US: Paul Johnson Drywall of Phoenix, Arizona has bought a 6500ft2 office building for a Las Vegas, Nevada location, with plans to hire up to 100 office and field staff members by the end of the first quarter of 2015. Growing demand in local residential construction spurred the branch.
Paul Johnson Drywall's clients include Pulte Homes and Ryland Homes. Both are involved in two master-planned communities set to break ground on their first homes in 2015. Pulte will build at Skye Canyon, an Olympia Companies master plan in northwest Las Vegas. Ryland will build 179 homes on 76,890m2 in the first phase of Cadence, a revived master plan in Henderson that will have 13,250 homes.
Ron 'Chip' Brown, a 32-year veteran of Nevada's wallboard sector, is the company's local general superintendent in charge of construction services, hiring and sales. Lou Eltringham is executive project manager, assisting in opening the new office and managing payroll.
"The uptick in construction employment in Nevada is another signal that it is an opportune time for Paul Johnson Drywall to expand into the market," said president Cole Johnson. "We look forward to providing the Las Vegas area single-family and multi-family builders with reliable, professional wallboard services."
