Category: Engineering

Priscilla Chavez
39, Business Development Manager
PCL Construction Services Inc.
Glendale, Calif.

Chavez began her career in the legal industry almost two decades ago and was looking for a new opportunity when she took a job with a small…

Wesley Southall
37, Department manager
Burns & McDonnell
Roanoke, Va.

Serving as mechanical department manager in the firm’s aviation and federal group, Southall leads a 20-person team working for a variety of large clients and project types….

Nila Abubakar

38, Principal and Managing Director
Walter P Moore
Atlanta

Going to work for Norfolk Southern Co. at the height of the Great Recession after seeing layoffs at structural engineering firms where she had interned, perhaps was not an…

Anthony Valdiosera
38, CEO
VST Engineering Inc.
Oakland, Calif.

As CEO of VST Engineering Inc., Anthony Valdiosera says he has committed the firm to supporting solutions to solve the construction industry’s No. 1 challenge: recruiting and…

Alex Belkofer
39, Senior VDC Director
McCarthy Building Cos.
St. Louis

Armed with a dual degree Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Construction Systems Management from Ohio State University, Alex Belkofer could have chosen a career in either…

Catherine Woodworth
38, Area Superintendent
Hensel Phelps
Irvine, Calif. 

Catherine Woodworth’s entrance into the construction industry is a textbook example of how curiosity can open doors. She says she began drawing floorplans at a young age and…

Ethan Walton
36, Project Director
McCarthy Building Cos. Inc.
Denver

With a master’s degree in strategic management and a combination of technical and people skills, Walton may have found the recipe for success.

A job tying rebar and placing…

Grisel Gray
Teaches estimating classes in Spanish while pursuing a doctoral degree
Director of Preconstruction & Estimating
Gilmore Construction Corp.

Growing up, Grisel Gray was drawn to math, science and puzzles. But it wasn’t until a fellow…

Larisa N. Escalle
39, Rail and Transit Lead, Northern California
GHD Inc.
Concord, Calif.

After 15 years working in rail and transit sector design, Larisa Escalle has reached a level in her career when her experience and portfolio of work speaks for…