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Civil | BOUDREAU PIPELINE CORP. A Can-Do Culture BOUDREAU PIPELINE'S CUSTOMERS, EMPLOYEES AND VENDORS ARE CRUCIAL TO ITS 20 YEARS OF SUCCESS. BY JIM HARRIS B oudreau Pipeline Corp.'s relationships with its vendors, customers and employees have allowed the company to thrive for the past 20 years. President Alan Boudreau takes pride in the company's relationships. "I think focusing on people is the biggest reason for our success," President Alan Boudreau says. "We understand that relationships are the most important thing in our business, and maintaining those relationships is our biggest motivator." Boudreau traces his construction experience back to 1996 when he purchased his first backhoe and started a company called A&B Equipment. Boudreau and his wife Christie ran the business out of their home and Boudreau served as its owner-operator. After a year of working on his own, one of Boudreau's clients asked him to bid on a pipeline project. Although he was not experienced with pipeline work at the time, he was awarded the project. This led to the launch of Boudreau Pipeline Corp. and the hiring of his first employee, Abel Macias, who still works with the company as a foreman. A few other employees have worked for the company for as long as 17 years, he notes. The Corona, Calif.-based company last year was recognized as same way; they know we are looking out for them and understand one of the top workplaces in Riverside and San Bernardino, Calif., what their needs are." counties by the Press-Enterprise newspaper. "That says it all," Boudreau says of the award. "We are not a pipeline company, we are a people company." Project Experience Vice President of Operations Dave Reynolds, who has worked Boudreau Pipeline's customers include residential developers and with the company for 13 years, credits the award to the company's homebuilders such as The New Home Company, Cal Atlantic and positive internal culture. "We are constantly training and educating Brandywine Homes. The company also works as a subcontractor to our team members on ways to demonstrate and/or improve their major commercial and industrial general contractors and devel'can-do attitude,' while maintaining our ethopers, including Hillwood Development ical principles of treating one another with Company, Oltmans Construction and Snyder mutual respect, holding each other accountLangston LP. More than 95 percent of the www.boudreaupipeline.com able and empowering us to communicate company's work comes from repeat customers, * Headquarters: Corona, Calif. with one another regardless of department Boudreau adds. * Employees: 380 or responsibility," he says. Boudreau Pipeline specializes in under* Specia y: Utility and infrastructure Boudreau Pipeline's positive culture ground utility work including water, sewer extends to its suppliers, which include S&J and storm drain installation. The company Supply. S&J was the Boudreau Pipeline's serves Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, - Alan Boudreau, president first supplier and still works with the Orange, San Diego and Ventura Counties. It is company. "We work with a tight group of ranked among the nation's Top 600 specialty suppliers that we look at as our partners, contractors by Engineering News-Record, which and pay them even before we get paid," also ranked it No. 14 among utility contractors Boudreau says. "Our customers look at us the in 2016. ยป Boudreau Pipeline Corp. "We are not a pipeline company, we are a people company." 104 CONSTRUCTION-TODAY.COM JULY/AUGUST 2017