By La’Var Howell / Blue Sky News
“I tell my kids all the time to look around,” Louis Waller III said. “Everything you have is because your grandfather gave us a chance.”
Louis Waller III, president and owner of general contractor Waller Corporation, founded by his father, Louis Waller II, in 1986, is likely inspiring not only his children but other minority-owned businesses these days. In December, his company was awarded a $6 million contract on the Terminal Modernization Program (TMP) at Pittsburgh International Airport.
It’s the latest example that the Allegheny County Airport Authority’s strategy to attract more minority participation in the new terminal project is working. In addition to Waller Corp., — located about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh in Washington, Pa. – over 60 DBE firms are already involved on the TMP and have earned more than $150 million. Continue reading