BDG Construction Services of Maitland, FL Earns NBIA Award at International Conference

Maitland, FL and Winter Springs, FL --- BDG Construction Services in Maitland, a graduate of the University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program in Winter Springs, recently received  the National Business Incubation Association’s  2012 Outstanding Incubator Graduate Client of the Year Award in the Non-Technology Category.

The award was presented at the NBIA’s recent international conference in Atlanta, according to Esther Vargas-Davis, site manager for the UCF Business Incubation Program.

A commercial general contractor that provides retail, medical, office and public construction services throughout Florida, BDG Construction Services joined the UCF Business Incubator in Winter Springs in 2009.

With the help of the incubator staff, founders Jay Brown and Kevin Guffee took on a larger business development role, actively networking with business and community leaders across the region to make people more aware of the company and its services. The effort paid off.

“BDG’s reputation as a client-focused contractor capable of managing all aspects of a construction project grew and we began winning bids,” said co-founder Guffee.

By the time BDG graduated from the incubator, their revenues had quadrupled.

“The goal of business incubation is to help accelerate the growth of viable companies in order to generate more economic activity and more local jobs,” said Gordon Hogan, director of the UCF Business Incubation Program.

Many of our client companies focus on technology sectors, and technology is usually the most exciting aspect to business incubation, but non-technology companies generate a great deal of economic growth in most communities,” Hogan said.

For more information, contact:  

Kevin Guffee, Principal, BDG Construction Services, LLC, 407-729-5832 kguffee@bdgcs.com;    

Linda Knopp, Director of Policy Analysis & Research, National Business Incubation Association, 740-593-4331 lknopp@nbia.org

Esther Vargas-Davis, Site Manager, UCF Business Incubation Program–Winter Springs, 407-278-4881, esther@ucf.edu;  

Gordon Hogan, Director, UCF Business Incubation Program 407-882-1577 gordon.hogan@ucf.edu

Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com