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Everyone in the construction industry has stories, Miles Covered is the podcast for those stories. Each episode of Miles Covered will feature someone in the construction industry and you'll hear their stories, where they came from, their hurdles, their successes, and their failures.

02/08/2021

Brad Olsen/Ninyo & Moore

Follow us as we interview Brad Olsen, a professional geotechnical engineer for Ninyo & Moore. In this episode we dive into how Olsen got to where he is, his day to day life and how he adapts to an everchanging industry. One of the first employees at the Southern Nevada Ninyo & Moore office over 24 years ago, Olsen has had the pleasure of working on several large Las Vegas projects including Project Neon.

33 min
02/01/2021

Ep. 5 - Patrick Zellner

Today we talk with Patrick Zellner. Patrick started his early career as a Civil Engineer in the Air Force where he first began to overcome issues that constantly come with clay soils. He has worked his way up with the City of Renton where he has taken years of experience and of soil stabilization knowledge to build low cost, long-lasting roads that his community can appreciate. Starting as a Civil Engineer and going through military structured training programs, he values hard work and wants to teach the future generation the importance of building skilled workers. This podcast will discuss the advantages and disadvantages to different types of soil stabilizers, the shortage of skilled workers, and why experimenting with new things within the industry is important. Patrick knows firsthand that road construction is hard work, especially when building runways on what he called “marshmallows” due to the deep clay in South Korea and caliche clay issues in Phoenix, Arizona before he began his work with the City of Renton.

46 min
01/25/2021

Ep. 4 - Blake Phillips

Today we sit down with Blake Phillip, Southeast Territory Manager at H&E Equipment, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic in the US. We’ll talk about challenges his industry is facing during the pandemic, what inspired him to join the construction industry and technological advancements he’s seen in his 8 years of experience.

35 min
01/18/2021

Ep. 3 - Vimal Vimalaraj/Black Eagle Consulting

Vimal is a GeoTech Engineer for Black Eagle consulting who is based out of Northern Nevada. Vimal has a great story about how he came to the US. How he got started as an engineer and all through his journey. So in this episode, you'll hear of and we'll talk a lot about where he came from, and how he got there. He also discusses where he thinks the industry is going, where the industry has come from over the last several years and where he thinks things might be down the road.

45 min
01/11/2021

Ep. 2 - Aaron Witt/BuiltWitt

Today we talk with Aaron Witt, President and Chief Dirt Nerd of Build Witt Media. Witt discovered an interest in photography and social media during his construction career. Realizing he was unhappy where he was, Witt decided to quit his job to start his own media company, Build Witt Media. Build Witt Media assists construction companies in improving their image and marketing in an effort to bring more workers into the construction field. Listen through this episode to find out what his company is about and how they do what they do!

41 min
07/31/2020

Ep. 1 - Miles Covered Intro

In the first episode of Miles Covered, our host, Royal Marty discusses his history, why he decided to start Miles Covered, and what to expect from Miles Covered. Royal is the CEO and owner of Substrata. Substrata is a bio-chemical manufacturing company that provides chemicals for many industries including the construction industry.

11 min

6 Episodes

Everyone in the construction industry has stories, Miles Covered is the podcast for those stories. Each episode of Miles Covered will feature someone in the construction industry and you'll hear their stories, where they came from, their hurdles, their successes, and their failures.

Creator

Substrata
Years Active

2020 - 2021
Episodes

6
Rating

Clean
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