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USA office buildings that were being repositioned by their customers . In this way , the company was able to preserve its core culture while maintaining a strong clientele base . Now , with the economy bouncing back and customers becoming active once again , WEST Builders has made a name for itself in the private sectors and is expecting to reach $ 100 M revenue again within the next year .
While many companies went out of business during the recession , Whitlock is pleased that WEST Builders stayed committed to the company ’ s founding initiatives and that this decision resulted in a positive outcome . Because of the decision to stay true to its values , the company came out on top with a larger platform , higher reputation and more exposure into the marketplace than it did prior to the recession .
“ We don ’ t grow for growth ’ s sake ; we grow 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
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“ 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 ”

– Todd Whitlock , CEO of WEST Builders Inc .
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