Rick Aberle began his construction career in 1983 under the tutelage of his father Bob Aberle, principal with the well‐respected concrete company Aberle‐Scrodin. After having learned the trade from his father, Rick embarked on his own in 2001 to make a name for himself in the construction industry and Aberle Concrete Excavating & Grading Inc. was born. Aberle Concrete Excavating & Grading Inc., or ACE, with the ace of spades as its logo, set out to prove that the new guy on the block was a sure bet. Rick's gamble of making it in the tough South Bay construction industry paid off, well, in spades, as Aberle grew from the few residential projects to bigger commercial projects, seismic retrofits and tenet improvements.