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Volume 14
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JANUARY 2016
Family matters
15 years and counting
The Ingram Plumbing crew at the Webster location
The Shelmark Engineering staff gathers at the Dickinson office.
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wner Rick Ingram, Ingram Plumbing, learned the plumbing trade from his father, Richard, and is now teaching all he knows to his sons, John, Ricky and Kevin. “My father opened the company in 1952,” Ingram said. “I still have a copy of his first plumbing license framed on the wall in my office. I also have invoices he wrote back in the ‘50s. “We have provided plumbing work for customers for three generations. We are very blessed!” Ingram says Ingram Plumbing is a faith-based company. Ingram and employees pray at the office in the mornings before they head out in the field.
“We strive to show up on time for every residential and commercial job.” Ingram said. “I think the keys to success in the plumbing business are caring about all clients and their satisfaction and having well trained, experienced and qualified technicians.” According to Ingram, the company is currently bidding on several jobs in the area and has recently completed a commercial job in Houston. In December, employees had a great time at the local parade and Christmas celebration called Holiday in the Park held in League City.
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ickinson-based Shelmark Engineering LLC entered the marketplace in 2000 and has grown to one of the largest engineering firms in Galveston County. Founding principal and president Marcus Michna, PE, handles the company's business operations as well as serves as principle engineer for larger civil/ structural projects. His wife Shelly, co-founder and vice president, takes care of duties such as human resources, accounts payable and payroll. “After careful deliberation and planning, Shelly and I started the business on a card table in our dining room,” Michna
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said. “Next, we moved the company to a storage unit and then to a small building in League City and a larger office in Texas City.” The firm has operated at its current Dickinson location for three years. “To stay in business 15 years, I think it takes lots of luck,” Michna said. “You have to have contacts and work with good people.” The company has increased its workload in Galveston County this year. Michna says he has seen the commercial market grow in the area in 2015. Each year, Shelmark Engineering has
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Constructing with care
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inbeck Group LLC has completed the Houston Methodist Cypress Emergency Care Center project on the Northwest corner of Highway 290 and Fairfield Creek Drive. Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital is the owner. Project manager Craig Fredrickson, Linbeck, says the newly constructed, freestanding, 9,600sf full-service emergency care facility has 10 exam rooms, triage and associated support spaces. Significant offerings include digital radiology with low radiation doses, ultra-sounds, lab and pharmaceutical companies on site. “The Emergency Care Center follows a prototype design, which ensures consistency while reducing development and construction time,” Fredrickson said. “In terms of community impact, the standalone emergency care center model offers a full range of emergency services
to the local community for treatment and transfer to Houston Methodist Hospital campuses with full hospital access.” According to Fredrickson, the “Houston Methodist” brand design features include a gabled entry atrium and warm, inviting materials. Patients can now rely on safe, quality, emergency care close to home thanks to free, convenient parking and an easily accessible front entrance. The primary construction materials used for the interior included stone floor entry, seamless vinyl, carpet and VCT, plam millwork, drywall with lead lined drywall for radiology, multiple fixture types (chandelier to 2x4 fixtures), combination of ceilings drywall and laying 2X2 tiles. The primary construction materials used for the exterior included masonry with glass curtainwall front entry. The Houston Methodist Cypress Emergency Care Center gabled entry atrium
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