Brian Cyrus keeps more of the dollars that pass through this business because of his highly detailed job planning. “Tools are cheap,” he says. “Leaving a jobsite to get a forgotten tool is expensive.” The same goes for a missing pipefitting, piece of wire or even a broken tool. Cyrus, co-owner of Obsidian Ridge Contracting Inc., in Redmond, Ore., does not start a job until all the materials are stockpiled on the jobsite. Tight job planning is just one of his keys for success.Named after a local geologic formation, Obsidian Ridge Contracting has been serving three counties within a 75-mile
