Episode 97: ‘Hire Great Contractors’ with Christine Yerkes
In this episode:
Christi and Angela speak with Christine Yerkes, CEO of Yerkes South Inc. - a general contractor, design, and build construction service company. Christine has spent many years in the Navy and the Reserves as well as working as a civil engineer. With all of that valuable experience in the military, Yerkes decided to work on the other side as a general contractor working with the Federal Gov. on projects. Christine gives our listeners some advice on how to go about getting federal work if they should choose to take that path as well as some tips that can get you repeat business with federal company projects. She has a lot of experience on both sides of the federal/civilian construction industry. If you are curious as to what that's like, we encourage you to listen to find out more.
Supported by: 84 Lumber
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About Christine:
Graduated Civil Engineering Villanova University, recruited to Navy Civil Engineer Corps upon graduation in 1988. Multiple duty stations. Active duty until 1999 to have a family then recalled to active duty after 9/11 for two years. Retired from the Navy Reserves in 2013 as a Commander.
Worked in Naval Facilities Command and then the Army Corps of Engineers as a civilian until 2015 when I had an accident, re-evaluated my priorities, and retired early to build my then consulting business Yerkes South. Now a thriving design-build construction company with 9 employees and about $20M in federal work this year.
