Category: News

Love your subcontractors.

6/5/2019

May 6 - 10, 2019 was recognized by the United States Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as National Safety Stand-Down Week. If you live in East Texas, you know that the best laid plans are, more often than not, subject to weather. It is not uncommon to be running the heater in the morning, and switch to the air conditioner by lunch in the middle of December. Torrential rains and flooding prevented us from conducting our Stand Down for Safety event at the Winnsboro ISD jobsite during the designated week. Not to be deterred, RLM not only rescheduled the event, but added a Subcontractor Appreciation Luncheon to the agenda. Special shout out to our subcontractors. Thank you for loving what you do, and going the extra mile to make our jobsites a safe place to work. Without you, we could never have the opportunity to do what we love - build exceptional projects for exceptional clients.

Big thanks to our RLM crew for making safety first priority for everyone, and cooking up the best tasting hot dogs and fixin's ever! Check out some of the pictures from the event below.

40 Years, and it's been our pleasure.

1/15/2019

40 years ago some revolutionary events were taking place all over the world. The Dukes of Hazzard were burning up our television screens, as was the newly launched ESPN network. The AMC Pacer was facing extinction while Sony was introducing the first Walkman, cassette tape-style. Trivial Pursuit became all the rage. Margaret Thatcher made history as she became the first ever elected female Prime Minister. The world watched in shock and awe as the space station Skylab crashed to the ground, and the Unit 2 reactor at Three Mile Island had a literal meltdown.

In Longview, Texas, Robert L. Metzler was making history as well. Mr. Metzler founded RLM General Contractors in January of 1979, laying the groundwork for what was to become one of the oldest, most trusted and successful construction management firms in East Texas.

2019 heralded in 40 years of service, building buildings and building relationships, growth, and pride in what we do here at RLM General Contractors. There is nothing like driving past a building and knowing you played a part in creating that landmark. For us, it is a true labor of love.

We are grateful to all of the exceptional clients who chose us to be a part of their exceptional projects. We are equally grateful to the people of RLM. Throughout the years, we've been rewarded with the best of the best employees, several of whom are celebrating 25+ years of tenure.

Thank you East Texas for the best 40 ever. We are eagerly looking forward to 40 more!

Citizens National Bank breaks ground on new Corsicana branch office.

6/6/2017

By Michael Kormos, Corsicana Daily Sun
5/26/2017

Citizens National Bank of Corsicana held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to begin construction of its new branch office at 400 W. Collin St., the site of bank’s main office before it acquired the local Bank of America branch in January 2015.
“We plan to be in the new building by March 31 of next year,” said Christina Janecka, senior vice president and regional manager. “It will be a two-story, almost 10,000-square-foot facility. We will have six drive-through lanes large enough to accommodate dually trucks hauling cattle trailers. That was something for which the community expressed a need.”

Janecka said the bank will be on the first floor and the trust department will be on the second.

The new facility will allow Citizens National Bank to combine its main office at 100 N. Main St. and drive-through at 209 N. 12th St. The College Park Mall location will not be affected.

“It’s very exciting, not just for our Corsicana bank, but for our whole company,” said Brad Tidwell, president and CEO. “Corsicana and Navarro County are really a great market for us and being able to invest in the area is a dream come true. We wanted to make a statement and create an even bigger presence and that’s what we are doing.”

The new branch was announced during a December 2016 Business After Hours reception at the bank’s Downtown Corsicana branch.

Marshall ISD Legacy 2017 Construction Plan

12/15/2016

In May of 2015, the community of Marshall decided to move forward with an ambitious plan to upgrade their schools district-wide. Projects include a new 182,000 sq ft Junior High School valued at $45 million, three new Elementary schools with a combined value of $61 million, and a $2.5 million dollar renovation to the existing Sam Houston Middle School repurposing it to a grade K-5 STEM Academy. RLM General Contractors is honored to have have been awarded the new Junior High School project, currently underway with scheduled completion for the summer of 2017. Enjoy this video, courtesy of Juays Photography of Marshall, which chronicles the projects as of September 2016. #maverickpride!

To see more real-time updates, visit the Marshall ISD Legacy 2017 Construction Site.

Check out the aerial photos of the Gladewater ISD project

8/9/2016

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Gladewater ISD makes progress on new school

2/24/2015

Read the latest at News-Journal February 14, 2015.

Gladewater ISD selects RLM as construction manager

2/24/2015

Gladewater ISD Selects Construction Manager for New School
Posted: Sunday, August 10, 2014
By Bridget Ortigo

Gladewater ISD is making progress on a $35 million bond election, having secured a company to oversee the construction of the district’s new middle school and renovations at its intermediate school.

Trustees hired RLM General Contractors of Longview to manage the construction, which is slated to start this winter.

Gladewater ISD taxpayers in May approved a $35 million bond election to build a $27 million middle school and to spend about $7 million on renovations at Weldon Intermediate School so it can house second through fifth-graders.