Three Generations of Excellence
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Specialty Construction - General Contracting - Design Build - Management HUBERT ACTON STARTED ACTON THREE GENERATIONS ANIMATION IN 1967 OF EXCELLENCE Hubert Acton is the family patriarch. After graduating from high school, he served in the Army Air Corps as a belly gunner during World War II. After the war was over, he spent time in For 60 years the Acton family has England and Ireland learning electronics. Upon returning to the brought creativity to life. Their handiwork United States, he decided to follow in his father’s footsteps in the plastering trade. He moved to California from Oklahoma at Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm, three different times, before finally having enough work to settle in the Sunshine State. After several more years of independent Six Flags, and Sea World has created plastering work, he went to work for Disneyland. His tenure with lifelong memories for young and old Disney ended up lasting for 18 years. Deciding to go back out on his own after his successful run with Disney, he started Acton alike. An ability to create transformative Animation with his son, Kenneth Acton. environments has garnered them Along with further theme park projects along the West Coast, he was instrumental in the building of Carowinds in Charlotte, North custom work at famous hotels and Carolina, Astroworld the Six Flags theme park in Houston, and Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia. He passed away in 1995. themed restaurants allowing them to Hubert and Kenneth had quite a storied history together and leave their mark across the globe. have creations in the most celebrated theme parks in the world. KEN ACTON TOOK THE SCOTT ACTON HEADED TO REINS IN 1982 NEW HEIGHTS Ken Acton, the second generation in this Heading up the third generation and continuing the Acton creative family also began his adult life in the service of his legacy is Scott Acton. A successful entrepreneur who makes country. Just like his father before him, upon leaving the his home in Las Vegas, Scott began his career working for Air Force in 1966, Ken followed in his father’s footsteps by his father when he was only sixteen. After such a long family going to work at Disneyland. It wasn’t long before his father history of doing projects for Disney, Scott decided to attend convinced Ken to join in forming the new family venture, “Disney University” where he learned the business and Acton Animation. leadership skills necessary to build a successful career. In 1976, Hubert suffered a heart attack while working on In 2002, Scott decided to start his own company, naming the Kings Dominion amusement park in Richmond, Virginia. it after the most famous fountain in the world - the Trevi Ken rushed to his father’s side and assumed responsibility Fountain in Rome, Italy. Trevi Manufacturing began as a for finishing the project while his father recuperated. It took fledgling start-up with just two employees and revenues a whole year to complete, but both were able to return to of only $350,000. By 2004, it had grown to become a California after the park opened. manufacturer of cast stone products for home, garden, and commercial construction generating $12 million in annual After the death of his father in 1995, Ken decided to relocate revenues. That’s a 34-fold increase in only two years. As a Acton Animation to Las Vegas, Nevada. There was a result of this success, in 2005 Scott was named the U.S. significant demand in the ever-changing gaming industry for Small Business Administration’s Small Business Person of the the imaginative designs, which the Acton Family has become Year for the State of Nevada. known for. fortedesignbuild.com SCOTT W. ACTON Scott Acton is a successful entrepreneur who, as a third generation craftsman, transformed a fledgling start-up with two employees into a $12 million manufacturing company that he sold in 2007. Consequently, he was named U.S. Small Business Administration’s 2005 Small Business Person of the Year in the State of Nevada. Scott’s early work makes up several landmarks across North America, including parts of Knott’s Berry Farm as well as many parts of Universal Studios and Disney. His first project in Las Vegas was the pirate ships that provide Treasure Island its iconic presence on The Las Vegas Strip. After many years in Las Vegas he has been involved in many of the new casinos in Las Vegas and Macau. LUKE JACKSON Inspired by his father’s success as an accomplished ironworker and construction businessman, Luke decided at an early age to follow in his footsteps and pursue a career in commercial construction. Luke attended Boise State University, graduating with high honors with a B.S. in Construction Management. During his degree program Luke interned at NASA as a project engineer. After graduation from Boise State, Luke was recruited by McCarthy Building Companies and worked on some of the firm’s highest profile projects in the Southwest United States. Luke’s training and experience at McCarthy earned him a position in The Venetian Development Department for the construction of the $4 billion dollar mega-project, “The Palazzo”. As an assistant project manager, Luke facilitated and managed the construction of projects such as Barneys New York ($39 million), Walgreens at Palazzo ($9 million) and First Food and Bar ($12 million). TIM McGARRY Tim McGarry is a lifelong Las Vegas resident. He is a 1982 graduate of UNLV, and obtained a law degree from the University of San Diego in 1985. He clerked for the Honorable Joseph Pavlikowski of the Eighth Judicial District Circuit until 1986 when he became an associate attorney with Schreck, Jones, Bernhard, Woloson, & Godfrey. In 1989, he joined the partnership Netzorg, Raleigh, Hunt, & McGarry – followed in 1992 by Raleigh, Hunt, & McGarry. He retired from the full-time practice of law in 2007, and now is an advisor to the Engelstad Family Foundation, as well as Chairman of the Miracle League of Las Vegas, an organization that provides children with cognitive and/or physical disabilities the opportunity to play baseball. JIM HOWARD James Howard joined Forte Specialty Contractors in June 2011, bringing with him over 35 years of specialty contracting, manufacturing, and general contracting experience in sales, project management, company management and design. During this time, Jim was the point man for renowned architects, designers, and construction management firms throughout the world. 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