By 2000, the company had well-established success in this realm, taking on a growing number of industrial projects like those at nuclear power plants, coal burning power plants, tilt-up work and superflat floors.
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When Bryan finished school in the early-1990s, it felt like a natural transition for him to apply his acquired concrete knowledge and education and enter the family business full time.īryan's transition into his father's company coincided closely with Mitch's decision in the mid-1990s to shift his company's focus from general contracting to specialty concrete. He poured sidewalks and slabs with his dad for a variety of volunteer community and church projects, and he read concrete industry magazines while other kids his age read comic books and sports magazines. Bryan grew up in his father's business and spent his early years around concrete.
Mitch also instilled a passion for concrete in his son. This background allowed Mitch to lead his general contracting crews to self-perform its concrete work. Mitch had a background in concrete, a trade that helped him earn his living for several years before starting his own company. A concrete focusīryan's father, Mitch Birdwell, started Birdwell Builders in 1983 as a general contracting firm focusing on residential and light commercial construction. Crews on that job achieved an overall FF 122.93 and FL 50.21, far exceeding the specified FF 50 and FL 30 requirements (see sidebar). The company also recently completed a hand-placed, 3,000-square-foot structural formed and shored slab-on-deck for the University of Alabama's Science and Engineering department.
It recently won its 17th Golden Trowel Award in five years for an ALDI grocery store project where Birdwell & Associates achieved an overall FF 65.2 and an FL 41.8 on a 10,125-square-foot floor. The company keeps racking up evidence that it can deliver on its motto. But rather than continuing to repeat them, we have learned from those mistakes and feel what we have implemented into our processes are what sets our finished product apart." "Yes it is, but we are striving to be that it's not cocky or arrogant. "I've heard people say, 'World's finest floors, that's saying a lot about yourself,'" says Bryan Birdwell, one of the owners of Lakeland, Fla., construction company. When Birdwell & Associates changed its company motto to "World's Finest Floors" two years ago, the message was more about its quality goal than arrogance.