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Commercial Drywall, Inc. Volume 2, No. 4
February 1981
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The year 1980 was seen as one of tremendous growth, success, and accomplishment for CDI while the year ahead is filled with optimism, and at the same time, great challenge. These were the views expressed at the January supervisors’ breakfast, a meeting used by CDI to review 1980 and preview 1981. The meeting was held for the benefit of some 50 top CDI job supervisors and foremen to share with them the "state of the company" as it moves into a new year. CDI president Dick Phillips, sales and estimating heads Stan Marek and Alan Jezek, and production leaders Bruce Marek and Hoagy Cannon discussed their specific aspects of the business and what they expect for 1981. "1980 saw some of our greatest achievements,” said Dick Phillips in looking back at the past year. "The Houston economy was strong despite national economic problems, and as a result the company's economic status achieved record levels.” Dick noted several major achievements including the opening of our Dallas office, our renewed success in San Antonio, and the continued development of Operation 3P with the supervisors' training course at the University of Houston, the orientation program for new employees, Project S.A.F.E., and the numerous barbeques and steak dinners awarded to budget beaters. Dick also mentioned several company milestones reached last year, specifically the purchasing of our own computer system and the completion of key projects such as First International Plaza, Three Allen Center, Greenway Condominium I,
Alan Jezek (left) and Stan Marek use a flip chart in showing CDI supervisors and foremen the company's current backlog of work The sales review and preview was part of a "state of the company '' message presented at the January's supervisors' breakfast
and the Marriott, Hilton, and Meridien hotels. "Growth was another major happening for all of us,” continued Dick. "For instance, our paint department really blossomed with a 560 percent growth over the previous year, and now employs its largest work force ever. In addition, company growth as a whole measured a 43 percent increase, with more employees now than ever before.” Dick concluded his summary of 1980 by relating our accomplishments in terms of lineal feet of drywall put into place. “If all of our drywall were laid end to end in 4x10 sheets, they would stretch from Houston to Denver — the equivalent of 1,220 floors of work, or 25 50-story high-rise buildings.”
Following Dick, Stan and Alan discussed the outlook for 1981 in the areas of sales and estimating. According to Alan, CDI moves into this new year with the largest backlog of work ever. "While this is the case,” said Alan, “we are continuing to look closely at almost every major project that comes up because the construction industry is an ever changing business.” “This change,” said Stan, “will require us to become more aggressive in the sales area. Due to the economy, competition for jobs has increased substantially and will continue to do so. In order for us to continue our momentum, we must keep our prices where the market dictates. This may mean taking some (See CDI, p. 2)