Mulch ‘N More
Owner: Eddy Queen
Location: 5907 Burnt Knob Road, Murfreesboro, TN
Project Scope: New office space and maintenance facility
Queen’s Tree Surgery has been serving Middle Tennessee for nearly 80 years. The company, which was started by Wayne Queen in 1942, is very much a family business. The Queen family purchased 100 acres on Burnt Knob Road and selected the Dow Smith Company team to construct their new Mulch ‘N More facility.
The 11,590-square-foot pre-engineered metal buildings provide Queen’s with a new office space and warehouse building. The Mulch ‘N More project was not without its share of challenges—the site proved difficult for electrical, water, and plumbing utilities, including the unique fire sprinkling system required. Despite these obstacles, the Dow Smith Company team, in partnership with Kevin Goins Architecture, was able to provide Queen’s Tree Surgery with a facility that will serve them for years to come.
After growing up in Washington State and working construction for most of his life, Joel Tellez wound up in Smyrna, where he became a superintendent for Olympian Construction. One day, he was sitting in the pickup line at Thurman Francis Arts Academy in his work truck when Dow Smith—who also had kids at the school—came over and struck up a conversation. A few months later, Joel was working at DSC. Last week, he celebrated 20 years with the company.