Pittsburg Tank & Tower Group

from 1919 to the early ‘80s, their transition to the Johnston family was clearly one of the highlights that made us what we are today. We’ve carried on the founder’s foresight in having continued relationships and understanding the value of repeat customers because we wouldn’t be where we are today without those customers.” In 2000, the company decided to move from its antiquated sheet metal building and build a new 110,000-sq.-ft. tank factory in Henderson. They broke ground in 2000 and moved into it in 2001. Monumental to their success, it was a fabrication plant to meet the needs of 21st century customers. Johnston recalls, “In 2009, we bought a 275,000-sq.-ft. building, about two miles from our tank factory, and moved Allstate Tower into it from a 10,000-sq.-ft. barn out in the country. It was like going from a Chevette to a Rolls Royce - seven acres under one roof and it’s full. It’s amazing. We were going to build a little 20,000-sq.-ft. facility beside our tank factory and I’m so glad we didn’t, and we ended up where we are. The tank factory complex sits on 19 acres, so we have room for P I TTSBURG TANK & TOWER GROUP expansion and that’s on the table right now. We’re looking at some issues where we really need to add to the building. That’s a problem but it’s a good problem.” PTTG is the largest construction firm in the City of Henderson with about 400 employees. “A small project for us is $800 or $900 and we do a lot of those,” says Johnston. “A large one is a multi-million dollar project. Each year we’ll have several, seven-figure tank construction projects. Our average contract size is between $100,000 and $150,000 across the full gamut of all three companies. The majority of our work is in the industrial and commercial workspace. A small percentage is municipalities, i.e. a city water tank, but most of our tanks are constructed for some form of industrial usage; a power plant, a pulp and paper mill, an oil refinery, industrial gases. We do a lot of airport fuel tanks and fire protection tanks for new and expanding commercial real estate, like Walmart or Amazon distribution centers, who have their own, quite often separate, fire protection water.” pictured The Pittsburg Tank & Tower shop, shown in the upper right corner of this picture, fabricates about 100 storage tanks a year.