His leadership today is shaped by those early years. From pouring concrete in the sun, hanging doors, to tearing out old framing, essentially building from the literal ground up. Serena adds, “People feel valued here because they know they’re part of something. Not just a company, a purpose.” That philosophy would become the backbone of their multi-state operation. From California to Florida, and eventually the reason their crews stay with them 15, 16, even 17 years. An almost unheard-of retention rate in modern construction. A Company That Shows Up When It Matters Most If you want to understand Construction Corps, don’t look at their licenses — though they hold nearly all of them. Don’t look at their custom-built software system, or their 21 in-house trades, or the fact that other licensed contractors leave their own companies to join theirs. Look at what they did after the hurricanes. “People were getting taken advantage of left and right,” Serena says. “We couldn’t not step in.” They didn’t just help. They gave.
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