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12 – Stevenson-Weir, An Underdog Worth Betting On
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
5 – Recruiting and Retention starts with Self-Reflection with Alex Mowbray of the Amundson Group
We have a lot of guests on our podcast who found their way into the construction industry because they like working with their hands, grew up around equipment, or had a summer job that inspired a care
4 – Construction Isn’t a Dirty Job with Carolina Cat’s Mike Tropsha
Since 1926, CTE has served the equipment needs of the Southeast by offering a full line of products and support to it’s customers. For more than 90 years, CTE has remained dedicated to being a trusted
3 – Building cities by building trust with Blue Max President, Denton Williams
There’s an old saying: “You can’t get there from here”… and in the construction and site-development industry, you certainly can’t get anywhere without the right transportation. Job sites rely on the