{"id":3122,"date":"2023-02-13T20:57:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.41.96.239\/?page_id=3122"},"modified":"2025-07-11T14:33:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T14:33:36","slug":"team-profile-harry-grandison","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ecspecialistcontractors.com\/?page_id=3122","title":{"rendered":"Team Profile: Chris Connelly"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3122\" class=\"elementor elementor-3122\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8ee9ac6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8ee9ac6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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