Business View Magazine | October 2020

49 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2020 are challenged to find well-trained workers. CW & Sons has chosen to meet that challenge by hiring and training its own workers and then promoting them from within. “Every foreman that we have right now, except one, was brought in at a lower job – a laborer, or operator, or something like that,” Harbaugh claims. “They’ve all been promoted through the company to supervisory positions. Every crew Leader and all but one superintendent that we have here was brought in at something lesser and promoted up through the company. Our philosophy is feed the bottom. We get recommendations from our guys and we train them up through our programs here. You have a problem when you hire somebody else’s foreman. First of all, it’s a small construction market; we all know each other. So, if you hire somebody else’s foreman, not only are you taking away from them, you’re taking their problems, as well. So, we’d rather bring them up through our system. The right way, that we know how to do it, is how they’re going to do it. So, we take a lot of pride in promoting from within.” © 2020 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. GGB39030 A tailored approach to risk management. Risk management is all about you. At Gallagher, we tailor risk management solutions and insurance coverage to the changing needs of your business. You have enough on your mind without having to worry about your insurance coverage. With Gallagher, you don’t have to. Our commitment to the highest service standards makes it easy for you to do business with us. Stefan Moss 410.910.0643 Stefan_Moss@ajg.com Rick McClure 410.910.0633 Richard_McClure@ajg.com ajg.com CW & SONS INFRASTRUCTURE , INC .