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Masonry Construction, August, 2002 by Ron Holzhauer

Halloran's project manager of all jobs is Kirk T. Atkinson. He joined the firm in 1988 as an apprentice and though "sweat equity" is now part owner of the company.

Pat Halloran also uses his experience and expertise to consult on jobs, or "trouble projects" as he calls them, not handled by his company. He noted that many of the projects he investigates are in trouble because the general subbed the job to a nonqualified subcontractor, or the masonry contractor bid the job so low to get it that the work could not be performed properly. "Some problems can be corrected, while others require a teardown and restart," he observed. "The point at which the problem is discovered determines the solution required."

Halloran consults on about a dozen jobs a year. He noted that it could be a lot more but that would detract too much from his own company.

And he certainly does not want to give up the one day a week when he goes to the job-site, grabs the trowel and mortar, and lays brick.