Carl Monarca

I've been in the construction field for just about my whole life. Since I was a kid helping my father with his masonry company, I understood what working was about. That led me to attend trade school and pursue my path to excelling in the carpentry field. Learning cabinetry during my first two years of high school and then working for a residential home builder in my junior and senior years provided valuable knowledge and experience. Once I graduated high school and joined the carpenters' union, I quickly absorbed the commercial side of the trade. With the wood framing knowledge I had already received, I picked up the commercial end of the industry very quickly, and moved up the ranks aggressively. I worked for 2 years as an apprentice for Aresco Construction, and then I got the opportunity to work for CGM Acoustics. After four years of being a journeyman for CGM, I was promoted to foreman at age 25. In 2022, I was fortunate to have an opportunity to work with Consigli's self-perform division and take on an expanded foreman role, bringing in a new scope of work for them that they hadn't been able to do before, which is drywall and framing. I have run all types of jobs, including office fit-outs, occupied spaces, active labs at Yale, dorms/college campus buildings throughout the state, and hospital work, etc. I ran crews as small as me and a guy to as big as 25+ guys. My main goal going into every job was to be on the same page and work together with all the trades. Working with others not only allowed me to make my plan for my crew each day, but also to avoid potential issues going forward and provide better job flow. This not only provided a great working atmosphere and great chemistry with the other foremen, but it also avoided having to do tasks multiple times or going backwards on a job.With this approach, I was always able to meet my schedule and hand over a good product to the end user. I believe that with that same mindset, I would be a great asset to whomever I work for in the construction field.