Bruce Barnes BG Construction Marshall, Texas - Marshall, Texas - Lookin up is the only view this coal-mine service contractor ever takes

摘要

Driving his red pick-up between site prep jobs on the scrub prairies of east central Texas, where distance is measured in time, not miles, Bruce Barnes doesn't look like a music teacher. TAKING A LESSON The son of a career Navy man, Barnes had the opportunity to attend the Naval Academy but instead went to college in Dallas for several years with the intention of becoming a music theory professor. He put that plan aside, however, when he discovered music teachers earned about USD11,000 a year in the late '60s. After touring Europe for two years performing with "Up With People," he started a small residential painting and renovation business with a college friend, naming the company BG Construction - 'B' for Bruce and 'G' for his partner Glenn. Eventually Glenn moved on to another career and Barnes took a job with Brown and Root - but held on to his company's name.