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Back row ( right to left ) Theodore Urlton , Ken Nagy , Jr ., Maura Almasi , William Almasi III . Front row ( right to left ) Laura Bianchini , Anne Marie Almasi , In Memory of William E . Almasi Sr . 2nd generation leader and mentor ( 2006 ), William Almasi , Jr ., Ken Nagy
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It ’ s no easy feat to operate a multimillion-dollar site work and utility contracting business during a pandemic , let alone a fourth-generation family business .
Yet , the Almasi family of businesses in Woodbridge is proving itself to be a model example of what can be accomplished when teams – and families – are adaptable and available to pivot wherever needed .
“ When we ’ re bidding on a job , for example , we don ’ t really know what ’ s in the ground – we just know we ’ re able to make changes on the fly ,” said Maura Almasi , controller and fourth-generation employee at Almasi Companies . “ Whatever the game plan is could change at a moment ’ s notice .” While that certainly has been the motto for this year thus far , Almasi Companies would never have existed or achieved its current level of success without the near-century history of the other familyowned businesses preceding it , said Anne Marie Almasi , owner , president , and third-generation employee .
“ We have weathered the Great Depression , the Great Recession , and everything in between ,” she said .
Following his emigration from Hungary and the sale of his local jitney bus service , John Almasi Sr . founded the family business in 1926 as a trucking and material supply company . His sons , William Almasi and John Almasi Jr ., joined their father shortly after . It was a business model that continues to inspire Ken Nagy , vice president of trucking and third-generation employee , today . “ My grandfather never sat back on his laurels ,” Nagy said . “ He started with buses , then he worked with garbage companies , then he bought sand pits , then he started in construction , and that history has taught me to always look for something new , a different angle , to keep one step ahead of competitors .”
As business began to evolve into full-service site work and specialized utility installation in the mid-1970s , William “ Bill ” Almasi Jr . and his wife , Anne Marie , stepped in to help form the company into what it is today . In fact , Anne Marie Almasi further merged business and family when she brought her own sister , Laura Bianchini , into the company after she graduated from Rutgers University .
“ My focus immediately changed from an international business graduate student to a construction engineer the moment I walked into the trenches , and I knew this is what I was meant to do ,” Bianchini , vice president of operations and third-generation employee , said .
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