ABOUT THE AUTHOR
GRANT SCOTT
Biography
Grant Scott is a simple man with a passion for Christ and construction. After working twenty-four years for a major construction company and living in six different states, Grant decided to retire from construction for one year before buying a custom cabinetry shop in Belgrade, Montana. During his one year of retirement, Grant brainstormed the idea of Be the Concrete as a both a guide to basic concrete construction and as an analogy to help Christians stand firm in their faith in Jesus Christ.
Grant lives in Bozeman, Montana with his beloved wife, Megan, and often visits his two adult children who reside in Washington State. On his days away from work, you can find him hiking the great mountains of Montana or cheering on his alumni teams at Montana State University.
Testimony
Coming soon.
Experience
After graduating in 1993 from Montana State University in Civil Engineering, Grant was recruited from a national major construction company. During his time as a civil engineer at this company, Grant worked in numerous positions such as field engineer, project engineer, estimator, superintendent, senior engineer and estimator, senior estimating manager, area manager, and estimating director. Although the latter part of his career in civil engineering was spent in an office working on estimates and supervising younger engineers in the field, he began on the construction sites. During his field experience in the early 2000’s, Grant was tasked with watching over the concrete subcontractor to ensure that they were preparing the concrete in exactly the right mixture proportions for the job they were on. This project gave him his great knowledge and understanding of the importance of concrete, and the right ingredients and additives needed for the specific jobsite.
While at this construction company, Grant was always known as the “analogy man.” Nothing could be explained without formulating it into an analogy or metaphor. In regard to concrete, Grant always liked to paraphrase an existing analogy for construction purposes, “There are two things that are certain in life: concrete is gray and it cracks.” His job, towards the beginning of his career, was attempting to make this second claim false.