'Consultive contracting' builds repeat business

Commercial contractor builds business by advocating for its clients, striving to always do the right thing and instilling a culture of ethics. Returning phone calls doesn’t hurt, either.

From left, Chris-Tel President Howard Wheeler, Project Manager Eric Schneider and Project Superintendent George Pisello on the job site at the expansion of Eastern Metal Supply in Fort Myers. JimJett.com photo
From left, Chris-Tel President Howard Wheeler, Project Manager Eric Schneider and Project Superintendent George Pisello on the job site at the expansion of Eastern Metal Supply in Fort Myers. JimJett.com photo
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At the northern end of the nearly two-mile-long Domestic Avenue, off Alico Road in Fort Myers, stand three adjacent industrial plants either under construction or recently completed. It’s a gradually developing industrial area of southern Lee County, where afternoon winds whip dust across open fields beneath the glide path, just west of Southwest Florida International Airport and Interstate 75.

 

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