Business View Magazine | January 2021

81 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2021 it will depend on what they want to do. But the biggest thing is keeping it together right now at this size.” Part of the strategy to maintain consistency in the business concerns Linaweaver Construction’s excellent employees – usually they number between 50 and 60. When a senior employee leaves, it opens a spot for someone else to move up. Mark relates, “A lot of our people come in as laborers that don’t know that much and first we teach them how to lay pipe. Then after a year or two they get working with the equipment and start moving up a little bit in the company. Because it takes at least 10 years to create a good superintendent. But if you’ve got a good superintendent, then all the others fall into place.” So far, the pandemic hasn’t had a significant effect on the company, but Mark wonders if it will. He surmises that demand for large, commercial developments may slow as more businesses allow employees to work from home, possibly even after the pandemic. But Linaweaver Construction will find a way to navigate whatever challenges the future brings. Mark Linaweaver has spent his career riding the highs and lows of the construction business, and he’s learned that no matter how advanced the equipment gets, there are other more valuable assets. In order to continue to provide the best quality that customers have come to rely on, Mark says, “It all comes down to great employees.” L INAWEAVER CONSTRUCT ION, INC .