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Eric Kerley
Eric Kerley - Vice President
Hometown: Rossville, Georgia
What led you to the construction industry?
I started Georgia Tech with the intent to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
While there, I learned of the Building Construction program from some of my fraternity
brothers. My father is a cabinet builder, so growing up I had always been around
construction. While at Tech, I was the house manager for the fraternity and was
always working on things around the house. Everyone said I needed to check out the
BC program. I didn’t even know the program existed. So, I took the introductory
class and felt like I had really found my niche. The rest, as they say, is history.
What is it about your job that inspires you?
One of the main reasons I got into construction was because I believed that our
work affects so many people. People live, work and play in every one of our projects.
When most people walk into a building, they only see the “finished” products. When
I walk into one of our projects, I see the foundations, the wall rough-ins, the
RFIs and details we worked on, the countless meetings, and the vast number of people
that worked on the project to make it all happen. I know not everyone understands
construction, but when you walk into a building you can still notice quality.
Why has Juneau been such a perfect fit for you?
I like the fact that we are not afraid to take on the unusual and/or difficult projects.
We are not in the “cookie cutter” market. It is always something unique (a project
no one has seen before, an extremely compressed schedule, a difficult renovation).
That is why I got into this business, and this is exactly what we do at Juneau.
It keeps things challenging and exciting. In my mind, that is what you want a job
to be.
Hobbies
My biggest interests are my son and my wife. We do a lot of traveling as often as
we can. There are a lot of places to see, and we want to see as many as possible.
I also play softball, billiards and golf.
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