Just got back from the best vacation of my life - and the contractor brain never shut off for a single day.

In this solo episode Matt Vetter walks through what he saw across Vegas, Zion National Park, and Page, Arizona: the Hard Rock guitar-shaped building under construction where The Mirage used to be, the Mt. Carmel Tunnel at Zion (1.1 miles bored through solid rock, finished in 1930, no electricity, no artificial ventilation), earth-moving operations in 100-degree Arizona red rock, and a white-knuckle two-hour drive back to Vegas passing semis pulling three trailers on steep grades with no guardrails.

Vegas is a city that has no right to exist. It exists because someone decided to build it. That is this industry.

3rd Annual Build Better Foundation Golf Outing -

June 25, 2026 at Hartland Glen in Hartland, Michigan.Scholarships for young people entering the trades.www.schaferconstruction.net/build-better-foundation