Said Differently - A Barton Malow Podcast

From sports and entertainment to higher education and healthcare, Barton Malow has built an impressive resume in the Columbus, Ohio area over the last four decades. 

 Barton Malow broke ground on its first major project in Ohio in 1983, a $24-million addition and renovation to Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Since then, the Barton Malow team has continued striving for excellence, creating positive and lasting relationships with each successful project along the way.

In this episode, we sit down with  Project Executive Adrienne Sraver and Project Manager Quentin Pruneau  to discuss our impact on the city, the greater community, and the future of Columbus in the next 40 years. 

Every summer, Barton Malow welcomes dozens of interns to its jobsites and offices. One of our interns this past summer was Joe Holland, a University of Virginia (UVA) student who worked on the school’s Football Operations Center project. Joe’s story is unique, as this project was more than just an internship for him. Joe is an outside linebacker on UVA’s football team and will be using the Football Operations Center with his teammates for his senior season when it’s complete in spring 2024. 

In this latest installation of the Said Differently Beyond the Build podcast, Joe discusses his internship experience, what attracted him to Barton Malow, and shared advice for future interns. 

Progress and back to zero. It’s not that construction has been completely absent of innovation, it’s just the start and finish nature of projects makes it difficult to carry over certain methods and technologies from one project to the next.

It’s been one of the major inhibitors in the construction industry, and as Director of Business Transformation Daniel Stone notes in the latest episode of Said Differently, “Transformation, Innovation, and Brick-Laying Robots,” there’s always a better way to do some of these more antiquated processes.

In this latest episode of the podcast, Beyond the Build profiles Morgan State University’s Chairperson Dr. Lewis Waller and Barton Malow’s Senior Human Resources Manager Jeremiah Hovis to talk about our partnership and projects on and off the campus. 

The auto industry is well on its way to an electric future. Yet in order to get there, automakers need battery cells to power electric drivetrains – and they need a lot of them. Since earning its first lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing plant job in late 2019, Barton Malow has emerged as the world leader in Electric Vehicle (EV) battery cell construction.

 In the latest episode of Said Differently, we’re joined by Senior Project Directors Alan Blanchette and Chris Hofe to discuss the size and scale of these projects, the difference between building a battery cell plant versus a typical automotive job, and the pride team members have knowing they’re part of a paradigm shift in transportation.

To celebrate the 25th Annual Women in Construction Week presented by the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), this special edition of Said Differently – Beyond the Build profiles Senior Project Manager Linda Hatcher and Project Engineer La’Toya Tyson.

Octavous began his career with Barton Malow as a Carpenter in 2000 and became a Project Superintendent in 2018. In his 22-year career with Barton Malow, his project resume includes the Randolph Career and Technical Center and Little Caesars Arena.

Standing on the corner of Woodward and Gratiot Avenues in downtown Detroit, the J.L. Hudson’s building was once as synonymous in describing Detroit as the automobiles that served as the Motor City’s chief export in the bustling metropolis. Fast forward to present day where a new development is rising on the historic site as Detroit continues its evolution.

After retiring from the Marine Corp. in 2014, John worked for various employers before joining Barton Malow about three years ago. A passionate advocate of mental health –especially among military veterans –John and Scout recently joined us in studio for an in-depth conversation on construction, mental health, and how Barton Malow helps facilitate a culture for every team member.

With an industry ready for change and advanced delivery methods in place that could increase efficiencies, Barton Malow accelerated its journey to transform construction in 2017 through the acquisition of key resources and innovative, patented technology. It’s when Barton Malow’s LIFTbuild entity was officially born.