Business View Magazine | January 2021

89 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2021 VESTA MODULAR before. And we’re spread out. We were a remote workforce before it was cool. We’ve had to adapt with a lot more videoconferencing and streamlining communication but it wasn’t a major shift. We just improved it – we did Zoom happy hours, a Halloween party, some of our sales meetings we did through the virtual process that we’d never done before. That was kind of neat to see everyone in that light.” The firm relies on their manufacturers, transportation companies, and installation companies – the ones who build the modular product in the factory, transport it to the site, and then assemble it, while VESTA oversees and manages everything from the construction side of it, or the leasing aspect if it’s a building they own. “These crews are the core and backbone of our success,” says Hall. “They are the unsung heroes, with our project managers they are really the key to maintaining happy customers and our future success on these jobs.” In essence, VESTA is a modular building general contractor that hires out subcontractors. They work with about a dozen manufacturing partners, depending on the project location and the type. They are currently finishing the Vignes project in L.A. for the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. It was awarded in mid-October and a good portion had to be completed by December 31st. To meet a critical timeline like this, VESTA engaged three different factories – one from Dallas, one from Boise, and one in L.A.– building three different product types to provide 232 beds plus an 8,000 sq. foot administration and kitchen building in an unbelievably short window. Hall notes, “That’s something you can’t do without having good