Construction is an industry built on experience. At Bjerk Builders, that experience matters, but so does knowing when there is a better way to do something. That is why Bjerk has partnered with students and graduates from Arizona State University’s data analytics programs to take a closer look at something most construction companies don’t have […]
Standing On Her Shoulders Larry Fitzgerald goes into the Hall of Fame this weekend. The best of him was never the catches. It was a promise to his mom. For seventeen years, when number 11 went up to get the ball in the desert, an entire stadium roared the same name. Laaaarry. This weekend, Larry […]
The Kid From Safford, AZ On getting dropped, getting up, and why the toughest man in the building thanks his corner first. A few weeks ago, a kid from Safford, Arizona won a world title. Not really a kid, a grown man who has been fighting his whole life. Justin Gaethje. He grew up in […]
Bjerk Builders just wrapped up a turnkey tenant improvement for American Eagle in Goodyear, Arizona, where the team carved a polished, fully functioning corporate office out of a 200,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. Here’s a fun fact about commercial construction: some of the coolest office spaces in the Valley aren’t standalone buildings at all – they’re hiding […]
The Humble Warrior On ego, a list I never should have made, and the flaming sword that cuts away what needs it most. “It’s hard to be humble when you’re as great as I am.” Muhammad Ali said that with a grin. Kid Rock put it in work boots: “It ain’t talkin’ sh*t if you […]
GROWTH VS. FIXED Phase 1 was waking up. Now we go in, deeper. Welcome to Phase 2. Why one person stays stuck behind “I can’t,” and another breaks out. It comes down to two words. When I was five, my biological mom left and I went to live with my dad. I showed up at […]
Emergency parking lot repair by BjERK Builders Completed in July 2026, this storm capture system repair impacted several retail shops at The Shops at Serafina in Goodyear, Arizona. Bjerk got involved in January, and once the storm system was in hand the project was completed in under 8 weeks. This dangerous and potentially devastating parking […]
Death and Life The Language You Use. It’s not just your words. It’s the energy you bring. Positive or negative. Up or down. Years ago, working for the hospital, we had a board member, a tough-as-nails, wise woman from a Midwest ranching family. She listened to me for a while. Then she said, “Nate, you’re […]
Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl survived Auschwitz. What he found there is the clearest reason I know for why some people rise and some don’t. A few years ago I stood on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of 8 burn survivors. Two of them, Isla and Isabella, 11 and 12 years […]
Bisnow’s Phoenix Industrial & Manufacturing Outlook is shaping up to be one of the more significant commercial real estate gatherings in Arizona this fall, and Bjerk Builders is an official event sponsor. The conference will be held Wednesday, September 30, 2026, beginning at 8:00 a.m. MST, and is expected to attract developers, investors, brokers, owners, […]
