Making gains

^^ both correct. OP figure out how many calories your burning to get thru the day..TOTAL. This will be your TDEE. Since u work in construction I'm going to go ahead and guess your burn rate is fairly high, probably above average. The best way to figure this out is start somewhere 3500 or 4000 monitor your weight for a few weeks and see what the scale says. Weigh yourself at the same time since your weight will fluctuate throughout the day. Your goal is going to be figuring out how many calories keep your weight consistent. Once this is achieved add the surplus, incorporate progressive load along with a muscle mass program. Until u know how much your true TDEE is your just spinning wheels. Good luck! EDIT....just noticed I quoted something from page 1 lol looks like they got u figured out..