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Company Updates

Gray Construction preparedness plan. The plan moved most of our team members

with Brian Jones from our offices to their homes, required us to maintain
proper social distancing and to reinvent our jobsites to ensure
Chief Operating Officer safety for all. While jobsites are used to working remote, the
Things couldn’t be better and then distance or remoteness has been increasing for our entire sixty
just like that, COVID-19 happened. The years. Oregon is a long way from Glasgow, Kentucky. Ireland,
ability to adapt does not come easy to everyone and is even even farther.
uncomfortable for some, yet we have all been thrown into this Despite the magnitude and pace of all the virus-related
global health crisis causing us to change the way we work and changes, we are still meeting commitments, keeping jobsites
interact with one another; and we are thriving, despite the open, submitting proposals and winning new work. Small teams
fears, anxiety, 401k balances and uncertainty of how long it spread around the world make us more agile through digital
will last. leadership. Mastering a digital work environment with virtual
It is often a crisis that instigates big changes and almost connectivity will make us stronger as a team. While you cannot
always builds resolve and strength for the future. replace the importance of human connection and face-to-face
September 11, 2001 changed the job of every leader in discussions, we will endure as a #GrayFamily, with advanced
our military who had to pivot from being a centrally located, communication and collaboration skills, and in the long run we
thousands-strong enterprise to a network of small teams spread will operate stronger, far beyond the bricks and mortar of any 3
around the world. Digital leadership became a critical skill to office building.
learn quickly in the fast-moving fight. At the height of the war, We will be okay. We will get through this together.
with units and leaders moving constantly, a vast majority of their Lead, Exceed, Grow.
interactions were by videoconference. The effectiveness of our
military leaders depended not upon wisdom or charisma, but on
a willingness to leverage somewhat awkward video and other V A L UES
digital media to connect. That was nearly 19 years ago. Big We put safety and quality of life first.
crisis, stronger nation now. We are customer and relationship driven.
For Gray, as news of COVID-19 spread, we quickly formed a
task force to monitor potential business impacts and to build a We treat others the way we want to be treated.

West Region Ohio Valley
with Bob Moore with Steve Renshaw
President President

Spring is time for Personal Growth I sat down to write this in the middle of the
Our strategy, “Personal growth precedes public health crisis we are fighting. The last
company growth,” anchors our people-driven culture goal. Our plan pandemic of this scale was the Spanish Flu in 1918 that lasted for
has many engagement, training and educational opportunities to almost 2 years and led to a devastating loss of life. Each American
develop our team members, yet personal development starts with generation has faced and conquered formidable challenges.
you. As Peter Drucker said, “Unless commitment is made, there are Thanks to everyone for keeping their heads up and contributing to
only promises and hopes; but no plans.” the fight and victory against this terrible virus.
In other words, Gray is committed to your development, but you Congratulations to Nolan Petty and Josh Bast for their successful
are the decisive element in your personal development. Here are completion of the AGC Construction Supervision Fundamentals
seven tactics to consider for personal growth: class. This class consisted of three days of classroom training with
1. Develop your personal vision and brand. a focus on the knowledge, skills and attitudes required for effective
2. Be realistic: check you strengths, weaknesses, opportunities construction supervision. We also had four team members receive
and threats. their 10 Hour OSHA Safety Certification in March, as well as First
3. Set personal SMART goals. Aid/CPR/AED/BBP. Thanks goes to Chris Gibson, Clint Pulliam,
4. Identify the habits necessary to achieve your goals. Luke Ayers, and Tyler Davis for their success and impact they will
5. Know your personal distractions and how to avoid them. have on our project sites in the future.
6. Set up “One Touch” routines and reward yourself for Our business year was one half complete at the end of March.
keeping them. Our projects are moving along well, customers are happy and
7. Put your plan in writing and share it with your supervisor and multiple projects are in the final stage of completion. Our focus
an ‘accountability’ friend. the next 90 days is to be all in on creating new business. There
If you want to learn more, please reach out to me. Understanding continues to be new work to pursue with companies seeing
your personal goals helps your supervisor align your development. a resurgence in business this summer. We were awarded two
projects that will be postponed for a bit but will be a go this year.
We intend to follow Abe Lincoln's advice: "The best way to
predict the future is to create it!"

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