initially intended to pursue a career in another field – he went to school for kinesiology – but throughout his professional career he has never worked anywhere else. In 2011, after the tragic passing of their uncle, Chris took a more prominent role in the company, Clay followed suit in 2012. For about seven years, Chris and Clay worked alongside their father, during a period of what Clay calls “accelerated growth.” From about 2016 to 2019, in particular, he says the company took some massive leaps. For example, that’s when they developed and introduced a second division that does new restoration, primarily concrete repair – which Clay runs today. In 2019, following that period of growth, Bruce officially retired and Chris and Clay took charge of the business. In the years since, the company has focused less on growth and more on internal improvement. For example, they fully transitioned to an app-based system for all site safety and administration paperwork as a ‘going green’ initiative to reduce paper usage. They also began conducting quarterly meetings geared toward furthering education and generating employee feedback to help make the company more efficient and create a better working environment. Most significantly, HRI Group has spent the past few years taking a very close look at their health and safety systems and processes – more on that in a bit. Today, HRI’s capabilities are as expansive as they have ever been. They continue to operate as a masonry historical restoration contractor, but now they also have teams APRIL 2023
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