2025 Continental Contractors Annual Awards Winners!
At Continental Contractors, the work we’re most proud of is never the result of one person alone – it’s built through teamwork, collaboration, resilience, and the camaraderie our teams bring to every project and every challenge. We created the Continental Contractors Annual Awards to celebrate this foundational tenet. We began the tradition as a way to pause, reflect on the year behind us, and recognize the people whose actions strengthen our culture and move our company forward. We’re happy to continue the tradition this year!
Beyond Cost Cutting: Redefining Value Engineering for 2026
As we look ahead to 2026, we’re met with an industry at an inflection point, where aging assets, constrained budgets, and evolving guest expectations intersect. At Continental Contractors, we’ve seen firsthand that success in this environment isn’t about cutting deeper; it’s about working smarter, collaborating earlier, and redefining how Value Engineering fits into the hotel renovation conversation. Continental Contractors’ COO Renee Bagshaw reached out to industry colleagues to discuss their perspectives on how hospitality leaders can work together to make the numbers work, without compromising what matters most.
Continental Contractors’ Employee Annual Awards Make An Impact
In 2024, Continental Contractors launched a new program designed to celebrate our team members and their support for one another – The Continental Contractors Annual Awards!
Creating Opportunities for Recognition in the Hospitality Design and Construction Industry
Continental Contractors, Inc. has been a member of the hotel design and construction industry for more than 20 years. Packed full of fun, hospitable, innovative, hardworking, and dedicated people, it is an amazing group to be a part of. The sheer number and diversity of individuals involved in any hotel renovation or new-build project are astounding. Each stakeholder – hotel owners, brokers, designers and architects, construction teams, skilled tradespeople, and property management – plays a vital role.
Embracing Resilience: Strengthening the Foundation of Continental’s Culture
“Humility. Integrity. Respect. Resilience. These are our values.”
– Continental Contractors
Going into 2024 Whole and Healthy
In December, Continental Contractors wrapped up our 2023 Whole Health Initiative with a company-wide nutrition webinar. And, while it may seem odd to host an event centered around nutrition during the holidays, it is a crucial component of our team members’ lives given the nature of our business – frequent travel, extended periods away from home, and the absence of personal kitchens. In this digital age, navigating the constant barrage of conflicting dietary advice is challenging. From “eat this, not that,” to claims about foods for longevity, the overwhelming directives often prioritize profit over genuine health considerations – emphasizing once again, the cornerstone to achieving good nutrition is knowledge. Understanding the intricacies of healthy eating is paramount, especially in an era saturated with often conflicting information and messages.
Humility, Integrity, and Heart: Defined
Continental Contractors has been celebrating 20 years in business this year, and Pete has spent 31 years in the hospitality renovation industry. And, while it may be easy to use numbers to illustrate our/Continental’s progress – close to 700 projects working across the United States into the Caribbean, 20 years in business with multiple offices across the country, over 100,000 guestrooms renovated, and more than $1 billion dollars in revenue – that’s not necessarily how we measure our success as a company. For all of those years our core values of humility, integrity, and heart have led the way.
Grateful for the Opportunity to Give Back
November is National Gratitude Month, which offers us the opportunity to reflect on the causes we’ve had the good fortune of supporting throughout 2023. As we round out our 20th anniversary year, we are humbled by the opportunities, assistance, and wisdom we have gained along the way. We feel extremely grateful to be able to help our community when we can and we look forward to continuing this practice into the new year.
Celebrating 20 Years: A Look Back and Our Hopes for the Future
This year, 2023, marks Continental’s 20th year in the hotel renovation industry. We feel so fortunate to have grown our business into the company that we are today, and we know we have only made it this far because of the countless number of great people who worked beside us along the way. We’ll be taking small moments throughout the year to remember and celebrate this milestone, and we hope you’ll celebrate with us. As a kickoff to our celebration, Continental COO Renee Bagshaw interviewed company President and CEO Pete Welch on what he’s learned over the last 20 years – and what he’s looking forward to for the future.
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