Mr. Wood, 55, is the chief executive and president of Plaza Construction, which provides construction management and building and renovation services.

Plaza, which is based in New York, was recently acquired by the holding company China Construction America.

If anything makes a person better at their job, it is experience. During the Gerritsen Inlet Bridge (GIB) project, CCA Civil Inc.’s young engineers have managed to get three years’ worth of experience in one year, Project Manager Vicken Bedian says.