Florida Firms

Established in 2001, K & T Manufacturing provides waterjet cutting, welding, and metal fabrication services from its facility at 557 Cooper Industrial Parkway in Apopka, Florida. The company was founded by Nick Geisel and Rick Leisner and was acquired by Chet Cramer in September 2023. Its stated mission is to supply quality waterjet cutting, welding, and metal fabrication services to each customer, with an emphasis on efficient, accurate, and timely service.

The firm’s three primary service areas are waterjet cutting, welding, and metal fabrication. It draws on backgrounds in quality assurance from the commercial nuclear power and aircraft industries, as well as experience in industrial and food processing construction, which the company presents as the foundation for its precision and quality control.

K & T serves a diverse clientele that includes Orlando-area theme parks, machine shops, ride manufacturers, and vendors working in tile, granite, and glass, along with sign shops, small businesses, and international clients. Named clients visible on the website include Florida Metal Craft, MJR Woodworks, Orlando SFX, Metal Master Machine Shop, Birket, and Blue Man Group, reflecting work across entertainment, fabrication, and industrial sectors.

Office hours run Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Shipping and receiving operate Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Contact information includes phone number 407.814.7700 and email Info@kandtmfg.com.

Located in Apopka and serving the Central Florida region, K & T Manufacturing combines waterjet cutting with welding and broader fabrication for theme park, industrial, and small-business customers, supported by more than two decades of operation and a quality background carried over from regulated industries.

https://www.kandtmanufacturing.com/

Baby Boomers’ Barrister is an estate planning and elder law firm serving the St. Petersburg and Tampa areas of Florida. The firm maintains two office locations, reachable in St. Petersburg at (727) 565-4250 and in Tampa at (813) 200-4485, covering communities on both sides of Tampa Bay.

Primary service areas include estate planning, elder law, probate administration, trust creation, wills, special needs planning, and Medicaid planning. The firm also handles matters related to veteran’s pension benefits and guardianship. Dedicated web pages organize each practice area, including specific pages addressing trusts law and Medicaid planning in St. Petersburg, giving prospective clients detail on the documents and processes involved.

The firm distinguishes its approach by advising clients on which services are unnecessary while identifying essential planning documents such as wills, trusts, and powers of attorney. Its methodology emphasizes personalized attention and efficiency. According to client testimonials featured on the website, the firm is recognized for straightforward service and reasonable fees, with one client noting the attorney explained everything and made the process easy, and another describing the experience as straightforward, simple, and a reasonable fee.

Additional testimonials indicate the attorney is attentive to clients’ needs, a great listener, and efficient with time and resources, and one client reported the firm saved money by offering a different direction in estate planning. The website also includes a blog and a testimonials page where these reviews appear.

The firm maintains an active social media presence on Facebook and LinkedIn, and an online contact form is available through its website. Serving the St. Petersburg and Tampa region of Florida, Baby Boomers’ Barrister focuses on estate planning, elder law, probate, and Medicaid matters for clients planning for later life and the transfer of their estates across the Tampa Bay area.

https://babyboomersbarrister.com/

Florida Estimate provides construction takeoff and cost estimating services for contractors throughout Florida. The firm specializes in bid estimating, preliminary estimating, material takeoffs, blueprint estimating, remodeling estimating, and building estimating across residential, commercial, and industrial projects, supplying detailed numbers that contractors use to prepare bids.

The company delivers quantity takeoffs and cost breakdowns across all CSI divisions, including sitework, structural steel, roofing, openings, drywall, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, MEP systems, concrete, masonry, flooring, and painting. It also offers CPM scheduling using Primavera P6 and Excel. Deliverables include zip code-based pricing that reflects local labor rates and material costs, marked-up drawings, detailed Excel summaries with inclusion and exclusion lists, and bid-ready estimates.

Florida Estimate serves general contractors, subcontractors, developers, builders, remodeling contractors, architects, engineers, and real estate investors. Its coverage spans Florida counties including Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Orange, Pinellas, Duval, Lee, and Polk, and major cities including Miami, Orlando, Tampa, Jacksonville, and Fort Lauderdale.

The firm reports an 8 to 12 hour turnaround time, 24/7 support, and an initial response within 3 to 5 minutes. It highlights a 95 percent bid-winning ratio and states it has served more than 1,000 satisfied customers. Its project portfolio includes apartments, hotels, and commercial developments. Estimators hold certifications including CCE (Certified Cost Engineer), LEED Green Associate, PMP, and RICS credentials.

The firm’s deliverables are aimed at making bids easier to assemble and review, pairing marked-up drawings with line-item Excel summaries so that contractors can see what each estimate includes and excludes before submitting. By tying material and labor pricing to specific zip codes, the company seeks to reflect regional cost differences across the state rather than applying flat figures.

The business is located at 3620 NW 1st Ave, Miami, FL 33127, and lists a phone number of +1 (305) 575-2134. Based in Miami and covering counties from Miami-Dade and Broward through Hillsborough, Orange, Duval, and Polk, Florida Estimate combines division-by-division takeoffs, CPM scheduling, and zip code-based pricing to support general contractors, subcontractors, developers, builders, architects, and engineers preparing competitive bids on residential, commercial, and industrial construction projects throughout Florida.

https://floridaestimate.com/

Naples Speakers is a speaker bureau and talent roster service based in Southwest Florida that connects event organizers with professional speakers for corporate meetings, community events, and conferences. Describing itself as Southwest Florida’s hub for speakers, the platform invites event planners to find and book a speaker for their next event, with a focus on the Naples area and the broader Southwest Florida region.

The roster features more than 22 speakers drawn from a range of professional backgrounds, including business owners, healthcare professionals, financial planners, wellness coaches, authors, and motivational speakers. Named roster members include Mark Beland, listed as a Community Liaison; April O’Leary, owner of O’Leary Publishing; Dana Zeitler, owner of D-Lux Med Spa; Anne Hagan, a Certified Financial Planner; Thomas Hudson, M.D., a diagnostic radiologist and author; and Henry Bowles, PhD, described as a resilience expert. Each speaker has an individual bio page with additional detail about their expertise.

The platform functions as a centralized directory that links clients with vetted speakers across multiple industries and areas of expertise, aiming to simplify the booking process for events of varying sizes and types throughout Southwest Florida. The company describes its speakers as seasoned professionals, each with a distinct style and area of knowledge.

For professionals interested in joining the roster, the site provides a speaker application process. The business is operated by O’Leary Publishing, LLC, as indicated in the copyright notice on the website. By organizing speaker profiles and a booking pathway in one place, Naples Speakers serves event organizers in the Naples market and the wider Southwest Florida area who are seeking presenters for business gatherings, community programs, and conferences, while also offering local speakers a route to reach those audiences.

https://naplesspeakers.com/

With more than 40 years of operational history, Liner Source, Inc. is a wholesale plant nursery based in Eustis, Florida. The company manages three locations totaling 200 acres and grows plants from seed, clones, and even in vitro, emphasizing domestically cultivated stock and control over the entire growth process from propagation through maturation.

The nursery offers approximately 400 plant varieties across multiple categories, including border plants, evergreen and deciduous shrubs, grasses, groundcovers, perennials, trees, tropical species, and edible plants. Product sizes range from two-inch liners and tissue culture specimens to 15-gallon containers, giving wholesale buyers a wide span of options. Among the named brands carried are Southern Living, Encore Azaleas, Endless Summer Hydrangeas, and Star Roses and Plants.

Liner Source frames quality around managing each stage of cultivation in house, and according to its marketing materials the team collectively holds over 315,360 hours of experience in plant cultivation. The company emphasizes customer service as a core differentiator alongside product quality, serving wholesale customers rather than the general public.

The ordering process involves browsing the website catalog, consulting the monthly availability and price lists, and contacting the sales department to confirm stock and place orders. The firm also maintains an email list that shares information about sales, new plant additions, and updated availability, typically sending two communications each month.

The business is located at 21102 State Road 44 in Eustis, Florida, and operates Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Contact is available by telephone at 1-888-812-3020. Positioned in Lake County in Central Florida, Liner Source supplies a broad catalog of liners, shrubs, perennials, trees, and tropicals to wholesale growers, landscapers, and resellers, supported by branded plant lines and a long record in the nursery trade.

https://www.linersource.com/