Corporate Profile

Perfection Painting Company

            In 1991, Paul Ferris and Karen Wagner founded Perfection Painting Company. They put an advertisement in a local newspaper and began their business by painting the exteriors of residential homes. Since that time, the company has grown from a small and dedicated handful of people to 60 full-time job coordinators, painters and laborers.

            From residential exterior paint jobs, Perfection Painting grew to become a painting subcontractor for a larger painting company, eventually landing a contract with Bronsert Homes, the company’s first new homebuilder contract. “We remained in the custom home painting business until 1996 when we moved into multifamily residence painting,” says Wagner. “Currently, 70 percent of our work is in multifamily housing, 20 percent is in commercial work and the remaining 10 percent is single-family residential.”

            Perfection Painting offers the benefits of a large, well-trained staff with the personalized service that is the hallmark of smaller, tightly run organizations. Ferris works directly with the general contractors, project managers and superintendents, along with the company’s job coordinator and chief estimator assigned to a specific project. “Perfection Painting does not subcontract any of its work,” says Ferris. “All work is performed by our employees, allowing greater control during the entire project.” A designated project scheduler works directly with the contractor to ensure all work is done on time and up to par. “Our goal is to keep the project on schedule, and we will do whatever we can to make that happen.”

The benefit of having a large staff and owning equipment is that Perfection Painting can utilize resources as necessary, without having to call in outside companies. “Our large staff gives us the ability to move needed manpower to specific jobs in order to keep them on schedule,” says Wagner. The company’s equipment includes two 60-foot JLG zoom booms, two Geni 60-foot booms, 15 one-ton vans, 35 spray pumps and three power washers, as well as Type 1A industrial heavy-duty ladders and OSHA-certified safety harnesses and equipment. “We are safety-certified by the state of Colorado, and we have an in-house weekly safety program,” she says. “We take pride in our company and its professionalism.”

As Perfection Painting takes on larger and more prolific work, maintaining the schedule and the budget have become paramount concerns. The Summit in Broomfield, Colo., a 500-unit apartment complex with a four-story parking garage, is the company’s largest project to date. The project was particularly challenging due to the variety of products and applications used, including latex, oil, epoxy, urethane, concrete sealer, xylene sealers and urethane caulking. The job was completed on schedule and without a single safety violation during the 18 months of work. “We were very happy with the outcome of this project,” says Ferris. “It was completed on schedule and everyone was very pleased with the final product.”

Another successful project, the 144-unit Lincoln Pointe Lofts, was completed a full three months ahead of schedule.

In an increasingly complicated and challenging arena for subcontractors, Perfection Painting continues to grow and develop in spite of rising gas prices and rising insurance and labor costs. The company continues to make adjustments to keep ahead of challenges and to add services while maintaining the schedule, minding the budget and doing an excellent job on site.

“We believe it is important to have good office personnel that can schedule and coordinate each project,” says Wagner. “We know the importance of keeping the project on schedule and of getting the job done.”

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