The ups and downs of the oil field – always a factor in the Grand Junction, Colorado area of the country – can create a feast-or-famine cycle for the local contractors.
Rick Davis, president, Mountain Valley Contracting, has had plenty of practice riding those economic cycles: he started working summers in his father’s excavating firm when he was 15.
He also knows there is always a job for anyone who can read plans, run a crew, hustle and understands how a job works. He’s been out of a job before, but never for long.
“I’ve got a doctorate in hard knocks,” Davis says with a laugh. “Reading plans came naturally.”
