Bel Air Construction is using a novel approach in its quest to fill three sales positions. Hoping to attract more qualified, serious applicants, the Jarrettsville, Md., design/build firm created a want ad video for its Web site. More
Michael Watts of Bel Air Construction (Big50 1998) in Jarrettsville, Md., has a theory: What is measured gets improved. To that end, he uses a form to track the progress of his four project managers. He asks each of the managers to estimate the projected completion percentage on current projects. More
In 1990, Don Strong started Brothers Strong, a house painting company, with his son Michael, in Houston. For Dennis Gehman of the $2.5 million design/build firm Gehman Custom Builder in Harleysville, Pa., the ideal annual growth rate is 20%. More
