The Superintendent Roundtable brings together STOBG’s supers to discuss safety, quality, project outcomes, and client satisfaction. Now, they are using their platform to reach a broader audience.
By Greg Dunkle, Chief Operating Officer, STO Building Group
My travels give me a chance to interact closely with our superintendents. We have more than 1,000 supers in the STOBG family. They play a crucial role in keeping projects safe, on time, and within budget—all while adhering to strong standards for safety, cleanliness, and quality.
I also see firsthand how hard our supers work. Demanding schedules can lead to long hours and time away from family and home. We saw an opportunity to support our supers, setting them up to do their best, on and off the job.
With this in mind, we launched the Superintendent Roundtable (SRT). Initially led by Ernie Tessein (Structure Tone Philly) and Louie Baeza (Layton), the SRT brings together highly engaged supers from across the STOBG family to provide a voice for this important group. Our supers share best practices, develop peer networks, and propose improvements directly to executive leadership. Their efforts are a direct demonstration of the power of our platform at work.
I am always impressed by the energy and dedication on display at SRT roundtables. Our supers are deeply committed to making a difference in our industry. They roll up their sleeves and get to work, taking on tough and sometimes unpopular issues. They discuss operations as well as important topics like financial literacy and mental health. After sessions end, their conversations spill over into dinners, airport lobbies, email threads, and focus groups at each company.
The first amazing initiative to come out of the SRT was the Superintendent Academy, launched in 2024. Recognizing the need to give back to the next generation, SRT members developed a curriculum to empower early-career supers, taught by supers for supers. We are already seeing direct results from the academy, with dedicated supers joining the ranks of professors already working to drive change.
Under the next generation of chairs, Brian Bernhoft (Abbott) and Vincent Fitzgerald (LF Driscoll), the SRT is ready to develop their “next big idea.” They are eager to keep momentum going and get their message out.
The SRT is just one of many ways we empower our people to drive change. In turn, our supers are transforming ideas into measurable results in the field—for safety, quality, project outcomes, and client satisfaction.