About Us

Owner

Mike a native of Crystal River, Florida, whom graduated in 1988 and since then has continued his career in Crystal River. Directly after high school, he began working full-time at Hollins Wood Ranch until 1990. Afterwards, he started working for Citrus County School Board as a bus mechanic for the following thirteen years. Then in 2002, started his construction career with Townsend Construction.

Quickly, learning the skills and began to excel in the industry, from journeyman to supervisor, following project manager. During this time, he was responsible for running a variety of jobs at 3 nuclear plants in Florida, as well as most of Duke’s fossil plants in Central Florida.

Successfully completing many jobs and gaining a wealth of knowledge in the construction industry, he decided to start his own company, SC&M, Stokes Construction and Maintenance, along with Adam Crosby.

Owner

Adam began in the industrial/commercial industry as a teenager working with his father. They remodeled buildings such as McDonald’s, Arby’s, and Starbucks. He learned many trades, a good work ethic, and how to build relationships. He then concentrated on the industrial side of things which brought him to the Power industry as a laborer. As he worked his first outage, he then realized he would work hard to become an all-around hand for any application. He traveled to several nuke and fossil plants in the southeast to perfect his craft. He has been involved with a wide variety of projects including placing thousands of yards of concrete, welding & fabrication, operating all pieces of heavy equipment, and removing steam generators and reactor heads from a nuclear power plant. Most importantly at Stokes Construction, it is safety, quality, and family that are the driving factors that keep us rolling. Adam has almost 200 years of Florida roots and wants to help every chance he gets.

Adam has four children, Emma, Tunk, Abby, and Timber. His wife Nikki is also one that gives him the drive and support to continue to grow in knowledge. Adam and his family are very involved in youth sports from football, baseball, softball, and wrestling.

Scott began his professional career as a Biologist working for the State before returning to school to pursue Engineering. He then spent the next several years doing site civil design and permitting for commercial and residential projects. Next, he worked as a Safety Specialist for Townsend Constructors where he met and worked alongside Lisa, Mike, and Adam helping to safely complete projects while still meeting budgetary and scheduling demands. Scott left Townsend to pursue an Engineering opportunity and now he has returned to work with Lisa, Mike, and Adam once again, this time as an estimator. One day he hopes to figure out what he wants to be when he grows up, but until then he will use his broad range of work experiences to help him face new challenges that come his way. In his free time, he enjoys hiking, canoeing, and biking with his wife and two children.

Gifford has an extremely diverse background, having worked in international transportation, manufacturing and construction to name just a few industries. The bulk of his experience is in manufacturing, working from the bottom as an assembler all the way to award winning operations manager. His focus in Manufacturing was quality management, and those quality management philosophies dominate his outlook today. Having implemented ISO 9000 compliant systems which led to supplier of the year awards from both Johnson & Johnson and Motorola, he also participated in the pilot program for Motorola’s Six Sigma Quality Initiative, consistently achieving Six Sigma results.

With his extensive quality management background, common sense, a strong mechanical aptitude, and now over a decade of Heavy Industrial Site/Civil work experience, Gifford will be invaluable to Stokes Construction moving forward. Successful companies utilize data effectively, to ensure profitability, implement continual improvement strategies and provide value to their customers, Gifford has a proven track record of success.

Technology currently rules the world, and construction is no longer an exception to this rule. With extensive experience in all the latest site analytical software as well as GPS driven equipment Gifford is working with Stokes personnel to ensure that not only do we have the latest technology, but that our people use them at the highest level.

Gifford and his wife Sue have been married for almost 30 years, and she plays a big role in his success. Three grown children later (Cari, Shelby and Chase) they enjoy time with their granddaughter Cecelia, boating, and Gifford still enjoys racing both motorcycles and cars in the remaining spare time.