HP firm celebrates 100 years of pipe systems

From its humble $20 beginnings in 1909, pipe systems and mechanical contractor John E. Green Co. has grown to a firm with $280 million revenue in 2007.

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This decade, the company has shifted toward an increased focus on "design-build" work, where an architect or general contractor on a construction project involves the company early on, before blueprints or job specifications are complete, said Michael Green. That's a break from the traditional model of construction projects where the general contractor would present plans to competing subcontractors.

Read the entire Crain's Detroit Business article here.