Primoris is a premier specialty contractor delivering critical infrastructure and a full range of construction, maintenance, and engineering services to the utility and energy markets in the United States and Canada.
Greg Levesque is the account manager for Primoris. Eight years ago his first project was moving the executive offices from Houston to Dallas and that is where Greg met Charlie Ambrosio, Director of Real Estate and Facilities who now manages over 350 locations. Primoris is continually opening, closing, expanding or building facilities.
According to Greg, Charlie was eager to simplify things. “Charlie and I worked together to create a standards package so they can cut and paste facilities. We arranged a national discount for furniture which streamlined programming, project management, and installation of their projects. Turnkey is the facilities network for service for all locations.”
Charlie describes their relationship as a “partnership”. “Through the standards program we created, we were able to improve our efficiency and save a lot of money. Greg’s team is great with programming—fighting through difficult layouts to get me the density I need. There are no shortage of challenges. Many of our offices turn quickly, and we’ve done over ten locations in the last couple years.”
Greg is accustomed to the challenges particularly in some areas of the country that are underserviced where Turnkey might have to self-perform because there are no reliable third party vendors. “We stay fluid and flexible for last minute requests and needs. Often we have to get creative to perform. The beauty of our relationship is we give each other grace.” Charlie calls it “trust, and honesty…”. “If there are tight budgets or timeframes, Greg will find a way to deliver. That type of loyalty and performance in business is a dying breed.”
Charlie Ambrosio, Director of Real Estate & Facilities