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PDS Engineering & Construction Inc. PDS Engineering & Construction Inc. is a design-build general contractor and construction manager with a legacy spanning nearly six decades. Tell us about your recent accomplishments. PDS recently completed some major projects: • Artioli Dodge, new 24,000-sq.-ft. dealership in Enfield. • Mitchell Subaru, new 32,000-sq.-ft. dealership in Canton. • Stonington Self Storage, two buildings, 17,600 sq. ft. and 15,200 sq. ft. in Stonington. • Hartford Truck, new 54,000-sq.-ft. metal building in South Windsor. • Young Pharmaceuticals, new 20,000-sq.-ft. building in Wethersfield. • York Correctional, a renovation that included 6 miles of new underground pipe connecting to 18 buildings in Niantic. Also, PDS has received Platinum & Gold Safety Step Awards in the last two years. What are your family values and how do they contribute to your business success? We work hard to maintain our family legacy of quality work and exceptional performance. Our company culture forms the cornerstone of HQ: BLOOMFIELD INDUSTRY: CONSTRUCTION YEAR FOUNDED & FOUNDER: 1965, GUY JODICE FAMILY MEMBERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT COMPANY: BILL JODICE, PRESIDENT,SON OF FOUNDER GUY; KEVIN JODICE, VICE PRESIDENT, SON OF BILL; DAN JODICE, DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, SON OF BILL GENERATION CURRENTLY RUNNING COMPANY: 2ND, TRANSITIONING TO 3RD FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES: 40 WEBSITE: WWW.PDSEC.COM ANNUAL REVENUE: $70 MILLION 2024 FAMILY BUSINESS AWARDS CATEGORY WINNERS: 1-50 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES HARTFORDBUSINESS.COM | APRIL 29, 2024 B9 Schaefer Inspection Service Schaefer Inspection Service is a family-owned and operated property inspection company that provides a visual, non-invasive property condition analysis. Tell us about your recent accomplishments. The company has grown from a one-room office with two family members as the inspectors to an organization with 12 licensed professionals. The company has performed over 90,000 residential and commercial property condition inspections throughout Connecticut. What are your family values and how do they contribute to your business success? Our family business, thriving for 44 years so far, is committed to providing the best quality of service and client satisfaction; employee well-be- ing; honesty, ethics, and integrity in our business dealings; contributing to our communities; main- taining financial stability; and being adaptable to a changing business climate in order to remain relevant, competitive and growth-oriented. Where do you see your business in the next 5 years? We are focused on using technology to increase efficiency, improve the client experience, and expand our data management and competitive- ness. This will also allow for growth of our market share and service offerings. We will continue to train new inspectors to add to our team. Do you have a business succession plan? We are promoting from within and utilizing the skills of our three UConn Business School graduate sons, who are employed in high-level analytical positions within the commercial real estate industry and businesses. We will ensure that the next generation of management will be focused on the same level of quality and training to maintain our reputation. HQ: WOODBRIDGE INDUSTRY: REAL ESTATE, RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY CONDITION INSPECTIONS YEAR FOUNDED & FOUNDER: 1980, MARVIN (FATHER) AND BRUCE (SON) SCHAEFER FAMILY MEMBERS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED AT COMPANY: JILL AND BRUCE SCHAEFER, HUSBAND AND WIFE; ALEXANDER, TAYLOR AND COLBY SCHAEFER, ADVISORY BOARD GENERATIONS CURRENTLY RUNNING COMPANY: 1ST AND 2ND FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES: 16 PART-TIME EMPLOYEES: 3 WEBSITE: WWW.MHSCHAEFER.COM Behind every family business is a fierce commitment to protecting and nurturing the people, causes and dreams that matter most to you. www.entrustwp.com | 860-838-3730 433 South Main Street, West Hartford, CT 06110 Securities offered through LPL Financial, Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment Advice offered through Private Advisor Group, a registered investment advisor. Private Advisor Group and Entrust Wealth Partners are separate entities f rom LPL Financial. We offer business owners a more holistic and human approach to wealth management - one that makes growing, endowing, and transferring your legacy simpler. Through our comprehensive, highly personalized approach to business succession and exit planning, financial, investment, and estate planning, and tax and charitable giving strategies, we help make your lives more comfortable and family well-being stronger. You want that same commitment behind your wealth management plan, too. our success. Promoting teamwork, creativity and accountability, our culture empowers every member to strive for excellence. It's this collective spirit that drives innovation, ensuring the delivery of outstanding projects time and again. Where do you see your business in the next five years? Continue to bring the latest industry solutions to our customers, maximize our existing industry relationships, and deliver the outstanding service PDS is known for.