Born to Build Blog

It was a college class that helped Scott Kinkade uncover his future career path – which he probably knew all along.

Nick Sunley spent fall 2019 job shadowing at O’Shea through the Sangamon-Menard Schools’ Multi-Craft Core Curriculum program (MC3). But since we last saw Nick, a lot has happened.

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.

In John Adams’ family, if you were old enough to carry a tool, you got to come along on the job.

John’s grandfather, Norbert, grew up on a farm and, by necessity, taught himself general construction. When he saw there was a need in the area, he began a residential construction company, which he operated for 40 years.

Matt Grider has known the O’Shea name for as long as he can remember. His grandfather, Darrell Grider, had a 41-year career with O’Shea Builders starting in 1965.