By Warren Miller  Dean Abbondanza, the Director of Engineering at The Fields Companies, has a unique combination of skills. Born and raised near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—the […] Read More »

By Warren Miller   It’s not unusual to come up the hard way in marine construction. But few people have achieved success by taking a […] Read More »

By Warren Miller ShibataFenderTeam is one of the leading manufacturers of fenders for ports and other marine purposes. Its business is almost entirely custom work—fenders […] Read More »

By Warren Miller   Dean Abbondanza, the Director of Engineering at The Fields Companies, has a unique combination of skills. Born and raised near Pittsburgh, […] Read More »

By Warren Miller Dee Burch comes to both construction and mentoring naturally.  The oldest of five children raised in rural Oregon by a single mother, […] Read More »

McMullen & Pitz Construction was founded in Manitowoc, Wisc., in 1918, when Oliver McMullen and Arthur Pitz partnered together to form a quality marine and […] Read More »

Dave Swain, the founder of Olin Pumps in Southern California, has been a tinkerer with motors since he was a kid. He started working on […] Read More »

Fitz O’Donnell comes from Alabama – he’s an Auburn-trained civil engineer – but he’s right in the middle of the bustling Texas ports expansion. As […] Read More »

There are many different ways to start out in a family business, one that your father and uncles were running long before you were born. […] Read More »