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Volume 16
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Number 1
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JANUARY 2016
Buildings are for people
Multiple disciplinarians
Austin staff includes, L-R: David Negrete. Bruce W. Menke, Jesse Martinez and Jason George.
The Austin office of Stanley Consultants celebrated the firm’s 100-year anniversary with cake.
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egrete & Kolar Architects began in 2003 when David Negrete and Roger Kolar, architects who have practiced in south and central Texas for more than 30 years, combined forces. The firm has offices in Austin and Edinburg. When Kolar retired in 2011, Negrete’s wife, Diana, bought Kolar’s remaining shares and became a partner. She handles human resources and accounts payable. “After Roger retired, we reorganized as Negrete and Kolar LLP,” David says. Austin is the firm’s principal location and they currently have five employees, but David says he is evaluating recruitment of talented, passionate people.
“I’m always looking to find passionate and intelligent people,” he says. “The rest can be taught. The most difficult shortand long-term issue is to have the right personnel in line with what we are doing.” Austin office senior project manager Bruce Menke has been with Negrete since the beginning. “He is a critical element in making everything work,” Negrete says. The Austin office relocated from downtown to North Austin three years ago, and he says the firm has had continuous and steady work. The firm is both a state-certified HUB (Historically Underutilized Business) firm, continued on Page 14
tanley Consultants, an employeeowned firm operating since 1913, is a provider of engineering, environmental and construction services in 30 locations worldwide. The Austin office opened in 1998 and houses 40 highly technical professional engineers, designers and construction managers providing multi-discipline engineering services. They create innovative solutions for complex energy, environmental and infrastructure projects. Stanley Consultants has successfully completed more than 25,000 engagements for more than 2,500 educational, healthcare, utility, government agencies, industrial, commercial and private clients. The Austin office continues to ex-
pand project capabilities for power generation, power delivery, environmental, thermal utility plants and building services. “I take great pride in our continued client success that we attribute to quality work, on-time performance, customer attention and competitive pricing,” said Randy Schrecengost, PE CEM operations manager of the Austin office. When Stanley celebrated it’s 100th anniversary in 2013, the firm chose to give back through community service. Austin’s employees donated their time to the Texas Ramp Project by building multiple wheelchair ramps for low-income, continued on Page 14
Highlighting your project
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The Gracy Title interior by RG Tate & Associates
The Rabb House by John King Construction Ltd.
ach month we reserve this premium space in our publication to feature a recently completed project by an Austin general contractor. Our goal is to vary the project and contractor size to afford everyone the opportunity to participate. We feel a small- or medium-sized project constructed by a smallor medium-sized contractor is just as important as the high profile projects that seem to receive all the attention by other media. Finding those small to medium projects can be difficult at times. Some contractors might think we would not be interested in their project because it may be a modest one. Some may think because they are not a huge company with a full-time marketing staff they don’t have a chance to make the front page of our paper. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since we began our first paper, the San Antonio Construction News in October 1998, we have always reached out to everyone big and small. In this tough economy we want to highlight our Texas-based general contractors who are in the game and competing with the out-of-state contractors who have come to our great state. continued on Page 14
The Boardwalk trail by Jay-Reese Contractors
Sonesta Bee Cave by Zapalac/ Reed Construction Co.