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, […]
The Strangest Secret We become what we think about. Earl Nightingale figured it out in 1956. Most people still haven’t. “We become what we think about.” Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret Six words. Recorded in a rented studio in Chicago. First spoken-word recording to sell a million copies. Earl called it “the strangest […]
Bjerk Builders is delivering this ground up industrial building, with a 24 foot interior clearance on 1.2 acres. Some of the best moments have been seeing leadership roles with the company over 20 years providing the next generation with insight into how fast the world is changing in our industry. When we got together to […]
Life is difficult. – M. Scott Peck · A Road Less Traveled The entire first paragraph. That’s it. Three words. Over 10 million copies sold. Still in print 45 years later. Because those three words changed something in people that nothing else could touch. I was still putting Humpty Dumpty back together – pouring […]
National Safety Month occurs throughout June, with 2026 marking the 30th anniversary of the campaign established by the National Safety Council (NSC). The annual observance focuses on reducing preventable injuries in workplaces, on the roads, and at home. This year is broken down into 4 distinct themes: Week 1 (June 1 – 6) Moving Safety […]
As a Man Thinketh – James Allen It was all a dream NOTORIOUS B.I.G. · JUICY · 1994 Biggie grew up broke in Brooklyn. He held a vision so clearly, so consistently, that his brain started building toward it. James Allen wrote the same truth 91 years earlier. Dr. Andrew Huberman can now show you […]
Good People, Warrior Spirit Good People. On the warrior spirit, the servant’s heart, and what it means to be an American worth the freedom someone else paid for. Good People – today, Memorial Day, I find myself thinking about the men and women who took that definition further than most of us will ever have […]
