Construction Magazine April 2015 | Page 84

WEST BUILDERS INC .
829 Folsom Street , San Francisco because our customers like our product so we continue to have more and more repeat business with great customers . The growth is a bi-product of our success and our delivery system that we practice ,” states Whitlock .
People Make the Difference Part of what makes WEST Builders Inc . an outstanding company is the people that make up the team of engineers . The company typically hires engineers directly out of college who buy in to the attitude and desire to bring value to every project . WEST Builders is often involved very early on in projects and uses this opportunity
to work closely with the client to plan accordingly and efficiently so that there is very minimal re-design required . Because of this , projects are consistently completed on time and in budget .
Whitlock stresses how crucial this open communication is and states , “ It ’ s important to us that our engineers feel like they really make a difference every day and that they ’ re not involved in a daily adversarial struggle . Our success is dictated by how seamlessly we work with our customers towards the common goal .”
With 60 employees , WEST Builders Inc . focuses on mentoring its young engineers so they can get experience and participate in all
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