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D.F. CHASE INC.

Nashville, Tenn.-based D.F. Chase says its

growth is the result of its customers’ growth.

‘Integrity, Quality, Performance’

D.F. Chase’s 20-year success in the industry is generated mainly by the company’s hard work, it says.
Staying true to its word has earned it repeat business throughout the country.

By Fernie Grace Tiflis not just talk, [but] actual performance, and as a result of

A ccountability is one of the many factors that dis-

tinguish D.F. Chase Inc. from the pack of general
contractors, says David Chase, vice president of
business development. “We were founded on integrity,” he
states. “We’re known for doing good, quality work. Doing
what we say we will do and being able to perform has been
our key to success.” Being flexible and staying knowledge-
able in its field have helped the Nashville, Tenn., firm es-
tablish 20 successful years in the business, he adds.
Chase Design-Build LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
D.F. Chase Inc., provides turnkey design/build projects and
is listed in the top-250 design/build com-
D.F. Chase Inc.
www.dfchase.com panies in Engineering News-Record. D.F.
Proj. 2007 rev.: $135 million Chase Inc. specializes in the industrial,
Headquarters: Nashville, Tenn. institutional and commercial services, as
Employees: 85
Services: General contractor well as medical, aviation, and multi-family
David Chase, vice president residential project management.
of business development: The company is driven by relation-
“We always try to do the right
thing in our business and our ships. “We are built on a reputation of
clients recognize that.” doing what we say we are going to do –
that, we have about 150 repeat companies that take us
around the country building their facilities,” President
Dean Chase says. “We’ve been in 30 states as a result of
work we’ve done in Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama
with our customers. Building for them has taken us to
other states to build their facilities. Our growth is the
result of our customers’ growth.”
Contractor of Choice
D.F. Chase recently completed two notable projects: a head-
quarters for The Rawlings Group, a pharmaceutical and in-
surance benefits management firm; and an aircraft mainte-
nance hangar for Embraer, the third-largest airline manu-
facturer in the world.
The company completed Rawlings’ 157,000-square-foot
headquarters in Louisville, Ky., which opened in Septem-
ber 2007 after 14 months of construction. The project is
the first building of a seven-building corporate campus in
Oldham County, David Chase says.
It features two three-story sections with a two-story con-

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