I cut my teeth in construction as a carpenter apprentice in my teens.  I then moved up the ranks as a carpenter, superintendent, project manager and a chief estimator.  Then, I earned an MBA-and still stay fully connected to the industry.  Why do I stay with the most cyclical, hyper-competitive industry in America?  Because being a builder is more than a job-it can be a calling.  Few industries share the arts, design, hard sciences and economics like this one does.  I like to think of construction encompassing three distinct components or "verticals"-each no more important than the other: the art of building (design), the science of building and the business of building.

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