Te company has also invested heavily


in prefabrication, opening its own prefab- rication facility in Stockton in early 2022. “As much as you can make offsite and


bring onsite, it just makes it much faster, so much more productive and it vastly improves safety,” Daley-Grishaeva said. “When you are able to save the owner time, that saves money as well. We are pushing to prefab as much as we can on projects and trying to get the prefab in the beginning of our projects, during the planning phase. It’s really the way build- ing is going to be done going forward.” She expects the prefabrication market


to continue to grow as customers realize the advantages of having entire MEP units prefabricated and assembled offsite. “Do- ing more complete prefabricated units before they are shipped to the jobsite represents a great opportunity for growth in this area,” she said.


Involvement in Industry Organizations Along with its focus on client service and innovation, involvement in industry or- ganizations has also played a key role in Daley’s Drywall’s success over the years, as it works to stay up to date on the latest industry trends and issues impacting the business, to build partnerships and to pro- vide ongoing training and education for its approximately 500-employee workforce. Tat includes many multigenerational as well as long-time workers who have been with the company for decades. “We invest a lot in continuing edu-


cation of our employees both through industry associations and through the unions, which are doing a good job of keeping the new workforce up to date on the latest technologies,” Daley-Grishaeva said. “We believe that when you invest in your employees it not only improves their skills, but also makes our company stronger.”


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“The clients that we work with, especially those here in Silicon


Valley, have a high expectation of


everything being pretty cutting- edge. They see the benefit of technology, and they want to see


their contractors using it and demonstrating they understand the benefit as well.”


- Brittni Daley-Grishaeva, President and CFO


Since the company joined AGC of Cali-


fornia about two years ago at the invitation of one of its longtime contractor clients, Blach Construction, Daley-Grishaeva has served on the board of the South Bay Area Chapter, in addition to her active involve- ment in other industry groups including CFMA, NAWIC, WACA, and AWCI. “I used to think of AGC of California as


just a general contractor’s association, but I came to find out there are a lot of subcon- tractors involved as well,” she said. “Tere are a lot of benefits to AGC membership, but I think one of the big ones that differentiates AGC from other associations is its legislative advocacy. I like to keep up to date on that, so it’s great to get that high level summary on what is going on in Sacramento with bills, where my dollars are going and how I can make an impact.”


Sharing Best Practices at SBCX In May 2023, Daley-Grishaeva served on a panel at the AGC of California Northern California Small Business Construction Expo (SBCX) in Richmond, where she discussed the importance of partner- ships between specialty contractors and small/underrepresented businesses and shared best practices that her company has developed over the years. Participating in industrywide panel discussions and offering advice to newer businesses that are working to gain a foot- hold is a way to pay it forward, she said. “In the beginning we were very small as well, and sometimes it’s hard to imag- ine how far we’ve come over 60 years,” she said. “All businesses have a time where they are getting off the ground. Even though that was a long time ago for us, we are still constantly learning from our peers in this industry. We have a very collaborative environment in the construction industry here, and we want to do what we can to help smaller busi- nesses grow and thrive as well.”


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