Infrastructure is big business in SC

By Mike Switzer

Published August 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Adam Jones, executive director of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Columbia, SC.

A first-of-its-kind study recently released from the University of South Carolina’s Moore School of Business has revealed that the impact of infrastructure investments in our state is expected to generate $56.2 billion in economic output and support more than 45,000 jobs annually over the next six years. Mike Switzer interviews Adam Jones, executive director of the South Carolina Chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies in Columbia, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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