Building around America's pastime

Creating strong, long-term relationships with its subcontractors has paid off in an interesting way for Ed Taylor Construction.

Deep in the bowels of Tropicana Field, the Tampa construction firm is building a 75-foot-by-25-foot enclosure. It is no ordinary interior building. It is specially designed and wired for Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and others to install telecommunications that will boost signal and strength of cell devices during the kick-off party of the Republican National Convention.

It's a complicated project squished into a tight timeframe, requiring working individually with all of the carriers along with Tampa Bay Rays officials, says Mark Weaver, vice president of Ed Taylor Construction.