Melanie Ford on leading with curiosity

Melanie Ford has those key construction professional qualities. She is curious and a problem solver. Hear how she went from studying architecture and engineering to managing construction projects for the University of Georgia.

Henry Nutt III started as a sheet metal worker before becoming a pre-construction executive at Southland Industries. He loves construction so much he wrote a book to help his fellow professionals grow in the industry. Hear his story!

Todd Wynne of Rogers O'Brien is a proud builder - and hopeful his daughters will be as well. Listen to his story of making the industry he loves better.

In this episode we hear the story of Rob Mckinney. Robb Mckinney is rebranding mental and emotional health. His focus on cognitive performance is helping craftspeople and builders - like himself - become safer and healthier.

This season we are shining a light on construction professionals. With the help of Tyler Campbell, who is our guest co-host this season, we get to hear from professionals across the industry. What they all have in common: they all have experience working on jobsites and they all love construction. In this episode we hear from Tyler Williams, field innovation lead at DPR Construction, who went from working a chainsaw on a roof to finding safer solutions for jobsites.

This season we are shining a light on construction professionals. With the help of Tyler Campbell, who is our guest co-host this season, we get to hear from professionals across the industry. What they all have in common: they all have experience working on jobsites and they all love construction. In this episode, we hear the story of Angie Simon. Angie is an engineer by training, former CEO of Western Allied Mechanical, and founder of Heavy Metal Summer Experience. She is also an inspiring builder who loves construction.

This season we are shining a light on construction professionals. With the help of Tyler Campbell, who is our guest co-host this season, we get to hear from professionals across the industry. What they all have in common: they all have experience working on jobsites and they all love construction.

This season, we've been talking about how the construction industry is becoming more sustainable by reducing carbon emissions, increasing circularity and improving the well-being of people. But when it comes to sustainability, there's one more important component organizations across the industry are turning their attention to: social impact. Social impact shows up differently across organizations, but it shares a foundational focus on equity and philanthropy.

So far in our season about sustainability, we have focused on why and how the construction industry is innovating to help reduce our environmental impact through decarbonization and circularity. But the environment is just one part of the sustainability equation. Another important focus area is people, and more specifically, the health and safety of the people who build our physical worlds and all of us who inhabit them.

Among all the new green solutions and innovative technology supporting the industry in becoming more sustainable lies circularity. In this episode we look at how the industry is adopting a circular model to reduce their environmental impact.