Construction Magazine July 2016 | Page 91

USA

Key People contracting was the field they should break into . Martin set about beefing up his qualifications , and together they purchased a rundown property . “ We used our carpentry skills to fix the house up ,” he recalls . “ We paid ourselves nothing but made $ 15,000 on the deal . With $ 7,500 of that we bought a piece of ground , which my wife and I still own today , and with the other half we started the company .”

Even in the early 1970s that was not a huge amount of seed capital for a business but together with a good name in the Las Vegas construction business it was enough to enable them to incorporate Martin-Harris Construction in 1976 . 40 years later it is a $ 200 million a year business , and having grown with the growth of the city is one of the best trusted names in Nevada .
Frank Martin President
Guy Martin President
Paul Toplak Sr . Vice President Operations
Ray Newmiller Vice President Preconstruction
Larry Johnson Vice President Estimating
Steve Shelton , PrVice President Field Operations www . martinharris . com