Construction companies must have learning partners, helping teams – big and small – overcome challenges to create seamless processes that foster thriving, self-sufficient, and engaged employees.
Investing in your people doesn’t mean breaking the bank. In fact, clients who’ve teamed up with Building PPL have experienced transformative bottom-line business results without overspending (on top of supercharging their workforce).
For our clients by strategically researching and applying to optimal vendors that connect training opportunities that mirror their business goals.
Our clients saved money by investing in their current employees which helped increase employee satisfaction and retention, keeping more funds in their pockets.
Our clients get new hires up to speed faster, reducing training costs and preventable errors.
" I would highly recommend Building PPL as a learning partner. Krysta and her team take a very customized approach to helping your company. This is not a pre-planned one size fits all approach. They take the time to get to know your goals and jump right in to help you achieve them."
" The grant writing process can seem daunting to people who haven't navigated it previously. Krysta broke the process down in a way that made sense for us, and helped us maximize the grants we received. I'd highly recommend that anyone considering applying for a grant to reach out to BuildingPPL and have a conversation with them."
Our namesake is derived from a belief that as people, we’re never truly done growing, learning, or ever fully developed. Hence, “PPL” represents the opportunity to work with you as you continue your learning journey.
We do what we say we’ll do. We know our stuff and if we don’t, we’ll figure it out or find out who does.
Relationships are the center of all we do. We care about you.
We intentionally bring the energy and attitude necessary for every project and interaction.
Development with curiosity fuels abundance in our companies and communities.
Krysta Van Ranst is a transformative leader in the construction industry, renowned for her profound impact. She’s the type of leader you want to ride into battle with.
With over a decade of experience, Krysta’s expertise has yielded remarkable results, including saving a client a staggering $2.4 million through training initiatives. She’s also secured over $4 million in vital funds for her clients.
Krysta’s journey began in 2009 and has seen her influence flourish at esteemed companies like Suffolk Construction, TripAdvisor, and Dellbrook | JKS.
With a pulse on career alignment, project management (a.k.a getting s*** done), and an unwavering commitment to helping others succeed, she’s helped transform construction companies into award-winning training organizations, pioneered top-tier learning cultures, and remarkably reduced client turnover rates. Facilitating seamless leadership transitions for organizations and delivering tailored management programs to over 1,000 employees is her middle name.
The personification of an achiever and enthusiast personality, Krysta lives, breathes, and eats learning and development (L&D). She’s a firm believer that all people have the potential to be great – all it takes to unleash people’s untapped potential is a little TLC and L&D.
With a colorful background in nonprofit fundraising, grant writing, leadership and culture development, Paige Garland beautifully weaves those skills and experience as our Director of Grant Management.
Paige has helped secure grant funding for organizations that contribute to the overall happiness and success of its people. A good listener at her core and a strong ability to comprehend complex systems, Paige digs deep to understand her grant clients’ business and training needs to produce a comprehensive learning journey that translates into an effective grant application.
When she’s not helping clients secure grant funding, Paige enjoys brushing up on her tennis skills, hanging out with her girlfriends, reading sci-fi novels, and listening to reggae music. She’s happiest with a cup of joe in her hands, feet in the sand, and hearing the laughter of her three boys and husband around her.
Blend internal expertise with external insight, wildly contagious positive energy, and a background in learning, management, and personal development, and you’ve got our Director of Leadership Development, Bradford Selby.
Bradford started combining his positive energy with a passion for leadership and personal development during college, where he was pushed well beyond his preconceived limits, studying outdoor education. These experiences, fueled by his perspective that learning is a keystone behavior, power Bradford to empowered leadership and management workshops that help our clients and their employees learn, grow, create, and transform in their roles.
When he’s not leading energizing training sessions for our clients, Bradford is practicing improv with his theater group, going for a run, or eating a slice of pizza whenever and wherever possible.
As a lifelong learner, Olesia Adams translates her curiosity and vibrant energy into her position as the Director of Program Development. Thriving in a fast-paced environment, Olecia weaves together ideas and concepts to create programs that help clients find their “aha!” moment.
Olesia brings over a decade of experience in program management and administration, where she brought innovative recruitment strategies and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to the Building PPL team.
She hones her love for people and numbers by rolling out programs that power employees’ professional lives, connecting programs with business bottom-line goals that help teams retain critical knowledge and optimize processes.
Olesia is happiest hitting the outdoors with her family; Boating, fishing, biking, paddle boarding, and hiking trails are frequent activities at her home on Cape Cod. She also enjoys trying out new recipes with her sous chefs (a.k.a her kiddos!).
With a track record that includes learning and development positions with Suffolk Construction, TripAdvisor, and Dellbrook | JKS, founder Krysta Van Ranst set her sights on building companies greatest asset: its people.
A pulse on business’s unique training and learning needs, Krysta spearheaded learning initiatives that transformed construction companies into award-winning training organizations. At the helm of Krysta’s leadership, construction companies have been named the #27 and #45 best training companies in America.
Transitioned to the global tech space to build her employer's learning department from the ground up. Krysta broke new ground by globalizing learning opportunities to offer both instructor-led and eLearning programs in five languages.
Wrote and received $160,000 in grants to provide additional learning opportunities and decreased the company’s major losses by $700,000 in 12 months as her employer's L&D department of one.
Married her nearly decade of boots-on-the-ground experience in the construction industry with her unwavering passion to empower individuals by founding Building PPL. With a heightened sense of purpose, Krysta helped organizations access over $400,000 in grant funding to train more than 350 employees in her first year in business.
Working in tune with regional and national clients, construction companies, training vendors, and employees, Krysta helped double training funds awarded to organizations, fueling $800,000 in grant funds to train upwards of 800 employees.
Along with her small but mighty team, Krysta has accessed over $1M in grant funds and formalized Building PPL’s proprietary framework to build employee confidence through learning opportunities that unleash untapped potential.
Let’s take the first step toward your empowered future. Book a call and explore how Building PPL can shape your journey to excellence.
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