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Breaking barriers can be intimidating for women business owners in construction, but Jessie Cannizzaro never shies away from a chance to better her company and her reputation. As the founder of Milestone Plumbing puts it: ‘Your work ethic needs to be what you strive to work toward and the path that you pick.’
Generation Yes: Recruiting Today’s Construction Management Students
Today’s construction-management students are ready and eager to join
the workforce. What can companies do to attract the best and brightest?
Get to them early, create a close-knit culture, offer flexibility and travel—
and don’t discount their affinity for technology.
‘Nobody’s Coming to Save You’: ABC Convention Speaker Ryan Leak on the Power of Self-Leadership
For ABC Convention 2024 speaker Ryan Leak, truly effective leadership begins with self-leadership. That means separating following from leading, helping yourself grow and understanding that you’re not going to drown—because you already know how to swim.
Seeing the Light: Upperroom Dallas and the Future of Construction Technology
Rogers-O’Brien’s elaborate conversion project for a Dallas church is a showcase for how technology is changing the way we design and build, well, everything. From hyper-accurate 3D modeling and automated site layout to integrated project management and real-time translation, the future of construction has never been closer—or more accessible.
Leadership and Legacy: ABC’s 2024 Convention Speaker
Author and ABC Convention 2024 speaker Kevin Brown thinks construction leaders make a mistake when they approach their legacy as something they leave behind when they’re gone: ‘It’s everything that matters in this moment.’
2024 and the Multiverse of Markets
Sometimes, the economy is too big for one analyst to figure out, so for Construction Executive’s 2024 Construction Economic Forecast, we’ve asked four of them to do it.
From the Ashes: Reconstructing After the Maui Wildfire
West Maui Construction has been working on the front lines since a history-making wildfire was still burning through the Hawaiian town of Lahaina. Now the company is involved in cleanup and recovery—and looking forward to helping rebuild.
True Grit: A History of Delmarva Veteran Builders
At just 10 years young, Delmarva Veteran Builders has already made a name for itself as a contractor of choice on the Delmarva peninsula—to say nothing of being named one of the nation’s fastest-growing companies. Founder and U.S. Navy veteran Chris Eccleston attributes that success to one four-letter word.











