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Tools of the Trade

By Stakes, Valerie
Publication: Contracting Business
Date: Friday, April 1 2005

Welcome to the newest department in Contracting Business magazine. Here we look at the products, tools, and services that make a contractor successful. Each month we'll pick a contracting firm - past winners of our Contractor of the Year Award, winners of either a Quality Home Comfort Award or a Design/Build Award, and other nationally recognized figures - and see what tools of the trade they prefer and that help make them successful.

EMCOR Services-Trimech Corp., Pompton Plains, NJ

Mark Grawehr is president of Trimech Corp in Pompton Plains, NJ. Trimech is an $11 million operating division of Emcor Group, Inc., a Fortune 500 company with more than $4 billion in annual revenues. Emcor is a global leader in mechanical and electrical construction and facilities services. Here is Mark's list of the tools used in his company's trucks, office, and shop.

IN THE TRUCKS

* Number and type of trucks/vans:

10 Chevy vans, 10 Chevy pick-ups, 1 GMC pick-up, 1 Ford pick-up, and 1 Ford rack

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