Software Selection
A large and growing ground modification contractor with 11 offices and seven companies had foreign as well as domestic business units in North and Central America. A foreign parent corporation requires specific reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis.
A small New England utility contractor has a large number of small projects and several large maintenance contracts. They own a quarry and sell materials both to themselves and outside parties. They also have a very large fleet of equipment with a maintenance department and large shop. The owners are descendents of the original founder and have been working to build the company and improve the management controls.
A small and growing concrete and grading contractor with three divisions throughout North Carolina. The recent addition of a grading division and some very specialized grading and concrete equipment dictated that the management information systems in place needed to be upgraded to keep up with the needs of the organization.
This large underground utility contractor based in Northern California provides utility construction services for their public and private customers in the California and Nevada marketplace. They had recently become part of a larger organization when purchased by a consolidator.
A mechanical engineering and contracting firm located in a suburb of a large Midwestern city. The company did approximately $15 million per year in engineering services, contracting, and service primarily for their commercial and institutional customers.
This is a $15 million contractor in upstate New York that was starting up a service business with clients in a seven-state area. Having no service experience, the company was moving into a discipline related to its core environmental engineering and construction work.
IT Strategic Planning
A large Michigan based interior contractor performs tenant finish work involving all aspects of walls, floors, and ceilings. Their work has grown to also encompass CM work for several large clients. From a single office the company has opened two small branch offices north and east of its headquarters. One of the offices employs union labor and the other two use non-union labor.
An electrical contractor located in the West with seven regional offices producing over $200 million in annual revenue. The company performs both commercial and industrial services for their private and public clients.
This fast growing consolidator based in Texas already had 14 utility and electrical transmission companies in place by the time they contacted BCG, and they were adding a company or two each month.
Evaluation of Existing Systems
A specialty contractor (retaining walls and foundations) located in a small town 200 miles from a metropolitan area. The company is highly centralized, doing work throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware.
This $30 million-a-year commercial and industrial contractor is based in a large Midwestern city. They provide piping, boilermaker, and HVAC services to their commercial, institutional, and industrial clients.
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