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Starting over…but not at zero: How a safety incident can strengthen your safety culture

January 16, 2022

Contributed by the EV Construction Leadership Team If during a game of Family Feud, Steve Harvey posed the question, “What are the top seven characteristics of a strong leader,” what would be the top response? Integrity? Accountability? Empathy? Humility? Resilience? Vision? Positivity? I think we would all agree these should be the top answers. Many […]

The Risk and Reward of Self-Performing Trades

December 8, 2021

EV Construction is more than a construction manager; we are builders. Our team of over 100 professionals performs a wide variety of trade work. Of the 100 field professionals who we have on staff, sixty-six of them are laborers who work in one of seven, self-perform trade divisions. We have teams of men and women […]

A corporate chaplain for a construction company?

September 21, 2021

For 13 consecutive years, EV Construction has been a Best & Brightest Award recipient. Though we take great honor in the receipt of these awards, the true sense of satisfaction we feel comes from knowing that we are doing our best to provide a great workplace for our employees. We currently have 150 employees. Many […]

Rebuilding Personal Connections

August 24, 2021

For nearly 18 months, events have been put on hold. No concerts, no sporting events, no holiday parties, nothing that would involve a large crowd and not include social distancing. We, like many companies skipped the annual employee picnic, an in-person Christmas party and all other corporate events. We decided that summer 2021 was not […]

The benefits of employee performance reviews

July 12, 2021

Contributed by Rachel Austin, Director of Corporate Trades for EV Construction ‘Employee Performance Reviews’ mean a lot of different things across different industries, companies and even between departments. In the worst-case scenario, this is an opportunity for the manager or employee to unload everything that’s frustrated them lately. In the best-case scenario, it’s an opportunity […]

Leading from the Heart: Celebrating 5,000 Days

June 23, 2021

Contributed by Tony Roussey, Chief Operating Officer and Safety Director Over fourteen years ago, EV began a string of consecutive days without a lost-time injury that is still going! Back on January 25, 2021, EV achieved the 5,000 consecutive day milestone and we celebrated yesterday with our employees, their significant others and children with a […]

Want to know the truth? Ask my wife…

June 15, 2021

Contributed by John Parker, Vice President of Project Development We all have those people in our lives who love us so much, they will tell us the hard truth. There have been many mornings where I walk into the kitchen, and I can tell what my wife is thinking…that shirt and coat combination do not […]

Delivering Unmistakable Projects Nationwide

May 18, 2021

Contributed by John Walsh, Director of National Construction As the world continues to adjust to doing business through the COVID-19 pandemic, we have all struggled to adapt to having fewer personal connections, fewer in-person meetings and acclimate to what is now known as the “new normal”. We have praised and cursed the use of […]

A Much Needed Truth

April 30, 2021

Contributed by Brian White, Director of Field Operations I would like to think that my personality lends itself more towards prioritization than it does to procrastination. Therefore, I do not adhere to the excuse of procrastination. If you think about a task you want to complete, but then don’t place importance on it, it won’t […]

One Year as EV Construction – Deeper Meaning to “Built Around People”

April 13, 2021

Contributed by Mike Novakoski, CEO & President Over two years ago, our team decided to shorten the company name, update our logo and refresh our brand collateral in an effort to catch the brand up with the growth and accomplishments the company has achieved. In April 2020 we became EV Construction. The tag line “Built […]