The P3 Project for Diverse Entrepreneurs

Episode 11: Rita Brown, president of Brown Construction Collective+ (BCC+) President and CEO of Brown Construction Collective+ (BCC+), Rita Brown is today's podcast guest. The Michigan company is a minority-owned business that is a certified MBE, DBE, and WBE firm providing structural and miscellaneous steel detailing for steel and related commercial projects. In this episode, Rita shares how she...

Episode #10 of the P3 Project podcast features an interview with Kenneth Canty, P.E., President and CEO of Atlantic Meridian Contracting (AMC Civil), based in Savannah, Georgia. AMC Civil is a minority-owned and DBE-certified infrastructure contractor specializing in heavy civil, marine, and industrial demolition in the southeastern United States. Canty has been an entrepreneur since 2008 when he...

Episode 9 of the P3 Project Podcast features an interview with Arvin Maniktala, P.E., President and Founder of MA Engineering Consultants Inc., based in Cary, North Carolina.  Since 1992, MA Engineering Consultants has offered Civil Engineering and Geomatics services as a certified small business enterprise to several Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern municipal, state, federal, university and public u...

The P3 Project podcast welcomes Sharon Douglas, President and Owner of Potere Construction LLC. Douglas shares her company's history and its growth from the federal SBA 8(a) program, operating as Bradley Douglas Construction Services to its current success operating as Potere' Construction LLC in the federal DBE program, focusing on highway infrastructure projects in Texas and Georgia. Shelton A....

Episode 7 of the P3 Project Podcast features an interview of Patricia Bonilla, president of Lunacon Construction Group . Lunacon Construction is based in Miami, Florida and was established in 2007. Lunacon provides design-build, construction management, and general contracting services using a "hands-on" approach that allows our clients to receive the highest quality results with incredible value,...

Episode #6 of the P3 Project podcast features an interview of Beverly Thomas, President of Regional Contracting Services by P3 Project host Shelton A. Russell. Regional Contracting is located in Washington, D.C. and is one of the diverse firms that participated in the construction of the National Museum of African American History and Culture project in Washington, D.C. Thomas shares how she led t...

The P3 Project podcast interview with Clarence McAllister, President/CEO of Fortis Networks, Inc. discussing sales and business growth for diverse companies owned by minority, women and small business owners. McAllister shares insight and information on the importance of building a strong record of performance, growing bonding capacity through reinvesting profits in the business, and utilizing joi...

P3 Project podcast host Shelton A. Russell has a conversation with Sepideh Saidi, PE, President/CEO of Sepi Engineering & Construction discussing her business strategy and the growth of her firm. Find more information about Sepi Engineering & Construction at www.sepiengineering.com

P3 Project host Shelton A. Russell interviews Corporate Environmental Risk Management (CERM) Managing Director Albert G. Edwards. CERM has been in business since 1995 and has grown to over 85 employees, and is now the largest African American-owned engineering firm in the Southeastern United States. Al Edwards discusses how he leads the implementation of CERM's business and strategic planning proc...

The P3 Project Podcast Episode 002. A conversation with Oscar Lewis, president and CEO of The Lewis Company discussing business strategy and innovation for diverse firms owned by minority (MBE), women (WBE), and disadvantaged (DBE) business owners. P3 Project host Shelton A. Russell, publisher of American DBE Magazine, talks with Oscar Lewis about his patented 21st Century Smart Runway System the...

Episode 001 of the P3 Project for diverse entrepreneurs in the design, construction and transportation industries features an interview with Mel Gravely, CEO of Triversity Construction. Gravely shares the importance of developing and executing a business strategy, and the importance of creating an intentional process for monitoring the completion of the goals and objectives coming from an annual b...