Our History
In 1997 Geoff and his father George Kress started a family-owned fastener company. Soon after, Geoffrey Gardner Kress and his brother Bruce Watson Nichols started Gardner-Watson Decking Inc. in 2005 as a full-service decking installation company based out of Oldsmar, FL.
What began as a one crew operation in Florida with one truck and one initial client emerged as a growing 190 plus employee operation. Gardner-Watson Decking now encompasses 19 to 23 crews installing deck in 42 states so far with approximately 75,000,000 sq. ft. installed annually. Over 180 erectors, fabricators, and GC’s have contracted G-W deck to deck distribution warehouses, data centers, hospitals, retail, schools, arenas, automotive plants, cold-storage facilities, and stadiums. We have been fortunate to work on high-profile projects such as Airbus, Amazon, BMW, Boeing, Facebook, Google, Home Depot, Nissan, Tesla, Volkswagen, and Walmart.
In 2021 Bruce Nichols retired, and since we have announced Jason Kulvinskas as our Vice President and COO and William Nichols as our Vice President and CFO to continue to lead our team.
We take tremendous pride in striving to be the safest decking installation company in the nation. Our team members, including Estimators, Logistic Managers, Field Safety Reps and Project Managers know that we can do your projects SAFE, PRECISE and ON TIME.
Our Team

Geoff Kress
President/Sales

Jason Kulvinskas
Vice President/Sales

Will Nichols
Vice President/CFO

Duke Perry
Vice President/Stud Operations

Carla Williams
Insurance/COO

Katie Logue
Accounts Payable/APO

Dan Hanley
HR

Blanca Chacon
Recruiter/HR

Ally Murray
Logistics Coordinator

Andrew Boothe
Director of Field Operations

Arland Nisly
Project Manager/Decking

Aly Hardy
Project Manager/Decking

Josh Powell
Project Manager/Studs

Marc Cox
Sr. Project Manager/Decking

Jeremy McAlister
Director of Safety Operations

John
Site Safety Rep

Kevin
Site Safety Rep

Eliu
Site Safety Rep

Greg
Site Safety Rep

Abner Jr.
Warehouse Manager

Nahun
Warehouse Rep