An estimator took the roads off on the wrong scale — a $1 million bust in asphalt and rock. Wal-Rose Site Development ate it, finished the job, and told the builder at the final walkthrough.

Chris Coghlan sits down with Jeremy Griffin, VP and third-generation owner of Walrose Site Development, to discuss how a Central Florida dirt contractor became a 300-person full-site-package company — and what it costs to be the one who tells the truth about a bad bid. From cutting two fiber optic lines in his first week on a machine to developing 980 lots in 16 months, Jeremy lays out how Wal-Rose went from his dad and a handful of guys to 20+ pipe crews and over 300 pieces of iron. If you run a site work, utility or dirt shop and you’re deciding what to self-perform, when to RPO a machine, and how to build a superintendent bench instead of hiring one — this one is for you.