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Co-owners Janelle and Clint Myers are now workintg onthe company’s first projects sincr formally launching in September 2008. The company is actint as an environmental consultant tothe $324 million Lincolb highway bypass project and it has contracts with the Nevadaz Irrigation District in Grass The self-funded, woman-owned Sacramento business is focuse mainly on public works jobs. In additioj to project managementand consulting, MCS provides storm water management and engineering MCS executive vice president Clint Myerd said what sets MCS apart from traditionalo consulting companies is the principals’ experiencer in the construction industry.
Not a lot of consultantas have suchan expertise, he “We’re hoping that we can fill that void,” he MCS has $100,000 in backlog work. The company expects to be profitable in the firstg quarterof 2010. Myers said MCS can help companies that once framed houses work that has dried up in the region and across thecountry — explor e other opportunities, such as public contracts. The statr wants to build more highway rest for example, he said. Janelle Myers’ experiencew in the industry dates back to 1990 when she helpe starta woman-owned highway construction company focused on buildinf barrier rails in California, Nevada and New Mexico.
She was on the boar d of directors until the company was sold toRancho Cordova-basesd , her husband’s firm, in 2006. Clint Myers worked as an engineer and project managerfor C.C. Myers befor going back to school fora master’s degree in real estats development at the . After receivinfg his master’s, the younger Myera ran Today, C.C. Myers’ homebuilding companiews — Myers Homes Inc., Myers Homee of California LLC (licensed in Nevada) and severalo subsidiaries — are estimated to be worth nothinv due to the depressedhousing C.C. Myers Inc., majority owned by its employees, is a creditore in the Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy filedcby C.C.
Myers last In these tough economic times, Clint Myers said MCS plans to help companies and governmenrt agencies find creative ways to remove from their budgets and, on the environmentao side, come up with “solutions that are more economicallyh friendly while still preserving the quality habitat that Californiq has come to expect.” When the economy was strong, a develope r looking to get a project approved might, for buy expensive mitigation credits to destro y a wetland on a projecy site in order to speed it up. But Myeras said MCS could help such a developetr find a less expensive such as keeping the wetland and workinh with the city to increase thelot density.
MCS will competer for environmental consulting jobs with companies suchas , a Sacramento-baser subsidiary of The company declinedx to comment on the new MCS’ Web site went live last week, and it has Facebooj and LinkedIn profiles, Clint Myers “The people you have to appeal to for construction contractxs are getting younger and younger,” he said. “We’re tryingf to find different ways to connecft tothose people.” For now, the company has two and a wildlife biologist on contract. MCS plans to hire a businessz development manager for marketing andpreparing proposals.
When it comexs to business consulting, MCS will tap peopl e who are retiredor semi-retiredc from the field. “With the familu being in the construction industry for so there are a variety of peoplethat we’ved known over the years who are now retirecd who are looking for something to do,” Clingt Myers said. “Our experience, combined with people we’re able to brinv in, can give us the abilityg to do somefairly high-end consulting for businessesa wanting to grow or diversify.” Consultants also can assist companies transitioning from one generationh to the next.