DPS Emergency Financial Manager, Robert Bobb, announcement for a $500 million dollar bond program was great news for Detroit’s construction and building trades and their employees.“We’re working our way through to make sure that … bona fide Detroit residents get the first opportunities to work on these jobs or these apprenticeships or pre-apprenticeships in the skilled trades, and Detroit-based companies are in the mix,” Bobb said to about 200 architects and others interested in bidding on bond projects.
Bobby Ferguson, CEO of Detroit’s Ferguson Enterprises was first to express his thoughts on Bobb’s proposed Project Labor Agreement. “I’m ecstatic about what I heard today,” said Bobby. “Detroit’s real unemployment is over 50%. The 11,000 jobs for these planned Detroit School bond programs will definitely help our community and students.”
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc., (FEI) has a long and successful partnership with the Detroit Public School administration. “We have had major involvement in the selective demolition as well as earthwork and installation of utilities and water mains,” explained the second generation Ferguson.
Recent Projects
FEI’s close partnership with the DPS includes programs to build and renovate schools: Shultz Elementary - selective demolition, earthwork & utilities, Cooley High School, Longmeadow Elementary School Demolition, New Law Elementary School, Tappin Middle School - complete demolition, Old Sinai hospital demolition, earthwork and utilities in preparation for the new Renaissance High School, Spain School - selective demolition, earthwork & utilities, Northwest Activities Center - demolition and renovation, Marquette Elementary, Woodward Academy and Cadillac Elementary.
There was also a housing demolition program funded by the Detroit Public Schools bond program to demolish blighted homes in the neighborhood surrounding the school.
Partnership with DPS
FEI is poised to submit its bids for several of the important projects outlined in the DPS Financial Manager’s statement this morning. Many of the bid qualification criteria mentioned today by Mr. Bobb are already standard procedure for the Bobby Ferguson Detroit-based company.
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. is one of Detroit’s largest minority businesses with an accomplished 40-year record serving municipalities and private entities. FEI works totally with the trade unions and ensures that Detroit residents are hired first on its construction site jobs. Since 1988, FEI has maintained a co-op construction career training program with Detroit Public High School students.
Community, Company, Quality
FEI has gained ground with quality work and customer satisfaction. As a family owned business, Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. continues to build relationships on the very core of which it was founded by Bobby Ferguson’s father – Good, Honest Hard Work!
The company operates to ensure that benefit is brought to all that it does. It is committed to customer service, in doing whatever it can to exceed their customers’ expectations; and, above all, “Treat people the way you want to be treated,” – Homer Ferguson.
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. is committed to the building trades and enhancing the workforce knowledge and quality with a focus on excellence.
Contact Information
Ferguson Enterprises, Inc.
14385 Wyoming
Detroit, MI 48238
Office: 313-491-4040
Fax: 313-491-4206
Email: info@feiteam.com
Website: www.bobbyfergusondetroit.com
