WEST Builders Inc .

the company ’ s annual revenue reached $ 100 M within its first four years .

When the recession hit in 2008 , the industry had no significant private sector commercial construction occurring in the market and many companies opted to begin bidding on public sector work , which was the only area with constant activity at the time . With WEST Builders Inc .’ s focus on private sector work , they had to make a decision pertaining to the company ’ s future position in the industry .

Whitlock states that they decided to take a risk and stay true to the company values . He explains , “ We thought that would change our culture and to be successful in hard bidding you have to exploit gaps in scope , but what we want to do in our delivery system is close gaps in scope and be incentivized to do that .”

As a result , the company downsized to survive and sustained itself on retained earnings from the first growth period coupled with numerous renovations to existing

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