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Commercial Renovations
3040 Branchburg Centre
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Fairless Hills Offices
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Raritan Valley Professional Center
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Multi- Family
Autumn Ridge
Hillsborough Towne Village
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Belleview Estates
Tenant Fit Out
Advanced Heart
Air Liquide
Lincoln Financial
Storage Asset Management
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Suite Life at Parsippany
Suite Life at Readington
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From Houses To Homes
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Commercial Renovations
3040 Branchburg Centre
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Fairless Hills Offices
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Raritan Valley Professional Center
Williamson Building
Multi- Family
Autumn Ridge
Hillsborough Towne Village
Residential
Leasing Office's
Belleview Estates
Tenant Fit Out
Advanced Heart
Air Liquide
Lincoln Financial
Storage Asset Management
Suite Life at 450 Amwell
Suite Life at Parsippany
Suite Life at Readington
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From House To Homes 2019

Volunteer Trip to Antigua, Guatemala To Build Homes For Families In Need

The Most Rewarding Project of My Career To Date.

When asked to go on a volunteer trip to Guatemala to build houses for those in need I had zero hesitation and was immediately in for the challenge. While I knew it was not going to be easy I had no way of preparing for what I was about to endure. I spent 3 months prior to the trip switching up my daily workout and focused more on Cross-fit training because I knew that I had 7 straight days of lugging cement block in my future.

While I am the overly organized fully prepared person who is ready for any situation possible there was nothing that could prepare me for what was in store for me in the days ahead.

A group of us from my company went to build cement houses with corrugated metal roofing for families who were living in cornstalk homes with dirt floors. While in the US we would equate what we had built for these families to a shed that we would house lawn items and such in for these families we had built them something the could never dream of, a home.

You really do not understand how fortunate you are to have the things that you do until you spend time with others who have barely anything at all. I have built may commercial and residential spaces through out my career but this house was by far the best thing I have built to date! I cannot wait to go back and build another!

Completed October of 2019

Day One

Arrive at the Site

Arrive at the Site

Prepare Site for Footings

Prepare Site for Footings

Start Mixing Concrete

Start Mixing Concrete

Pour Footings into Forms

Pour Footings into Forms

Day Two

Remove The Footing Forms And Back Fill Dirt To Prepare Slab

Remove The Footing Forms And Back Fill Dirt To Prepare Slab

The Community Helps To Haul Block And Stone up Mountain After Severe Flooding

The Community Helps To Haul Block And Stone up Mountain After Severe Flooding

For Hours...

For Hours...

Start Laying Block and Track

Start Laying Block and Track

Break for Lunch

Break for Lunch

Leave With Smiles After A Very Rough Day

Leave With Smiles After A Very Rough Day

Day Three

Continue Laying More Block and Track

Continue Laying More Block and Track

Build Scaffolding and More Block

Build Scaffolding and More Block

Continue More Rows Of Block

Continue More Rows Of Block

Finish The Day And All The Block

Finish The Day And All The Block

Day Four

Arrive At The Site Nice and Early

Arrive At The Site Nice and Early

Let The Kids Pick the Paint Color

Let The Kids Pick the Paint Color

Then Let Them Paint Away!

Then Let Them Paint Away!

So Excited For Their New Home

So Excited For Their New Home

Day Five

House Finally Complete!

House Finally Complete!

Key Turn Over Ceremony To The Family

Key Turn Over Ceremony To The Family

Hugs Goodbye And Best Wishes To The Family

Hugs Goodbye And Best Wishes To The Family

Group Photo In The Home That Changed Multiple Lives

Group Photo In The Home That Changed Multiple Lives

Thank You To My Awesome Crew!

And The Family That Forever Changed Me.

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