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stops here in every regard, it makes their life
a great deal simpler as long as they get a good
product and they can trust the contractor."
Greg Brown Construction is also a family
business. Roughly ten years ago, Greg's eldest
son, Andrew, joined on as a fulltime employ-
ee, followed by his younger sibling, Benton,
nearly five years later. According to Benton,
the pair both bring unique skill sets to the
company as a result of their post-secondary
studies. Jordan, the youngest of Greg's three
sons, has a diploma in Landscape Design and
oversees the landscaping of the larger proj-
ects that are taken on.
"You'd be hard-pressed to find other people
in the industry that have the educational
background that Andrew and I have," he
says. "It's kind of a rarity to find people who
have gone into the university academic field
to also be contractors in building, and that
really comes into play, especially with the va-
riety of work that we do."
Benton sees the family company as "the
people's builder" in the sense that they are
willing to take on nearly any project. For ex-
ample, despite having several multimillion
dollar homes in their portfolio, Greg Brown
Construction recently completed a $20,000