Our customers' interests always come first. Our experience shows that if we serve our customers well our own success will follow.

Our assets are our people, capital and reputation. If any of these is ever diminished the last is the most difficult to restore. We are dedicated to complying fully with the letter and spirit of the specifications, rules and ethical principles that govern our industry. Our continued success depends upon unswerving adherence to this standard.

We take great pride in the professional quality of our work. We have an uncompromising determination to achieve excellence in everything we undertake. Though we may be involved in a wide variety and heavy volume of activity, we would, if it came to a choice, rather be best than biggest.

We stress creativity and imagination in everything we do. While recognizing that the old way may still be the best way, we constantly strive to find a better solution to a customer's problems. We pride ourselves on having pioneered many of the practices and techniques that have become standard in the industry.

We make an unusual effort to identify and recruit the very best person for every job. Although our activities are measured in millions. We select our people one by one. In a service-oriented business we know that without the best people we cannot be the best Company.

We stress teamwork in everything we do. While individual creativity is always encouraged. We have found that team effort often produces the best results. We have no room for those who put their personal interest ahead of the interests of the Company and its customers.

The dedication of our people to the Company and the intense effort they give their jobs are greater than one finds in most other organizations. We think that this is an important part of our success.

Our profits are key to our success. They replenish our capital, expand our resources, attract and keep our best people. It is our practice to share our profits generously with all who helped create them. Profitability is crucial to our future.

We consider our size an asset that we try hard to preserve. We want to be big enough to undertake the largest project that any of our customers could contemplate yet small enough to maintain the loyalty, the intimacy and the team spirit that we all treasure and that contribute so much to our success.

We constantly strive to anticipate the rapidly changing needs of our customers and to develop new services to meet those needs. We know that the world of construction will not stand still and that complacency can lead to extinction.

Integrity and honesty are at the heart of our business. We expect our people to maintain high ethical standards in everything they do both in their work for the Company and in their personal lives.