Welcome to Built With Purpose
Built With Purpose shares thoughtful conversations with the people who design, build, and improve the world around us. Hosted by Chris Fay, the show blends experience from commercial construction and tech leadership to explore how values, systems, and steady execution create enduring companies.
Recent Episodes
Dec. 9, 2025
How Servant Leadership Builds Better Companies | Burton Hackney
Episode Summary In this episode of Built With Purpose, host Chris Fay sits down with Burton Hackney, President of JORIS, one of Texas’s most respected and long-standing construction companies. Across a candid, energizing conv...
Dec. 2, 2025
Between the Builds: The Advantage of Being Close to the Problem
In this Between the Builds episode of Built With Purpose, Chris Fay reflects on his recent conversation with Landon Messal, Founder & CEO of SiteMarker, and digs into one big theme: the people closest to the problem are usual...
Nov. 25, 2025
The Truth About Innovation in AEC | Landon Messal
Episode Summary: In this episode of Built With Purpose, host Chris Fay sits down with Landon Messal, Founder & CEO of Site Marker, for a deep, forward-looking conversation about technology, process, and purpose inside the AEC...
Nov. 18, 2025
Between the Builds: The Hidden Power of True Servant Leadership
Episode Summary: In this episode of Between the Builds, host Chris Fay reflects on last week’s conversation with Al Petrangeli, diving deeper into one of the most foundational principles of effective leadership: servant leade...
Nov. 11, 2025
How Grit and Grace Built a Billion-Dollar Culture | Al Petrangeli
Episode Summary: In this episode of Built With Purpose, host Chris Fay sits down with Al Petrangeli, COO at Carroll Daniel Construction and former CEO of Balfour Beatty’s Southeast Region, to explore what it takes to lead wit...
Nov. 4, 2025
Between the Builds: Letting Go to Grow
Episode Summary: In this episode of Between the Builds, host Chris Fay reflects on his conversation with Tony Iannessa, Founder and CEO of BIG Construction, to explore one of the hardest truths in leadership. Sometimes the th...
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