BUSINESS FEATURE CATI Striping & Coating Veteran-owned Coppell business o ers pressure washing, parking lot upgrades, asphalt coating T he culture Dan Bradley
"...IF YOU CAN STAND IN THE CENTER OF A PARKING LOT AND POINT AT SOMETHING, WE CAN FIX IT." DAN BRADLEY, CO OWNER AND CEO OF CATI STRIPING & COATING
BY KAREN CHANEY
company has been asked to stripe temporary lots on grass and gravel for festivals or church events, and they’ve also done gra ti removal. Bradley also said a large convenience store chain once asked them to create a lime-green “work of art” for their drive-thru. “At AT&T Stadium ... we’re redoing nearly 900 parking space stencils with a speci c gray color number,” Bradley said. “We try to be agile enough to nd creative solutions to make individual customers happy, knowing they all have di erent expectations.” As CEO, Bradley spends time developing relationships with clients, including the facility manager of the aforementioned AT&T Stadium. During their rst meeting, which lasted three hours, they never discussed prices. “He called the next day and said, ‘I’d like you to take care of this lot.’ That was our rst major sale,” Bradley said. “It wasn’t based on our pricing because he never saw our pricing. It wasn’t based on really anything other than we’d established a relationship— you trust me; I trust you; let’s build that relationship further.” The acronym “Come and Take It” is an expression developed by Texan defenders during the Battle of Gonzalez in 1835, Bradley said. “It’s exactly what we say our culture is—doing the right thing for the right reasons, regardless of who’s with you or against you,” he said.
experienced while serving in the military with the Air Force Special Warfare branch for over ve years set the bar high for his career expectations—and ultimately led to his forming of CATI Striping & Coating in Coppell. “What separates Air Force Special Warfare from other branches of military is not that they are bigger, faster, stronger or smarter; it’s how we held each other accountable, how we competed with each other and put each other rst, and how we held each other to a high standard,” Bradley said. “But, at the same time, [we also] took care of each other and looked out for each other.” In 2020, when he took his rst post-military job in the construction industry, he found himself in what he called a “subpar culture” and knew he had to make a change. Eventually, he met “like-minded individuals,” he said, who wanted to start a business where people and culture came rst. In April 2022, Bradley co-founded CATI—or, “Come and Take It.” The business provides pavement marking, sign installation, wheel stop installation, pressure washing and sandblasting, he said. “The easiest way we like to explain it is, if you can stand in the center of a parking lot and point at something, we can x it,” Bradley said. They’ve also received some unusual requests on occasion; the
Dan Bradley, co-owner and CEO of CATI Striping & Coating, said the business has a “far-reaching impact.”
KAREN CHANEY COMMUNITY IMPACT
CATI recently completed a major parking lot expansion for a FedEx facility.
Costco contracted CATI to ensure their re lane markings were in compliance.
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TOP REQUESTED SERVICES
CATI provides pavement marking, sign installation, pressure washing and more:
• Striping is requested for enhancing curb appeal and ensuring code compliance. • Pressurewashing extends the life of the pavement and provides curb appeal, especially on concrete parking lots. • Seal coating gives a fresh look to asphalt, signi cantly extends the life of parking lots and makes future maintenance easier.
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CATI Striping & Coating 611 S. Royal Lane, Ste. 190, Coppell 469-840-1474 www.catistriping.com O ce hours: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
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