Meet the Superintendent Working to Make a Difference in Construction
Built: The Bluebeam Blog
Yelana Moton became fascinated with the industry at a young age — now she’s proud to work to help build structures that change people’s lives for the better.
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"It’s pretty cool to think that a cure for Alzheimer’s or dementia could come out of this project that I’m involved in,” said Yelana Moton, an assistant superintendent at McCarthy Building Cos., of her current project, a 1.2 million-square-foot neuroscience research building on the Washington University School of Medicine campus in St. Louis.