Cynthia Bailey, Commercial Sales Executive

Company: Stone Systems of Minnesota Years in the industry: 40 What’s your favorite project you’ve worked on? We are a stone countertop fabricator. My favorite project to date is our work with Jersey Mike’s Subs. We have completed a number of countertops...

Britta Ryan, Project Manager

Company: Ryan Companies Years in the industry: 5 What’s your favorite project you’ve worked on? Upsher-Smith Laboratories in Maple Grove has been my favorite project I’ve worked on. This has been an incredibly complex project with so many moving parts and...

Briana Boehm, Assistant Project Manager

Company: Rochon Corporation Years in the industry: 6 What’s your favorite project you’ve worked on? All of the charter schools, each one is unique and different in their own ways. How did you get started in the construction industry? I started at a front desk...

Amber Lang, Tile Setter Apprentice

Company: Grazzini Brothers & Company Years in the industry: 8.5 What’s your favorite project you’ve worked on? Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community’s (SMSC) Cultural Center. Grazzini Brothers installed over 28,000 square feet of ceramic floor, stone mosaic...

Covid-19 Briefing Paper: A Look Ahead

By Elise R. Radaj, Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson As we turn a corner into 2021, one word has been at the forefront of the industry’s thoughts throughout the last year: COVID-19. With a recent surge of COVID cases, questions have arisen about what the coming...

9 Construction Tax Strategies

By Smith Schafer & Associates Tax Planning Tips for the Construction Industry Planning throughout the year is essential to reduce the tax owed on your construction company’s 2020 return. In light of the ongoing impact from COVID-19 and recent legislation,...

Build Me Up: Sam Ebute and the Power of Resilience

By Kraus-Anderson Sam Ebute is the director of the MN Trades Academy, a paid internship experience for high schoolers to expose them to career pathways in construction. His own journey to the industry did not follow a traditional path. In this special episode of the...