Get Stuff Built Right® with Doug Glenn

Your “yes” has the potential to bring people together, make positive change, and impact communities. That’s exactly what happened when Eric Polak and his team at Oklahoma State University’s Center for Health Sciences said “YES” to helping the Anne and Henry Zarrow Foundation bring the Academic Medical District in Tulsa, Oklahoma to life. Eric has served OSU CHS for over 20 years, and his passion f...

Nicole Rhodes is the Chief Executive Officer at Center Phase Energy, which specializes in emergency power restoration for Investor-Owned Utilities, co-operatives, municipalities and other industry participants. On today’s show Doug and Randall chat with Nicole about the biggest challenges the utility industry faces (which is much deeper than lineman and workforce), her fondness for OG&E and th...

Today we chat with Keith Angier, Vice President of MacArthur Associated Consultants. Keith shares why the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) is so vital to our industry, and how one of the most important things we can do is to invite collaboration and build partnerships and trust with others in the engineering community. They chat about some of the biggest challenges the industry is...

Micah Siemers serves as the Director of Engineering for the City of Bartlesville, Oklahoma. In this episode he talks about what makes a community unique and the impact that quality-of-life projects have on future growth. Sometimes, maintaining history and rehabbing what you have, while making the necessary improvements for advancement, can go together. Bartlesville is home of the “original hot ham...

Dr. Dominique Pittenger is a faculty member at the University of Oklahoma’s Gallogly College of Engineering, and she serves on the Board of Directors at CEC®. In this episode, Dominique talks about the challenges the engineering industry is facing, and how crucial programs like the Engineering Pathways Program is for young students as they pursue their dream of having a career as an engineer. She...

Darrell Davis serves as the Mayor of the City of Edmond, Oklahoma. In today’s episode he talks about his passion for improving mass transit in Oklahoma, and how necessary it is for any community to thrive. Opportunity creates more opportunity, and the new Edmond City Center is a perfect example of that. Once finished, it will offer room for the city to expand, make changes, and set themselves up f...

John Feary is the City Manager of Claremore, Oklahoma. Join us as he talks about his background in infrastructure and passion for economic development. Claremore is home to huge global manufacturers such as Baker Hughes, LUFKIN Industries, MST Manufacturing, and more. They are currently recruiting exciting events and new prospects for the City of Claremore and Rogers County, as well as identifying...

Teresa Rose is the Executive Director of the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma. In this episode she touches on some of the communities she is working with, the need for quality infrastructure, and the effects it has on those communities. She encourages the teams that make these projects happen - the design team, engineers, architects, planners, surveyors, builders - to ask questions, raise issues...

Joe Echelle is the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA). Listen in as he shares what led him to the industry and his experience working for both the Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the OTA. Joe talks about how funding affects Oklahoma’s ability to continue to improve the transportation system, and why having a long-range plan is important, especially when it...

On the Get Stuff Built Right® podcast, CEC® President Doug Glenn brings you interviews with the leaders who are eliminating aging infrastructure and driving community growth. We’ll discuss their wealth of experiences, the challenges they often face, the opportunities before them, and the people they serve. Because it’s what we’re all about, we’re calling it the Get Stuff Built Right® podcast. –  O...