Estimating Manager
Project Manager
VIce President,
Client Solutions
National Preconstruction & Estimating Director
Project Manager
Estimating Engineer
In our hometown of Kansas City, 77 employees picked up litter and debris across two downtown parks on Earth Day during National Volunteer Week. JE Dunn became Kansas City Parks & Recreation’s first Partner in Parks in 2021. Employees hold a monthly cleanup of the Ilus Davis Park, located directly across the street from our headquarters.
The Atlanta office focused on the small things that make a difference in people’s lives through “The Giving Tree,” which was populated with suggestions of random acts of kindness. The Atlanta office’s passion for giving did not disappoint. Not only did we reach our goal of 120 random acts of kindness, but our job site teams also organized clothing drives and neighborhood and park clean-up days. Atlanta employees made improvements at a local fire station, volunteered at local elementary schools, fed the homeless, and hosted several donation events including one for The Sacred Transition and our annual Hammer Down Road Race. The Atlanta office reached $45,000 in employee match dollars that benefited its local community in 2022.
“It’s through our commitment to build a better community that JE Dunn establishes long-lasting relationships with the people our work affects and inspires the next generation of youth to pursue our industry as a career. It’s important to our team because we strive to continue making JE Dunn the builder of choice for clients and the standard that which other competitors are measured against, as well as the contractor our trade partners and design teams want to do business with.”
Project Manager
The Charleston office is a small but mighty team that engaged with five organizations through seven different volunteer events and sponsorships in 2022. The Charleston team was awarded Group Project of the Year for the first annual cornhole tournament they created, raising $8,000 for Charleston Promise Neighborhood. The team is partnering with Goodwill and Charleston Promise Neighborhood to create a workforce development and community engagement program while working on the Jamestown Navy Yard project. These partnerships will provide children with access to mentorship and career paths they previously had not considered and will provide working-age adults with a path toward trade certifications and interviews with trade partners. Our hope is that these partnerships will enable participants to find work on the project and beyond, while strengthening the surrounding community.
“In Charleston, so many projects are being developed in historically disadvantaged neighborhoods. Building inspired communities is about so much more than just building a new apartment or a new school. It’s about building up the people in those communities and ensuring they have fair and equitable access to services, education, healthcare, jobs, and housing. Our team is committed to building these communities, not only through our day-to-day work but also by giving back and volunteering at organizations that make a difference in the lives of those who live in these communities. In addition, we are actively involved in programs that are committed to DEI, workforce development, and fixing our region’s affordable housing crisis.”
Client Solutions Manager
JE Dunn’s Charlotte office teamed up with many longstanding nonprofit partners again in 2022. Employees accumulated 112 volunteer hours during National Volunteer Week by delivering furniture, sorting school supplies, packing welcome baskets, and sorting cans. With the help of trade partners, JE Dunn donated 56,309 school supplies and $34,864 to Classroom Central during our annual school supply drive. In March, the Charlotte office hosted a poker tournament and ping pong tournament that raised over $35,000 to benefit Beds for Kids, The Cooper Royall Foundation, and Atrium Health Foundation. Employees helped build a playground for Marie G. Davis Middle School, packed over 800 backpacks full of school supplies for Classroom Central, and biked countless hours during the 24 Hours of Booty event.
“Building inspired communities is important to me because it shows how devoted JE Dunn is to the community beyond building buildings. JE Dunn’s involvement in volunteering and fundraising is a differentiator to the organizations we are committed to within the community. Coming in as an intern, I could feel the genuine passion JE Dunn employees had for making Charlotte the best place to live and the appreciation from the community and organizations for the efforts.”
Project Engineer
In 2022, the Nashville office served more than 20 organizations throughout Middle Tennessee, logging nearly 1,000 volunteer hours. This year, our Hammer Down Race raised an estimated $180,000 for Our Kids that was matched by an anonymous donor, resulting in a total of $360,000 — the most ever raised from the annual event! It was our best year yet partnering with Our Kids, and we hope to make 2023 even better!
In 2022, our partnership with Boys & Girls Club of Middle Tennessee (BGC) continued to evolve, including a school supply drive, STEM Week, Trunk or Treat, and Construction Industry Club. In March, our employees participated in a day of service, serving lunch to veterans at Operation Stand Down and cleaning up Radnor Lake. Plus, employees led a Habitat for Humanity home build, Sacred Transitions donation drive and packing event, multiple volunteer shifts at Second Harvest of Middle Tennessee, the Black Book Project, Salvation Army Angel Tree gifts, The Ramsey Closet donations, and many more.
“Our world needs more understanding, unity, and compassion. When we take the time to go into our communities, to share our skills and values, we have an opportunity to impact lives on a human level. It is important that we take all the opportunities we have at JE Dunn to give back to the communities that we impact and show pride in those communities. It is important that we go out and inspire young people in the community to look at the construction industry with wonder and curiosity. Getting out into our communities reminds us why we build and who we are building for at the end of the day.”
Project Manager
JE Dunn’s Raleigh team supported three charities in 2022: Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, The Ronald McDonald House, and The Women’s Center. The Raleigh office raised enough funds to provide 15,000 meals through the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina during National Volunteer Week. Several Raleigh employees danced the night away at the annual Red Shoe Crew event for The Ronald McDonald House. The Raleigh team finished the year by supporting The Women’s Center during the holidays.
“As someone who grew up in upstate New York on the edge of where the suburbs give way to rural communities, I rode the school bus with kids who didn’t get to be worried about what kind of sneakers they were wearing; they had bigger worries. Food insecurity remains a persistent issue today, and when I witness firsthand what the food bank does for our local communities here in North Carolina–whether urban, suburban, or rural–it resonates.”
Senior Preconstruction and Estimating Manager
The Savannah team was overjoyed to be able to connect with others once again while also giving back! We started 2022 off with a bang serving as the title sponsor for the St. Joseph’s/Candler Foundation’s annual clay shoot benefiting the advancement in cancer care in the Savannah region. The event raised a record-breaking $207,000! Our team partnered with Habitat for Humanity to help beautify and landscape a neighbor’s yard. Not only did it feel great to help this family, but it was also an awesome team-building experience. Employees also partnered with Girls on the Run, Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia, United Way of the Coastal Empire, the Frank Callan Boys & Girls Club, the Jacksonville Spartan Race, and the Second Harvest Food Bank. The Savannah team had a strong year, and we are ready to embrace the opportunities to help our community in 2023!
“In construction, we have the benefit of seeing the tangible impact of our work. One of the intangible benefits of working for a company dedicated to community impact is that we can be active participants in positive change. It’s important that we not only build beautiful buildings in the Savannah and Charleston areas, but also build relationships, touch lives, and make the cities we live and work in better. Inspired employees inspire others and their communities. To me, there is no better representation of what JE Dunn stands for.”
Estimating Engineer
This year, the Tampa office teamed up to give time and resources to make an impact in their community. Local community ambassadors organized a Habitat for Humanity fundraiser and building construction participation. Employees started working on the house in April and continued to work until July when the house was completed. Tampa employees also teamed up with Metropolitan Ministers, which offers comprehensive services for at-risk and homeless families in under-served areas. Employees participated in a food drive that helped serve their hungry neighbors in the Tampa area.
In 2022, the JE Dunn Des Moines office was involved with several community activities. Employees participated in Bowl for Kids’ Sake in support of Big Brothers Big Sisters, cleaned up the property of a retired ironworker to allow him to remain in his house through ReBuilding Together, and provided sponsorship and support for ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer through its annual golf tournament.
“Our commitment to building inspired communities is important to our team because we all live in this community and feel a closer connection when we know we are improving the lives of others through our actions and financial support. The JE Dunn culture of giving back is exemplified by our Des Moines employees, and we enjoy helping where we can.”
Senior Project Manager
Almost a century ago, JE Dunn was founded right here in Kansas City on the principles of doing the right thing and serving others. Our commitment to those principles is as strong now as it was then.
In 2022, KC employees donated more than $10,000 to create care packages with The Sacred Transition, delivering them to patients at two cancer treatment centers. The annual JE Dunn Sporting Clay Classic raised more than $30,000 for KU Cancer Center to support patients in our community and advance cancer research. Eighteen employees participated in the JE Dunn Has Heart Red Face Relay, raising money for awareness and prevention of heart disease and stroke. Proceeds from the annual employee golf tournament benefited Build Trybe in 2022, a local nonprofit that provides construction trades training to youth in foster care, raising a total of $8,860 through employee donations and the Employee Match Program. For the first time since 2019, the United Way BBQ competition came back, celebrating our employees’ barbeque skills and kicking off our annual giving campaign. To end the year with gratitude, we again partnered with the Salvation Army with Angel Tree Christmas gifts for children and Red Kettle bell ringing by our executive team.
We will continue the legacy J.E. Dunn, Sr. created by supporting our communities any way we can, whether engaging with students through the newly launched Building the Future initiative, serving on nonprofit boards, volunteering for causes our employees are passionate about, or participating in fundraising events. Together we are creating a better Kansas City today and tomorrow, for the next century and beyond.
“Kansas City has been our home base for 99 years and will be for another 99, and it is going through a transformational change. While it is our responsibility to lead the built environment, it is also our responsibility to impact lives by sharing our talents and treasures to ensure our entire community positively experiences this change. Whether it be in creating new career opportunities, supporting our aspiring diverse trade partners, or walking side by side with our charitable partners to support their goals, building inspired communities has been and will remain front and center of our culture and how we lead.”
Kansas City Office Leader
In 2022, the Minneapolis office engaged with the community in a different, strategic, meaningful way! We built relationships with a variety of organizations and found ways to not just volunteer once, but to also have lasting, continued involvement.
“Our office has committed to finding opportunities that make a lasting impact and that are not performative. It is taking us longer to find them, but as we continue to build relationships, we are finding opportunities that go a long way to building an inspired community that trusts us, can rely on us, and knows we care.”
Senior Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Specialist
JE Dunn’s Dickinson and Williston offices were busy in 2022 impacting communities across North Dakota. The Dickinson office hosted a back-to-school-supplies BBQ with local trade partners and community leaders, collecting school supply donations and enjoying locally made hamburgers and brats. The supplies and monetary donations were distributed throughout schools in Dickinson and eight other counties in Southwest North Dakota. The team in Minot, North Dakota gave back by building an ADA accessible ramp to access a new modular classroom for a local school. The team spent hours after work purchasing the material needed and completing this project. Employees also assisted in building playground equipment at the Welcome House in Bismarck and collected various native seeds in Medora that will be used to repopulate the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library grounds with indigenous plants.
“North Dakotans are a tight-knit group with a strong sense of community. Our JE Dunn team often finds themselves working in cities or towns where the whole population knows each other. It’s extremely rewarding for us to not only be recognized for the amazing projects we build in these communities, but the time we invest into developing relationships and making a difference within them.”
Senior Project Engineer
At JE Dunn Omaha, our team takes great pride in our state, and we’re committed to improving it in every way we can. That includes our daily efforts as Nebraska’s #1 contractor and all the individual actions our employees take to impact our community. In 2022, our office donated time, expertise, and resources to over 100 nonprofits and local groups. Every employee is empowered to support whatever cause is important to them, whether that’s joining community boards, supporting students who want to learn about the ACE industries, or volunteering for organizations that directly impact the areas we live in.
“Our team often uses the phrase ‘built for the community, by the community’ when referencing local projects. It’s not just a catchy tagline; it’s something we really believe in. We love the state of Nebraska, and we feel privileged to build here. So, we do what we can to immerse ourselves in the community, give back, and support the growth.”
Omaha Office Leader
In 2022, the small but mighty JE Dunn Springfield team sponsored and participated in multiple nonprofit events and outreach, including the Cox Health Foundation charity golf tournament, and a Missouri State Construction Club event. Employees were active as part of the Missouri State Construction Department Advisory Board and joined the Springfield Contractors Association annual cornhole tournament.
“Everyone wants to be part of something bigger than themselves, and JE Dunn’s commitment to building inspired communities makes this a reality. Beyond the incredible building projects we get to be a part of, JE Dunn has been very supportive of my personal involvement in serving and giving back to our Springfield community and regularly encourages all of us to do so. I very much appreciate these aspects of JE Dunn’s culture, which align with my personal values and are woven throughout our entire company.”
Springfield Office Leader
The Wichita office began engaging more in the community in 2022, as the office grew with more “permanent” employees versus road warriors. We dove headfirst into creating a relationship with the Wichita Children’s Home and spent time walking its facility and identifying its needs and how that fits within our skill set. We have service projects scheduled through 2023 to help this organization while they give our community’s children a safe place to live and stay.
“JE Dunn’s commitment to building inspired communities is important to us because we work and live in a small community, and the impact is seen immediately. Shortly after committing our time to the Wichita Children’s Home and completing a few projects, one of our employees was chatting with a friend who fosters children from the Wichita Children’s Home. He went on about how amazing the facility is, how they treat fosters, and how he’s glad to see a friend working to help keep those things possible.”
Senior Project Engineer
As the Austin office continues to grow, leadership has worked to ensure our local community impact grows in tandem. In 2022, employees helped serve multiple nonprofits such as YMCA Camp Moody where they focused on building new playground equipment and fences, restoring canoes, and painting picnic tables. Employees were also given the unique opportunity of volunteering at the Balcones Canyonland Preserve where they helped to remove an invasive species that had infiltrated the area. The Austin office continued to foster relationships with the Mary Lee Foundation, serving survivors of brain injuries and adults with neurological disorders and continued their focus on supporting childcare centers that serve economically disadvantaged households through an “all in” relationship with United Way.
“JE Dunn’s commitment to building inspired communities is important to me because great things can happen when a community is inspired. It’s important that when we build a project, our goal is to also preserve and enhance the community in which we’re building, not just complete the project and leave.”
Project Engineer
The Dallas office has been building inspired communities for over 25 years in the Dallas-Fort Worth market. This year, the team volunteered their time with eight non-profit organizations to help the communities where we work and live. Employees raised over $2,500 for United Way, organized clothes, built with Habitat for Humanity, picked up food and furniture for Mission Arlington, and introduced 1,000 students from eighth grade through high school to the construction industry through the TEXO-Bid Expo. We drew attention to the important issue of child abuse, reading over 27,484 names of abused children at Save Jane and volunteering at its 10th annual AIM for Advocacy Clay Shoot.
“The JE Dunn Dallas office’s commitment to volunteering and financial support of local charities and non-profit organizations involved in changing the lives of youth and adults reinforces our collective desire to make a difference in the communities we serve.”
Dallas Office Leader
In 2022, Houston employees centered their community impact work on the Ronald McDonald House, led by a Houston office leader who joined the nonprofit’s board of directors. Employees served dinners at the main house, provided lunch for the three hospital locations, collected school supplies, and restocked “Grandma’s Closet” with gifts for all ages. Additionally, the PE peer group did some repair work at the House of Tiny Treasures, and employees supported the Houston Food Bank with a day of sorting and building in the annual Canstruction competition.
“When I was considering joining JE Dunn, I was impressed by JE Dunn’s reputation in the community. Even more so now that I have been here over a year. So many of our employees truly embody our purpose of existing to enrich lives, and to be supported so fully by JE Dunn’s corporate generosity is just the icing on the cake.”
Houston Office Leader
In 2022, the Oklahoma City team made an intentional community impact, serving in a variety of ways. Employees celebrated Black History Month with a breakfast sponsored by BUiLD and the community ambassadors, weekly spotlights on local African American trailblazers, and a virtual meeting with Dr. George Henderson, Oklahoma University’s first African American dean on the Norman campus. During National Volunteer Week, our employees picked up trash along the Oklahoma River and served at an arts festival, STEAM career fair, and the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon. Our employees also tutored for Big Brothers Big Sisters, did a chili cook off for United Way, participated in a Habitat for Humanity build, and engaged in a multitude of other ways to support the Oklahoma City community.
