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Welcome to the Dirt World's top podcast (self-proclaimed). Every week, host Aaron Witt, founder of BuildWitt, interviews construction and mining industry leaders in long form and shares updates on what's happening inside of BuildWitt.
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Mikel Bowman is the President of Bowman Legacies, a consulting business focusing on leadership and organizational culture. After a past life as a social worker turned driller and miner, he’s now leveraging his past to help Dirt World companies develop their next generation.
Follow Mikel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikel-bowman-256137122/
Learn more about Bowman Legacies: https://www.bowmanlegacies.com/
Want to better train and develop your civil construction workforce and leaders? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
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Casey Dillon is President and CEO of Atlas Excavating, an Indiana-based civil construction company specializing in tough projects, especially complex underground utility installation. Casey started at the company decades ago alongside his parents and now leads the business with his brother as the second generation, with planning now focused on what the third generation will look like.
Follow Casey on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-dillon-91303517/
Learn more about Atlas Excavating at: https://atlasdigs.com
Want to better train and develop your civil construction workforce and leaders? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Daron is the founder of Blackbird Mission and, most recently, Rogue Collective, a coaching platform for leaders who want to discover and live out their God-given purpose in business. Not only are we huge believers in his mission, but he’s working with many folks in the Dirt World nowadays, too!
Learn more about Rouge Collective at: https://www.daronearlewine.com/rogue/
Follow Daron on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daron-earlewine-1b625969/
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Randy is the CEO of BuildWitt. THE BuildWitt. After building a civil construction company from a small family business to one of Arizona’s most capable contractors, he joined BuildWitt to develop the Dirt World’s next generation in a bigger way.
Follow Randy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randy-blount-04a895a/
Learn more about BuildWitt here: https://buildwitt.com/
Want to better train and develop your civil construction teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Jeff is the Vice President of Safety Services at Graham Company, an insurance broker and risk-management firm specializing in high-risk industries, like construction. After spending decades working in and for the industry, he now spends most of his time educating teams on how to reduce risk and incidents through genuine care.
Learn more about Graham Company at: https://grahamco.com/
Follow Jeff on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-spatz/
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Keith is President of Brubacher Excavating, a large site work and civil contractor based in Eastern Pennsylvania. Taking charge of the company in his early 30s, he’s learned many fun and not-so-fun lessons along the way and is now considering what the third generation of leadership looks like within the long-standing company.
Learn more about Brubacher Excavating, Inc. at: https://www.brubacher.net/
Follow Keith on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-brubacher-2b867814/
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/productQuestions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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I’m back to answer listener questions! Got more? Send them to dirttalk@buildwitt.com for me to answer on future episodes!
Learn more about BuildWitt at: https://www.buildwitt.com/
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron shares an update about his recent visit out west for the vlog and other various company happenings.
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
To learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit, visit www.dirtworld.com!
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Aaron recaps the wins and lessons learned at BuildWitt this week.
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Jason is BuildWitt’s President of Dirt World, encompassing our annual leadership event (the Ariat Dirt World Summit), and our community-building efforts on Dirt World Connect. After decades working in the construction and materials industries, working his way up from a shovel to company leadership, Jason’s now putting his skills to the test to help build the Dirt World’s next generation of workers and leaders!
Follow Jason on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonbrichmond/
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Clay Greene is the Construction Technology Department Manager at Garney Construction, America’s largest water and wastewater infrastructure contractor. Starting his career in the field, he now uses his experience to serve the thousands of Garney employee owners by effectively implementing the latest construction technology, from drones to software.
Learn more about Garney Construction at: https://www.garney.com/
Follow Clay on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clay-greene-80163559/
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron shares the run down on what the heck the BuildWitt Dashboard is for company use and how this important system plays a role in Transparency Wins.
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
To learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit, visit www.dirtworld.com!
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1Judd is President of JP Excavating, a civil construction company that does just about everything, from mass excavation to paving, around the St. George, Utah area. He’s no stranger to trying new ways of doing things, most recently embarking on a fleet painting scheme and a new training effort.
Learn more about JP Excavating at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jp-excavating/
Follow Judd on Instagram: @jpex1993
Learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit by visiting https://events.dirtworld.com/event/summit-2026/summary
Want to better train and develop your teams? Check out BuildWitt Improve! https://buildwitt.com/product
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
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Aaron lays out and elaborates on the eight lessons he learned in 2025.
Questions or feedback? Email us at dirttalk@buildwitt.com!
To learn more about attending the 2026 Ariat Dirt World Summit, visit www.dirtworld.com!
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good listening have him back to talk trackloaders before long
good stuff. I look forward to hearing more. great job Aaron 👍