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Episode 48: Chatting With W&C’s Contractor of the Year: Cal Drywall Walls & Ceilings 'If Walls Could Talk'
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By now we are sure you’ve met Walls & Ceilings’ Contractor of 2021, California Drywall. Headquartered in San Jose with satellite offices in San Francisco, Livermore, Santa Clara and Atwater, California Drywall definitely keeps busy. W&C Editor John Wyatt and Associate Editor Hannah Belloli talked with President and Owner of California Drywall, Steve Eckstrom, on what this honor means to him and his team.“To be named the best of the year…I feel a lot of pride in that,” Eckstrom
tells W&C. As Cal Drywall celebrates its 75th anniversary, Eckstrom
discusses what it means to stay up-to-date as a contractor after all that time. And being in Silicon Valley as Eckstrom
is, there is tremendous pressure to stay ahead of the curve.Not only do you need to be on top of your game or the latest technology, you have to be on top of your trade and your craft, or you’ll get left behind. And when that happens, Eckstrom
says, it’s hard to catch back up.Eckstrom
also shares some of Cal Drywall’s exciting prospects and plans for 2022, the construction tech he is currently excited about, and what he thinks the future of the wall and ceiling contractor looks like.
By now we are sure you’ve met Walls & Ceilings’ Contractor of 2021, California Drywall. Headquartered in San Jose with satellite offices in San Francisco, Livermore, Santa Clara and Atwater, California Drywall definitely keeps busy. W&C Editor John Wyatt and Associate Editor Hannah Belloli talked with President and Owner of California Drywall, Steve Eckstrom, on what this honor means to him and his team.“To be named the best of the year…I feel a lot of pride in that,” Eckstrom
tells W&C. As Cal Drywall celebrates its 75th anniversary, Eckstrom
discusses what it means to stay up-to-date as a contractor after all that time. And being in Silicon Valley as Eckstrom
is, there is tremendous pressure to stay ahead of the curve.Not only do you need to be on top of your game or the latest technology, you have to be on top of your trade and your craft, or you’ll get left behind. And when that happens, Eckstrom
says, it’s hard to catch back up.Eckstrom
also shares some of Cal Drywall’s exciting prospects and plans for 2022, the construction tech he is currently excited about, and what he thinks the future of the wall and ceiling contractor looks like.
10 min