Carrying a Torch for Those Who Follow
How Jaynes Leads Our Industry and the Next Generation into the Future
Like every Olympics since 1928, the recent Summer Games in Paris began with a torch relay ceremony. Even if you didn’t tune in this year, you’ve almost certainly seen the relay. A torch is lit in Athens, Greece, and then carried by designated torch-runners, who pass the flame from one person to the next by foot and by ship until it reaches its destination in the city where the games will be hosted.
It’s a newer tradition, in the long history of the Olympics, but it’s one that connects our modern world to the Ancient Greeks who first held these games. For them, fire represented the human spirit, knowledge, and life. The torch relay shows the spread of those ideals, uniting the past to the present and different countries together in friendship for the duration of the games.
It’s powerful to watch. And, in a way, reflects the kind of work we do here at Jaynes.
Lighting a Path
When we say that Jaynes is a “leading” general contractor in the Southwest, we don’t just mean numbers on a balance sheet. Leadership, for us, means lighting the way for our industry partners: the subcontractors we hire, the designers and architects we collaborate with, the Owners we serve, even other general contractors in our area. As an established construction company, we consider it both our honor and duty to lift up those around us so we’re all in a better position to build stronger communities.
Our leadership can be seen in:
- Our market outlook meetings, where we gather industry partners from a variety of disciplines under one roof to discuss the real problems and opportunities facing the construction business. We cherish the diversity of experience and opinion in these meetings and facilitate conversations so we can all better understand the factors influencing the current environment, and share tips for overcoming its challenges.
- Our processes, which we always work to improve upon and innovate within. From our zero-incident safety policies to our pre-commissioning process for medical construction and pull-planning approach to project management, we’re always looking to do things better and share what we’ve learned with those who follow.
- Our use of more modern contract alternatives to the traditional design-bid-build model, which allows for greater collaboration and makes it easier for contractors to foresee and accommodate supply chain issues and other problems. Utilizing a CMAR delivery method, we’re able to get our boots on the ground as soon as possible to begin planning and solving problems. We’ve been able to implement CMAR and Design-Build delivery methods even in unexpected use cases, and we’re happy to share contract language and tips for approaching these methods with Owners who might not have considered them as a possibility.
In raising the bar for ourselves, we set the standard for everyone—and then we reach out to lift others along with us, because we know that’s what’s best for the communities we serve.
Passing the Torch
Lighting the way is important. It’s also important that we remember that we, as individuals, won’t be here forever. But Jaynes, and our impact on our industry and community, could be around for a very long time.
Our legacy is already generations old. Founded 79 years ago, we’ve risen from a humble concrete company to a large general contractor with locations throughout New Mexico and surrounding areas. We’ve gone through ownership changes before and will again, because that’s what it takes for a company to live in perpetuity. Veteran employees retire and new blood joins all the time, but our values and our commitment to them endures.
Knowing the importance of that, we invest in our future through training, supporting educational outreach programs, and putting our workers at the center of all we do. By taking care of our people, we ensure that when the time comes to pass this torch, the next waiting hand will be ready and capable.