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McFarland Construction’s President Ben Wilhelm on 2024 Market Trends and Challenges

by Helen Johnson on January 21, 2024

GroundBreak Carolinas is pleased to share thoughts and insights from key construction industry leaders in the Carolinas. Ben Wilhelm, President & COO of Charlotte-based McFarland Construction, offers his take on market trends as we enter 2024, and elaborates on one trend that he sees as both an “opportunity and a threat.” What is your outlook on the…

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Ben Wilhelm, Construction Market, Construction Outlook, McFarland Construction

Are You Packing Too Much – or Not Enough – in Your Day?

by Ben Wilhelm, Executive VP/COO, McFarland Construction U.S. on September 19, 2022

One of my grad students enjoyed a story I shared about a recent trip to Yosemite National Park, so I thought it may be helpful insight for others. While at the park, I decided to backcountry hike the Glen Aulin area on the near north end of the park because it was a bit less…

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Ben Wilhelm

Workplace Culture is about People, Not Things

by Ben Wilhelm, Executive VP/COO, McFarland Construction on February 20, 2022

Four million Americans quit their jobs in July 2021 with a record-breaking 10+ million job openings in the US (Harvard Business Review, 2021). Organizations are focused on providing an attractive workplace and culture certainly figures into this equation. Great benefits, work autonomy, competitive compensation, and a myriad of other inducements separate your firm from the…

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Ben Wilhelm, workplace culture

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