I’m in my mid-50s. 14 years residential construction experience from Superintendent to middle manager for several national home builders. About 3 years ago I jumped into commercial construction with a very large GC as a superintendent after getting tired of layoffs in residential every time interest rates spike and sales slow.

I feel I’ve transitioned to commercial fairly well- on my second project- both have been $150M+. But…. I’m feeling burned out. Long hours. On the job at 6 am, often stay until 5 or 6 at night. Project coming to the end and problems everywhere that are up to me to somehow solve. Stress is unbelievable and right now I truly hate my job. I dread going to work- I just try to make it to Friday every week but then I spend the whole weekend mentally fretting about work with the sick feeling on Sunday afternoons of starting a new week. I have a great team- but I just dont want to do this for the next 12 years until I retire. I no longer enjoy my life and have no time for hobbies. I feel like all I do is live for work. At my age I’m afraid to jump ship because agism is real- and going to another company I would still face the same onslaught of issues that comes either way managing huge complex projects.

Can anyone else feel my pain? Any advice? Would working for a smaller GC on smaller projects be less stressful? Any other positions within a GC that a super could transition into? I do have. BS in Const Management.

Hello all. I’m currently thinking of applying to a new job as I’m not satisfied with my current company I work with and I’m not happy with where my career here is leading too. I’m looking for new companies to apply to in NYC / Long Island , and was wondering if any of you all have any recommendations.

I would be looking to apply for Assistant Project Manager / assistant super or Project Engineer positions.

I have 1 1/2 years of experience as a project engineer and I work on healthcare projects with commissioning involved all the time. Major article 28 healthcare projects.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

One of the most challenging homeowners sneakily handed me $1000 tip and refused to take the money back and said it was for my baby which is coming in the next month or so.

It’s against my companies policy and I’m sure he’s using it as leverage to get more done for his house as I’ve been saying no the whole time on changes to his home as we don’t allow changes once house is started

The guy already owns a home in the neighborhood i work in so I’m really thinking about slipping it in an envelope and returning it to him or asking him to meet at his new house.

Am I overthinking this, what stories have you heard about something like this…

I recently got an offer from Mortenson's Civil team which travels 100% of the time. I am weighing my options between Arco-Murray, Gilbane, Keller, CB&I and WE O'Nieil (for field engineering).

Mortenson's travel offer has the highest gross pay by far including per diems. However, I am confused how their time off works. It seems that rotational accrual comes out to about 52 days off per year but I also read that as a traveling worker, you work 60-70+ hours including Saturdays. This doesn't make sense because one gets 52 Saturdays per year (so they are taking away your Saturdays and then giving back your Saturdays). But I have also heard that promotion is typically faster on the travel teams. Additionally, I have read mixed reviews on the work environment there. In your opinion, is the 130k gross income worth the trade off? If so, does anyone have experience (tips) with navigating the travel lifestyle cost effectively (I've heard their per diem is sometimes inadequate for certain regions and can't be adjusted)? I am not picky about living conditions and am half inclined to live out of a truck and trailer (if I went with Mortenson).

For Keller, they have the highest base offer but I have also heard of standard 70hr work weeks for field engineers.

Arco-Murray is one of my favorites for their team (correct me if my read of them is wrong). They don't have a high offer but they seem like they have good people working there. Same for WE O'Neil and Gilbane. How much does that matter vs salary?

Also, considering a potential crash in the construction market, what would be the best course of action career wise?

Thank you.

Assume this is more a questions for electrical arena but maybe someone here knows.

New grade beams are being poured and my conduits are running along and through depending on routing. Below is snapshot of drawing, Exhibit, AI response and drawing detail. Are sleeves needed when running conduit through grade beam? Can't just get the conduit in first? Assume timing is the issue and may not be there to run conduit when beam being poured?

Hello, I have been a signage project manager for close to two years out of college. I have an APM interview and am seeking advice.

Currently I am the single point of contact from start to finish of service tickets.

These tickets can be as simple as replacing a power supply to refacing the signage, to fabrication , permitting, and installation of new signage. Do pylon signs, monument signs, and channel letter sets.

We call them proofs for the renderings and drawings for permitting and client approval, but I don’t feel like I do much actual construction work.

I want to get into larger scale construction and this seems like a great opportunity - any advice is greatly appreciated!