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Act Two: Anvil Builders Co-Founder Helps Push Prevailing Wage Campaign
HT SUPPORTING PREVAILING WAGE LAWS TO HELP VETERANS HT Tran, Anvil Builders co-founder and former CEO, is featured in a pair of local TV and online ads as part of a multi-state public information campaign launching in California and New Mexico. “I wouldn’t be alive today if all the guys I served with took shortcuts,”…
Read MoreAnvil Builders projects earn merit from landscape architects
ANVIL BUILDERS PROJECTS EARN ARCHITECTURAL MERIT AWARDS Two San Francisco projects that used Anvil Builders personnel and project expertise were recently lauded by the American Society of Landscape Architects Northern California Chapter as deserving recognition for beauty and functionality. Hunters Point Shipyard Hillpoint Park: A Room With a View, designed by CMG Landscape Architecture is…
Read MoreWebcor Celebrates SF Small Business Week
Webcor Builders (Webcor) is committed to providing opportunities for small businesses in all of our public works, private and federal projects. Part of Webcor’s business strategy is to promote the participation of small business on their projects and partner with the small businesses to foster their growth and success. In order to do this, Webcor…
Read MoreFemale Carpenter Loves Rough-and-Tumble Work
Natasha Arnold is the only 5’1” female carpenter’s apprentice working on San Francisco’s Transbay Transit Center—the biggest transportation terminal on the West Coast. “The jobsite workforce is 99% male,” says Arnold, adding that she’s used to being one of the only women on the job. She was in the army for six years, where she…
Read MoreSentinel HT Tran Joins SOF Board of Directors
Our CEO, HT Tran, just joined the Board of Directors at Sentinels of Freedom. As a former recipient of an SOF scholarship, HT is looking forward to using his experience to continue the amazing work that SOF does every day for our Veterans. Congrats! Read More at Sentinels of Freedom
Read MoreCalVet Selects Anvil Builders CEO to DVBE Advisory Council
HT Tran, our CEO & President, has been selected by the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) to join their Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) Advisory Council. The Council is a forum for DVBEs and other supportive organizations to provide feedback on policies and practices that impact DVBE use within California’s business communities. HT will…
Read MoreStrategic Planning & Team Building
Our management team recently met to review the previous quarter’s goals and achievements. We covered strategic plans for upcoming opportunities in new markets and looked ahead to our long-term growth plan. And finally, we opened up the discussion to identify operational challenges and brainstorm how best to address them. The takeaways and insights were hugely…
Read MoreAnvil Builders and Veterans Featured in SF Chronicle
A work crew from Anvil Builders lays asphalt in the Presidio in San Francisco, Calif. on Fri. November 6, 2015. Rhumbix, founded by two Navy veterans seeks to apply the technology solutions they learned in the military to the construction industry with a mobile platform so supervisors can make sure work crews have the correct…
Read MoreAcceptance of ENR 2015 Award of Excellence Video
This video illustrates the last five years of our company’s progress and defines the meaning of who we are. On behalf of Anvil Builders Team, I had the great privilege of representing my company as we received ENR’s Award of Excellence Recipient of 2015. What a great moment to be recognized in front of the…
Read MoreENR 2015 Award of Excellence Video
Wounded in Iraq, the young entrepreneur now executes a new mission as construction firm CEO and veterans’ advocate. While hanging out with friends in his California living room one day in 2006, HT Tran had an epiphany that changed the direction of his life. It led him to become a soldier in Iraq who later…
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