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Hendersonville Costco Gets Underway. We’ve built a lot of Costco warehouses over the years. And one thing that we’ve learned? There’s no such thing as a routine Costco warehouse. Every single project has unique challenges, requiring creativity from SEI team members. Yet, it’s our point of pride to deliver a quality job on time—every time. Take the Hendersonville, Tennessee, project that broke ground on April 24. With extensive site preparation required, project manager Brian Donnellan and his crew...Continue Reading

GFL Project Is Off To A Clean Start After several months of meticulous engineering and planning, SEI is well underway in constructing GFL’s newest recycling facility in Apex, North Carolina. And Bryan Weatherford, our Project Manager, is leading the charge. “We love working on new kinds of projects,” Weatherford offers, “And this one has opened new horizons for us.” GFL Environmental Inc., a provider of recycling and waste collection services throughout North America, tapped SEI in Fall 2022...Continue Reading

James Okey Has Found A Home With Us You might say that James Okey gets around. After all, he’s worked on projects everywhere. Japan. Germany. The UK. Mexico. And a lot of other places, too, that are far from Oklahoma he calls home. That’s the construction life. You go where the job takes you. Today, James is our Site Manager for SEI  as we build GFL’s new recycling facility in Apex, North Carolina. All he needs is his 36-foot-long trailer...Continue Reading

Michael Callan Goes The Distance For SEI Michael Callan, our Assistant Site Manager, has come a long way–2,200 miles in fact. That’s how far it is from Michael’s hometown of Los Angeles to his new home in Morristown, Tennessee. And to be part of the team at SEI. “I grew up in L.A.” Michael offers. “At the same time, we were ready to enjoy a different kind of life.” Instead of crowded freeways, Michael now enjoys an easier...Continue Reading

With our new Senior Project Manager, Nothing is up in the air.  The bigger the project, the more complex it becomes. So when it comes to getting things off the ground, managing timetables, and dealing with the unexpected, who is better suited than a former air traffic controller? Meet Jim Rauch, Senior Project Manager at SEI. Early in life, he served a stint in the Air Force, making sure aircraft got where they needed to go. That meant...Continue Reading