Building With Grit and Grace: Turning Your Ideas Into Reality
What does it take to run a construction company with heart, clarity, and serious build quality—while raising a daughter and changing the face of a male-dominated industry? We invited Nina Orlando to pull back the curtain on her journey from her dad’s handyman shop to leading a woman-owned firm now rebranding as Grit and Grace in Howard County.
We dig into the projects that sharpened her edge: building bank branches behind temporary walls in 21 days, delivering medical clinic build-outs at the beach, and tackling state contracts that range from fish hatcheries to archery centers. Nina explains…
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