The national Association of Builders & Contractors has a rigorous set of standards and qualifications that must be met before a company is awarded AQC status.

Brindley adhered to those standards and met those qualifications or in many cases exceed them and was awarded AQC status in 2009.

The Accredited Quality Contractor Program was launched in 1993 by the national Associated Builders & Contractors association. It is an accreditation program which publicly recognizes and honors those construction firms which have documented their commitment in four key areas of corporate responsibility:

• Safety (Step Gold or Platinum Level Required)
• Employee Benefits
• Training
• Community Relations

Brindley Construction has been building a reputation for integrity, innovation and quality in the construction industry for fifty years, the AQC designation is a public recognition and acknowledgement of their success.

The AQC Pledge

“As an Accredited Quality Contractor, our company is committed to providing our clients with the highest quality construction services and we care deeply about our employees and the communities in which we build. We are proud to be part of the construction industry and are dedicated to the principle of free enterprise. We commit ourselves to serve our communities and to provide our employees with the skills they need to work safely and productively in order to meet the needs of our clients.”

Click here for more information on the AQC Program.

After joining two start-up companies that went belly up, Kent Wood said he was really trying to figure out where to go next with his career in 2003.

“I had a business mentor who had owned and sold his own business and was successful, and we decided to look for a company to buy together,” he said.

Wood spent six months searching for a company when he found PTS, a prisoner extradition company that transports inmates for state and local agencies. They bought the company in September 2003 and Wood said he knew the timing was right.

“We felt like it was a small company in a niche business industry without a lot of competition, and it had a lot of room for growth,” he said.

The fact that it was recession-proof was icing on the cake.

“We deal with government clients and as budgets are constrained, they do more and more outsourcing,” he said. “We’re focused on one thing, and we can do it better and save them money.”

Apparently, they’ve been doing something right. When Wood and his partner bought the company, PTS did less than $1 million in revenue. It has since grown 13-fold, doubling in 2008 alone. One of the keys to the company’s growth has been access to capital.

“With good capital, you can hire good people and provide good service,” he said.

Wood has more big expansion plans for 2010: The company employed 100 in 2008 and plans to bump that up to 125 this year.

The rising sentiment against illegal immigration is helping to grow a new line of business for PTS — transporting airplane loads of deportees back to their home countries and continents. As one of the largest international transporters of detainees, PTS flies inmates to Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador and Africa.

For additional information on the project click here.

2008 Quality in Construction Awards

General Paving Category

Jas. W. Glover, Ltd., Honolulu, HI – Farrington Highway resurfacing & rehabilitation of various streets in Honolulu

Haskell Lemon Construction Co., Oklahoma City, OK – State Highway 99 & Turner Turnpike, MM 146 to 156 (I-44)

Over 50,000 Tons

Anderson Columbia Co. Inc., Lake City, FL – I-10, Jackson County

Summers Taylor Inc., Elizabethtown, TN – I-26, CNF-417