Arch-Fab Makes Inc 5000 List for Sixth Year

Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies

New York, August 17, 2021.

Inc. magazine today revealed that Architectural Fabrication Inc. is No. 3451 on its annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment—its independent small businesses. Intuit, Under Armour, Patagonia, and many other well-known names gained their first national exposure as honorees on the Inc. 5000.

“Making the Inc. 5000 list for the 6th consecutive year is an extraordinary achievement for Architectural Fabrication. The growth necessary to make this list is only attainable with the collaboration and effort that our employees put in every day. I am very proud to share this recognition with all of our team members,” commented newly appointed company president, Jeff Cash.

Not only have the companies on the 2021 Inc. 5000 been very competitive within their markets, but this year’s list also proved especially resilient and flexible given 2020’s unprecedented challenges. Among the 5,000, the average median three-year growth rate soared to 543 percent, and median revenue reached $11.1 million. Together, those companies added more than 610,000 jobs over the past three years.

Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found at www.inc.com/inc5000.

More About Inc. and the Inc. 5000

Companies on the 2021 Inc. 5000 are ranked according to percentage revenue growth from 2017 to 2020. To qualify, companies must have been founded and generating revenue by March 31, 2017.

They must be U.S.-based, privately held, for-profit, and independent—not subsidiaries or divisions of other companies—as of December 31, 2020. (Since then, some on the list may have gone public or been acquired.) The minimum revenue required for 2017 is $100,000; the minimum for 2020 is $2 million.

Architectural Fabrication Inc. Appoints Asim Hasan Vice President of Operations

Architectural Fabrication Inc. Appoints Asim Hasan VP of Operations

Fort Worth, TX, Release: August 16, 2021.

Architectural Fabrication Inc. announced today that Asim Hasan, previously Director of Engineering, has been promoted to Vice President of Operations.

Asim succeeds Jeffrey Cash who was recently named the company’s President. In his new role, Asim will lead Arch-Fab’s Design and Engineering, Project Management, Installation, and Production departments.

“I am very proud of Asim Hasan. From a very early stage in his tenure, he challenged himself to develop into a more strategic leadership role for Architectural Fabrication, and every step of the way, he has risen to that challenge,” said Jeff Cash, President. “I have the highest degree of confidence that Asim will leverage his skillset to lead Operations in a way that builds teamwork, strengthens Arch-Fab’s culture, and delivers a first-class experience to our clients.”

Asim joined the company in 2018 as the Engineering and Design Manager and was later promoted to Director of Engineering where he implemented Solidworks CAD and PDM applications and Arch-Fab’s simplified submittal process.

He installed in-house engineering and served as the design and engineering SME with the company’s ERP implementation.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to lead Operations at Arch Fab. I have an amazing team of tenured managers for various departments within Operations that I’ll be working with and I look forward to extending the great work done by Jeff Cash so far. I am also very thankful to Arch Fab for always keeping the promises they have made with me,” said Asim Hasan.

Asim holds Professional Engineering (PE) licenses in TX, LA, OK, TN, GA, & AZ and is a Model Law Engineer with NCEES. With more than 13 years of experience in manufacturing and construction companies of vastly different sizes, Asim is committed to developing people and improving systems and processes.

Asim holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and an MBA from Texas A&M University, Commerce. When not working on effectively leading the Operations team at Arch-Fab, Asim is devoted to his wife, son, and daughter.

Architectural Fabrication Inc. Appoints Jeffrey Cash President

Fort Worth, TX, Release: August 1, 2021.

Architectural Fabrication Inc. announced today that Jeffrey Cash, previously Vice President of Operations, has been selected as the company’s new President.

Cash succeeds Jeff Kenny, who remains the company’s Owner and Visionary. Cash’s appointment is the culmination of years of hard work and leadership development.

“There is no one more qualified or capable than Jeff Cash to lead Architectural Fabrication into a future that presents so many opportunities to our 113-person team and our growing national clientele,” said Jeff Kenny, Owner. “I am excited to continue working with someone who leads by example and upholds our #1 Core Value – To Make and Keep Meaningful Promises.”

Jeff joined the company in 2015 as Vice President of Sales where he focused on strengthening customer relationships and streamlining sales processes and systems by successfully implementing Salesforce CRM and building a custom configurator to optimize the company’s estimating process. As Arch-Fab grew at a rate of 30%+ year over year, Jeff’s focus broadened to incorporate leadership of operations.

Jeff was appointed Vice President of Operations in 2018 to solve more complex, strategic problems for the business and enhance the cohesion between sales and operations to deliver a better customer experience, establishing an organizational structure in operations scalable for future growth. Jeff sponsored the creation of an in-house engineering department, implementation of SolidWorks 3D modeling software, Rootstock ERP, and the development of the company’s Learning Management System.

“Arch-Fab has never been better positioned from a leadership standpoint and I am proud of the individuals we have assembled to achieve success. I am humbled by the responsibility and embrace the opportunity to advance our organizational health by strengthening our teams and aligning their efforts to produce the quality our clients expect.”

Arch-Fab has achieved the INC 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the US every year since he joined, making 2021 the 6th year in a row. With a track record of building high-performance teams, creating repeatable processes, and optimizing systems to improve the business, Jeff is ideally suited to lead a high-growth, world-class organization.

Jeff and his wife Julie have two children, Ryan and Kate, and are lifelong residents of the DFW Metroplex. Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in Communication from Texas A&M University.

Arch-Fab Makes Inc 5000 List for Fifth Year

Fort Worth, Texas, August 12, 2020.

100 committed employees… working with the industry’s best general contractor partners… collaborating with leading architectural firms… to serve preeminent owners and developers… EQUALS SUCCESS!

Rarely do companies have the opportunity to celebrate achieving sustained and substantial growth. In fact, only 4% of those recognized on the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Companies can boast of having achieved this recognition for 5 consecutive years.

Architectural Fabrication’s 100 employees intentionally live the 5 Core Values that Drive our Success, resulting in our selection for the 5th straight year. At Arch-Fab, we:

Make and keep meaningful promises in our relationships with employees, customers, vendors and shareholders.
Achieve growth with efficiency.
Provide a quality work environment open for all employees to learn, achieve excellence and become leaders.
Promote a fun atmosphere and safe workplace.
Consistently meet and exceed the expectations of our customers by providing superior value through quality products and services.

Nationally known companies like Domino’s Pizza, Dell, and LinkedIn have made the list; however, only the likes of Microsoft, Timberland, and Patagonia have made the list five consecutive times.

“We are in pretty good company, and are an extremely rare representative of the construction industry,” highlights Jeff Kenny, owner and president. “Achieving this recognition in 2020 bears great importance to our team. In the midst of such broad economic challenges we have been blessed with tremendous growth and remain committed to building upon it.”

With solid plans for continued innovation and growth in 2021, Arch-Fab is aiming for 6!

Arch-Fab Makes Inc 5000 List for Fourth Year

Fort Forth, TX. August 28, 2019.

Arch-Fab Continues to Grow & Expand

Four! That’s FOUR IN A ROW! Since our company’s inception in 1991, we’ve had a lot of things to celebrate. (If you haven’t checked out our past, be sure to read and watch our video on our About Us page) We’re in our third decade of business and we’ve come a long way. We started out as a small company with fewer than 25 employees, building and servicing signs and awnings.

In 23 years we’ve grown rapidly, expanding and shifting our focus from service work to actually manufacturing custom products with a talented team of over 100 individuals. We now design, engineer and manufacture custom extruded aluminum sunshades, commercial canopies, metal and fabric awning systems, trellises, walkway covers and more.

It wasn’t enough to just design and manufacture these products. We wanted to do it ALL from start to finish. Three years ago, we moved into our current 86,000 sq. ft facility in Fort Worth. We design, fabricate, finish, pack, ship and dispatch our installation teams from under one roof. We’ve invested in people and facilities for one reason alone: so that we can Make and Keep Meaningful Promises to our loyal, partner clients.

Our goal is to make projects seamless and easy and we’ve eliminated extra steps. We are built much like our general contractor partners with distinct Preconstruction and Operations teams that coordinate and manage projects from start to finish. We take pride in going the extra mile, not doing things halfway.

Arch-Fab | 2019 Inc 5000 — Team members representing the 96 individuals who make this award possible (left to right): John Honeycutt (Safety Manager), Nick Mitchell (Account Manager), Patrick Miller (Project Manager), Francisco Aragon (Finishing), Mike Hernandez (Production Manager), Jessica Gordon (Purchasing Manager), Jeff Kenny (Pretty Face & Owner), Avi Yadav (Designer), Lauren Preston (Project Manager), Curtis Herron (Project Planner), Nick Allen (Estimator), Freddie Fuller (Superintendent)

Arch-Fab Makes Inc 5000 List for Fourth Year

With all of this growth, our Pursuit of Excellence and our Dedication to Making and Keeping Meaningful Promises to our employees, customers, vendors and shareholders, has not and will not change. We have come a long way and proudly announce that for the 4th year in a row, Architectural Fabrication has been selected by Inc. Magazine for inclusion in its annual Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Privately Owned Companies in the U.S. Tens of thousands of companies have applied for inclusion and only a small fraction have made the list more than once.

Owner and President, Jeff Kenny, notes that, “Only 1 in 13 companies that have made the list have done so four times. Arch-Fab has made the list four years in a row! Our team of 100 committed individuals is determined to “Making and Keeping Meaningful Promises” first to each other and then to our customers.”

Thank you for your support. Here’s to striving for our fifth year!

Turnbuckle Award – June

The FedEx Distribution Center Project Problem

In February 2019, Architectural Fabrication was awarded a contract on the FedEx Ground Distribution Center in Bethpage, New York. This was the first opportunity that Amanda Rousseau, Account Manager, worked from pre-qual to closed won.

The award of this project was tied to a promise that we made to Marcus Organization (GC) to perform on a deadline. The Project Manager, Lauren Preston, reached out to many subcontractors to perform the install to save our crews a trip to New York. She was able to identify a local subcontractor that met the budget demands of the project. Unfortunately, within hours of the start of install the subcontractor backed out and forced our hand to self perform.

Our Solution to the Problem

Domingo Gonzales, Foreman, was already onsite to coordinate with the subcontractor to ensure that the project kicked off well. However, he was without tools and necessary equipment to perform work. The subcontractor backing out resulted in our team being in a huge bind and required us to immediately mobilize more installers to perform.

Tiearrow Parrish and Morgan James were completing an install in Nebraska and were asked to make the almost 1,500 mile drive to meet Domingo on the FedEx jobsite in New York. This crew installed 891 ft of rollformed canopies in less than 3 weeks and helped get us back on schedule. The install was particularly challenging because everything had to be through-bolted. Robert Ramos traveled up to the jobsite to relieve Morgan after his grandmother passed away. Our crew spent 3 weeks straight out of town away from their homes and families.

Turnbuckle Award

The Onsite Superintendent, Dan Aragona, for the client gave very positive feedback about the professionalism of our crew and how efficient and safe they were on the jobsite. The dedication of Domingo Gonzales, Morgan James, Tiearrow Parrish, Robert Ramos, and many others resulted in us saving a relationship with a growth account and Architectural Fabrication keeping a meaningful promise.

Turnbuckle Award – May

The Design Pipeline Problem

In 2018, Arch-Fab made a significant investment to upgrade the design documents that we use internally and externally to communicate our scope of work for each project in our pipeline. We directed most of our resources into a new software, SolidWorks 3D Professional, which is a best in class 3D modeling software for the manufacturing industry. All new systems come with challenges.

One of the specific challenges that we encountered was that the Bill of Material (“BOM”) extract from SolidWorks required our Project Planner to spend .5 hour per BOM on average to combine and reorganize line items to effectively communicate to our Purchasing Manager what the material demand was for the project.

Another obstacle that we had to overcome was how to provide easy and efficient access to our standardized fabrication drawings. By establishing a catalog of part numbers, we were able to create a library of fabrication drawings that could be reused as opposed to a designer re-creating every part drawing for each project. This advancement in the design process creating a pinch point for our Production Team because they were having to search for individual part number drawings and print them off one at a time. This process was taking approximately .5 hours per production release.

Our Solution to the Problem

Asim Hasan developed a solution for challenge #1. Through a series of complex formulas in Microsoft Excel, Asim was able to group part numbers together and cumulate the values. This optimization of the BOM automated the summarization of the BOM and saved .5 hour of Curtis Herron’s time per production release. The Design Team was able to incorporate the optimization of the BOM into their process by copying the SolidWorks BOM extract values in to the new Optimizer and saving it on the server.

Jeff Cash, with the help of Sean Scanlan and Asim Hasan, was able to program a solution to streamline access to fabrication drawings for Ben Davis, Mike Hernandez and many others. Through more Excel formula development, Jeff was able to automate the generation of hyperlinks directly to the fabrication drawing file. This allowed Ben and Mike to open all of their drawings from the Production BOM into a single Adobe Acrobat (PDF Viewer) window. Sean Scanlan installed Adobe Acrobat Pro on their computers which allowed Mike and Ben to print all the drawings opened in tabs across the same window with a single print command.

Turnbuckle Award

These innovations saved the company 1 man hour per production release and approximately $20,000 per year.

Turnbuckle Award – April

The Punch Hole Problem

Louvered sunshades and many of our component level parts require holes to be drilled at specific dimensions. The Arch-Fab method for achieving this, historically, was to use a paper template and mark the hole locations using a center punch. After each hole was marked on the material using the paper template, a stationary drill press was used to drill holes in the marked location 1 at a time. The drilled material would then be used as a template to drill holes in the remaining parts.

This process was very time consuming and regularly inaccurate. Parts could effectively be drilled at a pace of 2 holes per minute. This severely limited our ability to produce sunshades at a competitive price point and our overall capacity in the shop.

Our Solution to the Problem

After months of research, Ben Davis found a used Iron Worker that would effectively punch single holes into our materials. With a $1,500 investment and some redneck ingenuity, Ben was able to bring the Iron Worker online and used it immediately to punch holes in a large quantity of brackets on the University North Park project in Norman, Oklahoma. The machine paid for itself on this one job by speeding up the number of holes being punched per minute to 20. After gaining efficiency and increasing capacity in the shop using this machine, Ben was able to make the ROI case for a larger investment in a bigger piece of equipment.

Within a year of purchasing the Iron Worker, Ben located a 90-ton press that would be capable of punching multiple holes at once and reliably sheering material. With the help of Mike and Paul Hernandez, Ben was able to get the 90-ton press online. This entailed finding the correct tooling dies and jigs to allow our shop to setup a variation of templates. Our 90-ton press is now the primary source for hole punching for tee brackets, embeds, slip brackets, outriggers, and other parts.

Turnbuckle Award

This innovation increased the efficiency of hole punching to 75-150 holes per minute. It has saved Arch-Fab $50,000 in efficiency performing this work and reducing work that would have otherwise been outsourced to vendors like SDMI.

Wrapping Up 2018

It’s Been Fun, 2018!

This is my 24th blog coming to you from the leader in shade solutions. It’s fun for me to share the goings on at Arch-Fab and it’s hard to believe that we’re nearing another trip around the sun. This year has proven to be another year of incredible growth and success! For those out there that follow our journey, I hope you continue to be entertained and informed.

As we wrap up 2018 and put plans into action for 2019, I enjoy taking a moment to pause reflect to look back over the past year. It went fast and we’re proud of all that we’ve accomplished.

When we set out on 2018, we had lofty plans for another year of growth, so we initiated an employee referral incentive program. In 2018, we paid out tens of thousands of dollars to employees for referring qualified candidates that were hired on to help us honor our commitment to “keep meaningful promises to our clients.” Through that program, we added members to all areas of our company: project management, installation, fabrication, powder coating, purchasing, design, and sales.

We became a Registered Professional Engineering Firm, and we now have the capacity to perform engineering services in Texas and Louisiana. We are working towards being registered in Oklahoma and Tennessee, too!

We were awarded the patent for our Helios “bolt track” system, which empowers us to be a more responsive partner, and deliver “Cheaper, Better, AND Faster” to our clients.

We Had So Much Fun Growing this Year!

We met some talented architecture firms and deepened relationships with our existing partners. We had some fun outside of the office at client appreciation events. Our investment in continuing education opportunities will continue into 2019 for anyone wanting to learn more about Division 10 Exterior Sun Control. Our company also exhibited at the TxA Design Expo!

Our design and fabrication teams took a break from making canopies and sunshades to create a unique dog house inspired by a shipping container in support of the Dallas Bark + Build! That’s going to be one lucky pup!

With all of the growth and excitement, we still managed to have a little fun. We battled it out on the whirly ball court. We celebrated birthdays, anniversaries, and hosted a couple of baby showers to welcome in the newest members of the Arch-Fab family. In addition to an office Halloween costume contest, we hosted an employee fall festival, complete with trick-or-treating and BBQ. There was some friendly inter-office competition with a health and fitness challenge, too. We survived a Texas summer with the help of sno cones from Kona Ice!

We worked hard, but we shared laughs along the way.

Plans have been finalized for our Arch-Fab Holiday party, but you’ll have to check back in January to hear more about that!

Our entire team has their sights set on a rockin’ 2019 and we’ve taken on some mammoth goals for the year ahead. I hope you’re following us on your favorite social media platform. We’re active on Linkedin, Facebook, and Twitter! We’re constantly adding to our website, so be sure to drop in from time to time.

We’re nearly 100 employees strong and have plans to hire new team members every week of 2019. Take a look at our available positions on our career page. Come join us in 2019 and become a member of a team where your contribution can make a difference!

Giving Thanks & Partnering for a Bark + Build Project

Happy Thanksgiving from the leader in shade solutions! It has been a busy couple of months and we’ve been working feverishly on a top secret project. We’ve wanted to share this excitement on our social media outlets, but needed to keep this particular project under wraps. Now it’s finally time to lift back the curtain!

A couple of months ago, we were approached by our friends over at Provident General Contractors to partner with their team and REES Associates to fabricate the design for the Fourth Annual Bark + Build Competition. We didn’t hesitate to say YES and get to work!

This is a unique and exciting competition. The Bark + Build is presented by AIA Dallas and TEXO Association and serves to foster relationships between architecture and contractor firms, while raising awareness and support for SPCA of Texas.

Bark + Build Competition | Teacup Pup Category

There are five categories, and we have partnered to fabricate the most adorable “Teacup Pup” home. Our fabrication and coating teams poured themselves into this project over the past several weeks, from the fine tuning of the design, to fabrication and coating of the materials.

As in all success stories, it takes a team, and we couldn’t have achieved this without amazing support from our partners. The miniature shade sails were fabricated and donated by Modern Shade. The corrugated metal was gifted to the design by PAC-CLAD, and the coating for the deck was graciously provided by Quality Powder Coating. (no, that’s not wood, it’s powder coated aluminum!) These are wonderful, responsive partners of ours and we hope that you will support these companies for construction needs on your projects.

Come See the Bark + Build Exhibition in Person!

The houses will be exhibited at Northpark Centre from November 16th to December 2nd. There will be 25 homes displayed. You may bid on these homes through the online silent auction beginning on November 16th. Proceeds will benefit the SPCA of Texas.

How can you get involved? We need your votes! Go to Dallas Bark + Build to vote for the “Precious Fur-Go” home! We’d love for you to help us take home the “Teacup Pup” award as well as the “Top Dog” award by the SPCA.

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More About Inc. and the Inc. 5000

100 committed employees… working with the industry’s best general contractor partners… collaborating with leading architectural firms… to serve preeminent owners and developers… EQUALS SUCCESS!

With solid plans for continued innovation and growth in 2021, Arch-Fab is aiming for 6!

Arch-Fab Continues to Grow & Expand

Arch-Fab Makes Inc 5000 List for Fourth Year

The FedEx Distribution Center Project Problem

Our Solution to the Problem

Turnbuckle Award

The Design Pipeline Problem

Our Solution to the Problem

Turnbuckle Award

The Punch Hole Problem

Our Solution to the Problem

Turnbuckle Award

It’s Been Fun, 2018!

We Had So Much Fun Growing this Year!

Bark + Build Competition | Teacup Pup Category

Come See the Bark + Build Exhibition in Person!

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