Construction

Building a stronger tomorrow.

Operating in the construction industry is especially challenging because often your leaders have grown up through the ranks and are now solving issues they have never experienced. Beyond the expected pressures of project acquisition and management, employee issues, and regulatory concerns, growth often leads to new challenges. Larger competitors bid for the same project, and the financial “bets,” and bonding requirements are larger. Projects increase in complexity and your people’s leadership skills may or may not keep pace. And, of course, uncertain economic climates and project completion schedules make future plans less concrete than you would like.

FortéOne understands. Our construction-focused team members have encountered these challenges and more as they built and led construction companies—and they and their firms emerged stronger. They can do the same for you. Working in tandem with your team, they’ll identify the changes necessary to survive and the opportunities available to help you thrive. By working with us, your firm will have checked the box on every one of our Six Factors for Sustainable Success.

A sampling of how we’ve helped past clients in the construction sector succeed:

Develop and implement programs to drive business growth in existing and new markets
Train and mentor project leaders and their teams to improve performance on projects in the field
Assist with defining and implementing “step changes” in how the firm is run, to enable continued growth
Assess overall customer and product profitability and perform rationalization to increase overall margins
Administer company-wide organizational intelligence assessment and develop recommendations
Workshop, develop, and implement strategic initiatives
Realign the firm’s priorities to focus on where they have competitive advantages
Deploy Lean Construction companywide to reduce waste and increase profitability

A partial list of the industry sectors we serve.

FortéOne has helped dozens of firms across virtually every subset of the construction industry landscape, including:

Building and Construction Services
Utility Services
Plumbing Contractors
HVAC Engineering and Installation Services
Electrical Contractors

If you’re unsure if your company fits neatly into one of these categories, worry not. Chances are exceptionally high that we have worked with someone in your space before.

A few words from Construction clients

“When INTREN wanted to assess and streamline our operations to prepare for success and growth in 2020 and beyond, FortéOne brought an outstanding team to work with us that were customer-focused, innovative, and always accessible. […] FortéOne team members immersed themselves with our teams throughout the process and didn’t stop until they could recommend executable solutions.”

Kelly Tomblin, CEO, Utility Services Provider

“After an intensive initial assessment, our team, supported by ongoing FortéOne assistance, launched corrective action programs that covered a period of about 18 months. As a result of that effort, profitability was restored to our target levels sooner than our initial expectations.”

John Russell, CEO, $300MM Construction & Manufacturing Company

“We hired FortéOne to improve our efficiency and profitability. Their consultants were excellent, and not what we expected. They all had years of hands-on experience, so it was natural for them to work alongside our staff, and everyone enjoyed working with them. The results were impressive. ”

Mike Segretti, President, $85MM Construction Services Company

Recent Construction Success Stories

$300MM National Specialty Construction Company (Private)

National firm with 6 regional offices hired FortéOne after losing money for the first time in 81 years. We assessed and implemented improvements throughout the firm, including operations, sourcing, engineering, finance, sales, project planning, construction crews, etc. Three years later the firm moved from break even to $23MM in annual profit.

$24MM Specialty Construction Company (Private Equity)

Specialty construction firm had lost confidence in their CEO, were considering selling to an industry competitor, and asked FortéOne to assume leadership. We stabilized the operations, assisted with sale preparation and strategy (accelerating the successful sale), and ran the firm while highly engineered custom projects were completed and/or transitioned to the new owners—all the while managing 170+ vendors, 20+ jobs, $ millions in overdue payables, and the expectations of both old and new owners.

$100MM National Electrical Contractor (Private)

Owner hired us to increase profits by at least $2-3MM in preparation for sale of this firm. We worked internally with his crews and managers, and implemented changes throughout the firm, including Project staffing and management, estimating, operations and a centralized purchasing process that together increased profits more than $3MM. Firm was successfully sold in 2016.