The Weight of a Handshake
Written by: Tamara Bellamy Executive Publisher | Built America Magazine
"My grandfather told me when I was in my tenth year, ''You do what you like and you like what you do in life. If one of those things change, get out." 'You do what you like and you —Richard Ahrens
Nearly seventy years later, Richard Ahrens still hasn't gotten out.
At an age when most people have long since retired, the Chairman of Ahrens Companies continues to show up each day with the same curiosity, competitive spirit, and sense of responsibility that have guided him throughout a lifetime in construction. He still lectures at the University of Florida. He still sits in engineering and AI classes to learn. He still walks jobsites and he still thinks about the future.
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