Starting out with one truck, Jerry Buesing was the sole employee of the firm he founded in the early 1960s in Minneapolis. But Buesing Corp. has grown to become an in-demand specialty contractor in the Phoenix metropolitan area and the state of Arizona. Beginning operations in Phoenix in 1986, the firm has had 20% growth in each of the past two years, according to Kevin Somerville, the firm’s vice president for marketing and business development. Buesing has performed services for many high-profile projects including South Mountain Loop 202 Freeway, ASU Tech Center – I.D.E.A. in Tempe, the Mirabella Senior Living Tower Project, also in Tempe, and the Apache Sky Casino in Winkleman, Ariz.

ENR editors have selected the firm as the 2018 Southwest Specialty Contractor of the Year.