Builder's a Hall of Famer.C.W. Brown, a Westchester builder, recently received the Business Council of Westchester's 2004 Hall of Fame Small Business Award. "We are deeply honored hon·or n. 1. High respect, as that shown for special merit; esteem: the honor shown to a Nobel laureate. 2. a. Good name; reputation. b. and pleased to have received this important and prestigious award. This honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. is a testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone in the C.W. Brown family," said Charlie Brown, co-founder of C.W. Brown. Over the past two decades, C.W. Brown Inc., has built office space for some of Westchester County's largest and most prestigious corporations including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , MBIA MBIA Montana Building Industry Association MBIA Municipal Bond Insurance Association MBIA Michigan Boating Industries Association MBIA Municipal Bond Investors Assurance MBIA Massachusetts Brain Injury Association MBIA Maryland Business Incubation Association Insurance, Fuji Photo Film U.S.A. and PepsiCo to name a few. And along the way this family owned general contracting company has built something else--a reputation for excellence that has made it the builder of choice for a growing number of Westchester corporations and building owners who turn to C.W. Brown to have their large-scale interior office spaces built on time, on budget and with the highest quality. Headquartered in Thornwood, NY, C.W. Brown was founded 20 years ago by the husband and wife team of Charles and Renee Brown, who started the business as a carpentry carpentry, trade concerned with constructing wood buildings, the wooden portions of buildings, or the temporary timberwork used during the construction of buildings. subcontractor One who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor or from another subcontractor. When an individual or a company is involved in a large-scale project, a contractor is often hired to see that the work is done. working out of the basement This article is about the section of a building. For the foundation, see Basement rock. A basement is one or more floors of a building that are either completely or partially below the ground floor. Slab-on-grade buildings do not have basements. of their Somers home. Some of their first jobs were done with the assistance of friends who were carpenters, some of whom have remained with the company to this day. "From the very beginning we believed it was our duty to service our clients in such a way that they would be completely satisfied and would sing our praises to prospective clients. We are very proud of those initial testimonials because they built the foundation on which we have been growing the business," said Renee, who serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the company. "Our clients are really our best marketing and advertising," notes company president Charlie Brown. "Our reputation for doing high quality work with a hands-on approach has been the engine that has powered our growth, not only securing high-end interior office construction projects but also generating strong client referrals." C.W. Brown began to build a portfolio of satisfied clients with small successes that quickly led to breaking into the corporate sector. |
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