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CompanyCam founder Luke Hansen (front center) is photographed with other members of the company's staff.
Nearly three dozen Nebraska companies have made the list of the fastest-growing private firms in the country.
The Inc. 5000 list of fast-growing private companies includes 34 from the Cornhusker State, six of which are from Lincoln.
Though nearly all the companies on the list are from Lincoln and Omaha, the fastest-growing company in the state hails from elsewhere.
Summit Medical Staffing, based in Fremont, ranked 114th on the list with three-year revenue growth of 3,893%. The company provides temporary nurses, therapists and other health professionals.
The top-ranked Lincoln-based company was CompanyCam, which offers a photo app to help contractors track their projects. The company ranked 1,045th with three-year revenue growth of 619%
It was CompanyCam's third-straight appearance on the list and the second time it's been the fastest-growing company from Lincoln.
Other Lincoln companies that made the list are:
* Law firm Hilgers Graben, 1,280th with 509% growth;
* Midwest Barrel Co., 1,632nd with 385% growth;
* Law firm Berry Law, 3,522nd with 146% growth
* Business training company Vivayic, 4,265th with 107% growth
* Marketing firm redthread creative, 4,488th with 98% growth.
One other area company that made the list was Sideline Power based in Greenwood, which sells headsets, end zone cameras, drones, portable sound systems and other technology used at football games and other sporting events. It ranked 3,221st with 165% growth.
To see the full list, go to: inc.com/inc5000/2022.
The term “recession-proof” has taken on a new and important meaning in the wake of the Great Recession of 2008, a meaning that has been renewed during the pandemic. One recession-proof industry has proven to be construction. Residential and commercial real estate, roads, bridges, power and energy, hotels—each of these sectors has weathered economic storms and proven to be dependable ways for a person to support a family.
The American Institutes of Architects’ Consensus Construction Forecast predicts that nonresidential construction will grow 4.6%, while the overall commercial construction market will see a 5.4% increase. This is against market expectations of global construction gains of 3.7%, meaning the U.S. market is expected to be ahead of the curve. Moreover, road and highway construction is expected to reach $108 billion annually by 2024.
Aside from ongoing supply chain woes that have caused delays in materials delivery, one source of concern in construction is workforce shortages. Analysis from Deloitte says that labor shortages are the result of a lack of qualified candidates and a skills gap between generations in an industry growing more technologically savvy by the year.
But this does not mean there are no jobs out there—to the contrary, there are a great number of construction jobs out there, and many of them are high-paying and offer career opportunities. To that end, Stacker compiled a list of the highest paying jobs in construction in Lincoln using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Jobs are ranked based on annual pay as of May 2020. Job descriptions are from O*NET.
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- #56 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Help brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, or tile and marble setters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
- #238 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.
- #120 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,360)
- Job description: Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials.
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Apply hard tile, stone, and comparable materials to walls, floors, ceilings, countertops, and roof decks.
- #110 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Identify, remove, pack, transport, or dispose of hazardous materials, including asbestos, lead-based paint, waste oil, fuel, transmission fluid, radioactive materials, or contaminated soil. Specialized training and certification in hazardous materials handling or a confined entry permit are generally required. May operate earth-moving equipment or trucks.
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- #162 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Cover roofs of structures with shingles, slate, asphalt, aluminum, wood, or related materials. May spray roofs, sidings, and walls with material to bind, seal, insulate, or soundproof sections of structures.
- #294 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
- #165 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($72,040)
- Job description: Maintain highways, municipal and rural roads, airport runways, and rights-of-way. Duties include patching broken or eroded pavement and repairing guard rails, highway markers, and snow fences. May also mow or clear brush from along road, or plow snow from roadway.
- #198 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Smooth and finish surfaces of poured concrete, such as floors, walks, sidewalks, roads, or curbs using a variety of hand and power tools. Align forms for sidewalks, curbs, or gutters; patch voids; and use saws to cut expansion joints.
- #99 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Apply plasterboard or other wallboard to ceilings or interior walls of buildings. Apply or mount acoustical tiles or blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing materials to ceilings and walls of buildings to reduce or reflect sound. Materials may be of decorative quality. Includes lathers who fasten wooden, metal, or rockboard lath to walls, ceilings, or partitions of buildings to provide support base for plaster, fireproofing, or acoustical material.
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- #193 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: No formal educational credential
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.
- #47 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($73,360)
- Job description: Operate equipment used for applying concrete, asphalt, or other materials to road beds, parking lots, or airport runways and taxiways or for tamping gravel, dirt, or other materials. Includes concrete and asphalt paving machine operators, form tampers, tamping machine operators, and stone spreader operators.
- #224 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($96,440)
- Job description: Operate one or several types of power construction equipment, such as motor graders, bulldozers, scrapers, compressors, pumps, derricks, shovels, tractors, or front-end loaders to excavate, move, and grade earth, erect structures, or pour concrete or other hard surface pavement. May repair and maintain equipment in addition to other duties.
- #115 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Lay and bind building materials, such as brick, structural tile, concrete block, cinder block, glass block, and terra-cotta block, with mortar and other substances, to construct or repair walls, partitions, arches, sewers, and other structures.
- #246 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Install, maintain, and repair electrical wiring, equipment, and fixtures. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes. May install or service street lights, intercom systems, or electrical control systems.
- #73 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.
- #161 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
- Job description: Assemble, install, alter, and repair pipelines or pipe systems that carry water, steam, air, or other liquids or gases. May install heating and cooling equipment and mechanical control systems. Includes sprinkler fitters.
- #123 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,920)
- Job description: Inspect structures using engineering skills to determine structural soundness and compliance with specifications, building codes, and other regulations. Inspections may be general in nature or may be limited to a specific area, such as electrical systems or plumbing.
- #195 highest pay among all metros
- Entry level education requirements: High school diploma or equivalent
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($107,870)
- Job description: Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction or extraction workers.
Reach the writer at 402-473-2647 or molberding@journalstar.com.
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Matt Olberding is a Lincoln native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate who has been covering business for the Journal Star since 2005.
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