EquipmentWorld.com | December 2016
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contractor of the year
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by Tom Jackson
|
TJackson@randallreilly.com
Contractor of the Year Finalist:
R. BROWN
CONSTRUCTION
Roger Brown, R. Brown Construction
City, State:
Willow Creek, California
Year Started: 1989
Number of
employees:
15
Annual revenue:
$5 to $7 million
Markets served:
road construction, culvert
replacement, soldier
pile walls, gabion walls,
road widening, curve
improvement, drainage
improvements
T
here's no easy way to get
to Willow Creek, California,
where Roger Brown has been
plying his skills as a contractor for
more than three decades. Drive
north on Interstate 5 until just
near the Oregon border – and
then hang a left into the some of
the deepest woods and steepest
mountains in the country. Keep
going for another three hours.
But the mountains and the
narrow winding roads that snake
through them have been good to
Brown and his three sons: Roger
Jr., Kevin and Damon. In the rainy
winters, rockslides frequently
shut down the road, and in the
dry summers, wildfi res can erupt
almost anywhere. Heavy equip-
ment is necessary to alleviate
both types of disaster, and these
conditions require just the kind of
quick response and expert equip-
Roger Brown Sr.
(on top) with
sons (left to right)
Kevin, Roger Jr.
and Damon.
