The participating contractors included: Don Martine, of Martine Drywall Inc., of Canton, Ohio, who services an average of 500 to 600 homes per year; Joe Thomas, of North Pittsburgh Drywall Co. Inc., of Renfrew, Pa.; Phil Geltzeiler, of Atlantic Coast Drywall Corp., of Little Silver, N.J.; Dwight Dodge, of Wal-Tec Corp., of Walled Lake, Mich., averages about 10 million square feet of drywall per year; JoLynn Swift, of Rinker’s Drywall Co., of Centreville, Va., averaging 600 to 750 homes per year; Bill Fineran, of Bridgeton Drywall Inc., of Upper Black Eddie, Pa.; Rick Voss, of Voss Textures, of Milwaukee, averaging 125 to 200 homes per year; Joe Carnevale, of Drywall Contractors Inc., of Indianapolis, with an $8.5 million per year volume; and Rick Schwartz, of Marietta Drywall, of Marietta, Ga., averaging 900 to 1,200 homes per year.
The purpose of the roundtable was for both Walls & Ceilings and USG to get some feedback from residential contractors on what issues are most important to them. W&C invites readers to consider themselves part of this roundtable and write the magazine to offer any and all comments and reactions to the meeting.