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demolition. It’ s a very high-profile job for the church’ s international headquarters. It involved the coming together of A-Core, and two industry partners: West Coast Concrete Cutting out of Canada, and Penhall in the US.“ We also do a lot of work on airports all across the country. We are constantly doing renovations, upgrades, and replacements,” he continues.“ The great thing about our business is we get to work on some unique projects. In Arkansas, for example, we are currently working on some dams, removing concrete to increase the size of the spillways.” Jake then reiterates the importance of the people in the business:“ Our people are number one; they’ re the lifeblood of the company. We’ re a family business first, and we operate like that. People buy into our values, which means having each other’ s backs. We help each other grow; that’ s why we have so many people who have been here for over 30 years, even 40 years in some cases.
My goal is to give people opportunities and career paths because at the end of the day, our goals and dreams are the same: to provide for our families and create a legacy. That’ s why it’ s important to ensure the company keeps growing so we can keep providing people with opportunities. We’ re able to attract and keep talent because A-Core is not the sort of concrete cutting company where all you can do is cut concrete. If you want to get into management, you can; if you want to learn mechanics, you can do that as well. This also helps to ensure that we are offering a better experience, not only in terms of competitive packages in the marketplace, but also creating an environment people look forward to coming to and are motivated to do their best. Over the course of our history, we have
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