A hands-on start led to success for one of Salem’s major builders

Rich Duncan, president of Rich Duncan Construction, on site at his company’s rebuild of the Oregon School for the Deaf in 2010. The company was recently named the Salem Chamber of Commerce’s business of the year (Courtesy photo)

Rich Duncan is working at the 30,000 foot-level these days, but it hasn’t always been that way. 

The Salem native and owner of Rich Duncan Construction spent 20 years with his boots on the ground. 

“I used…