Eian Kennedy
Commercial interiors, high-rise, and K-12 around Austin. Apprentice to journeyman to leadman to foreman. I came up through the Carpenters union and I still read the drawings before I read the report.
About
Came up in commercial construction from the tools. Austin and Central Texas.
I started in commercial drywall at 16 and worked up: apprentice, journeyman, leadman, foreman. Seven years in commercial interiors around Austin, including self-perform work for a top-25 national general contractor and crews of up to 40 tradesmen on a 49-story high-rise.
In between I served as a 19D cavalry scout in the Army, then came back to the trade. I spent two years teaching for the Texas Carpenters and Millwrights training trust, Local 1266, where I co-authored a Texas Workforce Commission grant that was awarded and funded a full tool-out for 17 apprentices plus a 17-week accelerated train-up.
Ten years on the other side of the PM’s phone call taught me what a real manpower number looks like, and what it looks like when someone is telling you a story.
Projects
High-rise residential, corporate interiors, and K-12 across the Austin market.
$194MForeman, Midwest Drywall · 2021 – 2022
Drywall and interior framing on a 49-story residential high-rise. Ran crews of up to 40 tradesmen, sequenced scopes against the general contractor's master schedule, originated field RFIs and worked from approved submittals.
240,000 sfLeadman to Foreman, Swinerton · 2020 – 2021
Self-perform interior scopes on Amazon's Austin tech hub build-out. Manual layout from the drawings, crew assignments against short-interval plans, manpower and materials staged ahead of each phase.
$150MJourneyman Carpenter II, GMi · 2016 – 2018
Interior and exterior buildouts from layout through finish hardware on a mixed-use tower pairing residences above a 160-room hotel. Construction layout with a robotic total station, setting control from coordinate data.
$48MJourneyman Carpenter II, GMi · 2016 – 2018
New high school campus funded by the district's 2014 bond program. Interior buildout against a hard, immovable August opening date.
Project values are as publicly reported. Roles reflect my scope on each job, not the full project team.
Credentials
Certified operator and operator trainer. Spanish on the jobsite.
Capabilities
U.S. Army veteran, 19D cavalry scout, 3-61 CAV, 4th Infantry Division. I speak conversational and professional Spanish, and I run crews in it. Coursework completed toward a B.S. in Construction Management at Everglades University; the degree was not conferred.
Ownership
I hold ownership in two Texas home-service companies. My business partners run day-to-day production in both.
Connect
I read everything. Open to homeowners, crews, operators, and anyone who takes the work seriously.
