COVER UPDATE: Quiet Consulting

Sometimes it pays to be willing to take on the headaches — particularly bureaucratic migraines involved with environmental protection.

Dan Harte's Palmetto-based Tampa Contracting Services specializes in wetland restoration. His advantage over other competitors comes from a willingness to deal with bureaucracy, which is a huge willingness in the area of environmental regulations.

Given recent collapse in the Gulf Coast's construction economy, TCS' connection to public works has been a major help in keeping the business running.
“Because I was not in the private sector, I was able to just keep going,” Harte says of his 2009 work.