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Naomi Whitesel shares how McCarthy Building Companies brings the right people , passion and resources together to create the best outcomes
I have a degree in architecture and practiced it for the first six years of my career . I aspired to be a designer and got an opportunity early on to be a project designer . I worked for a company in Orange County and had the chance to design a couple of buildings while I was there , which was a phenomenal experience . I loved it . Having progressed the projects through coordination , code analysis and construction documents , I got the opportunity to see them being built ,” begins Naomi Whitesel , Vice President Preconstruction , McCarthy Building Companies .
“ I had a pivotal moment in my career during an owner , architect , contractor meeting about a building that I had designed . I was walking with my mentor to the meeting and told him I was looking forward to divulging that I ’ d designed the building . I knew the McCarthy team well and was proud to showcase my work . My mentor suggested I refrain from doing so at this stage , which surprised me . That said , the meeting commenced and immediately , a constructability error in the design was highlighted . I was struck by a couple of thoughts ; namely , that I didn ’ t understand why it wasn ’ t
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