s field supervisors have been with him since the beginning. “They have all not only witnessed the growth of this business, but more importantly, they have been a part of it. Every business owner hopes to have people working for him or her who take pride in delivering a quality product and take personal pride in their work. I am lucky to have those types of people working with me,” he added. He gave specific credit to three general foremen: Ron Binette, Wayne Iodice and Mike Peloso. “This consistency in leadership and management has provided a solid foundation on which to build relationships and

trust with those who work with us,” he said. “We have some of the very best iron workers in New England working with us,” said Koury. “I am a perfectionist and it trickles down to the people that run my work. Delivering quality, safety and schedule is our tagline for the company and it is what we live by.” Koury acknowledged it is difficult to get through difficult economic times like these. “There are many companies that are doing work at such a loss that they cannot survive. We have to try and balance reducing our prices to foolish levels with making sure that my long term employees are kept busy enough to earn their pension years and maintain their health coverage,” said Koury. “Over the years, I have given back a lot of our profits to keeping people busy. “We have not sat back and waited, though. We have taken this time to get our certification and spent time in the office on procedures to increase efficiency and safety. We have also developed a new logo, are working on a new Web site and we are developing new relationships and reestablishing relationships with contractors. As many have said, in a down economy there is opportunity to prepare yourself even better to take advantage when better economic times return. That is what we have done,” said Koury. D. Koury Construction has a high rating on safety and Koury continues to ensure his team is certified to the highest standards. He is an AISC Certified Erector. CEG

Koury used an electric self-erecting Potain tower crane at the Harvard New College Theater project in Cambridge, Mass. Koury subcontracted the crane service to Marr Equipment Corporation. The general contractor was Shawmut Design and Construction.

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etrowsky Auctioneers held a liquidation auction for White Oak Corp. and Atlantic Pipe Corp. in Plainville, Conn., on Dec. 3. Bidders had a choice of trucks, trailers, fleet vehicles, wheel loaders, forklifts, heavy equipment repair equipment and tools from the bridge and road construction firm.

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ADVERTISER INDEX ACORN-THOMPSON ........................................................6

Trucks, Forklifts, Trailers Fly Off Block at December 3 Sale PLAINVILLE from page 9

ACR EQUIPMENT ..............................................................9 ARGUS INDUSTRIAL COMPANY ......................................1 ASTRO CRANE ..................................................................9 BARRY EQUIPMENT CO ..................................................5 C N WOOD CO INC ........................................................12 CHADWICK BAROSS MA ..................................................5

Chris Hignett (L) of Hignett Concrete in Chaplin, Conn., and Bill Schultz, a union iron worker from Scotland, Conn., attended the heavy equipment sale in Plainville, Conn.

These three amigos from Connecticut are all happily retired, yet chose to spend their day at Petrowsky Auctioneers Inc.’s sale on Dec. 3. (L-R) are Richard Fiala from East Haddam, Conn., Ernie Wollmann from Burlington, Conn., and Gene McKeon from Torrington, Conn.

CLASSIFIED ......................................................................9 CONTRACTOR’S CORNER ..............................................9 FOLEY MARINE & INDUSTRIAL ENGINE ........................1 GORILLA HAMMERS ........................................................1 J R VINAGRO CORPORATION ........................................1 KRAFT POWER CORP ......................................................1

Jay Porrini (L) of Liberty Recycling in Bristol, Conn., and John Green of JW Green Company Inc. in Plainville, Conn., are friendly competitors in the scrap metal recycling business.

Robert Neubig (L) of Neuco Corp. in Wallingford, Conn., and Don Tenedine of Don Tenedine Company in North Haven, Conn., stop for a cheerful photo-op.

Ralph Mundell (L), a self employed worker from Brookfield, Mass., shares a laugh with Bruce Clark who attended the sale looking to buy equipment for S.H. Nevers in New Limerick, Maine.

These two self-employed attendees from Hartford, N.Y., Stan Bradley (L) and Jay Mullen, stand in front of a 1972 Ingersoll Rand XL 1200 air compressor at the auction.

Richard Hoffman (L) and his nephew, Justin Hoffman, both from the Scituate Companies in Scituate, Mass., look ready to bid and buy with their bid book in hand.

Warren Luciani (L) of Advanced Paving & Excavating in Woodbridge, Conn., and Mike DiGennaro of DiGennaro Services in Bethany, Conn., are ready to place winning bids on machines for sale.

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