If someone is about to work with Moss & Associates chairman and CEO Bob Moss for the first time, they should be sure to wear comfortable shoes. Within five minutes, asserts Fort Lauderdale-based developer Ed Smoker, a longtime client and friend, the 71-year-old Moss will be moving in one direction or another.

他说：“他只是一堆能量。”

Indeed, it might be easy to assume that after working nearly a half-century in the construction business, with a stint leading Centex Construction, one of the nation’s largest firms, then building another construction management firm from the ground up, Moss might be content to devote the majority of his days to boating, fishing or simply staring at the ocean.

Instead, says another client, Andy Mitchell, Moss can regularly be found walking projects, taking notes and talking with field staff.

“He’s like the Energizer Bunny,” Mitchell says. “He’s amazingly active and conscientious about what’s going on.”

Son Chad Moss—who with brother, Scott, joined Bob in founding Moss & Associates in 2004, and now serves as executive vice president—cites a strong impetus for his father’s near-constant motion.

他解释说：“他知道业务中总是有挑战，如果您对它们不做任何事情，它们可能会成为更大的问题。”“如果需要解决一些问题，他想继续前进。”

Active is but one of many adjectives friends and associates use to characterize Moss, recipient of ENR Southeast’s Legacy Award for his decades of service to the region’s construction industry. Others include loyal, honest, ethical and considerate as well as commitment, confidence and vision.

“鲍勃不打扰，”米切尔说。“如果您打电话给某事，他决定值得做，他准备第二天去。”

For his own part, Moss considers opportunities to build lasting, productive relationships for the good of the community among the most rewarding aspects of his career. He recalls formalizing a deal with south Florida entrepreneur Wayne Huizenga to build a $200-million arena for the Florida Panthers with a simple handshake.

“We were underway for a few months before there was an actual contract,” Moss recalls. “When you have that level of trust and understanding with someone, you can do business that way.”

Bruce Moldow, Moss & Associates chief legal and financial officer, notes that one of Bob Moss’ core values is to end a project better friends with a client than when the job got started.

摩尔多说：“他使行业变得更好，因为他希望每个人都有相同的关系。”

真正的夏洛特初创企业

莫斯（Moss）追溯了他在夏洛特（Charlotte）的年轻人的兴趣，他的父亲在那里拥有一家专门从事房屋附件和翻新的小型企业。渴望在夏季贴上标签的少年苔藓最初负责保持工作现场清洁和组织工具。他最终毕业于悬挂的门并安装木地板。

“I enjoyed learning to be a craftsman,” Moss recalls.

His home-grown construction education ended abruptly at age 16, with the unexpected passing of his father. Though he had held several part-time jobs through high school, when he attended Central Piedmont College, he was determined to get back to a business he had grown to love. With a civil construction degree in hand, Moss landed a position with Charlotte’s J.A. Jones Construction and was assigned to help with a local shopping center project.

Before long, married and starting a family, Moss’ horizons broadened in a big way, as J.A. Jones offered him the opportunity to lead an assignment in Puerto Rico. That assignment would eventually lead to others, and the Moss family would be on the move for the next several years, with Bob overseeing long-term projects as far west as Hanford, Wash.

A chance meeting with a former colleague turned into a leadership role at Rogers Construction in Nashville—the firm was subsequently acquired by Dallas-based Centex in 1986. Moss was then offered the opportunity to run another Centex holding, Florida-based Rooney Construction.

“我今年39岁，是首席执行官，”莫斯笑着回忆道。“但是我爱佛罗里达，抓住了机会。”

在接下来的14年中，Centex Rooney在整个半岛的备受瞩目的项目中扮演着关键角色，包括建造10个沃尔特迪斯尼世界度假村，总计22,00新利18备用网址0间客房。Centex Management很快就开始鼓励Moss在公司范围内运用他的领导技能。他在2000年同意，规定他能够留在佛罗里达州，并被允许私下飞行到Centex遥远的工作地点。

The industry’s national stage was a natural fit for Moss. He states that Centex’s annual revenue grew to nearly $2 billion, and the firm was recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the nation’s most admired companies.

莫斯（Moss）于2003年离开了Centex，打算花一些时间在北卡罗来纳州山区建造房屋。但是他没有很长时间被淘汰。次年，他回到了斯科特（Scott）和乍得（Scott）和乍得（Chad），他们本身是Centex员工，使Moss＆Associates脱颖而出。

Moss says that while he wanted to help create a secure future for his sons, it was up to them to dictate the company’s structure. A fundamental principal, says Chad Moss, was to have a “family business” culture mirroring his father’s long-standing values.

查德谈到2017年认可的努力时说：“这是一种有意识的努力。”在《财富》杂志最佳中小型工作场所中，这是该出版物最佳工作场所的一部分。“您对待人的方式是其中的重要组成部分。让他们感到欢迎，并参与他们的个人野心和贡献。”

Up and Away

Beginning with its first project, the Himmarshee Landing mixed-use complex in Fort Lauderdale, Moss & Associates has grown in size, scope and geography. Now simply known as Moss, with 10 offices and more than 600 employees, the firm ranks 71st on ENR’s most recent Top 400 Contractors list, with roughly $1.1 billion in 2017 revenue.

莫斯（Moss）备受瞩目的南佛罗里达州项目清单包括马林鱼公园（Marlins Park）和迈阿密薄荷新利18备用网址公寓（Mint Condominium）；佛罗里达国际大学的健康与娱乐中心；以及Brightline/Virgin列车美国劳德代尔堡和西棕榈滩站。

莫斯也一直是社区和慈善服务的坚定者。2017年，莫斯基金会（Moss Foundation）宣布了摩斯建筑基础设施和可持续性学院的乍得母校FIU的1000万美元礼物。承包商的501（c）（3）基金会的受益人还包括Handy（帮助受虐待的受忽视的处境不利的青年），联合之路，三月的三月，给孩子们，给世界，户外受伤的战士和行动升降机希望。

Perhaps what truly sets Bob Moss apart, say those who know him, is that his attention to detail is not limited to the project.

For example, the 171-unit Auberge Beach Resort and Spa has risen on the site of Ireland’s Inn, a Fort Lauderdale landmark opened in the mid-1960s by Jack Ireland, who died earlier this year. Mitchell, Ireland’s son-in-law and a partner in the Auberge development team, recalls how Moss went the extra mile to ensure that no milestone was celebrated without Ireland’s involvement, from the hotel’s 2015 demolition to topping out the distinctively curved towers.

“Bob adds a granular nature to the relationship,” Mitchell says.

Smoker says that while others may talk about “quality time,” Moss is more focused on “quantity time.”

他说：“他会尽可能多地给你或想要给你，因为他喜欢它。”

Moss asserts that he’s simply following the same example set by his father all those summers ago in western North Carolina, where he and his wife still go when Florida’s summertime heat gets a bit too much even for a longtime Sunshine State transplant.

他说：“在这个行业中，如果您以正确的态度与人们接触并表明您试图学习，他们渴望教您并帮助您成功。”“我喜欢看到年轻的专业人​​士在工作中，并感到很荣幸能看到我的儿子在对公司做什么，并在我可能的地方做出了贡献。这是一个很大的快乐。”