Wood Brothers Quality Construction in Glens Falls started three years ago. This is one of the company’s new homes, of which it builds two or three per year.
Courtesy Wood Brothers Quality Construction
By Maureen Werther
Some people excel in one area but may fall short in others. For Dan Wood, owner of Wood Brothers Quality Construction in Glens Falls, a combined excellence in his craft and knowing how to run a business has brought him early success and a steadily growing reputation in the upstate New York and Vermont regions.
In his third year of business, Wood said he made the right decision to venture out on his own. After working in the construction field for 15 years, first as an estimator and then as a project manager, he felt it was times to “take the leap.”
“I reached a point where I was doing a lot of jobs on the side,” he said. The timing was right and he made the change from employee to business owner. He’s never looked back.
“There’s always that uncertainty and knowing that you have to raise a family,” said Wood, who is also the father of two young girls. “I’m doing exactly what I was meant to be doing. This is a passion for me.”
That passion is two-pronged. He loves building things, but he is equally passionate about marketing and selling them.
Wood began his building career designing and constructing birdhouses, then finding ways to sell them. He attributes much of his drive to growing up in a large family that didn’t have a lot. As one of seven children, his parents always pushed them to do their best.
