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WHITE CONSTRUCTION ON TENTH ANNUAL ICIC – INC. MAGAZINE INNER CITY 100

Boston, MA, May 1, 2008, 8 pm – Today, the 2008 ICIC-Inc. Magazine Inner City 100 list was released, and White Construction is ranked 36th on the list of the fastest growing inner-city companies in America.  Extraordinary growth is the predominant trait of the 2008 Inner City 100, a ranking created by the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC) and Inc. Magazine of the 100 fastest-growing businesses in inner city communities nationwide.  

Crains Detroit Business

August 5, 1996

SURVIVOR: Being quality-oriented has helped W. Bernard White build a successful construction company.

Small Projects Jump Start firm

W. Bernard White had it all figured out:  After sinking $20,000 into his start-up construction company in 1989, he’d jump-start with a $2 million bank-renovation contract.

Detroit Free Press

March 14, 2000

By Daniel G. Fricker

W. Bernard White’s successful construction company, built on years of hard work, is working on some of the Detroit area’s most recognizable structures

W. Bernard White stretches his long legs across a leather chair and ottoman in his 4,600 – square foot Franklin home.

Detroit News

Spring 1996

By: Bernard White | White Construction

The leaders of construction labor, owners, and contractors in Southeastern Michigan have been meeting monthly for over a year and have joined together to make Southeastern Michigan the best place in the world to perform construction.  One of their missions is to significantly increase and retain minorities and women in the building trades.

Crains Detroit Business

October 11, 1993

Bernard White, 38

President White Construction

Biggest Achievement:

Remaining on track to achieve a growth rate of $2 million a year by the fifth year of business.

Current goals:

“My ultimate goal is become a $20 million mid- to small-sized contractor.”

Being an optimist and Detroit booster, Bernard White said he is in the best position for a contractor to be right now: a business working in Detroit.