USA have someone who comes in as a Journeyman and he wants to be an Estimator in our pre-construction department , or a Project Manager - we give him or her tools and the time to achieve those goals .”
“ We have training for every level from the first year apprentice in the trade through the apprenticeship program — which is four years ,” he explains . “ We do this through a professional program that we ’ re associated with through the Arizona Builders Alliance Group , which is a huge player for our company . They have training from everything up to the executive level .”
Work in the community DP not only looks after its people , but extends its altruism into the wider community . The company is involved in many charitable endeavours . The executives , including Muller and DP ’ s owner and founder , Daniel Puente , are on the boards of several charities , including children ’ s organizations CASA Academy and Future for Kids . Among the others it supports , is the ACE Mentor Program - the Architecture , Construction , and Engineering initiative that ’ s offered as a free after-school program giving mentorships to highschool age students interested in the design and construction industries . DP regularly hosts poker tournaments for the charity - last year ’ s event raised over $ 7,000 .
Such involvement in the community is all the more worthy given how competitive Muller says DP ’ s market is .
“ Our company alone has spawned off four other companies from our employees that grew and grew , and decided to go off on to their own . So we train and build , we don ’ t care if somebody ’ s coming in to learn the business to start their own company , as long as they produce for us , and they ’ re honest with us , we ’ re going to help them build to their dream .”
This year has brought phenomenal growth . From last year ’ s revenue of $ 45 million , Muller predicts 2017 will yield around $ 63 million .
With this amount of profit he doesn ’ t
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