With Gratitude

Barker Steel and the People Who Made It Work

by Robert B. Brack


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 8/9/2017

Format : Hardcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 384
ISBN : 9781480846555
Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 384
ISBN : 9781480846548
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 384
ISBN : 9781480846562

About the Book

Robert B. Brack knew from an early age that his grandfather and father hoped he would join Barker Steel Co., the business started by his grandfather in 1920.

After graduating from college in 1960 with a degree in civil engineering, he went to work at the family business. But after a few years, he left to pursue his dream of teaching math and science.

He’d return to a more challenging role at the company about a year later. At the time, the firm had one location and was barely profitable with less than $1 million in sales and twenty-eight employees.

By the time this story ends in 2007, however, Barker Steel was one of the largest independent rebar fabricators in North America with twelve locations throughout New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, generating in some years more than $200 million in sales and employing more than five hundred people.

Learn valuable business lessons gleaned through four generations of a closely-held, family business, and discover how Brack, his family, and their teams built a successful and respected company in With Gratitude.


About the Author

Robert B. Brack was Barker Steel’s chief executive for more than twenty-eight years, leading the company as sales increased more than tenfold during a period of dynamic growth. A longtime active member of the Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, he served as chairman of the board in 1990 and 1991. In 2012, he received the institute’s first Distinguished Service Award. He is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a degree in civil engineering.