Business View Magazine | December 2019

79 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 RAM CONSTRUCT ION SERV I CES As of last week, we are proud to employ 856 talented and motivated people. “The company, at that time, was in a pretty rough area of Detroit; we had guard dogs in our warehouse yard to protect our office, trucks and other assets. But someone actually poisoned the dogs and we were robbed numerous times, so my father decided to move the company to Livonia in 1991, which is where our home base is, today. It’s one of seven satellite locations across the Midwest, now. We have three offices in Michigan, three in Ohio, and one in Minnesota. We’ve grown to accommodate four specialty divisions of RAM, so while we started as a waterproofing contractor only, we branched out and started a division dedicated to building restoration, and we also have a concrete restoration division. When the country was going through the recession, my father saw a speech by President Obama, which referenced the budget being allocated to fix our infrastructure across the United States. My father began to research the possibility of applying epoxy and sealers to bridges across the country; since we apply similar products in our concrete restoration division, he thought that this couldn’t be much different. He ultimately took a risk and decided to start training our crews and buying products and equipment. The DOT branch was established in 2009 and has proven to be very successful. Last year, we travelled to 25 states to perform concrete repairs and apply various coating products to bridges.” BVM: Who are RAM’s main clients? Nagel: “Everything that we do is commercial, and