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story: General Contractor, Retail Construction Services
Celebrates 30th Anniversary
January
12, 2015 02:49 PM Eastern Standard Time
ST.
PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Retail Construction
Services, Inc., a leading national general
contractorcelebrates 30th anniversary. http://www.retailconstruction.com
“We are
grateful for our dedicated staff that helped our business reach this
significant milestone. We are excited to add to our staff, through active
participation in a military initiative that began in 2014, to hire retired and
active veteran personnel as our next generation of Field Superintendents.”
“We are
pleased to celebrate 30 great years, and are thankful to our customers for
their lasting trust,” said company CEO and Founder Steve Bachman. “We are
grateful for our dedicated staff that helped our business reach this
significant milestone. We are excited to add to our staff, through active
participation in a military initiative that began in 2014, to hire retired and
active veteran personnel as our next generation
of Field Superintendents.
“From
the very beginning, we at Retail Construction Services, Inc. have understood
that high ethical standards are critical to the creation of a great company.
'Do the Right Thing' is more than our mantra; it is incorporated into our core
values, which, for us includes honesty, respect, integrity, responsibility and
initiative. I believe that Retail’s success in our first 30 years is born from
these values and will continue to be the driving force into our future.
“Retail
began 30 years ago as a small general contractor focused on providing solutions
in the retail construction industry,” Bachman said. “We’ve since grown into a
leader in the industry. I’m proud to be a part of a company that has such a
storied history and value structure – one that has stood the test of time. I’m
confident that our commitment to our staff, solving problems for our clients
and continuously innovating and improving will allow us to continue to grow
over the next 30 years – and beyond.”
Retail
Construction Services began focusing on retail build-outs for national
retailers but has since evolved into a full service construction company. In
addition to being a perennial leader in retail store construction; RCS also
focuses on the ground-up construction of restaurants,banks / financial facilities, business
offices, medical offices, and golf clubhouses. “Every new market or new business
direction we have taken we simply followed our core values and business
practices and forged ahead. We treat every project with years of experience and
turn over to our clients the best product and something they can be proud of,”
said Vice President of Construction, Mike Lubarski.
RCS’s Facilities Management division was
launched in 1997 and is now an established Facilities Management contender
averaging over 750 projects annually. The division is geared to
handle client capital improvement, retrofits, re-branding, or remodeling
roll-out programs as a one-stop-shop.
Over
the past several years, Retail Construction Services has developed its own
customized proprietary software system, Databahn©, that is unlike anything in
the current marketplace. This system was designed to streamline and ensure
maximum efficiency in management of subcontractors, estimating, project
management, taxes, client specific information, licensing, permitting, and
construction documents. “While this software system makes our life easier, it
is an ultimate benefit to our clients. Over the years, we have had numerous
clients call us up in somewhat of a panic because they were going through a
sale and use tax audit and didn’t understand the ramifications.”
Retail
Construction Services CFO, Gerry Kuntz recalls, “We received a call from a
major national client saying that after they received our detailed backup
reports, they had a clean audit with respect to RCS’ work and as a result of
our accounting practices. They further expressed a wish that all of their
contractors were as well prepared and as organized as Retail Construction
Services. Our clients are faced with project costs that do not stop with their
contractors. However, it is our practice to ensure that our costs to our client
end when the job is turned over, giving our clients confidence that the budget
is the budget.”
“In
2006 we began working on construction projects that are designed, built,
renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient manner
to reduce their overall impact to the environment,” says company COO, Joni
Fletty. Holding close to values in creating sustainable, healthy, lively
communities and environments, this General Contractor cares about its impact on
quality, safety, durability, and doing more with less.
As a
further commitment to social responsibility within the
community, RCS turned 6,000 sq. ft. of corporate turf into a Teaching Giving
Garden in 2009. Since its inception, the RCS Teaching Giving Garden has donated
almost 15,000 lbs of fresh produce to the local food shelf. The program has expanded
to include teaching, mentoring and giving programs with students from various
schools, high schools, church programs and volunteers. “This giving garden
reveals the abilities of this company, its people, our partner companies,
and many volunteers. It’s not only the fruition of the produce we grow to help
sustain those in our community, but the fruition of that community and our
company coming together, one seed at a time,” says Fletty. To read more about
the RCS Giving Garden, visit:http://www.rcsgivinggarden.blogspot.com
About Retail Construction Services, Inc.
Since
it was founded in 1984, Retail Construction Services, Inc. has built over
10,000 major projects, and over 40,000 store refreshes, retrofits and other
Facilities Management work in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
and Canada, representing over $1.4 Billion in company revenue. Retail
Construction Services maintains and is actively licensed in all 50 States,
Canada, USVI and Puerto Rico.
Contacts
Retail Construction Services, Inc.
Steve Bachman, 651-704-9000 ext. 1701
sbachman@retailconstruction.com