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www.constructionnews.net H (210) 308-5800 H Volume 14 H Number 11 H NOVEMBER 2017
Redi to help
It’s his specialty
L-R: Buck Weatherby, John P. Owen, William J. Sandbrook and David Behring
Duron Building Specialties CEO Shaun Duron
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allas/Fort Worth concrete supplier Redi-Mix Concrete believes giving back is just what companies should do. “Buck” Weatherby, Redi-Mix Concrete’s vice-president of business development, compares the attitude with that of a former mentor of his, whom he says was “a strong believer in giving back to the community that gives you an opportunity to work.” “The community provides the infrastructure we use to deliver our products, and we’re trying to give back to the community by creating jobs and supporting local charities,” Weatherby says. The corporate office is in Euless, where 100 Redi-Mix employees share an office building with 75 employees from parent
company U.S. Concrete. Together, they rarely miss an opportunity to make their corner of the world a better place. When recent hurricanes struck and impacted several of its employees, it established the U.S. Concrete Hurricane Relief Fund to assist their workers in getting back on their feet. Redi-Mix also reached out to those beyond its inner circle by participating in a “Harvey Hiring Event” which offered jobs to those affected. Redi-Mix’s biggest charity to-do is its annual Charity Golf Classic. Over the past 22 years, it has raised $1 million for various causes, but in recent years it has focused on The Clayton Dabney Foundation, which financially assists families of terminally ill children. Redi-Mix and continued on Page 16
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haun Duron worked 11 years for his family’s Division 10 specialties business, which his grandfather established in 1987. He enjoyed the experience so much, he established a similar business, Duron Building Specialties, in 2014. “I learned everything from the ground up, and I saw some different things that I wanted to explore,” Duron says. “I thought this was a good opportunity for me to do it on my own and to be my own business owner. I knew I could do it for myself,” Duron explains. In three years, Duron has grown the business to seven employees, is tackling $1.5 million of work and is steadily adding to his range of Division 10 specialties. “We do hospitals, warehouses, anywhere where there is a bathroom that
needs toilet partitions or accessories, or schools that need lockers and projection screens,” he explains. “We also do wall protection for hospitals and door and hardware installation.” This year, he added carpentry to his stable of services. “I’m never afraid to be a risk taker and take on some new things,” he says. Duron says that if he hadn’t had the good fortune to be trained in the family business, he would have been a police officer because he enjoys meeting people and helping others, job aspects he currently enjoys in this business. Even though he’s technically in competition with his family for clients, he appreciates the lessons he learned continued on Page 16
Courthouse is in session
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enton County had a vision: Each precinct commissioner would have their own building, while also housing an annex building for the county. The facility would include the precinct’s justice of the peace, the commissioner’s office, tax and clerk’s offices, the constable, adult and juvenile supervision and the Department of Public Safety. After 12 years of planning and deliberation, the County was ready for the realization of the Denton County Southwest Courthouse, and enlisted the expertise of SEDALCO Construction Services and EiKON Consulting Group. The result is a 32,000 sf single-story facility located within five acres of Flower Mounds’ Canyon Falls development and nestled within the city’s trail system. SEDALCO project manager Tammy Crooks explained that the natural feel of the environment greatly influenced the materials chosen for the project.
Natural materials and a historic bridge bring the new Denton County Southwest Courthouse to order.
“The natural stone and brick on the exterior makes the building blend in,” Crooks says. “It needed to look like it was always supposed to be there. If you look at it from the outside, it looks like someone took a lot of care to make sure the building look like it belonged.” “The building site actually hooks into the trail system that goes throughout that community,” Crooks continues. “When we built the building, we incorporated sidewalks and trails around the building to give it the feel that it was always supposed to be there. People are already walking around it with kids and strollers. One of the best features, I think, is the bridge that spans the pond in the front of the facility. “The Sam Bass Road Bridge” is a historic bridge for Denton County. It was a bridge that was on a one-lane road that was brought over to our site. When we built our project, we integrated that bridge into the pond area so that it’s actually a continued on Page 16