I’m glad to be here. For those who don’t know me, I’m Jody Fitzgerald. I’ve spent 40+ years in construction as a superintendent, general superintendent, and project fixer on everything from residential to commercial, healthcare, multifamily, and military work. At this stage, I’m most interested in helping pass on what took a lifetime to learn the hard way. I believe construction does not have a knowledge problem. It has a knowledge transfer problem. There are a lot of us who learned through pressure, mistakes, long days, hard lessons, and people who took the time to show us the way. Now it’s our turn to do the same. Some of you may have seen my posts around Built, Not Forced.™ — The Field Leadership Standard for Construction. That work is really built around one idea: We need to develop field leaders on purpose, not just hope they survive long enough to figure it out. I’m here to listen, learn, share what I can, and be a resource wherever it helps. Looking forward to being part of the conversation.

Today, we discussed Romans Road and how Christ can lead us down the narrow road leading to the Lord's Heavenly gates we are traveling on as God's soldiers. It's always awesome to huddle up with the Old Dawg Pack and talk about "the why" behind this movement we are fighting so hard to have our industry learn. Appreciate y'all and appreciate your dedication to making our world a better place to live and work. God bless!

I am putting on a summer webinar series with the South Carolina chapter of CMAA(Construciton Management Association of America). I would love for an Old Dawg to be a speaker at one of these webinars. If this sounds like something you are interested in, please let me know.

Old Dawgs!! We are kicking off our college tour, starting with a visit to Clemson University!! Clemson University Date: 03/10/2026 Time: 2:00 - 4:30 pm EST (Possibly additional classes earlier in the day and a table sit-in) Purpose: Teach a session on Building High-Performing Construction Teams and educate students on current construction conditions. Are there any Old Dawgs that are able to make this event? Really leaning on those who are local, to come down if possible! @Justin Uyar @Hamlin Landis II @Eric Nightingale @John Ellis @Peter Sheridan @Brent Darnell (I know you're coming a couple of weeks later!). We also have some funding that could potentially fly folks in. We plan to have another in Mississippi State a couple of weeks later so stay tuned for more info there. Tentative lineup is: Mississippi State Date: 03/19/2026 Time 8:00-11:00 AM CST Purpose: To do a takt simulation and help them understand and see the production laws in real time. @Boone White, Mississippi isn't really near many others, although I know Hamlin said he was down to come in. 3 makes it a solid visit in my book! Anyone else interested in partying with me and Boone in MS!?

OLD DAWGS! I’ve been in contact with the legends @Adam Hoots and @Mike Chiles recently and they had a great idea: crowd source knowledge from the old dawgs. What I’m looking for specifically are book recs for lean methods or leadership as well. I want to be like a sponge with this stuff. To this point I really only have LinkedIn learning courses under my belt so I’m really trying to expand my horizon and do more than just dip my toes in the water. Send me all the recs you have, thank you in advance!! -Nick Scozzaro