WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AGC: PRESIDENT JIM WALTZE'S SUCCESSES AT GRIFFITH COMPANY SIGNAL A WEALTH OF TALENT AND A BANNER YEAR FOR AGC

摘要

I im Waltze has never been one to think small or to color inside the lines. So, a few years back, when the leading business lights predicted that construction companies best suited for survival were either large corporations or small firms that catered to niche markets, Jim didn't see an either/or situation: "I thought, 'Why wouldn't the best solution be a group of small, service-oriented companies under one large umbrella organization?'" About 13 years ago, Jim, who is the president of Griffith Company, Santa Fe Springs, Calif., set the company on a course to answer that very question. After a three-year transition, the company was restructured to comprise six different divisions in addition to its core highway-construction business-three divisions defined by location and three defined by work type. The three geographical divisions (located in Santa Fe Springs, Orange County, and Bakers-field) are structured similarly to perform grading, paving, contracting, and project management work.