Responsibilities:

I opened a small general contracting company in order to profit from the construction experience I had gained in residential and commercial construction jobs I had worked since turning 16 years old in 1972.

I was responsible for all aspects of the operations of the company:

  Hiring and firing of all employees and sub-contractors

  Work scheduling and project planning

  Sales of all jobs and projects

  Job pricing / estimating

  Supervising the completion of all elements of every contract & customer satisfaction

 

We specialized in:

  Additions

  Cement work

  Decking

  Roofing

  Electrical

  Welding

  Plumbing

  Sheetrock

  Painting

  Flooring

 

Reason for leaving: About 16 months after hurricane Frederick it became hard to find enough qualified helpers and foremen to produce enough work to make it worthwhile to stay in business.  Everyone that was good at their job went into business for themselves and you could no longer make a buck. There were so many contractors cutting everyone's prices just to get the jobs that were left, no one could make any money so I left the business to work at Wigman's Hardware. Suppliers were doing a booming business so I shifted to that part of the equation.