Detect the unexpected

Custom swimming pool firm taps new technology for increase in efficiency.

A proverb of the Native American Hopi Nation says: “All dreams spin out from the same web."

Good leadership can take many forms. In the case of Hugo Zavala, it manifests itself in, among other things, ensuring that his crews have the best solutions to perform their duties. As president and owner of Zavala Corporation, a Portland, Oregon-based concrete contractor, he’s overseen the company’s rise to one of the region’s fastest-growing private companies. In that position, however, he’s also seen that the techniques his crews were using for some key parts of their job were inefficient, labor-intensive and in need of a serious upgrade.