For over 125 years, Kids Above All mission has been to protect, heal and educate children and families so they can build better lives. Power partnered with the organization on various events including their annual toy drive and volunteering at their group homes helping to paint, garden, drywall, clean, and create social spaces for the homes' residents.
Why construction? I was fortunate to live through a home addition in grade school and was extremely interested as the drawing sets came through. I love walking a job and seeing how a project comes together – literally.
New Construction
Terry joined Power in 1992 as a project manager. His broad background in construction includes 10 years of industry experience working for Ceco Construction, PCL Construction Services and Motorola. He served as the firm’s president and CEO, the fifth in the firm’s history, until 2022. His project focus for Power began principally in the healthcare, institutional, and developer sectors where he was directly involved with key clients such as Loyola University, Advocate Health Care, JDL Development, Northwestern University, and AMITA Health.
What do you like to do in your free time? I'm a father of three, so not much free time. I enjoy watching my children's sporting events and spending time with them. Other than that, I enjoy working in my yard and landscaping.
Excavation
First construction job: I grew up working for my dad in a small excavation business - as a kid it was cool to see where my dad was working and, as he always said, you have to start them out while they're young!
First construction job: Working for my brothers, one owned a carpentry company and another owned a landscape / concrete company. I learned a lot from my big brothers, from hard work to customer service. It’s a large part of what shaped my foundation in the business.