Alegria, a Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar, Opens Tonight!

WT DuBois Construction, a Nashville based Commercial General Contractor, recently finished construction on  Alegria, a Mexican Restaurant & Tequila Bar,  located in the Green Hills area of Nashville.  The owners of this new trendy restaurant are George Haddad and his wife Sabrina Haddad.  The architect for this project was Mike Ireland with Ireland Architectural Services, LLC.  Bill DuBois, President of WT DuBois, was very involved in this project and was assisted by on-site Superintendents Charlie Simmons and Kevin Angilletta.

In an interview with the  Nashville Scene, George described his vision for “a modern Mexican menu”, “You’ll see the standard fajitas, tacos, burritos, etc., but it’s all going to be the freshest and most flavorful ingredients.”The Margaritas are rumored to be amazing, with fresh ingredients combining jalapeños, cilantro, watermelon, and cucumber into a classic Margarita.  The Grand Opening for Alegria is tonight, Friday 13^th, starting at 5pm! This is definitely a place you want to check out!

WT DuBois Construction enjoys doing high-end, one of a kind restaurants like Alegria.  It's always enjoyable working with passionate owners like George Haddad.  His enthusiasm for his unique concept brings Nashville another amazing dining experience! 

QuikTrip Grand Opening in Charlotte, NC!

Yesterday morning around 4 am, long before the birds began chirping and waking up the world, Chris Smith showed up early to make sure everything was in order for the 6 am Grand Opening of the QuikTrip in Concord, NC.  When Scott Hinson and Bill DuBois arrived everything was fully lit up and crawling with QuikTrip staff ready to open their doors for the first time.  Dave Hipp, the Construction Manager for QuikTrip, gave Bill the grand tour upon arriving. Bill described what he saw as pure perfection and he was blown away!  The project, which is a high-end convenience store, was completed in 26 weeks - the fastest of all 13 stores that have been built in the Charlotte market. Chris Smith and Scott Hinson put in an incredible amount of hours, and as a result, planked the WT DuBois flag on the QT moon. QT has an aggressive development plan over the next four years and WTD is smack dab in the middle of it. A very big thanks to Chris Smith and Scott Hinson for an amazing job well done.  WT DuBois just broke ground on the QuikTrip in Rock Hill and is also bidding their second Concord, NC location!  We are so excited to be working with QuikTrip, and are anxious to see what our future holds together!

WT DuBois and M Street Team Up Again!

WT DuBois Construction, a Commercial General Contractor, based out of Nashville, TN is thrilled to be doing the construction on the next up-and-coming M Street restaurant. The space will actually consist of two restaurants in one, Mexican and Italian, accompanied by an event space. Chris Hyndman, the brains behind the operation had this to say about the project, “This is really, really rare to find, not only in Nashville but anywhere, where you can have complete control of all of the retail space on one street and control all the parking and everything.  The ability to name it and direct the branding was completely in my control and not shared by other operators. That really prompted what became M Street.” Jim Caden, who is an owner of the M Street district, handles the real estate side of the business and works hand in hand with Chris.  WT DuBois enjoys projects like this because it offers a new breed of construction, creative and conceptual. This will be the fourth M Street project that WT DuBois will be involved in, including Virago, Kayne Prime, and Tavern.  Each restaurant carries a similar theme but each location has its own unique vibe.  WT DuBois is excited to begin construction on this project and help to bring this creative concept to fruition!


Read the article listed below from the Nashville Business Journal featuring this project! 


 http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/2012/05/the-restaurant-guy-behind-the-trendy-m.html

WT DuBois Completes a Verizon in Snellville, GA!

WT DuBois Construction, a Nashville-TN based Commercial General Contractor, recently finished a 4,000 square foot Verizon Wireless in Snellville, GA! Special thanks to Project Manager/ James Wilson and on-site Superintendent/ Jeff White, for a job well done!  Jeff White has been the Superintendent for the majority of Verizon’s WT DuBois has done.  Owner’s love working with Jeff because of his consistency in producing an impeccable job-site.  We feel lucky to have such great team members on board! WT DuBois Construction is qualified/licensed in 41 states, and counting! 

Randy Pentecost Feature

Randy Pentecost, Superintendent, has been in construction for 30 years and has been with WT DuBois since August of 2006.  Randy is definitely a top-notch Superintendent and continues to perform with flying colors. Many consider Randy to be one of the best Superintendents in the industry. He is detailed, a good communicator, and is great about planning ahead! We are lucky to have him to represent WT DuBois out in the field! We look forward to a bright future with Randy and appreciate all of his hard work! 

Chris Smith Feature: Superintendent of Quick Trip in Concord, NC!

Chris Smith, Superintendent, has been in construction for over 15 years and has been with WT DuBois for a little over a year.  Chris works out of our Charlotte, NC office and began heading up the Quick Trip project in Concord, NC shortly after being hired late last year, and is now wrapping it up. See the comments that our Vice President, Scott   Hinson, had to say about the project:

“I wanted to take a few minutes to express my appreciation for the hard work and extraordinary efforts of our QuikTrip Team led by Project Manager, Ryan Smigiel, and Superintendent, Chris Smith.  WT DuBois Construction was very fortunate to be included on the approved general contractor’s list for the QuikTrip convenience store expansion into the Carolinas about this time last year.  After coming close on a couple of early projects, we finally landed our first store in Concord, NC last October. Ryan took the project immediately upon being hired and hasn’t skipped a beat since.  His thoroughness and attention to detail has greatly impressed the management at QuikTrip.   Likewise, Chris managed his subcontractors efficiently and didn’t hesitate to push this project forward during some very difficult circumstances. I have a new respect for this type of construction.  Building fuel centers is as complicated as it gets due to the massive amount of underground utilities that most people never see.  These two guys handled the challenge without hesitation.

As a result of Ryan’s and Chris’s diligence in making sure QuikTrip remained satisfied with our product and performance, I’m proud to announce that we’ve officially been awarded our second QuikTrip project which will be located in Rock Hill, SC.  We start work this week, and I have no doubts that Ryan and Chris will turn out another quality project for QuikTrip and continue to promote the WT DuBois Construction brand going forward. Great job guys.  I’m very proud of all your hard work!”

We are proud of our team at WT DuBois and are happy to have a top notch Superintendent like Chris Smith on our side! 

Steve Page Feature!

Steve Page, Superintendent, has been with WT DuBois for 6 years (since the beginning)!  Steve has jumped from one great project to the next and has successfully completed them all! Owners have asked specifically for him in the past because of his great performance on the job. He takes pride in his work and it is personal to him. He has been doing a great job at Jonathan’s Grille in Mt. Juliet and is a prime example of what a Superintendent should be like. Thanks for all your hard work, Steve!