Managing construction of a 92-story building in Chicago takes brass. In Tim Snyder’s case, brass is one of the qualities that got him the job. It was in September 2004. Overseeing the final stages of the 60-story Millennium Centre condominium in Chicago for London-based contractor AMEC PLC, he heard a voice message coming from the office of another AMEC executive.
Andrew Weiss, executive vice president of New York-based Trump Organization was asking the AMEC executive for a candidate to manage the proposed Trump International Tower & Hotel for the company. “I remembered the phone number,” says Snyder, 55. He called Weiss that evening, pitched himself and the rest, as they say, is history. “I wanted to be on that job,” Snyder says.