Gregory Garvin
Vice President of Purchasing Gilbane Building Company
Greg Garvin is Director of Global Purchasing at Gilbane Building Company, where he leads strategic procurement initiatives and strengthens relationships with national trade partners. With more than 20 years at Gilbane, Greg has held a range of roles spanning project management, preconstruction, purchasing, and quality management. He specializes in building strategic trade partnerships, improving procurement processes, driving innovation, and creating efficiencies across Gilbane’s operations. Greg also serves as Vice Chair of Roger Williams University’s Construction Management Professional Advisory Board.
Seminars
- Assessing trade partner capacity, workforce availability, and project commitments to identify constraints before awarding work
- Securing key trade partners earlier, often before full design scope is available, to lock in capacity and protect project schedules
- Building visibility into trade partner pipelines to anticipate resource conflicts, reduce delivery risk, and improve project certainty
Practical Takeaway: Strengthen trade partner planning by assessing capacity earlier, securing key partners ahead of demand, and improving pipeline visibility to protect schedules and increase delivery certainty
