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third parties . Together , Chas and I work at senior management level , and have collaborated to create a bonded team and robust company culture . Chas has extensive expertise in construction , so he leads the company in executing the dayto-day construction operations . And he ’ s damn good at it .”
Chas is well positioned to elaborate on industry challenges and those particularly pertinent to Keystar ’ s local area . “ The Florida Keys has its own challenges or at least , they seem to be under the microscope in this locale . One of the biggest for us is labor shortages . From tradespeople to project managers or estimators , finding good people can be challenging . That said , one of the things we pride ourselves on is nurturing a good group of people who care about going the extra mile and doing a great job for our clients .”
“ The Spottswood family of companies , collectively , employs a little over 500 people in Monroe County ,” continues Robert . “ It ’ s a big company , and while labor has been difficult , because of our reputation , and the fact that we ’ ve been here for a long time , we ’ ve built numerous great relationships with our employees . You might say we ’ ve become the place where people want to come and work .
“ Alongside that , of course , we ’ ve faced similar challenges to the rest of the country , in terms of increased costs and inflation . Many of our projects are for third party clients who are building homes or resorts , for example . We ’ ve had to be creative and re-evaluate how we can value-engineer and make projects work under current circumstances . I think we ’ ve been successful in doing so ; being able to leverage our historical knowledge of the Keys and our workforce to deliver projects , on time and on budget , while continuing to grow , as an organization .”
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