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Built to Stay: Trades Are Booming. Talent Compounds.

DATE
October 28, 2026
TIME
8:00 am - 10:30 am
LOCATION
Hotel Bethlehem
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Event Details

Winning work isn’t your constraint anymore. Keeping the people who build it is.

Join respected executives Keith Brubacher (Brubacher Excavating Inc.) and Kristian Fields (KLOVER Inc.), both highly regarded ABC member companies, for a moderated conversation on culture, leadership, and people development, facilitated by Lacher Business Consulting. Then dig into your own retention challenges in breakout groups with like-minded construction leaders.

You’ll leave with actionable takeaways to bring back to your team: practical, reliable, and simple. Because retention isn’t an HR problem. It’s a leadership problem.

Who Should Attend

  • Owners and executives
  • HR and talent management leaders
  • Project Managers, Superintendents, and other front-line leaders who manage and retain crews
  • Anyone responsible for building culture or developing people at their company

Meet Our Speakers

Keith Brubacher brings over 30 years of construction experience to the conversation, currently serving as president of Brubacher Excavating Inc., a third-generation family-owned earthwork, underground utility, and paving contractor based in Lancaster County.

Kristian Fields brings a career spanning project engineering through executive operations, currently serving as president of KLOVER Inc., a Quakertown, PA-based construction firm specializing in prefabricated wall panels, metal stud framing, drywall, acoustical ceilings, and finish carpentry.

Facilitated By: Lacher Business Consulting helps businesses build stronger leaders and healthier organizations through their proprietary BUILD assessment process, which measures organizational health across 13 key areas to pinpoint where focused effort pays off most. With decades of combined experience guiding companies of all sizes through the people challenges that come with growth, their team of advisors partners closely with clients to turn leadership development into measurable, lasting results.

Tickets

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ABC Member
Please note that member pricing is for ACTIVE paid ABC Eastern Pennsylvania members only.
$ 65.00
Unlimited
Non-Member
Interested in exploring ABC Eastern Pennsylvania? Contact Kristen Griffin, our Career Development Coordinator, at 484-926-4755. We’d love to have you join as our guest and experience the energy and value of an ABC event firsthand.
$ 89.00
Unlimited

Details

Cost:
$65.00 – $89.00
Venue:  Hotel Bethlehem

Organizer

Name: Kristen Griffin
Email: kgriffin@abceastpa.org

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