JK2’s Rick Amundson
This is the one thing the president and CEO at JK2 Construction would change about the construction industry if he could.
Trading Up: ABC’s 2023 Craft Professional of the Year, Jared Foster
‘I wish when I was in high school that I had what they have now, and that is people who are invested in the trades, actually pushing for people going to the trades.’
That’ll Learn ’Em: ABC’s 2023 Craft Instructor of the Year, Gabriel Galvan
‘We have an industry that’s so important—it
literally builds our nation—so how can I bring people into this workforce to sustain that great need?’
Filling the Boomer Gap
Construction companies were already struggling with a massive talent shortage—but now its effects are being multiplied by the large-scale retirement of baby boomers, who are taking incalculable skills and experience with them. Replacing them will require finding new ways of telling the full story of what it means to be a craft professional.
Design/Build/Both: ABC’s 2023 Young Professional of the Year, Matt Terry
‘We’re really in the business of building people.
We just happen to build buildings to do so.’
Five Tips for Growing Successful Businesses With the Warrior Spirit
These five tips don't only apply to the office. Use them to also strengthen your home and social life—which will make your business that much better.
Building Stronger Customer Relationships: The Power of Promotional Products for Construction Firms
For a company to break into a new market, it needs to stand out, and this tried-and-true marketing method does just that—and more.
Strong Roots
Warfeather has built an outsized reputation for a small Oklahoma company, combining its founder’s military-based focus on mission and his Choctaw values.
