The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company’s “Get Down to Business” Quarterly Event Continues to Bring Fresh Opportunities to M/WBEs

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company (W-T) held its quarterly “Get Down to Business” Minority and Women Business Outreach on Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at the Greenbelt Marriott in Prince George’s County. Teams of project managers displayed dozens of projects occurring throughout the Mid-Atlantic region with a special concentration on the Capital Beltway corridor. W-T was founded in 1909 and is considered the most inclusive mega construction organization in America by consistently outreaching to and seeking minority and women business participation on projects that do not mandate inclusion based on project ownership or funding. “W-T is just inclusive as a matter of corporate practice,” said Wayne R. Frazier, Sr., President of Md. Washington Minority Companies Association (MWMCA). “The inclusive corporate culture in America is currently at an all-time high and W-T exemplifies the best in this American value.”

Jose Ortiz, President of Allstate Floors, a Hispanic-American owned company, attended the outreach event with several of his estimators and project managers and said, “W-T is so awesome in bringing so many fresh new opportunities under one roof. It would take me months to discover them all. We are so grateful to have been included.”

Ralph Ifeagwu, Business Development Manager of Apex Petroleum Corp., an African-American owned firm, attended and commented, “I never realized that one company could offer so many projects at one time and be open to including us.”

Gil Castilla, President/Owner of Affordable Builders International (ABI), a Hispanic-American owned company, remarked “My drywall and interior building company has known about W-T for years, but felt like other prime contractors did not care about doing business with a sound, reputable company like mine. However, I learned through this event that W-T wants us to prosper and grow with them.”

MWMCA is proud to be associated with W-T and their widespread knowledgeable leadership and extremely professional staff. The “Get Down to Business” quarterly outreach event has been so successful, that many MWMCA small business members would like to see all major construction organizations in the region emulate what W-T has done. “Now that will be something,” says Mr. Frazier. Stay tuned for the next scheduled “Get Down to Business” event.