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FL Crane SonS De ning quality for 70 years
FL story and photos courtesy of FL Crane & Sons
Crane & Sons is first and foremost acoustical ceilings, EIFS, stucco, ceramic flooring and soft a company that began with a family flooring.
dream that met the demands of its Today we are experiencing some exciting new times time in 1947. This company has a at FL Crane & Sons in what we believe is the future of legacy that reflects all the way back to construction industry. As previously stated, FL Crane & Mr. Floy Lee “FL” Crane himself. After Sons has built an incredible reputation as one of the most
learning how to plaster during The Great Depression, FL aspired to create his very own crew. Several years later, his sons, Jimmie and Johnny began bidding concrete finishing jobs in the basement of their home. Thus, FL Crane & Sons was born.
After years of hard work, Jimmie and Johnny teamed together to expand the company outside its local market and grow their construction capabilities. Needless to
say, FL Crane & Sons has continued its growth through generations of the Crane’s leadership with 10 different locations in the Southeast and more to come. As of now, our company’s scope of work has grown to include, but is not limited to, manufacturing interior/exterior CFS wall panels, exterior metal panels, metal stud framing, drywall,
extensive finishing contractors in the industry, a reputation that began in the 1940s. In all that time, we’ve fostered an understanding of how the construction industry is evolving on a daily basis, and we have learned how to address new challenges that might arise. Currently, the two most talked about challenges that we are seeing is lack of experience manpower and condensed construction schedules.
FL Crane & Sons has identified a way to better tackle some of the major challenges in the construction industry today, and that is through our Off-Site Construction methods. Off-Site and Modular construction are two phases that are gaining steam in our world and we are going to be a part of it. These methods allow us to continue construction in controlled environments away from the
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