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Herman Russell's Big Hustle

H.J. Russell & Company began with an entrepreneurial young boy’s shoeshine stand in Atlanta and has grown into a nearly half-billion-dollar Black-owned construction and development firm with a national reputation. Along the way, the company has intersected with the Civil Rights Movement, helped build the Atlanta skyline and created an enduring culture of entrepreneurial growth.

By Maggie Murphy

April 23, 2024

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by Maggie Murphy

Maggie leads Construction Executive’s day-to-day operations and long-term strategy—overseeing all print and digital content, design and production efforts, and working with the editorial team to tell the many stories of America’s builders and contractors. She’s a native Marylander with extensive construction industry experience and an educational background in communications, history and classical literature.

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As the construction industry continues to battle ongoing labor shortages, international electrical distributor, Wesco, is doing its part to spark interest in the trades—and putting its money where its mouth is with the launch of a new electrical trades scholarship program.

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