OSCAR RENDA CONTRACTING, INC.
GRAPEVINE, TX

Today, Southland Holdings is a multifaceted heavy civil construction firm active throughout North America, building virtually any structure for to facilitate and protect the movement of people, water and wastewater. We are currently the 33rd largest heavy civil contractor in the United States and one of the largest in Texas. Today, Southland Holdings is managed by leaders in the industry. The next generation of our founders builds on their success and provides unwavering clarity and continuity of purpose. We are active in 42 U.S. states and in two Canadian provinces. With additional completed projects in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, we have successfully executed more than $9 billion dollars of work, growing to more than 2,000 dedicated full-time employees. Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. was established by Oscar Renda in 1974. His brother, Rudolph J. Renda joined the business a few years later. Over four decades later and several billion dollars of heavy civil work completed, Oscar Renda Contracting is the foundation which helped create what Southland Holdings is today. This gave him a very strong competitive advantage which allowed him to innovate and grow his tunneling company into a strong force in the industry. His integrity, intelligence, and sheer strength of will continues to provide inspiration for all of the employees of this great company. Charlie’s son, Clay Griffith, helps continue the legacy of innovation and successfully completing some of the most difficult and challenging tunneling projects in the world. Through several family generations and numerous triumphs and challenges, the fortitude of the company has been strengthened through the faith, grit, and resolve of the family’s leadership and the company’s hard working employees. A leader in the industry with over 85 years of experience specializing in Bridge, Highway, Infrastructure, Marine, Industrial and Emergency Construction services for both public and private clients, Johnson Bros is poised to excel for decades to come building on the traditions established by the company’s founders and leaders. Victor is the inventor of the Jarva Hard Rock Tunnel Boring Machine (now the Robbins Company) and holds several patents. This provides dynamic capabilities rarely available in the industry allowing Southland Holdings to take on the most complex underground challenges and bore through them successfully. Everyday we are committed to the safety process so we can send our team home to their families, safe and sound. We conduct our business with the highest standards of professional behavior and ethics. For instance, the invention of the Hard Rock TBM. But even as we work on each project, we are constantly searching for ways to increase performance and quality. We work harder and smarter than anyone else. There is no limit to our capability. We strive to excel in every aspect of our business delivering the highest quality and value for our clients. Frank grew up working in his family’s construction business, Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., eagerly learning the trade from his father and uncle. After graduating from Texas Tech University, he returned to the family business as a field supervisor. Years of hard work and an unswerving dedication to quality earned Frank the title of General Manager. At that time, the company was a local utility contractor with around 100 employees. The business boomed under Frank’s visionary direction, expanding into nearly two dozen states, acquiring 2,000 employees, and growing from $20 million to over $550 million a year in revenue. Since earning her Accounting degree in 2004, Teressa has been proud to manage Southland Holdings’ daily financial and administrative components. She maintains the company’s strong balance sheet and provides guidance in all things finance-related. Teressa values efficiency and effectiveness, and business operations have flourished under her leadership. She also manages Southland’s treasury, tax, and risk management aspects, working closely with company principals to certify that each project is operating in accordance with established benchmarks and regulations. Tim began his construction career in 1991 working on a survey crew in Longview, Texas. After graduating from Texas Tech University with dual degrees in Finance and Economics, he joined Frank and Rudy Renda at their family’s business, Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc. As the construction firm was growing into the leading Texas-based provider of water and sewer infrastructure, Tim took on their first large-scale out-of-state project in North Carolina. His devotion to ensuring successful project completions and going beyond client expectations helped him expand the business into 21 states. Russell Lindsey Russell is in the business of growing strong, competitive companies. He believes in open communication with clients and goes the extra mile to solve issues that may arise during a project’s lifecycle. Russell holds a Construction Science degree from Texas A&M University and an Executive Master’s degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University. He has honed the skills he learned in the classroom on the field and in the office, providing exceptional operations management and expert construction industry knowledge. Today he supervises the daily operations of a 280-employee company that generates over $160 million a year in revenue. Growing up around his family’s construction firm, Rudy can remember being on job sites since the age of three, learning from some of the best and hardest workers in the business. He graduated from Texas Tech University and joined Oscar Renda Contracting, Inc., as a field supervisor, working alongside his cousin Frank Renda. Please reach out to us if you have any questions about our company or if you are interested in a bid. Everyday we are committed to the safety process so we can send our team home to their families, safe and sound. We conduct our business with the highest standards of professional behavior and ethics.