Projects bring teams of people together. An ethanol plant project more than a decade ago led to the meeting of two people who would go on to create and lead their own team as the founding partners of MH Civil Constructors. Surveyor Juan Moreno and civil engineer Saul Hernandez launched the firm in 2010, when Moreno realized he was ready to go out on his own and started making calls. One of those calls was to Hernandez, who remembered working with Moreno and listened to his pitch. As the discussion evolved, the pair seemed to sense they might be able to forge a symbiotic relationship—Moreno wanted to focus on field operations, and Hernandez wanted to design and manage projects. Hernandez always had a plan, while Moreno usually went with his gut instincts.
They finally landed on, “What about we start something, we can go from there, see where it goes,” says Moreno, who serves as firm president, while co-founding partner Hernandez serves as general manager.