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Sioux Falls Construction President David Fleck leads Sioux Falls in a bold, new direction with modern technological improvements while maintaining continued success in civil and heavy engineering projects.
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Sioux Falls Co. soars through the times by Rebecca Rodriguez
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Dave Fleck, president of Sioux Falls Construction Co., Inc., is proud that his company has been around for 100 years. And as much as the company stretches back in time, Fleck is stretching it forward with projects that are state-of-the-art and use the latest greenbuilding technology. The company has an impressive website that features a web cam allowing visitors to view a job site at any time – a jolting reminder of how the company and technology has transformed through the decades. Fleck explained that customers can now view projects in real time, panning in different directions and zooming in or out. It is a quick and convenient way to keep customers abreast of progress. Customer satisfaction - getting a project done on time and within budget – is the primary goal of his company. Smaller components of customer satisfaction are tools like the interactive website. Fleck’s company completes a wide range of projects, including facilities, sports stadiums, and highway work. It has constructed many of the medical facilities and churches in Sioux Falls, S.D., and areas in surrounding states. During the past 15 years an increase in volume of projects has kept Fleck’s company within a 150 mile radius of Sioux Falls. But now the company is venturing farther out
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to places like North Dakota, eastern Minnesota, and northwest Iowa. Before Sioux Falls boomed, Fleck’s company was completing projects 300 to 400 miles out. Now the company is growing strong enough to venture out again, he said. The company’s current major project is the Avera McKennan Cancer Institute, the largest private project built in Sioux Falls history. The building facilities will offer the latest technology in cancer treatment with an eight operating room, state-of-the-art outpatient surgical center. The building shell will be more than 260,000 sq. ft. and is slated for completion in the fall of 2010. The building is being constructed with 1,900 tons of structural steel, 1,100 tons of reinforcing steel, and 14,000 cubic yards of concrete. “The healthcare market is expected to move foreword,” Fleck said, explaining that the aging baby boomers are causing hospitals, clinics, and medical office buildings to expand. The owners of the Avera facility are repeat customers for Fleck. “We get a lot of repeat work,” Fleck said. “We are focused on customer satisfaction. We deliver on time and on the budget the owner has set up.” Fleck said the past five to seven years have been medical and church work. The company has had three church jobs every year for the past seven years. But they are not the only projects Sioux Falls Construction has tackled. The Augustana Kirkeby-Over football stadium with a recessed all-weather playing field can be viewed on the company’s website, www.sfconst.com, as a slideshow presentation. Also on the company’s website is an interactive timeline of the history of Sioux Falls, including 4 Construction Leaders Today
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a interesting tidbit that President Theodore Roosevelt visited Sioux Falls the same year the company got started. “We use the website as a marketing tool,” Fleck said. We refer people to our website.” Web site tools are not the only things that Fleck is doing to keep the company forwardthinking. Nearly every project Fleck begins now is “green.” There is a three-tiered rating system for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for building projects. Fleck said his company is aiming for the highest rating with the Avera cancer center. It can be difficult to make the commitment to build green, Fleck said. “The up front costs are higher for green, although over time you save money,” Fleck said. “But sometimes the owner isn’t able to get the financing up front.” Typically, to make a project green, up front costs can range from 1 to 5 percent higher, Fleck said. “I think we all need to be better stewards for our environment.” Fleck believes building green is important despite the pressure put on customers and builders. Business is strong for Fleck’s company, but not as strong as it could have been if last year’s economic downturn hadn’t hit. “We had been heading toward 100 million,” Fleck said. On average during the past five years, the company’s annual revenue has been between 60 to 75 million. Ten years ago those number were 30 to 50 million. The company’s projected revenue for next year was the upper part of 50 to 75 million, but now it is coming out to be toward the lower range. “It all depends on opportunity. We’d like to grow,” Fleck said. “But if the work isn’t there, we won’t grow. We need the economy to take off.” Going back to 1910, three businessmen started the company, one of which had an affiliation with a company in Chicago. Fleck said he has been researching the beginnings over the company he now presides over. A Frank Boyce from Chicago joined the group in 1915 and worked there for 35 years. Then his son, Leonard Boyce worked from 1949 to 1999. But this family-owned business was cut short when Leonard’s two sons were not interested in running the company. The company was then sold to Fleck and his four other management partners. The company has 12 stock holders. For a company with so much history, Fleck is forging ahead setting his own tone. One of success and quality. CLT
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