Why It’s So Hard to Innovate in the Construction Industry

Career reflections from a self-taught construction coder turned COO. In the 1990s, my parents brought home our family’s first PC and loaded up AOL. Remember the days of dial-up? My brother and I were ecstatic.  From there, one of my best friends introduced me to Netscape and Geocities where...

What Burnt Toast and WWII Can Teach Us About Waste Management

Plastic and organics are America’s waste management weak points. Thermochemical conversion can help. We’ve all witnessed one solution to our waste problem when we’ve made toast. Yes, I mean toasting bread. When you put bread into a toaster and apply heat, you’re putting the organic matter of that bread...

Folding at Home

Want to help the fight against COVID-19, but not sure how you or your company can best administer your resources during these uncertain times? Nexus PMG recently joined an army of at home scientists who are putting their PC’s graphic processors to good use by “folding” at home. This...

Let’s Come Together On Sustainability Right Now

Thoughts on the importance of community during a crisis. What does community mean to you? Maybe it brings friends and family to mind. It might remind you of your neighbors, congregation, or colleagues. We don’t often think about the community at work behind the scenes of something like the...

Employee Spotlight – Sidney Key

Sidney Key is a project engineer in the Nexus PMG Greenville office.  Through a college co-op opportunity in a manufacturing facility, Sidney realized how much he enjoyed problem solving. Though this discovery was rewarding, he also realized that in a manufacturing engineering position he didn’t feel as though he...

Employee Spotlight – Bryant Fortner

Bryant Fortner is a project manager in the Dallas, TX office. When Bryant headed off to college as an undergraduate at Texas A&M, he went with the idea of obtaining a degree in business. He quickly learned that the school offered a degree in construction management. The idea of...

Employee Spotlight – John Hoppe IV

John Hoppe IV is a senior project manager in Greenville, SC.  He attended Clemson University where he majored in Civil Engineering. He quickly became fascinated with the structural design aspect of engineering and, although he had little interaction with engineers previously, he decided to follow this newfound interest. After...

I Am Writing A Book. This Is My Prologue.

I am writing a book. It is titled CRAP: Building a Modern-Day Business Around Modern-Day People. Yep, you read that correctly. I have decided to share the prologue, What You Are About to Read. Although several chapters are already written, I feel that engaging with my colleagues and friends on the subject...

How Organic Waste Bans Are Eating Away at Our Waste Problem

When you’re chopping vegetables in your kitchen, what do you do with the scraps? Do they go in your trash can?  If you answered “yes,” consider the following.  Your organic waste can be converted into clean energy. As much as 40% of the food supply is wasted in the United States....

Employee Spotlight – Colton Cunningham

Colton Cunningham is an experienced Project Controls Specialist for Nexus PMG. He provides all areas of technical and project controls support by resolving technical issues and concerns in a fast and efficient manner. You might be surprised that Colton started out his academic career in creative writing. Soon after,...

What Green Really Means for Infrastructure Jobs

I’ll say it until the cows come home: collaboration is key to building the future of sustainable infrastructure. Unfortunately, fear of climate change continues to be associated with the elimination of jobs in traditional infrastructure, minimizing collaboration opportunities. But as the world and America are feeling the real effects...

The Great Convergence: Attention Span vs. Confirmation Bias

We are witnessing an unprecedented convergence of attention span and confirmation bias. Let’s get right into it. Attention Span Evolution Social media organizations, news media outlets, TV content providers, audio streaming platforms, technology giants, and a plethora of other information mediums are amid an intense war. A war on...