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Harold O’Shea, father of Chief Executive Officer Bud O’Shea, loved baseball. He played baseball with his four sons and took them to major league games

With the toss of a coin and the sound of a whistle, we sent our summer intern Jeff Wells off to football camp at Southern Illinois University Carbondale! Before he headed off to school, we asked Jeff to give us the play by play on his internship experience.

Superintendent Jim McCann is officially retired. O’Shea Team News sat down with Jim and Mike O’Shea to talk about a few career highlights.

This year is not the first time O’Sheas have dealt with a pandemic or epidemic. About one hundred years ago, O’Shea Builders’ founder -- Bud O’Shea’s grandfather John O’Shea -- dealt with an epidemic and pandemic within ten years.

On Mother’s Day 2020, John Kovalan saw his parents for the first time in three months. And to his dismay, he wasn’t even able to give them a hug.

The global health pandemic caused by the spread of coronavirus has certainly changed social behaviors, keeping family and friends apart (among many other practices). It’s also altered the construction industry, adding new layers to health and safety measures.