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says. “The majority of our busi-
ness is repeat work. We have
a lot of repeat clients that we
have longstanding relationships
with. ”
“We give the client a positive ex-
perience, no matter who they
are, and no matter the size of
the job,” Howard adds. “We
make their lives easy. That’s
why they want to use us again.”
Some of Chris-Tel’s relation-
ships with clients go back almost
30 years. According to Howard,
the company still works with
some of the same clients they
worked with in 1990. In many
cases, those relationships have
spanned generations, as Chris-
Tel has worked with the chil-
dren – and in some cases, the
grand-children – of past clients.
Chris-Tel has earned that kind
of enduring loyalty, Howard
says, by “doing the right thing
on every job, and doing it every
time.”
Doing the right thing means
producing a high quality prod-
uct – which Chris-Tel Construc-
tion does on every project, with-
out exception.
Chris-Tel employs an expert ros-
ter of superintendents, project
managers, and staff, who all of-
fer specific knowledge based on
the task at hand, and together
have the experience necessary
to get the job done efficiently
and effectively. The company
also takes a multi-tiered ap-
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