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Steven Richard recalls walking to and from his middle school as a teenager while Scherrer Construction was working on an addition and renovation project at the nearby Waterford Union High School.

Emily Neal, an associate at Quorum Architects in Milwaukee, recalls drawing floor plans for pretend houses as a young girl. As she grew up, she quickly came torecognize how much she would like helping people as a Habitat for Humanity volunteer.

Allison Mastel loved art as a child, especially designing and building a house out of paper and trying to turn it into a 3D house.

Just shy of three months after Germany surrendered, effectively ending WWII, Oliver, Robert and Tena Wierdsma founded Oliver Construction to “... engage in the general construction business; to erect, repair and construct any and all types of buildings.” With Bob and Oliver owning less than 1 percent of the shares at the time of incorporation, the company began as a woman-owned business enterprise.

Lance Wagner has come full circle from his days as a civil engineering major at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville and has been the recipient of invaluable advice from mentors.

Gervase Rose’s parents, Roman and Cathryn, founded Roman Electric in Milwaukee in 1929.

Brandon Quinn learned to work with his hands by helping his grandfather in his mechanic’s shop and by doing carpentry projects in his grandfather’s basement.

As Henry Hurt celebrates 25 years as owner and president of Hurt Electric in Wauwatosa, the best aspect of his job continues to be working with different people and having customers appreciate what his company does for them.

Brad Austin started helping on jobsites when he was 9, working alongside his dad and earning a penny a nail before starting his career in earnest in 1976 as a carpenter.

A self-described “customer service girl at heart,” Lazelle Thomas-Conners quickly rose through the ranks at CH Coakley after joining the company as a temporary receptionist and accounts-payable clerk seven years ago.