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32 | I NSIGH T • N o v e m b e r 2 0 14 w w w . i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m "We've been able to add people in our corporate office here, bring back additional revenues to this community and serve other projects from here," he says. "More importantly, our success has allowed us to give back to the community more, whether it's through donations or just being involved with local initiatives and organizations." Consolidated also expanded its market niches from industrial, manufacturing and commercial projects to include hospitality, retail, food, multi-family, education, churches and non-profit industries. As Consolidated saw growth in its new geographic markets and segments, projects back home began to pick up. Schwei says the company currently has revenues double of those posted in 2007. "We were fortunate to find a strategy that allowed us to see so much growth and it all comes back to our employees working hard day in and day out," he says. Another piece of the strategy was launching a division to help clients find funding for their projects. "We kept hearing from people they couldn't get funding so the project wasn't going anywhere," Schwei says. "We knew we had to address that so we brought in creative people to help our clients secure funding to get their project off the ground." Talavera, vice president of business operations, says Consolidated is very mobile and as clients have traveled into new markets, the Appleton company has followed. "We've also brought along many subcontractors from Appleton with us as we've grown into new markets," she says. "Our customers really trust the high level of work we produce and have CONSTRUC TION "We've been able to add people in our corporate office here, bring back additional revenues to this community and serve other projects from here. More importantly, our success has allowed us to give back to the community more, whether it's through donations or just being involved with local initiatives and organizations." – R i c k B i c ke r t, Co n s o l i d ate d 's p re s i d e nt Mr. Reed Anderson President of BDG International, Inc. Controlling International Letter of Credits Reducing the Risks of International Transactions Date : Wednesday, November 12, 2014 (Registration Deadline: October 29th) Time: 7:30 am – 9:30 am Location: The Corporate Conference Center at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Cost: $39.00 (Includes a light breakfast) Register: newibn-loc.eventbrite.com Questions? Contact Ross Stainton 920.498.6301 ross.stainton@nwtc.edu