Building Our Community One Service at a Time

Lansing, Michigan
We are in a unique time in the construction field, where it is both necessary and essential to start educating the newer generations earlier and earlier in the field of construction. In January 2024, the U.S. National census noted that we need over 500,000 new workers, in addition to the current hiring rate, to be able to keep up with construction shortages.

We have a really good opportunity to start educating the next generation because their education is contingent on our effort. Our builder, Megan Dowell, has started the process in Michigan by teaching some of the next generation at any given opportunity that she has. Specializing in basement remodels, Megan wants to teach the use of power tools as early on as possible.

“Using power tools can be overwhelming. There is a staggering learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, you can go on to build just about whatever you want!”

Megan has used a lot of her free time to teach the community through her Knowing Your Home series, a subsidiary of Do-Well Remodel. Along with some of her workers, they bring both the materials and tools to your location to show you how to make or repair different projects. Megan has won several awards for the series, and has gone on to teach with Junior Achievement of Mid Michigan during their Career Speaker series.
“There is so much advancement in this field, that I felt it was crucial to start empowering the next generation, especially women, to get into this field. Whether it is using power tools, remodeling your home completely, or just working under a builder to get some knowledge, it is really important to understand some of the construction field. Not only will you use the knowledge in your own home, but you may be able to create your own entrepreneurial out of it, too!”

Some additional places where Do-Well Remodel teaches the community are with ASPPIRE of Mid Michigan and Building Twentyone of Holt, Michigan.
“We were able to do some hands on learning with Building Twentyone, where we taught some high school students how to build their own shelf. They got to use our power tools and take home their project!”
“When working with ASPPIRE, we’ve had job shadows where their students, along with their guidance counselors are able to join us on a job and have some work experience. We have hired directly from ASPPIRE and one of the students works with us daily on our jobsites.”