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7/27/2022

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Matt Buol-Ferg

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VP, Estimation & Project Management at McGill Restoration

​What does a typical day at work look like for you?
  • Right now, bouncing between managing the I-480 job that we are doing with Hawkins, reviewing bids, and distributing estimates to the team.
What do you like most about your job?
  • Reviewing bids and deciding just how aggressive to be.
What aspect of your job do you find the most challenging?
  • Managing people, it’s a lot harder than managing projects.
How did you get into the heavy highway construction industry?
  • I took the long way around. In the early 2000s, I moved to Texas and worked in the automobile industry for a few years before moving to New York City and getting my Construction Management degree from NYU in my 30s. I have been with McGill Restoration for six years now.
What is your favorite moment of your career so far? Favorite project?
  • While I was in New York City, I interned for MTA, the company that inspects the foundation systems in the subway tunnels. I was there when they were building the new World Trade Center and got to be involved with that process.
What are your hopes for our industry?
  • That the material and labor issues don’t derail the industry.
If you could provide one piece of professional advice, what would it be?
  • Don’t rush into anything. Make sure you choose the career path you truly want before settling in.
Who has been the most influential person in your career?
  • Dino, a superintendent of mine in New York. He had a lot of experiences to share with me and really taught me how to survive and thrive in this industry.
What did you want to be when growing up?
  • An astronaut.
What was the first job you ever had?
  • Worked at a golf course.
Before working at your current company, what was the most unusual or interesting job you have ever had?
  • Back in New York City, I bartended at a hotel right by Grand Central Station. All kinds of people came through there.
If you could go back and tell your 18-year-old self-one thing, what would it be?
  • Slow down and appreciate the moments instead of rushing through life.
What is one skill/ability you wish you had?
  • Public speaking.
What is your favorite thing to do on a day off?
  • Play golf. Thankfully, my seven-year-old enjoys going out so I get to play on the weekends with him.
If you could be anyone (past or present) for just a day, who would you be?
  • Neil Armstrong on the day he went to the moon.
What is your biggest pet peeve?
  • Lazy people that put in very little effort.
Favorite restaurant?
  • Cent’Anni back in Brooklyn.

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