April 2015
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south, ranging as far north as Everett and as
far south as Tacoma.They take a customer-
first approach to the business, often under-
taking "one-day, couple thousand dollar"
jobs for clients despite having the capacity
to handle multimillion dollar jobs, such as a
$4 million portion of the local light rail sys-
tem projectthey are currently in the midst of
completing.
"It starts with building relationships," said
Jon."You can talk until you're blue in the face
about how wonderful you are, but until you
produce and have a track record with some-
one, it means nothing.It's about doing that
and maintaining a good relationship with
people.Word-of-mouth is still the best way
that we get our capabilities and what we can
do out to the world. Even though we're ex-
panding what we do, Seattle is still a relative-
ly small market and the best way to advertize
is to do good work."
"We pride ourselves on being an extremely
safe company− that's our number one prior-
ity," he continued."Our customers want the
comfort knowing that they're working with
a subcontractor in one of the most danger-
ous parts of the construction industry over-
all who makes safety a priority. We're always
striving to meet our customers' safety goals
and their safety requirements."
DOING THINGS THE
RIGHT WAY
This past December, Deeny Construction
received the Silver Award in the Small Firms
category at Seattle Business Magazine's 2014
Family Business Awards. This was an impres-
sive feat considering they were up against
family-run businesses hailing from every sec-
tor and industry, and the construction in-
dustry can be extremely challenging to sur-
vive in, let alone thrive.
