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Volume 13
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Number 8
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AUGUST 2016
Staying steady
Thriving for workmanship
L-R: Jose Lozano, Mike Maldonado and Gladis Martinez
The 1st Choice Commercial Roofing team recently traveled to tour CertainTeed and participated in an educational event.
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atering to mostly concrete contractors in Houston, IRONFORCE Supply has operated since 2012. Mike Maldonado is the general manager, Jose Lozano is the assistant manager and outside salesman, Pablo Rivera is an inside sales representative and Gladis Martinez handles the accounts payables. The company moved from a small building on 34th St. to its current location on West 43rd St. in 2013. “We now have more space to fit all the lumber, rebar and accessories we have available,” Maldonado said. “We are able to store all the larger items in the yard.” Maldonado says he has worked at
the company since it started in the Houston market. “We have seen steady growth since 2012,” he said. “We have enjoyed meeting and helping folks in the concrete industry along the way.” According to Maldonado, the company has training seminars focusing on decorative concrete products during the year. Products and processes are demonstrated at the event including coloring and stamping concrete, coloring textured concrete surfaces and sealing. At the most recent event attendees had lunch and refreshments and had a chance to get hands-on experience continued on Page 18
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eeing lots of growth, 1st Choice Commercial Roofing is building a brand new larger headquarters in Tomball. "We've always worked hard and stayed constantly busy,” said Martin Morales, co-owner. “We've been very blessed to be able to hire a lot of great people, and as our customer base and team grew, we were able to do more and more.” Morales says the company went from a small localized roofing company to a full service residential and commercial roofing, remodeling and new construction general contractor. “It's been a ton of work, but it's what we love doing, and we're passionate
about it,” he said. At the new headquarters, there will be a warehouse, conference rooms, offices, stockyard and a new training facility. “We are excited about the training facility,” Morales said. “Continuing education and honing the skills of our team members is important to us.” Chris Rochester, co-owner, says the company is expanding outside of Houston to serve commercial roofing clients throughout the Dallas, Austin and San Antonio areas. “Thanks to many regular clients and constant new projects in Greater Houston, our business has grown and with it continued on Page 18
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actus Commercial Inc. is nearing completion on the Fairfield Professional Office Building – Tract 7 project in August. The owner is NewQuest Properties. Brent Richardson, Cactus Commercial, is the project manager and Mike Yalch, Cactus Commercial, is the superintendent. According to Richardson, several tenants will lease out the office space for their businesses at the 19,000sf two-story tilt wall professional office building. “This concrete, tilt wall construction project is unique in the fact of the size constraints,” he said. “It was a challenge performing the panel layout. We had to stack the tilt panels on the slab (three) high in some areas. “The tilt walls will have an EIFS finish coat on the second floor. The first floor pilasters will have a combination of stone veneer, cast stone and thin set brick. In
East elevation
South elevation The Fairfield Professional Office Building – Tract 7 is planned to be finished in Aug. 2016. The 19,000sf, two-story, tilt wall office space will be leased to several tenants.
addition, the project is equipped with a ThyssenKrupp elevator and aesthetically pleasing painted handrails.” Richardson says another challenge associated with the project was the weather. “Texas has been hammered with heavy raining and flooding the past few months, which has hindered our construction schedule,” he said. Cactus Commercial had a positive experience working with commercial developer NewQuest Properties. “It has been a pleasure working with them and growing our relationship over the past several years,” Richardson said. “We look forward to many projects with them in the future. “Their construction managers are some of the best in the industry and they always hire reputable architects and engineers to successfully complete projects.” continued on Page 18