JUNE 4, 2021
THE BUSINESS NEWSPAPER OF GREATER OMAHA, LINCOLN AND COUNCIL BLUFFS
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VOL. 47 NO. 23
Omaha Track diversifies into used construction equipment niche
THIS WEEK ’S ISSUE:
by Richard D. Brown
Serving up British heritage and goods, Chippy’s brings new experience to Omaha. – Page 2
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Architects busy as ever, even as materials costs reach neverbefore-seen highs. – Page 5
What began in 1983 as The Tie Yard of Omaha with three employees selling railroad ties to landscapers has evolved into Omaha Track, a multi-dimensional firm with 300 employees that’s leading the pack of about a dozen competitors nationally as a railroad material supply contractor and services contractor. Jeff Peterson, who succeeded his father Terry Peterson as company president a year ago, said the family-owned firm disposed of 1,929,731 railroad ties last year. The ties are delivered to Omaha Track’s southwest Omaha campus just north of 12930 I St. where they are sorted and graded. The good ties are sold to retail customers and the scrap ties are ground into tie chips and burned for cogeneration fuel. In addition, more than 224,499 tons of steel were shipped. The iron includes retained rail that will be plug rail, scrap, reroll steel — sent directly to customers to be made into new products — or relay Continued on page 27.
President Jeff Peterson has grown his company with construction equipment sales in addition to railroad tie recycling. (Photo by Roger Humphries)
LRS Healthcare marks 15 years with double-digit increases in travel workers by Michelle Leach
LRS Healthcare is celebrating 15 years during the most monumental of times, what leadership see as further validation that they’ve hired the right internal people and health care professionals from the getgo. Throughout the pandemic, the travel health care staffing agency has invested in talent. They never pulled back. Such growth through its history, COVID-19 or otherwise, has put the Omaha-born and
-grown organization in a position to expand. Most recently, its corporate staff and traveler professional count have surged by 57% and 67%, respectively, in fewer than 12 months. “When we started, it was a oneman show,” said Steve Lawrence, president, CEO and founder. “I focused solely on placing nursing professionals and operated out of my 400-square-foot office. By the end of my first year in business, we Continued on page 27. Founder Daniel Rehal aims to streamline educational opportunities for health care professionals. (Photo by Monica Sempek)
Vision2Voice offers communication solutions to biopharma industry by Brooke Strickland
From left, President and CEO Steve Lawrence and Chief Financial Officer Jeff Beckmann take on aggressive hiring and support for remote work. (Photo by Roger Humphries)
When Daniel Rehal founded Vision2Voice Healthcare Communications (V2V) in 2008, he wanted to leverage his 17 years of experience in advocating for patient care through physician education to do something different in the world. His idea was to use his industry expertise, proven determination, and entrepreneurial spirit to develop
a company that would improve patient care. So far, his ingenuity and out-of-the-box thinking has done just that. Today, Vision2Voice Healthcare Communications brings biopharmaceutical companies’ messaging to health care professionals in a way that helps extend the lives and quality of life of patients around Continued on page 30.
