Lee-En Chung

Engineer and General Contractor, Ivy Ventures
Sarasota | Construction

Company: An engineer and general contractor, Lee-En Chung consults with building owners and developers on projects, many times complicated ones. She was the consulting engineer on the $31 million renovation of Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota in 2010 and 2011, for example.

Her firm now, though, is in somewhat of a holding pattern. There's some work out there, but clients, she says, are hesitant to move ahead on major developments. The ones who do seek to minimize expenses on the consulting side of the project. “Some clients,” says Chung, “are still going for the cheapest bid.”