Construction industry leaders have experienced a tumultuous year in which the county has endured wildfires and a sharp drop in residential building. Discover how Top Influentials in this sector have adjusted to the changing times.
Following a year in which the county has endured wildfires and a sharp drop in residential building, officials are predicting that 2008 will be one of transition and change for the construction industry.
In the last 16 years, the San Diego County residential building industry has experienced shifts in activity levels, implementation of numerous construction regulations and a change in how communities and homes are planned and built.
David Susi has been in the San Diego roofing business for 29 years. The president of RSI Roofing opened the full-service roofing contracting firm in 1993 with less than $10,000 in startup capital.
Having built the concrete foundations for all the bayside buildings along Harbor Drive, including the new Hilton Hotel, Ray Carpenter has seen the development of San Diego's waterfront during his tenure as president of one of the area's only locally based marine construction companies.
During the business day, Tom Brown serves as president of one of Southern California's largest general engineering firms, Vista-based Sierra Pacific West Inc. Yet some of his most important work is done out of the office, in his spare time.
Gene Brokaw, president of Premier Pipeline Construction of Murrieta, has been in the San Diego construction business since 1963.
As long as there are schools to build, Douglas E. Barnhart Inc. will continue to have plenty of business -- but educational work isn't all the general contractor does.
San Diego's Top Influentials highlights the Who’s Who in San Diego business, profiling the top newsmakers of 2007. The special publication will also feature lists from San Diego’s prominent industry sectors, combining thought-provoking editorial and useful data to offer the best resource for San Diego business.
Many of the future challenges the health care, insurance, accounting and retail industries will face in 2008 have been ongoing business trends from years past. See how the Top Influentials in the Business and Consumer Services area successfully face these challenges.
The Transcript takes a look at some of the leaders who continue to pursue opportunities in the finance and law industries.
There is no getting around the fact that the subprime mortgage collapse is affecting the commercial as well as the residential markets. These Top Influentials are finding ways succeed in this sluggish time.
San Diego's reputation as a hotbed of life sciences and technology is thriving, and these Top Influentials continue to develop and produce innovative products.
San Diego's Top Influentials highlights the Who’s Who in San Diego business, profiling the top newsmakers of 2007. The special publication will also feature lists from San Diego’s prominent industry sectors, combining thought-provoking editorial and useful data to offer the best resource for San Diego business.
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