Give Us The Dirt

Give Us The Dirt


Latest Episodes

15 – Igniting Human Potential with Luck Stone’s Richard Luck
March 20, 2022

When you want someone to succeed, you wish them Luck. But it’s taken more than luck to grow a thriving aggregates business and keep leadership in the family for nearly 100 years. Luck Companies has do

14 – The Past, Present & Future with the CR Jackson Family
February 20, 2022

If you build it, they will come. But before you can build it, you need to clear it, grade it, add drainage, and even pave it. There are few companies who have done that as long and as well in South Ca

13 – Learning from Mistakes with David Privitera
January 30, 2022

Whether it’s commercial buildings, renovations, medical offices, or apartments, there’s one company that can handle it all. Concorde Construction – of Charlotte – is that company building clean, moder

12 – Stevenson-Weir, An Underdog Worth Betting On
December 26, 2021

The building business is booming, and to keep up, you need a lot of concrete and sand and brick. Stevenson-Weir / Southern is a family business that’s expanded over the last 70 years to match the grow

11 – Truist’s Kelly King – Sowing Seeds of Hope
December 05, 2021

You may have known the name BB&T as a tower in Winston-Salem, a ballpark in Charlotte, or a bank on the corner in your neighborhood. It has been a couple of years since the former community bank merge

10 – How radical thinking can lead to superior results with Wally Adamchik
November 21, 2021

If you look up our next guest’s background, it’s tough to decide what jumps out at you first — that he was a Marine Corps Captain for 10 years, that he has an MBA from the highly-respected Kenan-Flagl

9 – No Losing, Only Winning & Learning with HGC’s Grayson Glover
November 07, 2021

Our next guest on the Give Us the Dirt Podcast is one of our own here at Hoopaugh Grading Company. Grayson Glover is the Vice President of Construction with HGC, which is as cool as it sounds. Grayson

8 – Crushing Myths About Women in Construction with LaToya Faustin & Jessica Rodriguez
September 12, 2021

In all businesses and on every team, each person brings something unique to the table — a different set of skills, a special way of looking at things or a prior experience to provide new insights and

7 – Griffin Masonry Redefines the Term Family Business
August 22, 2021

There’s just nothing like a brick exterior. Sure, we love stucco, wood paneling, and cedar shake — but nothing says “solid” like brick. Saying someone is a “brick house” and “follow the yellow brick r

6 – Finding Value in Every Relationship with Blythe Construction’s Alan Cahill
August 01, 2021

Construction is big business, and it takes a lot of planning, executing and relationship-building to make it all happen. Our next guest on Give Us the Dirt Podcast has had a hand in every part of the