So much to do, so little time
Decra-Scape enjoyed the influx of design/build work brought on by COVID-19, but it came with its challenges.
Matt Caruso, president and founder of Michigan-based Decra-Scape, calls COVID-19 a blessing and a curse. On one hand, people were staying home and spending more money on their yards than ever before, but it also caused an already tight labor market to wither further.
When the pandemic hit in March 2020, the company was on in uphill swing.
“For us, the second quarter is always where the rubber meets the road,” he says. “We came out of the gate strong, and everything was great. We had the biggest backlog in company history and then COVID completely shut us down. We were left scrambling and trying to find ways to get it all done.”