John
Fish

Caring. The strongest leaders truly care about their people and their communities. Despite the many challenges we continue to face as a society, we are all human beings dealing with our own unique challenges in our own unique ways. Strong leaders understand this and are empathetic with their people. They understand everyone is in this together and that we need each other to survive, thrive and be successful. At Suffolk, caring is more than just a word. To our people, caring truly matters and makes us a stronger organization and family.

Innovation is about challenging yourself and others to think bigger and bolder. It means being curious and always seeking a better way. It means taking chances and not being afraid to fail. Innovation is the key to forward progress and a better world. The construction industry is ripe for disruption. Inefficiencies and lack of productivity have plagued construction for far too long. For the construction industry to thrive, it must abandon “the way it’s always been done” and continue to evolve and push boundaries. At Suffolk, we see this as a defining moment to think bigger and leverage sophisticated technologies and processes that will help us reimagine the construction process and add real value for clients. We want to redefine what it means to be a builder. To achieve that ambitious goal, we are thinking differently and finding new, innovative ways to add value and deliver on our promise to clients.

Our diversification strategy, AC28, focuses on our core competency of construction management services but expands into vertical service lines such as real estate development funding, self-perform, technology R&D and investment, and design-assist, among other vertical service lines. Our diversification approach adds value for clients across the entire building lifecycle and establishes us as an end-to-end business capable of delivering on our value proposition “Invest. Innovate. Build.” We believe our in-depth knowledge of every project phase and proven expertise in constructability will allow us to deliver faster, more efficient services and better outcomes for clients across the entire lifecycle of a building. And we believe our approach will change the way buildings are envisioned, planned, designed, built and managed in the future.

Virtual design and construction has had the greatest impact on the industry over the past fifty years and it will continue to evolve. By allowing us to build buildings virtually before we actually build them onsite, virtual modeling tools has given teams the ability to build sophisticated, complex buildings more safely and efficiently than ever before. While virtual models have been the most important technology in construction to date, I believe the future of innovation lies in data. By leveraging a clean data lake with metrics and key performance indicators pulled directly from project sites, teams can more closely monitor and measure project team performance and make the necessary adjustments to mitigate project risk and continuously improve

I wish there was a technology that could give me more hours in the day. I love what I do and 24 hours never seems like enough!