Cathy Orquiola has joined McCarthy Building Cos. as regional CEO. She serves as executive sponsor for McCarthy’s self-perform leadership team, partnering with regional and national leaders to collaborate and share best practices. Prior to joining McCarthy, Orquiola served as Western regional president and board member at PCL Construction Services, where she led offices in Arizona, California, Hawaii and Washington. She brings her extensive experience in the data center market to support McCarthy’s mission critical leadership team.
Phillip A. Washington has joined HNTB as president of strategy and client service, markets and services. In his new position, Washington will collaborate with professionals across HNTB’s transportation markets to identify emerging opportunities, strengthen strategic client engagement and help advance solutions that address the evolving needs of transportation agencies and infrastructure owners as they navigate an increasingly connected and rapidly changing transportation landscape. A former CEO of Denver International Airport and LA Metro, Washington also served as CEO of Denver’s Regional Transportation District, leading delivery of the FasTracks expansion program and the redevelopment of Denver Union Station. He was named an ENR Newsmaker in 2023.
Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) has named John Herrera chief operating officer of AP Mountain States. Herrera has spent his entire 30-year career with AP, starting as an 18-year-old laborer and advancing through roles including foreman, assistant superintendent, superintendent, general superintendent and vice president of field operations before becoming regional president of AP Mountain States. As COO, Herrera will provide leadership across AP’s national operations, with a focus on operational excellence, collaboration and consistency. He will remain based in Colorado. Brandon Hill will succeed Herrera as regional president of AP Mountain States. He also brings 30 years of construction experience, all with AP, and most recently served as vice president of operations. Hill’s experience spans hundreds of projects, with extensive work in K-12 and higher education construction, master planning and complex project delivery. Both appointments reflect AP’s focus on developing leaders from within and strengthening its national operations as the company continues to grow.
DPR Construction has named Matthew Thrower as Arizona business unit leader. In this role, Thrower will oversee customer relationships, operations and teams across the state, guiding DPR’s business in one of the nation’s most active construction markets. A construction industry veteran with experience spanning operations and workforce strategy, Thrower has served in a variety of leadership roles, ranging from business strategy and project delivery to talent development since joining DPR’s Arizona business in 2018.
Catamount Constructors has named Christina Zavislan as director of marketing. She brings more than 25 years of marketing and communications experience across the commercial real estate and construction industries, including seven years with Mortenson, 11 years with JLL and, most recently, consulting with small businesses within the construction industry.
Worksite safety partner AWP has named Marie Dialessi vice president of commercial for its Mountain division, overseeing Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Idaho. Dialessi brings 20 years of commercial strategy and sales leadership experience, most recently leading Elmet Technologies and previously holding global leadership roles with Heraeus.
Source: www.enr.com
