Gary and Cynthia Carter are exactly the type of people you want on your team. The husband-and-wife owners of Fort Worth-based Carter Construction Co. have combined their talents from different playing areas to build a successful athletic field business from the ground up.
A native of Fort Worth, Cynthia graduated with a business degree from TCU in 1980 and joined the family business, building houses and remodeling shopping centers for Sabine Valley Construction Co., founded by her late grandfather, C.P. Hadley.
She picked up different construction skills with her marriage to Carter, 48, a mechanical engineer and graduate of Texas Tech University who helped design, among other aircraft, the F-16, the B-22 and the 747.
“I kept saying that with his knowledge and background and my experience building houses, we ought to do this together,” she says.
In 1997, the couple launched their sports field construction company. Cynthia oversees daily operations as president; as vice president, Gary manages the technical side.
Carter, who is on site for every project, says the precision work is what attracted him to the sports field industry.
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