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...Bardis, 40, a former salesman, has built a bigger Chicago business by coordinating the work of 36 subcontractors. His firm has booked $750,000 worth of business so far this year. For some other contractors, repair and remodeling work have served as the launching pad into house-construction. William Adkison and Ralph DeMeo, a couple of Florida carpenters who were earning $2.83 an hour a decade ago, joined to start A.D.H. Construction Co. The firm did extensive remodeling work, earned enough to begin building apartment houses. It recently moved into a Taj Mahal-like building, which has a steam room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE HAMMERING HEADACHE OF HOME REPAIRS | 7/25/1969 | See Source »

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