Mark Delaney

I poured my first footing on soil nobody had tested, the wall above it still has a hairline crack to prove it. That was 2011, my second year on a framing crew, and it’s the reason I check soil before I check anything else now. I earned a B.S. in Construction Management Technology at Purdue, but the real education happened on pole barns, additions, and shed foundations across three states. These days I write about costs, timelines, and the structural red flags people spot too late. The questions a contractor answers only if you ask first.