Tarik Williams
President
TLW Construction — Since 1983 — TEMPE, Arizona
Our Story
Built on Honesty, Integrity, and Quality Work
For more than 40 years, one Arizona family has been constructing self-storage and commercial buildings across the Southwest and keeping the same promise on every single one: "Our word is our bond."
OUR LEADERS
Devan Williams
VP of Pre-construction
Blake Pfaff
VP of Construction
Curtis Ryan
VP of Finance
2001 — The family crest
Two family crests,
one standard
Every TLW hard hat carries this mark, a shield split between a lion and a mastiff hound, pulled straight from the Williams family history. It is not decoration. It is the only performance review that has mattered here since 1983.
The Lion
WILLIAMS FAMILY CREST - STRENGTH
The Lion is from the Williams family crest and represents both physical and moral strength. At TLW Construction, we demand the utmost in honesty and moral integrity from the newest hires to the company Executives. We also demand quality, durability, and strength in all we build.
The Mastiff Hound
HUNSAKER FAMILY CREST - LOYALTY
The Mastiff Hound is from the Hunsaker family crest (the Williams Maternal Ancestry) and represents bravery and loyalty. TLW Construction commits itself to loyalty to contracts and promises it makes with owners, subcontractors, vendors, and employees. Our word is our bond.
In short, the TLW Construction shield and logo represent the traditional values that are often missing in today’s business world. We at TLW Construction have consistently applied these principles since 1983.
Traditional values are easy to put on a wall and hard to hold onto for 40+ years. TLW has applied both halves of this shield since 1983.
OUR TIMELINE
Four decades, Four chapters
A successful construction company does not happen over night, but it does happen one honest year at a time.
1981
A CPA becomes a contractor
Ted Williams leaves the accounting world behind and becomes a licensed general contractor, building homes around Gilbert, Arizona.
1983
TLW Construction is founded
A friend's request to build a 35,000-sq-ft storage facility turns into a specialty — and the company that carries the family name today.
2001
Tarik joins the company
Fresh out of ASU with a construction management degree, Ted's son brings TLW project management systems, safety programs, and marketing expansion.
2023
Brought on Partners
Tarik leads as President alongside partners Curtis Ryan, Devan Williams, and Blake Pfaff. A company built to outlast any one person.
Three Legs of the Stool
A company that doesn't depend on one person
In 2023, the firm took a strategic step forward by formalizing its leadership into a four-owner partnership.This structure recognizes the need to spread leadership responsibilities and lay a strong foundation for future growth.
"I call them the three legs of the stool: Preconstruction, Construction, & Accounting."
— Tarik Williams, President
Tarik has authored multiple articles in industry publications, been the keynote speaker at industry conventions, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Self-Storage Association.
2021 — The next generation
The Next Chapter
Built to last
Tarik Williams graduated from Arizona State University with a construction management degree just months after 9/11, into a business world that had changed overnight. He hadn't planned on joining his father's company. He did anyway and found one still built almost entirely on trust and a handshakes, with only limited contracts behind any of it.
Tarik did not touch the values. He touched everything else: project management, a formal contract process, a real safety program, and the company's first marketing effort. Somewhere in that decade, TLW stopped being one man's word and became a professionally run company that still kept the same word.
Tarik has authored multiple articles in industry publications, been the keynote speaker at industry conventions, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Self-Storage Association.
Tarik Williams — President
1983 — The Craft
TLW Construction has specialized in commercial building and self-storage construction since 1983 with completed projects across the Southwest totaling tens of millions of square feet.
They take pride in the quality and efficiency of their project management teams and take great care in ensuring the satisfaction of the owner. Their completed projects and areas of expertise include general commercial, industrial, self-storage, RV and boat storage, and other specialized construction projects.
TLW’s experienced team is committed to delivering quality structures, maintaining strong relationships, and providing exceptional service from preconstruction through project completion.
1981 — The Foundation
A CPA who Found Professional Satisfaction In construction
Ted Williams spent his early career keeping other people's books. Somewhere along the way he decided he found greater satisfaction in stepping back from a days work and see the evidence of his efforts in buildings rather than forms and spreadsheets. In 1981 he traded the 10-key for a hard hat, becoming a general contractor building homes around Phoenix, Arizona.
Then a group of friends asked him to build something he'd never built before: a 35,000-square-foot self-storage facility. Self-storage was barely an industry yet. Everything was single-story and drive-up, and it was lesser known to banks. Ted built it anyway. Then another. Then another — a facility or two a year, each one adding to a reputation that mattered to him more than the paycheck. By 1983, that reputation had a name: TLW Construction.
"Honesty and fairness."
Ted Williams — Founder
Tarik Williams — President
Ted and Tarik Williams, honored together by the Arizona Self-Storage Association
2001 — The Next Generation
The son who brought the paperwork
Tarik Williams graduated from Arizona State University with a construction management degree just months after 9/11, into a business world that had changed overnight. He hadn't planned on joining his father's company. He did anyway — and found one still built almost entirely on trust and a handshake, with no written contract behind any of it.
Tarik didn't touch the values. He touched everything else: computer systems, a formal contract process, a real safety program, and the company's first marketing effort. Somewhere in that decade, TLW stopped being one man's word and became a professionally run company that still kept the same word.
"Don't quit. Take responsibility. Be nimble."
— Tarik Williams, President
Tarik has since authored multiple articles in industry publications, been the keynote speaker at industry conventions, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Arizona Self-Storage Association.
the record
Ask the people who've
built with us
Ask the people who've built with us
Every TLW project starts the same way 1983 did
With someone's word. Tell us what you're building, and we'll show you the same honesty Ted promised his very first client — backed now by 40+ years, four partners, and a shield we don't take off.
Building quality commercial projects in the Southwest since 1983.
SERVICE AREAS
Arizona
California
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
LICENSES
AZ ROC #070113
CA LIC. #1159950
NM #423373
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