MORGAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- in 2015 As an Estimator
- Vice - President, Estimating
Clint Underwood joined Morgan Construction in 2015 as an Estimator. Before onboarding with the Morgan Construction team, Clint spent eight years working in various construction fields obtaining his OSHA 30-hour safety training. He has quickly escalated from Estimator to Senior Estimator and has worked diligently over the years to gain the respect of customers, owners, design teams, and subcontractors. His day-to-day goal is maintaining the trustworthy relationships formed during Morgan Construction's 39-year history.
He now serves as Vice President of Estimating and provides direction, guidance, and overview of the estimating staff. He is responsible for all estimating department functions, including hard bid and negotiated cost estimating and budgeting. He coordinates preliminary site visits, handles plan and specification reviews, final pricing, bid and proposal preparation, and other tasks associated. Clint's primary role is ensuring that each Morgan project stays within budget and serving our client's needs.
Clint graduated from Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, obtaining a BS in Construction Management.
After graduating Baylor School of Chattanooga in 1978, Jeff attended the University of Tennessee Knoxville where he earned his Bachelor's in Business Administration. A few weeks after graduation, Jeff launched Morgan Construction Company and began his career as a general contractor. He built his business on hard work and relentless pursuit of excellence while surrounding himself with loyal and dedicated people.
Jeff served on the Baylor School Board of Trustees and was a member of the executive committee. He received the Baylor School Distinguished Service Award from his beloved alma mater. He was inducted into the UTC Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in 2018.
He was an avid duck hunter and shared this passion with his wife, children and friends for many years. He was also a loyal supporter of the conservation efforts of Ducks Unlimited. Jeff was raised in the church with his family at First Centenary United Methodist Church and later was a member and Deacon at Signal Mountain Presbyterian Church. More recently he had been worshipping at Wayside Presbyterian Church.
Through the health challenges of the past two years, Jeff's faith in Jesus Christ increasingly became his strength for each day. His strength came from his devotion to and love for the Word of God. He cherished with joy the encouragement he received from the ministry of his family and friends in sharing Scripture and prayers day after day. Through it all, Jeff wanted only to honor the Lord in his life.
Jeff founded Morgan Construction Company in 1983 and has built the company and its reputation for service, reliability and integrity one market segment at a time for 39 years. Under Jeff's leadership the company has built long-term relationships with several key customers spanning multiple decades and hundreds of successful projects orchestrated in a team atmosphere. Jeff leads with a customer first mentality with the belief that Morgan can't succeed if its customers don't succeed.
Jeff lead the company successfully through the great recession with careful reduction in overhead and strategic diversification that allowed the company to maintain profitability throughout that cycle and keep core staff and resources. His leadership style and ability are key reasons why top employees have come to Morgan and remain there for the duration of their careers.
Jeff is a native of Chattanooga and a graduate of The Baylor School and the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a degree in business.
Matt joined Morgan Construction as a Project Manager in 2013. As a third-generation contractor, Matt grew up in the industry with experience in residential and light commercial construction experience from a very early age. Since starting with the company, he has managed major multi-phase renovations for institutional and senior health care, interior buildouts, educational facilities, large retail, industrial and new ground-up construction projects.
Matt serves as president and is responsible for the creation and implementation of corporate strategy, business plan objectives, procedures, and organizational structure. He provides key management direction to vice presidents, supervisory personnel, and motivates project managers to function as a cohesive team in all projects. In addition, Matt provides guidance and direction to carry out major plans and implement procedures while maintaining the adequacy and soundness of the company's financial structure, acting as the CFO. Most importantly, Matt maintains ongoing customer relationships and heads all business development functions.
Matt studied building science at Auburn University and graduated Cum Laude from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a BS in Engineering Management and an MS with a concentration in Construction Management.
Job Titles:
- Vice - President, Estimating
Phillip joined Morgan Construction in 1994 and has served as V.P. of Estimating for 25 years. Prior to joining Morgan, Phillip served as V.P. of Estimating for a national general contracting firm for 16 years. Joining Morgan in its 12th year, Phillip's abilities and track record helped transform the company by separating the disciplines of Operations (building work) and Estimating (pricing work). This transformation has allowed the company to expand its work load and streamline efficiency. Phillip is considered by industry peers to be one of "The Best Estimators in America".
Phillip's project experience includes retail, multi-family, multi-level office buildings, condominiums, apartments, parking garages, skilled nursing and assisted living facilities, industrial, manufacturing, distribution facilities and major renovation and adaptive re-use projects. While Phillip is an incredibly accurate and reliable finished plans and specs Estimator, he excels in the area of conceptual budgeting and pre-construction services Estimator, both sitework and building portions of a project.
Phillip is a native of Gadsden, AL and a graduate of Auburn University where he studied Building Science.