NOLIMITS How RUSH Construction is Covering More Land, Sea and Sky >> By Meaghan BRANHAM
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hat happens when relationships are matched with opportunities? According to RUSH Construction President and CEO William Chivers, that would be growth.
In more than 35 years of service, RUSH has steadily built both a sturdy company and a staunch reputation. With sizeable contracts awarded and completed, RUSH has served the government, aerospace, medical and education sectors to become one of Central Florida’s most sought-after construction companies. Championed by the company's business and industry partners with a direct response to their needs, RUSH saw an opportunity to expand its service line with the creation of RUSH Marine LLC and RUSH Facilities LLC. “This expansion grew out of relationships matched with opportunities,” Chivers said. He named two industry professionals RUSH had worked with on previous projects and decided to tap for its expansion plans. “Our team actually started talking to them at about the same time.”
RUSH Marine “I asked him, ‘Ever thought of starting a marine division?’” Tony Landry, president of RUSH Marine, recalled about one of his first conversations with Chivers before he joined the team. It was 2017, and Landry was the operations manager for a large marine construction company with decades of experience. When his then-employer began to make organizational changes, Landry made changes of his own. A few months and several conversations later, 16 | FEBRUARY 2020 | i4Biz.com
