Located in Central Arkansas, Platinum Drywall Inc. is a commercial drywall contractor working in Arkansas and surrounding states. The company’s mission is to deliver top level services to all its customers. With projects ranging from $3,000 to $8 million, no project is too big or small. Some of its services include drywall, metal framing, fire and sound caulking, acoustical ceilings, acoustical wall panels and more.

Anthony J. Brooks has been a mainstay in the construction industry for more than 30 years. He has been involved in all aspects of commercial construction including: drywall installation, safety, estimating, project management, accounting, and president/owner.  

In 2001, Brooks started Platinum Drywall with the vision of delivering platinum level services. He is actively involved in the American Subcontractor Association at the local and national level, Associated General Contractor and American Society of Professional Estimators. Through his industry engagement, Brooks has traveled across the United States attending several presentations and witnessing several keynote speakers on the dynamics of the construction industry. His position allows him to see the state of modern day construction and serve as an advocate for the next generation of construction workers.  

In 2014, Brooks (along with Platinum Drywall) was recognized as the Arkansas Regional Minority Business of the year.

“While we provide our services to a wide variety of job types including office buildings, medical services, retails and schools; we have established ourselves as the go to provider in the area of performing arts venues [as well],” says Brooks. “From the complete renovation of the historic Robinson Music Hall here in Little Rock to the new construction of the Murphy Arts District in El Dorado and including numerous high school performing arts venues and movie theaters, we feel our attention to detail gives the audiences of these venues to receive the best entertainment experience they can.

“We are currently adding prefabricated, molded drywall components,” says Brooks. “We have a pilot project in which we will build over one mile of a common soffit profile in which we are using the prefabricated drywall components.”

The company has seen a lot of growth since W&C last spoke with Brooks. It started as a two-person company, specializing in tenant improvements and now Platinum Drywall is doing ground up to multi-level, high-rise projects.

“Business is good, we continue to see a good flow of bid invitations and our backlog is exactly where we want it to be,” says Brooks, adding that the company has experienced multiple years of consistent construction projects.

Brooks says that being part of a team that transforms concepts into physical buildings is what’s most rewarding to him professionally. Yet, he asserts that developing and maintaining a qualified workforce in such a labor-intensive trade has been the biggest challenge for the last few years.

“Sustainable long-term growth of the company through the development of our workforce and integration of technology into our production methods,” Brooks says, concluding his interview.