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we are and where we are headed at our annual moves. We enjoy change and remain ready to move
meeting in October. continuously with the cheese.
These change cycles are long and daunting
for everyone. What’s been inspiring for me is the Willett Engineering
resilience of our teams. Your patience and endurance with J. Mac Willett
truly reflect your commitment to Gray. I appreciate President & Principal Engineer
your continued dedication and count it an honor to
work with you. I look forward to continuing to refine
our processes to make Gray the very best. This year has stretched our horizons in every
direction, with projects spanning the full range of our
services and markets. As panel engineers for a
Gray West 270,000 s.f. Shaw Industries warehouse, we
with Bob Moore produced an innovative wall design using site-cast
President composite insulated panels. We began structural
4 design for a $150 million high school campus
Sticking together, living our comprising five main buildings plus athletic facilities.
values and decades building a foundation of team We took on a unique challenge in doing shoring for
trust allowed us to navigate through the extended the placement of a large crane on an elevated
restrictions of Covid-19 in the West and the many roadway, and we’ve provided structural design for the
organizational changes implemented by our team. massive renovation of a large Atlanta church, with
Gray West leadership was confident in the ability new decorative trusses in the sanctuary and a new
of our team to adapt and excel through these gathering area. As a continuation of our relationship
challenges, resulting in Gray West being on track to with Atlanta’s largest film and television production
exceed our goals for fiscal year 2022. facility, we are in the midst of designing five additional
Taking a long run view of our people power in the soundstages and multiple office buildings and
face of cost pressure took courage from leadership. workshops for their current expansion.
The commitment to our team is paying off now, The diversity of our projects and services is a
allowing us to have the people resources to take strong selling point with our customers, but it’s also
advantage of larger, negotiated projects. Trust the one of the things this team loves best about our
team. Trust the process. work. As engineers, we enjoy opportunities to work
New automotive projects with growth programs with different materials, different types of buildings
like VinFast and Rivian are challenging us to regulate and different types of customers. I’m grateful for the
our team growth. Pent up demand for commercial team we’ve built of skilled, creative, and ambitious
retail projects has roared back to life, creating an engineers that can thrive in busy, challenging seasons
opportunity for us to be highly selective. like this one and ensure it becomes a season of
In October of last year, challenges looked opportunity and growth.
overwhelming. Brian Silver and Eric Berg have led the Speaking of growth, we’re pleased to have added
way to guide our team, engage our leaders and adapt two new engineers to our team this spring – Joe Hill,
our overhead to post-integration and post-transition P.E. and Gary Ice, P.E. Welcome, Joe and Gary –
of the IE market team to Gray Construction. As they we’re glad to have you on board! We’re also wishing a
regularly point out though, it’s every team member very happy retirement for our controller Brad Brannon,
pulling in the same direction that makes all the who has served me in various capacities since the
difference. Continuous improvement and embracing earliest days of the company and whom I consider a
change are embedded in our culture. The cheese dear friend. Thanks for everything, Brad.
