Joel Carr is a dynamic member of the Connect Advisors team and serves as the Lead Director of their Tulsa office. With a deep background in construction, Joel has worked on major projects like the BOK Center and previously held the role of Director of Construction and Facility Planning at Tulsa Community College before joining Connect Advisors.
His love for construction started early thanks to a childhood obsession with Legos and, as he puts it, being “probably the youngest Golf Course Developer ever.”
Even with his busy schedule, Joel is a true pillar of our community here at The Root. He’s always up for a chat, a quick joke, and somehow manages to connect with just about everyone he meets.
Joel’s the kind of person you don’t forget, especially if you’ve seen him driving around town in his stretch limo with the airbrushed vanity plate that reads “Foxy Grandma.”
What’s your favorite part about being a member of The Root Coworking?
I love the friendly atmosphere that the staff have worked to create. The feeling I get when I am having to be in a space is important and the Root has done a great job not only with the ambiance and design, but with the purposeful, relational approach they take to hosting a co-working hub.
What’s your work story?
I build things, I have been in construction my entire career. I go back to my time as a kid and I loved creating and making lego worlds. It was then I decided I would go into Construction. I hold a degree from JBU in Construction Management and Business. I worked in Tulsa for Flintco for nearly a decade helping on many projects ( my first was the BOK Center). I have since worked for a Design/Build firm, a manufacturing company (James Hardie), and one of my favorites – Tulsa Community College where I served as their director of construction and Facility Planning. I currently am a Director and lead the Tulsa office for Connect Advisors. We are expert Construction Consultants for anyone wanting to build anything. Some refer to us as Owners Reps or Program Managers, but we say we are your consultative partner in construction developments. If you have ever built a lego project, it can be quite challenging, now imagine the instructions were just created and you are the first one to use them on a massive set. That’s what building a new building or renovating a building is like. We help create order out of chaos. We are nationwide and have 6 offices across the states.
If you could switch professions for a day, what would you choose?
I think it would be President of the USA. I just got to know if aliens are real, if Elvis really died and the list goes on. I mean think of this day like my version of home alone in the white house.
What’s your favorite productivity hack or routine?
Turn your out of office on and tell all coworkers you are on vacation or going to be out of pocket and then actually work all day!
If you could design a dream coworking space feature, what would it be?
Man, an imaginary coworking world where everyone I know and all my friends have offices in the same massive coworking community. We probably wouldn’t get much work done, but would have a blast.
