Brandon Meyers, Vice President-Houston, Joeris General Contractors
In an interview with Invest:, Brandon Meyers, Houston vice president of Joeris General Contractors, discussed the region’s importance to the company’s growth. He emphasized talent development, lean construction, and community engagement as key strategies, underscoring Joeris’ commitment to long-term impact and trusted powerful partnerships. “We’re fully committed to growing here and showcasing what Joeris can do to serve Houston and the surrounding communities,” Meyers said.
What makes Houston an ideal location for Joeris’ expansion and growth goals?
Houston is an ideal environment for Joeris because it’s large, diverse, and expanding in many directions. That growth creates opportunities to bring our values-based approach and the strong partnerships we build with clients, the community, and our trade partners, into a larger arena. The city’s size and momentum allow us to make a bigger impact across the Greater Houston area and its surrounding communities.
What are your top priorities during these first few years of growth in Houston?
Our primary focus is expanding the proven Joeris model to better serve clients across the Houston region. That starts with people. We’re heavily investing in talent, both attracting new professionals and developing our current employees. With over 7 million people in the Houston area and expansion happening in all directions, from Brazoria County in the south to the northeast, the construction industry needs to continue to focus on developing a strong, skilled workforce to meet demand.
What highlights or milestones has Joeris achieved in Houston over the past year?
Joeris has successfully delivered multiple education facilities over the last few years. We also completed a retail expansion in Village Green at Bridgeland Central with Howard Hughes and started construction on Timber Mill, a $307 million high school campus for the Conroe ISD. That’s one of the largest projects in our company’s history. We have a strong pipeline of large private development projects that align with the region’s growth in population and infrastructure.
What trends are you seeing in the education, retail, and office sectors?
One major shift is the increased demand for better service throughout the construction experience for our clients. Even clients who previously leaned on traditional hard-bid delivery methods now recognize the value in alternatives like construction manager-at-risk. These methods allow us to partner earlier in the design process and ensure the project is built to a high standard, stays within budget, and meets the client’s goals. At Joeris, we’re focused on long-term relationships, which means consistently delivering value, not just a one-time build.
How are you balancing aesthetics with functionality and innovation, especially in education projects?
We’re intentional about staying current with new materials and technologies. That said, availability can become a challenge, particularly for items sourced internationally or from high-demand regions. We work closely with our design partners and clients early in the process to ensure selected materials are both high quality and readily available. That way, we can maintain the design integrity without compromising the schedule or budget.
How do your core values, like safety and integrity, shape your operations in Houston?
Safety is non-negotiable. It reflects our family-first mindset. Every worker on a Joeris site deserves to go home safe every day. That’s our promise and our standard. As for integrity, it means delivering on our word every time. Our clients, partners, and design teams need to know they can trust us. That trust builds the foundation for long-term relationships and mutual success.
How are you navigating the local labor market, and what are your strategies for talent attraction and retention?
We’re active on several fronts. We recruit at the entry level, mentor new professionals, and hire experienced team members from across the industry. Most of the hands-on workforce comes through our trade partners, and here in Houston, we’ve seen that labor pool shrink as experienced workers retire faster than they’re replaced by new people entering the construction industry.
We’re proud to be part of the Construction Career Collaborative (C3), which addresses this challenge head-on. Our Timber Mill High School project is the first C3-certified K–12 school in Texas. That means all construction and trade partners commit to safety training, workforce development, and fair employment practices. The project will also include student and faculty engagement opportunities, helping inspire the next generation of construction professionals.
What technologies or innovative construction methods are you adopting to enhance project delivery?
Joeris is a progressive company in terms of technology. We use 3D modeling and Building Information Modeling (BIM) across all our projects to improve coordination. Drones document progress on our job sites, and we’ve launched several innovation initiatives internally.
One major focus is Lean construction. We’ve been using Lean practices for years, but we’re doubling down in Houston and other Texas markets. As craft labor becomes more limited, efficiency is key. Lean helps us reduce waste, whether it’s time, materials, or energy, and deliver faster, safer, and more cost-effective results.
How is Joeris engaging with the local community to support broader economic or social goals?
Community engagement is part of our DNA. We provide volunteer support to organizations we work with and others across the region. In recent years, we’ve participated in school supply drives and food distribution events. This year, we are excited to launch our first annual fundraising event in Houston this summer. It’s modeled after a similar initiative in San Antonio and will support local nonprofits while strengthening bonds with our clients and trade partners.
Our goal is to be woven into the fabric of this community, not just as builders, but as active contributors.
What is your outlook for Houston’s construction industry, and how are you positioning Joeris for the future?
We’re optimistic. While energy continues to be a major driver in the Houston economy, healthcare is strong and continuing to grow, especially as hospitals expand into the suburbs to meet patient demand outside the Texas Medical Center.
Despite national economic uncertainties, Houston remains resilient. Even during downturns, Texas, and Houston in particular, tends to outperform. That’s why out-of-state contractors come here looking for opportunities. For us, Houston is not just strong, it’s strategic. We’re fully committed to growing here and showcasing what Joeris can do.
We’re excited about our future in Houston. There’s still a significant number of clients here who haven’t experienced working with Joeris. We’re eager to change that — to show up in a different way than other firms and to build lasting partnerships that reflect our values and capabilities.
