Meet June’s Pathfinder, Daniel Rude, a Project Engineer at Shaw Construction’s Grand Junction, Colo., location. A native Texan with a penchant for all things outdoors, Daniel has found a perfect fit in his work at Shaw. Balancing time in the field and the office, he’s eagerly applying new technologies to make projects more efficient. …
As one of the leading property and real estate developers in Hong Kong, Sino Group is committed to nurturing startups and is always looking for a competitive edge by leveraging practical construction and property tech. Specifically, the company’s leadership was interested in how they could best utilize tech to improve construction processes with a focus…
Meet May’s Pathfinder, Kirsten Ratzlaff, a seasoned electrician and longshoreman, currently working as a safety officer at HR Pacific in British Columbia. Kirsten’s drive to never stop learning, alongside a knack for working with her hands, has made her successful in many different pursuits, while her passion for supporting other women in male-dominated fields has…
Oregon-based Western Partitions is one of the largest and most reputable specialty contractors in the western US. In 2020, the company won a bid to work on a new hotel in Portland, Oregon, which it calls the Block 216 project. The project scope includes metal stud framing, drywall, insulation, acoustical ceilings, spray-applied fireproofing, resistive firestopping,…
Based in Mount Vernon, N.Y., Commodore Construction has a nearly 20-year track record as a multi-trade contractor. Its services include interior renovation and retrofitting as well as new building core and shell work, and the company has expertise in the healthcare and hospitality industries. Starting in January 2021, Commodore’s Senior Project Manager David Niewiadomski took…
Chad Lucks is a Quality Control Manager for U.S. Engineering, an MEP contractor with a footprint across the Rocky Mountain region and Midwest. In 2021, he was looking for a more thorough way of documenting the many job sites he was tasked with monitoring. Historically, all he had to go on were notes jotted down…
Meet April’s Pathfinder, Tanner Janich, a NorCal native and aquatics enthusiast whose role as a Project Engineer at SC Builders challenges him to learn every day and find innovative solutions to problems on large-scale Bay Area projects. A “True California Kid” Tanner spent his childhood in Sacramento with his dental hygienist mother, entrepreneurial father, and…
Meet March’s Pathfinder, Gerard O’Donnell, a New York City native whose role as a Superintendent at Lendlease Construction allows him to bring together his team player abilities and penchant for all things technical. His background in team sports and longtime love of history help him see the big picture and coordinate the construction of high-rises…
We’re thrilled to be embarking on our next chapter of growth today with the announcement of our $102M Series D funding. It’s hard to believe that OpenSpace was founded only five short years ago. In that time, we’ve gone from our first proof-of-concept ideas to deploying on a handful of early adopter sites, to recently…
Meet February’s Pathfinder, Rhonda El-Hachache, a California-based Assistant Project Manager at W.E. O’Neil Construction. Her inclination to work with others–first through community service and later through the teamwork required in construction–has made her dynamic in her profession. In her position, she blends an eye for the details with team player savvy to facilitate the execution…
