Building Long-Term Relationships
Founded in 2003, Quadrant Construction Inc. is an unlimited licensed Commercial Construction company. Quadrant has grown to become one of Eastern North Carolina’s most respected commercial contracting firms.
Quadrants successful entry into the commercial construction industry is due to the experience of the four partners who have extensive backgrounds in both residential and commercial construction combine with their pursuit to achieve on-time delivery and complete customer satisfaction without sacrificing quality or safety.
Meet The PartnersJames Maides, Partner
After graduating from UNC Wilmington in 1974 with a Bachelor in Accounting degree, he began his construction career when Westminster Company hired him as their corporate controller for the Eastern North Carolina region. Through this career experience he gained a great deal of knowledge about job cost accounting as related to construction. His job was to ensure the project would meet or exceed the financial criteria's established by the company. One of the largest projects James was responsible for was the Landfall Community in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina.
As the years progressed, James became more and more involved in the daily operations of the company and was eventually promoted to Senior Vice President where he reported directly to the Senior President of the Eastern region for North Carolina. During his tenure with Westminster's sales grew from 12 million to 80 million annually.
After several years as Senior VP, he accepted a position as the Manager of the Commercial Development department, which involved land acquisitions for shopping centers, lease up, and construction.
Mr. Maides later decided to join W.T. Humphrey Construction Group based in Norfolk Virginia where he continued with land acquisition and shopping center construction throughout the eastern seaboard. James worked directly with Mr. Humphrey and was responsible for all accounting, bonding and the overall management of the company. He remained with W.T. Humphrey for 12 years until he decided to partner with Mr. Whaley and Elijah Morton to form Carolina South Builder, Inc.
Today, James role in Quadrant Construction is to lend his vast experience and job-cost knowledge to his partners who manage the day-to-day operations of Quadrant Construction, Inc.
