Key to successful company is employee satisfaction

Key to successful company is employee satisfaction

Written by Michelle Davis Saturday, 07 January 2006

“If you don’t enjoy working here then you won’t enjoy working anywhere because this is a great environment,” Chaz Glace, Chasco Contracting CEO said. “I have surrounded myself with some very good people and that’s the key to success; surround yourself with the best people you can.”

The Round Rock construction company employs almost 300 people, some who have been there for more than 20 years.

While Glace was an employee for another company, he learned that employee satisfaction was important to the success of a large company.

One way he learned to implement this was by rewarding employees with bonuses.

“I’ve learned a lesson and I’ve always believed that anytime we could, we’d take care of our people,” Glace said. “We share our profits when they help us make money.”

Glace said he feels like he’s been in the construction business his whole life. At 13, he helped a neighbor install sidewalks, driveways and basements.

“It wasn’t easy, everything we did was old fashioned, mixing our own toppings and without machines,” Glace said. “But I enjoyed being outside.”

Glace worked for Turner/Lathrop, a general contracting company, for 15 years before forming Chasco. His first big contract was in 1979 working on MoPac and 183.

His first crew included six men Glace worked with at Turner/Lathrop who were finishing up a project and were to be relocated to Ohio.

“They didn’t want to move and asked me if I had any work,” Glace said. “The next day I had a crew.”

Chasco has grown significantly since its beginning and stays busy working on projects all over the greater Austin area.

They built the first Home Depot of Austin in the Arboretum, and recently completed the Lake Pflugerville dam, as well as The Home Run Porch and Extension Suites at the Dell Diamond.

Glace says they try to stay as busy as possible so they don’t have to lay anyone off, and they can do almost anything in six months.

“Rarely anything goes wrong; we have a fine tuned machine,” Glace said. “I have very good people behind me on all these projects shaping the way; I just steer the ship.”

Chasco Contracting, 2801 E. Old Settlers Blvd., Round Rock, TX 78665, 512-244-0600