Brent Plante earns trust the old-fashioned way: showing up, doing the work, and taking care of his people. He leads crews and chargehands shoulder-to-shoulder, never asking anyone to do something he wouldn’t do himself — and that sets the tone everywhere he goes. One story says it all. During a major schedule acceleration with night shifts and long hours, Brent was on site for every shift — day and night — making sure the work stayed safe, clean, and on track. And when he saw fatigue creeping in, he sent people home. Deadlines mattered, but not more than someone getting hurt. What makes Brent stand out is the balance. He has relentless work ethic with real empathy. He can zoom out to budgets, schedules, and shifting priorities, then zoom right back into the smallest field detail and translate it into a plan crews can actually rally around. He’s also become a culture-builder — mentoring chargehands, raising the bar for consistency and quality, and quietly making the next generation of field leaders better.