Competing for construction work in SC

By Mike Switzer

Published July 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM EDT

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Steve Foushee, cofounder of Prescott and Foushee Construction in Fountain Inn, SC

Everywhere you look these days, especially in our state, we see commercial construction activity. It seems like every decent sized city has a crane or two or three reaching up into the sky. How are these construction companies landing these jobs and are most of them going to out-of-state firms? Mike Switzer interviews Steve Foushee, cofounder of Prescott and Foushee Construction in Fountain Inn, SC.

Will Prescott and Steve Foushee, Founders of P and F Construction, in front of their new Fountain Inn Headquarters

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Mike Switzer

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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