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profile m a r e k f a m i ly o f c o s .

“[Our] 10-year vision is to find

Earning Loyalty avenues that will continue to sepa-

rate us from our competition.”
> Brendan Doyle, division president
+ After 70 years in the Southwest, the Marek Family of
Cos. positions itself for further growth by distinguishing
itself from the competition. By Brooke Knudson

Marek Family of Cos.

www.marekbros.com
Headquarters: Houston
Service: Interior construction
Employees: 3,500 (company-wide)
Marek Brothers is in the final
phase of the drywall and acousti-
cal ceiling for the University of
Texas Executive Education and
Conference Center project.

> From its humble beginnings some 70

years ago, the Marek Family of Cos. has
become one of the largest and most-
respected residential and commercial
interior contractors in the Southwest.
The family of companies consists of
Marek Brothers Systems Inc., which
services Houston, Austin, San Antonio,
Dallas and Harlingen, Texas; Oak Forest
Lumber & Supply Inc. in Houston;
Marek Brothers Co. in Houston, Dallas
and Austin; and Marek Interior Systems
in Atlanta.
Headquartered in Houston, Marek
Brothers Systems (MBS) is part of the
Marek Family of Cos. It provides interi-
or construction services including dry-
wall, metal stud installation, flooring,
painting, acoustics, plaster and Mecho
Shades. Marek has offices in Dallas,
San Antonio, Austin and Harlingen, as
well as Atlanta.
The company was started in 1938 by
brothers Bill, John and Ralph Marek,
who began by hanging gypsum wall- Building & Construction Southwest tain and grow in the construction industry dur-
board for residential customers. After connected with Marek Brothers ing the many challenging trends and economic
World War II, the company took Systems Division President Brendan cycles by having strong leadership and vision
advantage of the rapid expansion of Doyle to discuss the significance of the from our owners and [through] the hard work
Houston and then expanded into company’s 70-year anniversary and its and loyalty of the employees.
commercial interior construction in vision for the future.
the 1960s. The expansion made it the B&C: What sets Marek Bros. apart
largest and most respected residential Building & Construction Southwest: from other commercial contractors in
and commercial interior contractor in The firm as a whole is celebrating its the Southwest?
Houston, it says. 70th anniversary. To what do you BD: Marek Brothers is a specialty interior
Marek credits its success partly to attribute that longevity? contractor that is unique in the strong rela-
its values. MBS says it believes in peo- Brendan Doyle: Being in business for 70 years tionship it has developed and maintained
ple, integrity, safety and customers. means that this company has been able to sus- with our customers over the 70 years. We

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