Summit’s diversification an algae affair
Posted Sunday, September 21st, 2008Nevada could be a major supplier of oil through biofuels, says Tom Gallagher, one of three partners in G3 Op LLC, a Reno-based company that expects to produce commercial grade oil from algae and other growth.
Gallagher is also co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Summit Engineering Corp, a civil engineering firm that’s operated from headquarters in Reno for 30 years. (Don McHarg is co-founder and executive vice president.)
The company is no stranger to striking out in new directions. Since its founding in 1978 as a civil engineering firm of four, Summit has brought most construction-related functions in house rather than rely on subcontractors, says Gallagher. It’s even diversified into hydrology. Read full story:
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