Employee ownership at PCL isn’t just an added benefit for employees — it fuels a culture of accountability and drives exceptional results for clients.

It wasn’t PCL Construction’s employee-ownership program that piqued Thai Nguyen’s original interest in the company — it was his love of basketball.

“I always wanted to work for PCL because of the Staples Center [now Crypto.com Arena] and growing up a diehard Los Angeles Lakers fan,” says Nguyen, district manager with PCL’s California Buildings office. PCL built the arena in 1999, and it remains one of the company’s most defining sports and entertainment projects.

Nguyen completed three internships with the same general contractor while pursuing his Bachelor of Science in Construction Management from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, California. But during his fourth and final internship, with PCL in Hawaii, he discovered more than a job — he discovered the place he wanted to build a long‑term career.

“I freaking loved it,” he says about his internship, so when he was ready to join the construction industry full time, he knew PCL was the right fit. “Something about PCL just felt different.” That “something” was PCL’s ownership culture.

Nguyen says the opportunity to become an employee-owner by purchasing shares in the company was a major deciding factor for him when he accepted his first PCL job as a field engineer in 2008. “The idea that I could build long-term financial security for myself, while creating something meaningful with a team of like-minded owners and professionals, was a game changer for me.”  

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