Chad Buck may take his building about as seriously as anyone in metropolitan Kansas City, but when you learn more about his background, his intensity about residential construction is no surprise.

Owner and CEO of award winning C & M Builders, Inc. based in Raymore, Chad grew up working weekends and summers in the construction industry. Chad recalls, "My Dad was a home builder for more than 30 years in Wyoming. It was a family business, and in a family business you learn quickly you do whatever it takes to get the job done."

Chad learned early on that the construction industry isn't always smooth sailing and can be very challenging. In the 1980's when high interest rates slowed home construction, his family moved to Kansas City where Chad's father worked as a union electrician. During that time, Chad graduated from Olathe High School, before the family moved back to Wyoming to resume homebuilding.

While in Wyoming Chad worked in the family homebuilding and electrical companies where Chad completed an electricians apprenticeship program, and continued to learn the in's and out's of construction. In fact, he worked so extensively in the homebuilding industry that he really didn't expect to enter the field as a permanent career. "I swore I'd never build houses again," he laughs today. "You know how when you are raised in a family business, you think you'll do something different, anything else? Well, that was definitely me."

"I'm definitely a second generation home builder," Chad says today with obvious pride. "Thanks to my Dad I cut my teeth in this business. I learned about good work ethics and hands on building that continue to benefit me today."

Chad aspired to enter the commercial construction field and attended Central Missouri State University at Warrensburg, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in construction management. After graduation, he soon earned a position with one of Kansas City's premier companies, J. E. Dunn Construction, and was assigned to several large projects in Colorado.