Salt Lake City: Livability in the 21st Century

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LCG FACADES
Top: Gary and Ronda Dabb, LCG Facades owners. Gary attributes a large
portion of LCG Facades success to Ronda’s dedication and support.
“If not for her, we would have never succeeded,” Gary says.
Below: LCG Facades installed the sloped blast proof walls as well as the
photovoltaic canopy in front of the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building.
The canopy provides approximately 440 volts. This building has a
Zero Energy Foot Print and many other cities are modeling there public
safety buildings after ours. In a crisis the building is a command center and
is fully powered and operational.
Linford Contract Glazing (LCG) Facades is a Utah-based
commercial glass and glazing contractor servicing building
projects across the Intermountain West. LCG was founded on
the principle of Innovation Through Partnerships: LCG works
directly with owners, architects, and contractors to help
achieve highly energy efficient enclosure solutions that not
only meet design goals but cost and schedule requirements
as well. The company’s 40,000 square foot Salt Lake City
production facility features CNC automated machines
operated by a skilled staff to fabricate curtain walls, double
facades, rain screen facades, blast resistant applications,
and other building products. In the field, LCG Facades
employs only the most professional and experienced project
management teams to install its products.
Sustainable building practices are at the heart of LCG
Facades’ vision and mission. The LCG team and partners have
vast experience and knowledge in energy-responsible
products and systems to benefit any project, including
ensuring structures meets new government energy codes,
ASHRAE and NFRC standards, as well as desired LEED
certification. Some of the specific
energy performance solutions
offered by LCG include: systems
made from 100 percent recycled
aluminum, using high-performance
thermally-broken systems, tripleglazing,
providing three Low-E
coatings on a single glass unit, and
offering rain screen panel systems
that work in accordance with
revised Utah energy codes. Creating
solutions that are inventive,
sustainable, effective, and elegant
while exceeding client expectations
is LCG Facades’ ultimate goal.
LCG Facades is owned and operated by Gary Dabb,
who offers more than thirty years of experience in every
aspect of the commercial glazing industry. Gary and his wife
Ronda previously owned Dabb Associates, a commercial
facade drafting company servicing subcontractors and
manufacturers across the nation. In 2005 the Dabbs were
approached by Linford Brothers Glass to rebuild the
company’s commercial glazing division. The Dabbs
converted the failing division into a profit center within just
one year. In 2006-2007 the Dabbs partnered with Earl
Linford to purchase the division and relaunched it as a
stand-alone venture under the name LCG Facades.
As with many business ventures, LCG Facades first year
was full of challenges. The Dabbs and Linford began with
relatively small staff: six in the office and twenty-two glaziers
in the shop and out in the field. Demand for their products
and services were vigorous from the start and within three
months LCG’s staff had expanded to eight office employees
and approximately fifty glaziers. “Within a very short time
period we built this company from scratch including all
company manuals, benefits, our mission statement and
core values, job descriptions, accounting, OSHA safety
standards, etc. We definitely had our hands full,” Gary says.
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