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MAINSTREAM CONSTRUCTION GROUP INC.


Mainstream has built eight to nine 5,300-
square-foot Crispers Fresh Salads and
Suches annually in recent years.

Quality is Key to Success


Mainstream specializes in small-box retail and restaurant projects. Its keys to success are its ability to fast-
track construction, maintain quality, provide in-house services and its long-term relationships with clients.
By Libby John starts projects. Beginning with the alignment of resources

F lorida-based Mainstream Construction Group uti-


lizes its exclusive fast-track management protocol,
which allows the company to complete a building
quickly, often providing early occupancy to the end-user.
Its performance has helped establish strong relationships
such as trusted and experienced subcontractors and mate-
rial suppliers, the company creates a team with a single
goal of an early opening.
Essential to the company’s operations is its in-house de-
sign and permitting team. Although many projects are pro-
with such well-known brands as Dollar General, ALCO, totypical designs, each requires site adaptation. Mainstream
Starbucks and (Publix) Crispers Fresh Salads and Such, provides these services to clients, eliminating the need to
CFO Dave Rieck says. depend on other consultants, which could slow down the
Mainstream is a leader in the small-box industry, particu- company’s construction schedule.
larly in the rapid construction of corporate prototypes nec- Mainstream has used its fast-track system since it was
essary in the introduction of new restaurants and retail founded in 1997. From 1997 to 2001, the system allowed
stores that are striving to be first to mar- the company to build 550 Discount Auto Parts stores with
Mainstream Construction
Group Inc. ket. Intense project management is inte- a total cost of $150 million across the Southeast. Those
www.teammainstream.com gral to Mainstream’s construction projects helped Discount Auto Parts, which was later ac-
Proj. 2007 rev.: $20 million process. Each project is managed daily by quired by Advanced Auto Parts, to solidify itself as an
HQ: Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Employees: 35 an experienced, on-site field superintend- industry leader, President John O’Donnell says.
Specialty: Contracting ent and overseen by a project manager Also earlier this year, Mainstream, which has completed
John O’Donnell, president: “Our and a client relationship vice president. more than 100 Dollar General stores, built a 9,100-square-
corporate culture, from the top
down, is to get the job right the Set on expedited schedules, Main- foot unit in Mascotte, Fla., in just 63 days including site
first time.” stream’s pre-construction planning jump- work. Typically, the developer allows 90 to 120 days to

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