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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: March 15, 2012
Paul Hewins 2012
Name: Paul Hewins
Title: Executive Vice President and General Manager of Skanska USA Building's New England Region
Company: Skanska USA Building Inc.
Location: 253 Summer St., Boston, Mass.
Place of birth: Norwood, MA
Family: Wife Ellen and children Jake and Eve
College: University of New Hampshire
First job unrelated to your current field: landscaping
First job in current field: Draftsman
What your firm does now and its' plans for the future? Skanska offers construction management consulting services as well as development and financing services in various markets. We value entrepreneurship, innovation, and leverage our global resources to provide optimal solutions for clients. In the future, we will continue to develop our number one resource - our people - and pursue new markets as well as new delivery methods, including LEAN principles, Integrated Project Delivery, and Design-Build, to ensure that we deliver the best to clients.
Hobbies: I enjoy exercising, sports, boating and apparently driving my kids around the South Shore.
Favorite novel: I recently read Unbroken, which I thought was well written.
Favorite film: I like a number of films but do not have a favorite.
Keys to success: Listen, treat everyone with respect, act with integrity and never lose your sense of humor.
If you had to choose a different profession, what would it be? I'd own a restaurant or start a business remodeling older homes.
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