Michael Curtis is co-founder of G&C Concrete. Today one of the most successful concrete subcontractors in the Boston area, the firm got its start in the 1980s when Curtis met partner Michael George while both were college students. Based in Haverhill, an old industrial city north of Boston, G&C this fall marked a milestone in its business—conducting the largest single concrete pour ever seen in New England. The company’s payroll has fluctuated from 150 to more than 350 when it worked on One Dalton, a new condo tower in downtown Boston that now is the region's second tallest building.
Curtis recently chatted with ENR Correspondent Scott Van Voorhis about his early career, the growing pains at a new company and how he and his partner grew G&C into the contractor able to make the record-setting 8,100-cu-yd pour for a Cambridge office building. The text of the wide-ranging discussion has been edited.