1972
- Company formed as a subsidiary of Gulfstream Land and Development
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1974
- Current Principal Richard K. Carr hired as a Carpenter
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1975
- Current Principal Hank Huisman hired as a Superintendent
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1976
- Current Principal Chip Reid hired as an Estimator
- 1st Phase of Boca Lago commenced - project resulted in excess of 1,500 multi-family residential units over the course of several years
- 1st General Contracting job "Isla Del Sol", located in St. Petersburg, which resulted in a 10 year building program
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1979
- 1st tunnel form project commenced for Lennar Homes
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1982
- Current Principal Mike Taylor hired as an Estimator
- Current Principal Charlene Faber hired as a Construction Secretary
- 1st Government Job - Broward Community College Library
- Governor's Design Award received
- Ranked #287 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 US Contractors
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1983
- Ranked #332 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 US Contractors
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1984
- 1st tilt wall project performed for Lennar consisting of 62,000 sf
- Ranked #323 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 US Contractors
- Current Principal William Blackledge hired as a carpenter
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1985
- Commenced construction of 165 multi family residential units in Tamarac known as Golf Villas at Sabal Palm. This project started our ongoing 20 year relationship with Related Housing
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1986
- 668 multi-family residential units built
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1987
- Current Principal Chip Reid becomes President
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1988
- 1st Annual Company Sponsored Vacation Weekend - Marathon, FL
- 4,500 sf of tilt wall completed
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1990
- 1st self performed "Tilt Wall" Project - Linpro Distribution Center consisting of two 55,000 sf buildings
- 1,090 multi-family residential units built
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1991
- 224 multi-family residential units built
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1992
- Current Principal Robert Schnurman hired as Chief Estimator
- Current Builders was an active participant in the restoration work following Hurricane Andrew. Contracts awarded for restoration of close to 1,000 units damaged during this storm
- 145 multi-family residential units built
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1993
- 1st Design Build project - Edy's Ice Cream
- 1st Educational facility constructed - Wingate Oaks Elementary
- 160,000 sf of tilt wall completed
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1994
- 600 multi-family residential units built
- 126,000 sf of tilt wall completed
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1995
- Current Principal Mike Taylor becomes shareholder and Vice President
- Current Principal Hank Huisman becomes shareholder and Vice President
- Current Principal Rick Carr becomes shareholder and Vice President
- 396 multi-family residential units built
- 372,000 sf of tilt wall completed
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1996
- Current Principal Rick Colandreo hired as Controller
- 1,378 multi-family residential units built
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1997
- Opened satellite office in Naples
- 1,312 units built
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1998
- 1st Assisted Living Facility constructed - Carlisle at Naples Phase I
- 1st Multi-Family Urban In-Fill Project - New River Village
- 1,364 multi-family residential units built
- 350 assisted living units built
- 15,000 sf of governmental/educational completed
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1999
- 316 multi-family residential units built
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2000
- Current Principal Robert Schnurman becomes Shareholder
- Current Principal Rick Colandreo becomes Shareholder
- Current Builders surpasses 100 million in revenue
- 848 multi-family residential units built
- Ranked #385 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 US Contractors
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2001
- 5 year Strategic Plan implemented
- 1,700 multi-family residential units built
- 1,180,000 sf of tilt wall completed
- Ranked #355 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 US Contractors
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2002
- Opened satellite office in Orlando
- Tunnel Form Company Asset Acquisition
- Chip Reid nominated for CEO of the year by South Florida Business Journal
- 1,085 multi-family residential units built
- 866,726 sf of tilt wall completed
- Ranked #24 by Southeast Construction Magazine - Top 150 US Contractors
- Ranked #360 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 US Contractors
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2003
- Current Principal Chip Reid becomes CEO
- Current Principal Mike Taylor becomes President
- Current Principal Hank Huisman becomes Senior Vice President
- Current Principal Rick Carr becomes Senior Vice President
- Current Principal Robert Schnurman becomes Senior Vice President
- Current Principal Rick Colandreo becomes CFO
- Charlene Faber becomes COO
- 864 multi-family residential units built
- 147,500 sf of parking garage space completed with 391 parking spaces
- CHASE Red Level Partnership with OSHA and AGC.
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2004
- Contracted for 1st two Design Build parking garages - Marina Village and Moorings at Lantana
- 826 multi-family residential units built
- Ranked #69 by Southeast Construction Magazine - Top 150 US Contractors
- CHASE Red Level Partnership with OSHA and AGC.
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2005
- Opened satellite office in Tampa
- Ranked #51 by Southeast Construction Magazine - Top 150 US Contractors
- Ranked #351 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 US Contractors
- Ranked #17 by South Florida Business Journal Book of Lists - Largest General Contractor
- South Florida Business of the Year Award - General Contracting over $25 Million - by South Florida Business Journal
- CHASE White Level Partnership with OSHA and AGC.
- CHASE Red Level Partnership with OSHA and AGC.
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2006
- University of Florida - Charles P. Reid, CEO, receives Distinguished Builder Award.
- University of Florida - Charles P. Reid, CEO, inducted into the BCN Hall of Fame
- CHASE White Level Partnership with OSHA and AGC
- Ranked #12 by South Florida Business Journal Book of Lists - Largest General Contractor
- Ranked #149 by Florida Trend - Florida's Top 200 Private Companies
- Ranked #398 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 U.S. Contractors
- Ranked #56 by Southeast Construction - Top 150 U.S. Contractors
- Awarded S.H.A.R.P. Designation
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2007
- Named largest general contractor by South Florida Business Journal
- Current Principal Charlene Faber becomes shareholder
- Current Principal William Blackledge becomes shareholder
- Ranked #148 by Florida Trend - Florida's Top 200 Private Companies
- Ranked #385 by Engineering News Record - Top 400 U.S. Contractors
- Ranked #58 by Southeast Construction - Top 150 U.S. Contractors
- Ranked #12 by South Florida Business Journal Book of Lists - Largest General Contractor
- HR Director, Elizabeth Leng, is ranked in the Top 10 of all South Florida Business
- Awarded first project in Jacksonville - Sunrise Assisted Living Facility
- Company celebrated their 20th Anniversary of Weekend Get-A-Ways with a trip to the Dominican Republic
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2008
- Entered military and government markets (August 2008)
- Awarded the Sunshine State Safety Recognition Award by the USF SafetyFlorida Program for Las Ventanas and 440 Flagler Village
- Ranked #71 by Training Magazine - Top 125 Companies for Training and Development
- 2nd Five year Strategic Plan Implemented
- Relocation of Tampa Office
- Participant in the Habitat for Humanity 2008 Builders Blitz - eight day schedule completed in six days
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2009
- Frederick "Rick" Colandreo receives South Florida Business Journal's 2009 CFO Award
- Current Builders and Hotel Structures formed a joint venture
to build reinforced concrete structures for the hotel industry
- Winner, South Florida Business Journal - The Best Places to Work Award
- Ranked #86 by Training Magazine - Top 125 Companies for Training and Development
- Ranked #53 by South Florida Business Journal - 100 Largest Companies
- South Florida Business Journal 2009 Business of the Year Awards, Finalist 101-400 Employees
- Ranked #78 by Southeast Construction - Top Contractors
- Ranked #28 by Southeast Construction - Top Green Builders
- Ranked #160 by Florida Trend - Top 200 Private Companies
- Ranked #567 by Engineering News Records (ENR) - Top 600 Specialty Contractors
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2010
- Current principals Rick Carr and Bob Schnurman retire.
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