Business View Magazine | Volume 8, Issue 8

37 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 8, ISSUE 8 FL I PPO CONSTRUCT ION COMPANY , INC . work, including bridges, concrete structures, roadways, and specialized heavy utility work. Whereas the service division handles utility installation, repairs, and long-term service and maintenance contracts. Being classified as an essential service meant that company employees worked straight through the COVID-19 quarantine period. While there was a slight disruption with workflow, they were able to keep all employee owners working and continued business as usual. “We did have a slightly lower volume of work last year, but it was still a profitable year, and we were actually able to expand some of our business portfolio during the pandemic,” says Morgan. While there might have been a collective assumption that deliveries from other contractors and suppliers would have stopped or severely slowed down, Flippo Construction was grateful to see their business partners step up to the plate throughout the pandemic. As a result, work never halted for the company. Adjusting to the magnitude of the impact from COVID-19 will take time, however, Flippo Construction Company’s management believe they have weathered the worst of COVID-19 and expect to continue growing well into the future. With close proximity to the nation’s capital in Washington, DC, Flippo Construction has worked on many high-profile job sites over its 50 years. These include working on the U.S. Capitol Building, the Kennedy Center, and the Pentagon, to name a few. The company’s client base can be divided into three main categories: public works projects, quasi-private contracts, and private contracts, respectively. They also work with several major developers and building contractors such as Clark Construction, Clark Builders Group, Balfour Beatty, Whiting-Turner, Hitt, WCS Construction, and Donohoe. Flippo has the expertise to self-perform roughly 70 percent of any work on a given project, and additionally has the capacity to perform heavy demolition