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As the largest mountain range in North America, the Rocky Mountains are synonymous with Colorado, boasting a diverse environment of snow-covered mountains, river canyons, open plains, and arid deserts. Bordering the great plains and the front range, the Rockies served as a guidepost in westward expansion with Denver a beacon for gold and land seekers. It’s a state full of history, natural beauty, environmentally conscious and prideful. At McCarthy, this resonates. Just as Colorado boasts a diverse landscape with a wealth of riches, McCarthy leverages its vast resources as a large national company while putting down deep roots and investing in our local communities. We're proud to live and work here for over 50 years, and we're fortunate to contribute to the positive impacts across this region. Explore this site to learn more about how McCarthy is working to deepen our roots in Denver and surrounding communities, and why we're proud to call Colorado home.
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Arrowhead for a Chiefs game or concert, Barrio for some good Mexican food, and Overland Park Farmers Market during the summer.
- Ben Pratt, Superintendent
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Featuring: Joe Brunsman, Sr. Vice President, Colorado Business Unit Leader continuing to plant roots in the Rockies
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The Kauffman Center and performing arts venues are top-notch. Whether taking a stroll on the Plaza, shopping and ice-skating at Crown Center, grabbing a drink with friends in Westport or downtown at Power & Light, visiting the shops and tables at the outdoor City Market in the River Market district, or taking the kids to the various attractions at Union Station, there is always something to do and places to go explore.
- Justin Hauser, Safety Manager
There are so many good place to visit in Kansas City, and it depends what you're in to. The first question I usually get is what's the best BBQ and that is JACK STACK! If it's restaurants or bars, as a BD professional, I'd like to think that I have that scoped out. Love the Crossroads and Plaza areas - Boulevard, Percheron, Harry's Country Club, Rye, Granfalloon, O'Dowds to name a few. Oh, and of course, Arrowhead Stadium!
- Marcus Gilmore, Business Development Manager
The plaza lights at Christmas Time. The World War I Museum. Which is the world's only museum dedicated to World War 1 which when you visit it and you realize that it was originally completed in 5 years after the citizens of Kansas City raised more than $2.5 million in 10 days to pay for the construction you start to understand the power and passion of the people of Kansas City. Any Chiefs Sunday at Arrowhead is a must. Big 12 Basketball Tournament at Power and Light District. Any Bar-B-Que restaurant in Kansas City is better than the best anywhere else. Boulevard Brewery Visitor Center
- Andrew Masters, Senior Project Manager
Chiefs at Arrowhead is a must if it's football season. KC sporting games are also a lot of fun. I'd take them to any of our BBQ spots like Q39, Joes, then Mean Mule, King G's, Green Lady Lounge, Boulevard Tap Room, First Friday's, are some fun places and things to do here in town.
- Matt Wasowicz, Senior Regional Safety Manager
A few great spots that I love are Loose Park, the Plaza and some fun restaurants in the Crossroads!
- Chloe Pinkleman, Marketing Coordinator
I really enjoy going out and finding new restaurants and different places around KC. Some of my favorite include california taco shop, KC Joes barbeque, Q39, and several others. I also enjoy going downtown and walking around finding new spots.
- Zachary Goodner, Senior Project Engineer
Definitely a Rockies game (even if they lose!) It's a fun stadium to see a game at. I also enjoy City Park for walking or jogging. The National Western Stock Show and Rodeo is one of my favorite events each year and the Pueblo Chili Fest/State Fair is always a blast.
- Amber English, Schedling Manager
My favorite Colorado activities include catching a concert at Red Rocks, heading up the Poudre Cannon for hiking or fishing, attending a concert at Mishawaka, going snowboarding at Steamboat, and enjoying the PRB Rodeo at the Denver Stock Show.
- Justin Peterson, Sr. Vice President Operations
My favorite activities include anything outdoors! I love to trail run in Golden, climb at Staunton State Park, ski Winter Park or Steamboat, backpack in Rocky Mountain National Park, ice climb in Ouray, slacklining at Solans Lake, sail at Cherry Creek Reservoir, or visiting any of the four national parks.
- Maria Peralta, Design Integration Project Engineer
My favorite things in Denver are the coffee shops and parks (even though I don't like coffee)! I love taking a favorite book to Aviano for a great atmosphere and chai tea latte. Then I make my way to Wash Park or Cheesman Park for some great scenery and unbeatable people/dog watching.
- Sally Koch, Integrated Design Project Engineer
A few of my favorite places to hunt, fish, hike and camp include Carter Lake, Horsetooth Reservoir, Colorado State University, South Platte River, Poudre River. I was born and raised in Colorado and graduated from CSU so I've always enjoyed snowboarding in Winter Park.
- Preston Fisbeck, Superintendent
As new parents, our current favorites involve a lot of restaurants and food joints. My wife and I frequent Venalonzos for great tacos and nachos. We like to get breakfast on the weekend at Moe's Bagels, and walk through Cherry Creek Resevoir with our dog. Whenever family comes to visit, we like to bring them through Union Station and explore the old neighborhoods of cherry creek to admire the architecture.
- Jackson Murphy, VDC Senior Engineer
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This year, we are celebrating McCarthy in Colorado. Each month, we will release a new feature highlighting some of our talented employees, our pinnacle projects in the area, and our steadfast commitment to the community we live in. We are proud to plant roots here, and we're excited about the future of our region. We look forward to continue being part of the change and innovation that makes Colorado a great place to live.
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Best Project, Energy / Industrial
After being tapped to lead McCarthy’s Colorado office back in the spring of 2022, Joe Brunsman has completely fallen in love with Colorado’s community, landscape, and activities. He is excited to kick off our Rooted in the Rockies campaign since it coincides with McCarthy’s focus on being a community builder.
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Featuring: Senior project manager Danika Shockley embraces all aspects of Colorado
It has been a homecoming for Danika Shockley. After beginning her professional AEC career as an intern for McCarthy on the Children’s Hospital of Colorado replacement tower in 2007, opportunity came knocking and she was drawn away to Atlanta.
From Missouri to Arizona to California to Colorado, Dan has worked across the country with McCarthy, finding a family-centered community at each project. He has migrated from a craft professional to a senior project manager behind a passion for building projects rooted in serving his community for generations to come.
Featuring: Senior Project Manager Dan Stewart revels in the impact his projects have on the local community
Reaping What He Sows
Amber first experienced the McCarthy culture as an intern for a joint venture partner on the SJRA Surface Water Facility in Texas in 2014. Fast forward, and she now celebrates her 10th year with what she feels to be her McCarthy family, managing the schedules for all Colorado projects.
Featuring: Scheduling manager Amber English has returned home to Colorado to be with family and start her own.
Growing Her Family Roots
With a genuine passion to create an impact in Colorado (as well as a love for hockey and the movie classic “Slap Shot”), Jason Coughlin and Daniel Herr actively participate in several community give-back programs, including the National MS Society Rides, Food for Thought, Tennyson Children’s Center and more.
They’re not brothers, but Jason Coughlin and Daniel Herr pack a 1-2 punch leading Colorado's precon and operations efforts
A Power Play in Colorado
Aside from giving our Colorado partners beard envy, Safety Director Mark Henderson has fully embraced the mountain landscape and rich outdoor culture of Colorado, combining his love for the outdoors with his work on renewable energy projects. When not on-site, you can find Mark in the exact same place — outside!
Featuring: Renewable Energy Safety Director Mark Henderson has capitalized on the Colorado landscape with his passion for solar.
A Champion for Environmental & Project Safety
The Colorado commercial team is soaring to new heights with the leadership of Ethan Walton and Richard Brown. This dynamic duo is teaming up on multiple new aviation projects in the Rockies, including new ventures for United and Southwest Airlines. We look forward to seeing their hard work take off.
Featuring: Project Director Ethan Walton and Project Superintendent Richard Brown are collaborating on Colorado's largest active project
Elevating colorado commercial to new heights
Working together, these powerful women are making Colorado water better than ever. On projects such as P7 South Water Treatment Plant and the Barry Rose Water Reclamation Facility Expansion, they are making sustainable design and infrastructure that will last a lifetime. We look forward to seeing what they do next!
Featuring: Senior Project Engineer Sally Koch & Project Engineer Maria Peralta are working together to bring Colorado water to new levels.
from the peaks to the pipes
Lorenzo Cobos and Preston Fisbeck are two remarkable professionals in the McCarthy Colorado landscape. As leaders on their respective projects, Lorenzo and Preston bring passion, precision, and innovation to their workspace. Join us as we explore how they are building success and redefining excellence in Colorado’s construction industry.
Featuring: Project Assistant Superintendent Lorenzo Cobos and Project Superintendent Preston Fisbeck
Raising the Bar for Colorado Construction
For Project Superintendent Fernando Palomera, making the move to Colorado from Los Angeles has brought many new opportunities to unwind in nature and take on Colorado's first major aviation project. Project Scheduler Sienna Rucker also made a recent change, transitioning from a healthcare superintendent to a member of the renewable energy group. Read more about how these partners are embracing exciting changes to support Colorado!
Featuring: Project Scheduler Sienna Rucker and Superintendent Fernando Palomera taking on career firsts as Colorado partners!
Embracing something new in COlorado
As we close out a successful year of Rooted in the Rockies, we're proud to highlight Justin and his commitment to McCarthy's Colorado efforts for over two decades. Click to read about how Justin embodies the theme of being rooted in the communities in which we live, build, and serve others.
Featuring Senior Vice President of Operations, Justin Peterson, and his passion for building up communities one project at a time.
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Sr. Vice President Joe Brunsman continuing to plant roots in the Rockies
As the KC office continues to expand, Wolfe believes it’s important to retain the close-knit, family atmosphere among team members. “I love knowing people’s names, their kids' names and their families,” he says. “We definitely have something special here.” Ultimately, Wolfe views his decision to work at McCarthy as beneficial for his career and family. “There hasn't been a day that I've regretted my decision to join McCarthy,” he says. “I've really enjoyed the experience…and I'm home every night for dinner.”
The technical challenges of water projects have always appealed to Wolfe. “At the end of the project, you get this huge reward of stepping back and saying, ‘We overcame some really big obstacles and have a great facility, a happy owner, and everybody walks away with some good experiences.’” The Nelson project comes on the heels of McCarthy’s successful completion of the Tomahawk Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility improvements, another Johnson County Water project that wrapped up in early 2022. The McCarthy difference Since signing on with McCarthy, Wolfe has been particularly impressed by the people and culture. “It’s a very welcoming environment…everyone's personable, super friendly and supportive,” he says, attributing the unique culture to McCarthy’s status as an employee-owned company. “Because all of us own the company, there’s built-in incentive to do our best work and make sure others around us are successful as well,” he notes.
In November 2021, Wolfe joined McCarthy’s national Water & Wastewater team as project director. “My day-to-day role is to provide the overall structure and guidance for the Nelson job,” he says. “I work with the project team on coaching, mentoring, training and helping folks understand the project and their role within it. One of my greatest pleasures is watching our team members grow and take on more impactful roles on the project.” With a personable leadership style, Wolfe enjoys building close relationships with teammates and sharing lots of laughs with them. “It's gotten to the point where if there's not a dad joke at the end of a meeting, people are asking for one,” he notes. The McCarthy team is currently upgrading and expanding the existing 1947 plant to increase its wet weather treatment capacity and equp the facility to meet increasingly stringent water quality regulations. “What we're building will give Johnson County a lot more options to expand in the future,” Wolfe says. As the sole facility in its service area—serving about 120,000 Johnson County residents—the plant must remain operational throughout construction. “Our approach must be very precise and strategic,” Wolfe says. “We have to keep flow coming through the plant, which means we can only build a certain portion of the plant at a time.”
KC-Bound A few years after becoming parents, the couple decided to relocate to Kansas City. “We always wanted a second child and didn't think California was the best place to raise our family,” Wolfe says. He transferred to his employer’s KC office in 2015, but ended up spending the bulk of his time working on projects in Guam, New Orleans and Chicago. “We had our second daughter, and I was traveling nonstop,” he recalls. “Having to leave my family on a Sunday was particularly rough.” Eager to find a new position that would keep him closer to home, Wolfe began reaching out to his professional network. “I was sitting in the airport one day waiting for a flight, and I decided to call a friend from McCarthy and send him my resume,” he says. Lucky for him, McCarthy had just been awarded the Nelson Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements project, a seven-year assignment to modernize and expand Johnson County’s oldest water treatment plant.
The following summer, Wolfe returned to complete another internship with the same company. While working on mechanical and piping systems at a water treatment plant, he realized the similarities between constructing a water treatment facility and working on an automobile engine. “The superintendent explained the importance of understanding how the overall plant operates so you can focus on your piece of the puzzle,” he says. “I repeat a lot of what he told me to the young people who work with me today.” Wolfe’s job performance secured him an opportunity to join the company full-time after he graduated. Two days after earning an automotive technology degree from Pittsburg State University, he hopped in his car and returned to L.A. to start his professional construction career. “I spent 15 years out in the field working on everything from a $100 million wastewater job to a $1.5 billion freeway job with 23 bridges and 11 miles of roadway expansion.” While living on the West Coast, he also met his future wife, Tiffany, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, who was working as director of finance for Warner Brothers at the time.
After being tapped to lead McCarthy’s Colorado office back in the spring of 2022, Joe Brunsman has completely fallen in love with Colorado’s community and landscape. He is excited to kick off our Rooted in the Rockies campaign since it coincides with McCarthy’s focus on being a community builder. “We are invested in the communities in which we work, we support and give back to our communities and we must create a positive impact. It’s also a reminder that McCarthy has been in Colorado for 50 years and we are here to stay.” His focus on building a culture defined by proactive collaboration and a “one-team” approach empowers McCarthy’s project teams to create an exceptional experience for all involved. Joe loves being an active member of the local community through coaching sports, serving as Boy Scouts Committee Chairman, and volunteering at local events. Joe is proud of the projects McCarthy builds in Colorado have a positive impact on the local communities he loves. Our team builds water and wastewater treatment plants that provide clean water to our neighbors, solar projects that provide clean energy to the grid, and hospitals that support the health of our families and friends. By working in the higher education and aviation markets, we improve lives and connect families. “We provide great careers for our craft professionals, and we also support the local charities that align with our core values.”
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Wife, Christina Children: Evan, Maddie, & Connor
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Year-round hiking opportunities – see wildlife, the fall colors, and picturesque winter wonderlands, visiting the local microbreweries, concerts at the Red Rocks
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Hiking, Camping & Backpacking, Cycling, Skiing, & Surfing
Red Rocks, Roxborough State Park, Waterton Canyon & Estes Park, and Breckenridge Brewery
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McCARTHY IN THE NEWS
enr mountain states best project in energy
We are proud of our project team at the Lightsource BP Sun Mountain Solar project in Pueblo, Colorado for being recognized as the ENR Mountain States Best Project in the Energy/Industrial category. In December, the project team will celebrate and be recognized at the ENR Mountain States Award Ceremony. The Sun Mountain Project is the most recent utility-scale solar project McCarthy has built for Lightsource bp. Delivering nearly 300 megawatts of capacity, Sun Mountain provides enough clean, affordable energy to power more than 53,000 homes and abate over 400,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually. That’s the equivalent of taking 87,000 fuel-burning cars off the road each year.
As one of our partners on Platte, the McCarthy Colorado team frequents Proto’s Pizzeria Napoletana in Downtown Denver (as well as surrounding suburbs) for lunch and family dinners. Founded by Pam Proto in 1999 in Longmont, she brought traditional thin crust, bubbly and charred pizza from Boston to Colorado. Not long after the doors opened, Proto’s Pizza was recognized in many publications including Bon Appetit magazine. The experience had been elevated to table service, linen napkins, and delicious wines with a full bar to make it a true dining experience. Proto’s has been tossing pizza for a long time now. Pam has gone on to open several more locations. No matter which Proto’s you choose as your favorite, one thing will never change, and that is their passion to create and bake for you the best pizza you will ever eat.
Since 1907, Murphy has set the standard for mechanical and industrial construction, and engineering, and providing partners like McCarthy with high quality, timely execution, excellent value, and fair price. They are known in Colorado for delivering innovative solutions to the commercial, industrial, and institutional markets.
McCarthy is an excellent company to work with and for. They have a great culture of work ethic, loyalty and honesty. A hand shake still goes a long way with McCarthy. - Ryan Schultz, Business Development - RS Electric
Senior project manager Danika Shockley embraces all aspects of Colorado
It has been a homecoming for Danika Shockley. After beginning her professional AEC career as an intern for McCarthy on the Children’s Hospital of Colorado replacement tower in 2007, opportunity came knocking and she was drawn away to Atlanta. In her 12 years in the south, Danika helped on local school and hospital projects, working her way up from project engineer to superintendent. In 2019, Danika was excited to be presented with the chance to return to her roots in Colorado, where she enjoys experiencing all four seasons with lots of sunshine. Ironically enough, she’s had the opportunity to return to Children’s Hospital of Colorado for several projects, reengaging with some of the same professionals years later. THE ROOTS OF HER ALTER EGO There are foodies, and then there is Danika Shockley. She frequents various restaurants in Denver and surrounding communities and is relied on heavily for recommendations by her peers. In her spare time, Danika enjoys a run at Wash Park, a round of golf at Willis Case followed by lunch at Post Oak BBQ, and watching football with a cold beverage at Platt Park Brewery.
Golfing and skiing
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Favorite LOCAL HANGOUTS
Nearby Bar, Washington Park, and Platt Park Brewery
Cooking, running, having a good beverage on a patio
Adelitas Cocina y Cantina, A5 Steakhouse, and Reiver's
Get to know Danika!
LOCAL BUSINESS SHOUT OUT
SSG Serving healthcare clients in colorado
McCarthy's Special Services Group (SSG) functions uniquely in Colorado as it primarily serves healthcare clients throughout the market. With work at Children’s Hospital Colorado and UCHealth, this Colorado group has distinguished itself as a consistent support to our clients for over 15 years. SSG provides McCarthy employees unique training opportunities and the exciting challenge of improving and expanding healthcare systems while patients simultaneously receive treatment. No level of detail is too small to attend to, and the finished product aids in the innovation of healthcare operations around Colorado!
Adelitas Cocina y Cantina proves a staple for Authentic Mexican Food in the heart of Denver. A female-owned restaurant, Adelitas carries its roots from the tradition of “La Adelita”, a bold and resilient female archetype developed throughout the Mexican Revolution. The restaurant serves dishes inspired by the flavors of Michoacán, Mexico, including tacos, pozole, queso fundido, margaritas and Danika’s personal favorite — Puerco con Chile Colorado.
GECO, or Guarantee Electric Co., was originally founded to deliver electricity to the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, MO and has since expanded its work throughout Missouri, Colorado, Illinois and California.
From Missouri to Arizona to California to Colorado, Dan has worked across the country with McCarthy, finding a family-centered community at each project. He has migrated from a craft professional to a senior project manager behind a passion for building projects rooted in serving his community for generations to come. Dan has recently been a part of the renovation of the Newborn Screening Laboratory for the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), just in time for his second son to be born and his screening to be processed in the brand-new lab! He takes great pride in being able to see the impact of various McCarthy projects around the city of Denver, and how they play a role in his family’s life in particular. THE ROOTS OF HIS ALTER EGO An outdoor enthusiast is a bit of an understatement when it comes to Dan. If he’s not skiing, hiking, biking, or camping, you might be able to find him around town sharing his love of science with his children.
Senior Project Manager Dan Stewart takes pride in his impact to the community
Wife: Beth Children: Benji, Noah
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Red Rocks, New Terrain Brewing, and Clear Creek
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Concerts at Red Rocks and visiting Telluride
Skiing, being outdoors, and hiking
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McCARTHY IN THE Community
McCARTHY IN THE COMMUNITY
National Wear Red Day for American Heart Month
Our Colorado partners wore red on Friday, February 2nd to bring attention to heart disease as a leading cause of death for Americans, especially women. McCarthy supports the American Heart Association throughout the year with many initiatives, raising money and awareness.
“FlyteCo® Tower is a brewery, bar, restaurant, and entertainment venue located at a former air traffic control tower in the Central Park neighborhood of Denver. Coming in at over 25,000 sq ft of space, FlyteCo® includes three levels, three full bars, and one huge outdoor patio.”
An industry leader for more than a century, Sturgeon Electric has helped shape the western United States’ infrastructure by delivering some of the largest and most complex electrical transmission, commercial and industrial, and renewable energy products. Our specialized expertise, skilled workforce, and innovative practices translate to successful project delivery for our clients. These valuable resources are what enable us to be an industry leader supporting the clean energy transformation.
Amber first experienced the McCarthy culture as an intern for a joint venture partner on the SJRA Surface Water Facility in Texas in 2014. Fast forward, and she now celebrates her 10th year with what she feels to be her McCarthy family, managing the schedules for all Colorado projects. Originally from Littleton, Colorado, Amber has spent her career navigating projects in Texas and Arizona, and just two years ago, she decided to make the permanent move back home to start her own family. With her first child on the way, she looks forward to sharing her passion for Colorado and carrying on her family traditions with children of her own. THE ROOTS OF HER ALTER EGO Growing up, Amber and her brother would spend their change taking the train to the Rockies’ stadium to catch any game they could. Even from nosebleed seats, a hot dog and some Dip n Dots were all she needed to soak up a summer game. Now, Amber loves to catch Rockies games after work with the stadium so close to the office.
Scheduling manager Amber English has returned home to Colorado to be with family and start her own.
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Husband James, baby on the way, and dogs Ziti and Carrot
Hiking, bicycling, and brewery hopping
Golf, the occasional 5K, and biking
O'dell Brewing Company, Cerebral Brewing, Fiction Beer Co, Blue Pan Pizza, and Chada Thai
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McCARTHY NEWS
celebrating 50 years with a new office
We recently celebrated the transition to our new Denver office. Just north of our previous space, this office will allow for greater collaboration between partners and future expansion of our Denver workforce! Open House guests got to tour the new space and various project sites in the surrounding area. Even the Mayor of Denver joined in the celebration!
Owned by Amber’s own neighbor, Tessa Deli is a frequented joint by Colorado partners. Locally owned, Tessa Deli has something for everyone, from hot Italian sandwiches to burgers and pasta dishes. The deli even hosts the occasional Taco Tuesday! Amber prefers her sandwiches cold, often returning to her favorite, the St. Jude sandwich.
Serving Denver for more than 65 years, this female-owned family business specializes in a variety of structural and interior services. Heggem-Lundquist was formed in 1949 as a family painting company, eventually expanding to drywall services. A valuable trade partner on the Southwest Airlines Cargo and General Use facilities as well as Level 10 of Children’s Hospital Colorado, Heggem-Lundquist has expanded its roots across sectors in Colorado. As a proudly female-owned business, Heggem-Lundquist has expanded opportunities in the industry for greater female representation and workforce training from the top-down.
With a genuine passion to create an impact in Colorado (as well as a love for hockey and the movie classic “Slap Shot”), Jason Coughlin and Daniel Herr actively participate in several community give-back programs, including the National MS Society Rides, Food for Thought, Tennyson Children’s Center and more. Their love for the community extends to their roles, building healthcare facilities that serve the needs of the community and ensuring access to quality care for all. In his time with McCarthy, Jason has made an impact of his own in various sectors, leading solar, healthcare and transportation projects within the state. As a father, he takes the most pride in finding ways to support children in need. Two of the project’s Daniel really enjoyed working on in Colorado were both the UCHealth Harmony and UCHealth Longs Peak Medical Center projects. During both of these projects, Daniel learned his father was diagnosed with cancer and would actually be receiving treatment in a Linear Accelerator. Both of these projects had Linear Accelerators as a part of the project so it really hit home for him. As of today, his dad is doing great and is cancer free. Daniel celebrates 17 successful years at McCarthy building crucial facilities across the Front Range. Whether it’s hitting the slopes with family or simply enjoying a scenic hike, Daniel and Jason find inspiration and fulfillment in every outdoor activity Colorado has to offer.
Favorite McCarthy Project
Daniel: UCHealth Linear Accelerator projects for Harmony and Longs Peak Campuses Jason: Bighorn Solar
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Daniel: Jackson Steamers, Buffalo Wild Wings Jason: Estes Park, Park Burger
Favorite thing about mccarthy
Daniel: We treat each other as partners rather than coworkers, so we care for one another. Jason: I appreciate the transparency our leadership has with us as partners.
Daniel: The weather! No humidity or bugs! Jason: 300 days of sun and having the mountains as our daily backdrop.
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McCARTHY Milestone
McCarthy opens new denver office!
Last month, our partners from around the country celebrated 50 years in Colorado with a grand opening of the new Denver office! Joined byour regional leadership team and Denver Mayor Mike Johnston, our Colorado partners were celebrated for the growth they have fostered in the market and the continued support they provide Colorado schools, healthcare facilities, water and wastewater infrastructure, and more!
This Denver-classic offers a wide range of burgers and brews and sports the title “The Oldest Bar in Denver.” Established under a different name in 1873, they have perfected their fare over the years. From quick bar-bites, a juicy burger, or one of their rotating selection of draft beers, My Brother’s Bar is a go-to for a good time.
Specializing in improving and enhancing their client’s Civil Rights and Supplier Diversity initiatives, Maxx Impact Group has been helping Colorado build a better and stronger future. This minority, women-owned management consulting firm excels at serving commercial clients and federal, state, and local governments through the development, administration, and management of innovative diversity programs.
Aside from giving our Colorado partners beard envy, Safety Director Mark Henderson has fully embraced the mountain landscape and rich outdoor culture of Colorado, combining his love for the outdoors with his work on renewable energy projects. When not on-site, you can find Mark in the exact same place — outside! Whether hunting, hiking, or camping, Mark has set deep roots in the Colorado landscape, appreciating the variety of natural wonders the Rockies have to offer. Having joined McCarthy in 2016, Mark has taken part in more than 12 solar projects, with some brief stints supporting Colorado’s critical work on UCHealth campuses and Children’s Hospital Colorado. Not only does his work in renewables satisfy his love for the outdoors, but the environmental impact of the growing market has breathed greater purpose into Mark’s focus on safety. Most notably, Mark cherishes his time spent on Bighorn Solar in Pueblo, Colorado. A 300 MWdc facility, this project marked Colorado’s largest renewable energy effort to date, requiring greater strategy, intentional safety, and a more substantial workforce than ever before for our Colorado partners. While Mark has always appreciated the family atmosphere within McCarthy, this project solidified that culture, as partners from around the country flocked to Colorado for this undertaking and leading to the mentoring of many new partners entering the renewable energy sector. The roots of his alterego: O-H! As alumni of Ohio State University, Mark and his wife have passed on their love for their alma mater to their children, creating family traditions in support of the Buckeyes all the way from Denver. The Hendersons participate in events hosted by Rocky Mountain Chapter of the Ohio State Alumni Association, frequenting Hayters & Co. in downtown as a hotspot for Buckeye fans on gamedays.
Renewable Energy Safety Director Mark Henderson has capitalized on the Colorado landscape with his passion for solar.
Wife Lisa, son Aidan, daughter Riley
Favorite Colorado Spots
Hanging Lake, Pikes Peak, & Carter Lake
Camping in the great outdoors, hiking, fishing, and hunting
Luceros Mexican Food, The Pig & The Sprout
Get to know Mark
McCarthy Events
AGC Hockey Tournament
Last month, our Colorado partners laced up to compete in ACG Colorado’s annual hockey tournament benefiting the Construction Education Foundation! McCarthy competed against 11 other teams, putting their best skates forward and making it all the way to the semifinals.
This local Denver eatery was dreamed up by owner Andy Ganick with something in mind for everyone to enjoy. Housed within Union Station, The Pig & The Sprout has an evenly split menu with protein-based options and vegetarian/vegan dishes, to provide plenty of delicious choices for every dietary preference. From snacks and cocktails to a full-course meal, dress up or dress down for a social outing at this aesthetic neighborhood concept.
Founded in 1967, ISEC, Inc. has remained true to its Denver roots while expanding nationwide and pursuing opportunities overseas. Specializing in medical equipment, science furniture, woodwork, framing and more, ISEC has supported McCarthy’s various industries for more than 20 years. Our partnership was fostered in 2003 on our first project with Children’s Hospital Colorado and has expanded to a national partnership on various higher education facilities and healthcare projects. McCarthy is proud to now have ISEC’s former Executive Vice President, Joan Norblom, on our board as an accomplished female leader within the industry!
Taking FLight in the mile high state
Colorado – known for its vibrant outdoor community and intense snow slopes – received a new member four years ago when project director Ethan Walton hopped off I-25. After attending Purdue University, where he pursued a bachelor’s degree in construction management, Ethan earned a dual master’s degree in business administration and strategic management from Indiana University. Since, he has been making significant contributions to McCarthy over the last decade. During his tenure, Ethan has worked on projects ranging up to $1 billion in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, education, water, telecommunications, and advanced technology. Recently, however, Ethan has taken the reigns for Colorado’s aviation efforts. At Denver International Airport, Ethan is leading the new Southwest Airlines general use (GUB) and cargo buildings. The GUB will be over 107,000 square feet and act as a dual-purpose facility – storing both manufacturing equipment and the airline’s provisions. The cargo facility will enhance Southwest’s cargo handling capabilities with a 28,640-square-foot facility, featuring a warehouse, front-office drop-off area, and docks to load and unload freight from the cargo customers. The roots of his alter ego: Ethan, who grew up in Indiana, had always shied away from colder weather; his family typically escaped the brutal Midwest winters by traveling to warmer places. However, like many Colorado transplants, he took quickly to the diverse winter sports scene by snowboarding. Ethan expresses that his love for the sport is a combination of the breathtaking mountain scenery and an incredible sense of freedom that he feels as he carves down the slopes. Ethan also believes that there is nothing “quite like capping off a great day on the mountain with a crisp beer” at the snow lodge.
Project Director Ethan Walton is reaching new heights in Colorado - on the slopes and the project site
Favorite Project
National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
Favorite Local Hangouts
Beckon, Sloan's Lake, Washington Park
Favorite ASpect of COLORADO
Duality between the urban and outdoor
Snowboarding, travel, and all things food!
Get to know Ethan!
UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital Topping Out Ceremony
Last month, in Longmont, Colorado, McCarthy partners celebrated the topping out of UCHealth’s Longs Peak Hospital. Led by McCarthy and designed by Page, the $55 million project consisted of an 89,000-square foot expansion renovation including new operating rooms, post-anesthesia care units, labor and delivery rooms, and ER bays. In addition, the expansion included a new helipad, an enlarged Central Utility Plant, and expanded kitchen and dining facilities. This expansion responds to the growing demand for healthcare in Longmont and surrounding areas. We sincerely hope to see this hospital flourish while helping citizens get better medical care.
Experience an extravagant dining journey at Beckon – an up-and-coming, innovative restaurant where each of the quarterly menu releases are inspired by the four lunar seasons: the snow moon, strawberry moon, harvest moon, and the long night moon. Indulge in multiple courses that blend the influences of world travel and classical training. Lose yourself in dishes that harmonize old and new flavors, complemented by drinks that warm the senses. This irresistible opportunity can be found in the heart of downtown Denver, where you will be assured a unique and memorable experience.
Founded in 2002 by brother and sister duo Brandon Berumen and Lenee Koch, LEI companies, Inc. embodies their beliefs – to ‘elevate what’s expected’. At every opportunity, this electrical contracting business strives to be a trusted source for their customer’s needs. Their philosophy balances the importance of both people and performance, uniquely setting them apart from industry competitors. LEI is known to work in many forms, including commercial, service and maintenance, and special systems. McCarthy is proud to work with LEI companies, Inc. as a commercial partner, and we look forward to what’s to come!
While many of the partners featured on Rooted in the Rockies have been celebrated for their recent addition to the Colorado team, Justin and the Peterson family have been truly rooted in the Colorado landscape for the past 21 years. In fact, Justin fondly credits the Children’s Hospital Colorado Replacement Facility, one of his first projects with McCarthy from 2003 to 2007, as a major source of his local pride. Over the years, several of his friends, family members, and even children have undergone treatment in this facility. With each visit, Justin has experienced the same full-circle reminder that the projects McCarthy builds serve real communities and impact multitudes of individuals and families daily. Since 2015, Justin has lead our Colorado teams in constructing 24 renewable energy projects in the Centennial State to keep our Rocky Mountains green. Justin’s connection to the Rocky Mountains can be seen both personally and professionally in the experiences he seeks outside of his work. Personally, Justin has embraced all of the natural activities that the four seasons in Colorado have to offer, whether snowboarding, fly fishing at Poudre Canyon, catching a concert at Red Rocks, or watching professional bull riding at the Denver Stock Show. Professionally, however, Justin is a loyal supporter of the Matthew Shepard Foundation, which aims to steward personal individuality and eliminating discrimination. He is actively involved in youth sports for his children and finds opportunities to volunteer with Children’s Hospital Colorado and UCHealth. It would only be fitting to close out a successful year of Rooted in the Rockies with a partner who truly embodies what it means to set roots in a community in which we live, build, and serve others. The Roots Behind His Alter Ego: Justin has been an avid fisher for as long as he can remember. As a kid, he spent every summer sailing on a boat through British Columbia and Alaska, saltwater fishing for salmon and halibut. In college, he found a passion for fly fishing, a hobby he now shares with his family on summer trips on the North Platte River in Wyoming.
Favorite Local Hangout
Odell Brewing Company
Favorite Aspects of CO
All of the mountains and rivers
Favorite CO Activities
Snowboarding at Silverton, river rafting, and fishing at Poudre Canyon and North Platte
Sushi Sasa, L5, and DC Oaks
Get to know Justin!
Colorado partner Ethan Walton was recently recognized as a member of Engineering News Record's Class of 2025 Top Young Professionals for his outstanding commitment to leadership both in the industry and on his projects. Currently leading our efforts on the Southwest Airlines General Use and Cargo Buildings, Ethan embodies the best qualities of a forward-thinking leader through his continuous pursuit of new knowledge and involvement in multiple industry organizations. Join us in congratulating Ethan!
Just minutes from the Denver office is BriDer Rotisserie & Kitchen, the perfect lunch spot for comfort food and all things chicken. Whether enjoying rotisserie chicken in a soup, salad, sandwich, or dish, BriDer’s fresh, casual approach has turned this concept into a Platte Street hit. The ambiance and carefully crafted design welcomes passersby with raw materials and flexible seating options. Aside from rotisserie, BriDer is also known for its homemade, kombucha and rootbeer.
Based in Keenesburg, Colorado, H2 Enterprises primarily serves as an expert in reclamation and land management. Founded by the Huwa brothers in 2002, H2 got its start after the Hayman Fire tore through Denver’s forests and water supply. The Huwas applied their expertise from their farm-based upbringing to help restore the land, and now have over two decades of work in reclamation and civil construction to enhance Colorado’s natural beauty. H2 first partnered with McCarthy in 2017 on a renewable energy project in Northern Colorado. We’ve now completed many projects together, leveraging their expertise on civil, reclamation, and vegetation life cycle management. H2’s Goal Zero initiative also speaks to McCarthy’s culture with a commitment to prevent safety incidents at all costs.
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Partner double feature
Richard Brown
Ethan Walton
Embracing & elevating in the great outdoors
Colorado became a lot more fun when project superintendent Richard Brown stepped on the scene. Richard has embraced Colorado’s mountainous landscape and has combined it with his passion for construction management. If he isn’t on site, you can find him blending in with the native Coloradans - being outside! Whether golfing, camping, hunting, or boating, Richard has set his roots deep in the Rocky Mountains and is looking forward to everything its scenic landscape has to offer. Richard joined the Colorado team in late 2015, and in his nine years on the job, he has taken on any responsibility that’s come his way; managing labor and trade partners, overseeing construction in the field, leading personnel, and documenting construction to achieve quality and a timely project completion. Richard believes the foundation of his position as a McCarthy project superintendent is to lead with safety and quality in mind. At Denver International Airport, Richard and his team spend their time working tirelessly on the new general use building for Southwest Airlines – which is smack dab in the middle of DEN’s two main runways. He is focused on frequent and transparent communication with partners at Jviation and DEN throughout the construction of the 107,000-square-foot facility.
Commercial Project Superintendent Richard Brown has combined his love for the Rocky Mountains with his passion for construction management.
Jess (wife), Celeste (daughter)
Favorite Sports Teams
Old Town Arvada
Golfing, camping, hunting, & boating
San Francisco 49ers & the Giants
Get to know Richard!
INTERNING AT UCHEALTH LONGS PEAK
Mitchel Elshire, a rising senior at Purdue University studying Construction Management, carries his family’s legacy in construction. During two summers of the McCarthy Intern Advantage program, Mitchel has contributed to projects like Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora and the newly topped-off UC Health Longs Peak Hospital North Expansion in Longmont, Colorado. McCarthy’s unique culture and commitment to growth have inspired Mitchel, offering him extensive hands-on experience and mentorship. His involvement in diverse construction activities, such as trade coordination, concrete pours, and framing have made his journey both educational and fulfilling. We look forward to seeing what else Mitchel and his fellow interns will accomplish!
Yak & Yeti is a cherished dining destination for both native and transplant Coloradans. Known for its delicious Indian cuisine and its in-house beer brewing, this popular chain gives off a warm and comfortable atmosphere for guests of all ages. The Yak & Yeti pulls inspiration from the rich culinary traditions of Nepal and India, where cooking is often considered an art form, passed from generation to generation. Open seven days a week in major areas such as Arvada, Denver, and Westminster, it’s a convenient and delightful choice for the local foodie.
U.S. Engineering, established in 1893 with roots dating back to 1855 in Cologne, Germany, is a full-service mechanical contractor dedicated to providing comprehensive solutions for the entire lifespan of a facility. The company focuses on enhancing the total cost of ownership through services such as construction, maintenance, metal fabrication, and energy analysis. With regional offices in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain regions, U.S. Engineering has completed numerous projects across the United States. They are consistently recognized by ENR and are routinely ranked among the top 20 mechanical contractors and top 100 specialty contractors nationwide.
BEGINNING CAREER CLIMB IN NATIONAL WATER
Project Engineer Maria Peralta, originally from San Antonio, Texas, has made herself at home in the Rocky Mountain region. As a Colorado transplant, she has embraced all this beautiful state has to offer. An avid enthusiast of rock climbing, skiing, and hiking, she has adapted and flourished in her new surroundings. Maria attended the University of Denver, where in 2022, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. Shortly after, she joined the McCarthy team in Colorado, where she stepped in to design integration, and later became a Project Engineer. As she moves forward, Maria will be a Process Mechanical PE for the P7 South WTP in Montrose, Colorado. Currently, Maria is a partner in the Southwest Water Services Group, where she is currently involved in preconstruction. She has played a pivotal role in major projects such as the P7 South Water Treatment Plant and the Phase 4 Expansion on the Kurt Segler Water Treatment Facility. With her interests in sustainable design and infrastructure, Maria has quickly become an invaluable asset, contributing her expertise and passion to every project. The roots of her alter ego: In her spare time, Maria enjoys rock climbing. During her freshman year of college, thanks to some friends on the university’s climbing team, she was encouraged to try the sport. She quickly fell in love and started her journey at the local gym. Now, six years later, climbing has become a near-daily activity for this project engineer. Maria particularly enjoys scaling the Colorado scenery in Clear Creek Canyon, Rifle, Shelf Road, and others. According to Maria, her favorite thing about the sport is that it challenges both mind and body. Despite how much it may hurt her fingers, she says “it is a very relaxing state”.
Project Engineer Maria Peralta navigates the Colorado water industry.
Favorite colorado aspect
The Great Outdoors
Favorite restaurants
Sloan's Lake, Movement Climbing Gym
Rock Climbing, Skiing, Running, Yoga, and Crocheting
Sonny's Mediterranean
Get to know maria!
Zelda (Cat, 5)
Favorite Local restaurants
Brider, Aviano Coffee, Cosmo's Pizza
The parks and the outdoors
Volleyball, cooking, going to parks, reading, trying new coffee shops.
Get to know sally!
Maria Peralta
Senior Project Engineer Sally Koch blends her environmental passion with engineering expertise.
Senior Project Engineer Sally Koch, originally from Colorado, brings a deep appreciation for the Rockies and a passion for the outdoors to her role on the McCarthy Water team. As a region native, Sally has always cherished the natural landscapes of her home state, often exploring the many parks Colorado has to offer. She attended Southern Methodist University, where in 2020, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering. Before joining our team in 2023, Sally had engaged in various water-related roles, demonstrating her commitment to sustainability and infrastructure. Now, as a McCarthy partner, Sally focuses on Design Integration and has become involved with the American Water Works Association. Recently promoted to Senior Project Engineer, Sally has already made significant contributions to projects such as the Westminster Boulevard Drinking Water Project and the Barry Rose Water Reclamation Facility Expansion. Her expertise and leadership have and will continue to grow, and we look forward to seeing what she does next. The roots of her alter ego: In her spare time, Sally enjoys playing volleyball, a passion that began in elementary school where she instantly fell in love with the sport. As a younger sibling whose elder sister played lacrosse, Sally wanted to excel in her own right, ultimately finding her niche in volleyball. She continued to play indoor volleyball throughout middle and high school, eventually transitioning to intramural and outdoor teams during college. Since graduating, her enthusiasm for the sport remains unwavering. She actively participates in various intramural leagues across Colorado, whether it be on the sand, grass, or indoor courts. According to Sally, she’ll “play volleyball anywhere”.
paving her water path on the front range
Sally Koch
AAH/ACHA Summer Leadership Summit
AI is the way of the future! At this year’s AAH/ACHA Summer Leadership Summit in Denver, some of our McCarthy employee-partners got to learn more about how AI can be merged with healthcare design and architecture. Co-hosted by the AIA Academic of Architecture for Health (AAH) and the American College of Healthcare Architects (ACHA), this summit yielded incredible insights about artificial intelligence and how these innovations are set to maximize the future of technology-supported treatment. Our very own Business Development Director, Charlie Crews even had the opportunity to open the conference, sharing McCarthy’s commitment to innovative design and construction processes.
Chubby’s, founded in 1967 by Stella Cordova, is a long-time Colorado favorite. Stella, who originally bought the business for just $2,500, built the small-time burger joint into a community favorite! Through her hard work and dedication, Chubby’s has expanded its presence and menu, now offering both house-made burgers and authentic Mexican cuisine. Though Stella has since passed away, her legacy lives on through this local institution. Just a 5-minute drive from the Denver office, Chubby's has quickly become a staple for our downtown Denver partners.
At McCarthy Building Companies, we are proud to partner with Commercial Flooring Services (CFS), Colorado’s premier healthcare flooring contractor. Founded in 1997 by CEO Corey Werner, this trade partner is committed to forging strong relationships and delivering quality and integrity to their clients. Believing that “the right technology saves time and money without compromising quality,” Commercial Flooring Services incorporate the latest advancements in information technology and installation equipment. These innovative solutions and unwavering commitment to excellence have made CFS an invaluable partner, ensuring every project meets the highest standards.
from foundation to finish
Project Superintendent Preston Fisbeck has been an integral part of the construction industry for over 20 years. Beginning at 14 years old, Preston began working as a laborer. His father, who owned a local construction company, hired his son as a part-time laborer during the summers. Preston continued this work through college before graduating with a bachelor’s degree in construction management from Colorado State University. He then charted his path by combining practical experience with academic knowledge. Preston’s love for construction is primarily driven by his love for the outdoors, building, and gaining hands-on experience. For him, the most rewarding part of the job is “seeing what you did and having something to show for it.” In his current role as Project Superintendent at McCarthy, Preston not only focuses on building structures, but also on building people. He expressed his passion for “mentoring the craft” and guiding new talent in the industry. Currently, he is working on the Southwest Airlines General Use Building (GUB) project, further solidifying his role as a key player in McCarthy’s Colorado portfolio. His journey with McCarthy has been marked by a series of successful projects that demonstrate his capacity and commitment to excellence. Some of these projects include the UCHealth Harmony Cancer Center Linear Accelerator Expansion and the Skyline High School Remodel The roots of his alter ego: Deeply rooted in his childhood memories, Preston enjoys spending his spare time hunting. Influenced by his grandfather, it has become a cherished family event. As he’s grown, these outings have provided invaluable family bonding time and opportunities to meet others who share the same passion. Preston’s enthusiasm for the sport is now passed down to his two children, and his hope is that the tradition will continue for future generations. His favorite hunting grounds are in northeastern Colorado for bird hunting. For newcomers, Preston advises to “do some research, and to find a hunting club because it is a good resource and way to find other like-minded people.”
Project Superintendent Preston Fisbeck shapes Colorado skylines with McCarthy.
Good people, mountains/scenery
Danielle (Wife), Naudia (11), Reed (8)
Bird hunting with son, camping, being outdoors, fishing at Carter Lake
C&B Potts, Mash Lab
Get to know PRESTON!
climbing through Craft in Colorado
Project Assistant Superintendent Lorenzo Cobos has been an asset to McCarthy Building Companies since joining as a general foreman in April 2016. Originally from Durango, Mexico, Lorenzo immigrated to the United States and found opportunity in construction. In 1998, he began learning concrete forms on the job, and this hands-on experience ignited his passion for building. Over the years, he has honed his skills and built a solid foundation in the industry. During his tenure at McCarthy, Lorenzo has made tremendous contributions, both as a craftsperson and assistant superintendent. Some of his notable projects include work for Children’s Hospital Colorado, Greenbacker CO Solar Gardens, and miscellaneous JOC contracts. Lorenzo thrives on the challenges that come with construction. He enjoys working with his partners to overcome obstacles and find effective solutions. He is a testament to the dedication and hard work that drives McCarthy. We are proud to have him on our team, and we look forward to seeing what he does next. The roots of his alter ego: When Lorenzo is not making strides on the site, he is an avid outdoor enthusiast who finds joy in camping, riding ATVs and motorcycles, spending time on the lake, and cherishing moments with his family. About seven years ago, on a camping trip organized by his brother-in-law, Lorenzo was able to witness first-hand the joy of being in the great outdoors. Seeing his four daughters running, laughing, and having a wonderful time made him realize just how beneficial these experiences were to his family. He values the time spent away from the internet and cellphones to focus on genuine connections and conversations with his loved ones. These adventures have become a cherished family tradition while enhancing their overall well-being.
Project Assistant Superintendent Lorenzo Cobos’ remarkable impact on the Colorado construction scene.
4 daughters (19, 17, 12, 9), Wife
Real Demenas, Wife's Chile Relleno
Mountains/scenery
Outdoors, offroad riding
Get to know lorenzo!
Preston Fisbeck
Lorenzo Cobos
INdustry partner of the month
Industry partner of the month
Healing Denver Fundraiser
Our Colorado partners recently hosted a fundraiser reception at the Denver office for Healing Denver, an advocacy campaign to provide additional funding for Denver Health. Thank you to Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne for speaking and for all of our Colorado partners who attended in support!
Casa Bonita in Lakewood, Colorado, offers a unique dining and entertainment opportunity for locals and visitors, with fresh Mexican cuisine and a dive show all in one sitting! Its recognizable towering pink facade is coupled with the scenery of a cliffside waterfall and flourishing jungle. While the main course is memorable, it’s the sopaipillas that make Casa Bonita so special!
As a valued industry partner with McCarthy’s National Water Business Unit, CDM Smith serves as the engineer for both the Westminster Boulevard Drinking Water Facility project in Westminster, CO, and the Project 7 South Water Treatment Plant and Pipelines project in Montrose, CO. Established in 1947, CDM Smith combines its engineering expertise with construction capabilities, fostering collaborative, long-term partnerships on water projects nationwide.
NATIONAL GROUP, LOCAL IMPACT
After joining McCarthy as a craft professional in 2011 on the Westside Water Treatment Plant project in Fort Worth, Texas, Senior Project Manager Erin Robb quickly found a passion for the water/wastewater industry. Erin then made the decision to switch his degree program to construction management, setting the baseline for what has now become more than a decade of successful projects for local municipalities across Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and now Colorado. Erin is excited to help provide excellent water quality across Colorado, building off the legacy of Colorado Springs Utilities Ed Bailey Water Treatment Plant (WTP). As a highly collaborative design-build project with Carollo Engineers, the Ed Bailey WTP was built to provide the community with more resiliency to differing water quality conditions in the region. Currently, Erin is leading McCarthy’s preconstruction efforts for the Westminster Boulevard Drinking Water Facility project in Westminster, CO with similar goals in mind. He is driven by the collaboration and ingenuity of the people in the Water industry and passionate about growing the next generation of leaders. Erin is involved with local industry associations including the Rocky Mountain Water Environmental Association (RMWEA) and the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) Rocky Mountain Region Water/Wastewater Committee. This year, Erin was accepted to participate in the 2024 Water Leadership Institute through the Water Environmental Federation (WEF), an intensive, year-long leadership program that culminates at the national WEFTEC conference in New Orleans. Raised in Colorado, Erin moved away in high school but is incredibly excited to return to the Rockies with his wife to raise their daughter in the natural wonders that formed such valuable memories for his childhood. The roots of his alter ego: As a devoted Denver Broncos fan, Erin fondly remembers the iconic back-to-back Super Bowl victories of 1997 and 1998, celebrating Colorado legends like John Elway, Terrell Davis, Ed McCaffrey, and Rod Smith. He cherishes his time spent with his family gathered at his grandparents’ house for delicious meals and to cheer on the Broncos. Erin and his three brothers were known for turning the street into their own mini stadium, reenacting the big plays with their NERF footballs and enjoying a few rounds of NFL Gameday ’98 on their PlayStation.
Featuring Senior Project Manager Erin Robb and his unwavering pride in McCarthy’s ability to benefit local communities through water.
Hometown
Littleton, CO
FAVORITE COLORADO SPOTS
FAVORITE LOCAL SPORTS TEAM
Denver Broncos
Road trips in his 1984 VW Van, “Blondie”
Garden of the Gods, Mesa Verde NP, Rocky Mountain NP & Great Sand Dunes NP
Get to know Erin!
For VDC Manager, Jackson Murphy, the decision to move to the Colorado office would mark the 11th move for him and his wife in their 7 years of marriage. But this time it was different: it felt more permanent. Since joining McCarthy in 2019, Jackson has worked on countless Colorado and Arizona projects. In 2023, his family made the move to Denver and has found enjoyment both in and outside of work. Now raising his daughter here, Jackson feels the importance of prioritizing a home that infuses nature with a strong sense of community. As a VDC Manager, Jackson supports multiple projects concurrently but has really found a sense of passion in the Children’s Hospital Colorado Level 10 buildout, Southwest Airlines, and CSU CALEPH projects. With the team’s collaboration, they have developed more efficient workflows during the design phase to solve potential issues before they arise in construction using VDC technology. With this new chapter, Jackson has begun to embrace his industry involvement beyond McCarthy’s walls, receiving his Designated Design-Build Professional Certification earlier this year and participating in industry-specific conferences! He cites McCarthy’s emphasis on community investment and involvement as one of the primary reasons he feels at home among his partners. The roots of his alter ego: Jackson got into video games at a young age and has always enjoyed it as a way to spend time with friends and family. A proud PlayStation 1 owner, Jackson remembers spending time with his siblings playing Gran Turismo and Tony Hawk Pro Skater.
Featuring VDC Manager Jackson Murphy and his investment in the success of projects and people through innovative virtual technology.
Favorite co activities
Introducing his daughter to new foods, and the colors and landscapes at the front range.
Venalonzos for tacos, Moe’s Bagels
Spice Trade Brewery
Gaming, Medium-Format Photography
Get to know Jackson!
Erin Robb
Jackson Murphy
FINDING A NEW PACE
McCARTHY events
McCARTHY Events
In preparation for groundbreaking of the newly awarded CSU Center for Advanced Lasers and Extreme Photonics (CALEPH) this month, Project Director Dan Stewart, Project Manager Keenan Kness, and Preconstruction Director Daniel Herr toured the existing CSU laser laboratory to get an advanced understanding of the University’s laser programming and existing technology. CALEPH will be constructed adjacent to the existing facility, housing one of the world’s most powerful multi-Peta-watt (PW) lasers. With a laser bay, target area, and several supporting research laboratories, CALEPH aims to establish CSU as a frontrunner in laser research.
Lulu’s Farm in Brighton, Colorado is most famous for its Roadside Market, offering fresh produce with over 30 varieties of chili peppers and 31 types of tomatoes. Home to the Annual Brighton Chile Fest, Lulu’s hosts Colorado’s largest variety of chili peppers in a community event celebrated with live music, chili-infused food, and local vendors. But it doesn’t stop here — Lulu’s has coined itself, “Not your ordinary farmers market” as it offers a wide variety of grilling solutions and accessories as well as garden planters and large-scale storage solutions.
We are proud to highlight Legacy Mechanical Inc. as a loyal mechanical trade partner who played a key role in the successful completion of UCHealth’s Linear Accelerator Expansion Project in Fort Collins, CO. Founded locally in 2004 by President Scott Krum, Vice President Donald Alstrup and Vice President Eric Alstrup, Legacy supported this project with a high level of engagement and the skills necessary for performing work in an active hospital around immune compromised patients. Their professionalism and project-first mindset helped provide a great outcome for all involved. With the belief that, “When you start stronger, you build better,” Legacy shares our passion for thorough planning and early engagement on projects, supported by an unwavering safety culture.
Camping, working out, and taking on house projects
Favorite CO Hangouts
Originally from Los Angeles, now in Aurora, CO
Favorite Restaurants
Ein Prosit, Brew Pan Pizza, Portofinos Italian
Telluride – Matterhorn Campground at Steamboat Lake
Get to know Fernando!
Superintendent to Scheduling
Growing up in the Alaskan mountain landscape, Sienna fondly recalls her time spent working with her stepfather at his residential excavation company prior to college. The hands-on collaboration and physical fulfillment she received from learning to operate heavy equipment propelled her desire to one day become a superintendent. Upon graduating from Texas Tech University, Sienna joined our Colorado team looking to combine her love for the mountains with Colorado’s 300 days of sunshine. In just seven years, Sienna has touched more than six hospital networks in Colorado, championing critical SSG work across Children’s Hospital of Colorado, UCHealth, Medical Center of the Rockies, and St. Anthony’s among others. She credits UCHealth Longs Peak Medical Center as one of the most formative experiences to her career, as she managed the prefabricated exterior wall scope and got to see the installation of a concrete ceiling as thick as she is tall. In January, Sienna made a career switch to be closer to her family, joining our Renewable Energy team as a project scheduler for Sun Pond and Jones City. Still residing in Colorado, Sienna also aids project pursuit teams with scheduling scenarios before handing off awarded projects to their respective schedulers. In the transition from being a healthcare superintendent to a solar scheduler, Sienna has found that the core of her work has remained the same: she most enjoys helping project teams plan and execute the work strategically. The roots of her alter ego: As a competitive barrel racer, Sienna will tell you that she’s been riding horses longer than she’s been walking. Throughout her childhood, she competed in various rodeo events, fostering her passion for horses and the intimate level of training between a horse and its rider. Now with horses of her own, she still competes in barrel racing competitions as her greatest passion outside of construction. Whether it’s a relaxing trail ride or training for an upcoming competition, Colorado has provided a beautiful natural landscape for her sport.
Featuring Project Scheduler Sienna Rucker and her Commitment to Project Planning
Durango, Colorado
Pagosa Hot Springs, Carter Lake
Camping, hiking, trail riding
Buck Horn Exchange, Wholly Stromboli
Get to know Sienna!
Fernando Palomera
Sienna Rucker
From traffic to trails
Superintendent Fernando Palomera has embraced a breath of fresh air and all that his new home has to offer. Originally from Los Angeles, Fernando appreciates the great outdoors, reduced traffic, easy access to the nature of Colorado, and more quality family time with his two daughters and wife, Chanel. Together, they enjoy camping, hiking, fishing and finding great local spots to eat. Fascinated with construction since playing with Tonka trucks as a young boy, Fernando knew he was destined for this career path. He joined the carpenter union after high school and went through the apprenticeship program, helping catapult him up the ladder. During his journey, he attended college at night and received associate degrees in construction management and drafting. The roots of his alter ego: A true outdoor enthusiast, Fernando spends his free time camping, fishing, boating, bike riding, and exploring. His bucket list destinations include Frisco, Breckenridge, Downtown Denver, Telluride, Steamboat Lake, and Estes Park. Family and friends are everything to the Palomera family, and it’s hard to not find them outdoors around those they love.
Featuring Superintendent Fernando Palomera and his journey to the Rocky Mountain State
These are organizations and causes that McCarthy is proud to support around Colorado, or our employees are personally passionate about in their community.
Building stronger communities goes beyond constructing spaces where people live and work. We are passionate about building our neighborhoods and improving lives by helping those in need. Some people call it giving back — we just call it being a good neighbor.
Click to learn more about McCarthy's Heart Hats program.
The Heart Hats approach is personal. It’s more than writing a check and calling it a day – it’s about time, passion and a commitment to making a difference. Our employee-owners are the driving force behind our efforts to give back. Many of the more than 200 organizations and causes we support every year are inspired by requests from individual employees who have a personal interest in the cause and are committed to making an impact.
CAUSES WE CARE ABOUT
OUR IMPACT
Pueblo
The Sun Mountain Project is the most recent utility-scale solar project McCarthy has built for Lightsource bp. Delivering nearly 300 megawatts of capacity, Sun Mountain provides enough clean, affordable energy to power more than 53,000 homes and abate over 400,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually. That’s the equivalent of taking 87,000 fuel-burning cars off the road each year. Situated on more than 1,700 acres of land, Sun Mountain is among the largest solar projects to be completed to date in Colorado. It supports Colorado’s clean energy goal to reduce emissions statewide 26% by 2025, 50% by 2030 and 90% by 2050 – creating cleaner and healthier communities across Colorado, while contributing to local economies. Sun Mountain created hundreds of U.S. jobs across the supply chain, while supporting domestic manufacturers and low carbon products. More than 400 people in total worked on-site to build the facility, about 250 of which were hired from the local community.
Children's Hospital Colorado Replacement Hospital
Aurora
McCarthy constructed this 10-story, 853,000-square foot replacement hospital for Children’s Hospital Colorado in a joint venture with G.H. Phipps. The facility has an adjoining 5-story, 190,000-square foot Ambulatory Care building and adjacent 5-story, 250,000-square foot office building, plus a 7-story, 140,000 square foot Behavioral Health Building in all totaling 1.48 million square feet of new construction located on a 48-acre site. The project includes two parking structures which accommodate 1,200 cars in total, all sitework and utilities. Within Children’s walls are 270 private, family-friendly patient rooms, 14 operating rooms, a Conference Center including a 190-seat auditorium, research laboratory and full-service kitchen and dining functions.
Children's hospital colorado replacement hospital
At the UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital campus, McCarthy built a new, standalone ambulatory care center. The 105,000-square-foot facility now provides the community radiation oncology, outpatient imaging, a women’s center, physical and occupational therapy and cardiopulmonary rehab. Construction was completed in just over 13 months, which can be attributed to frequent communication and coordination with the hospital and trade partners from start to finish. This project should be considered for the best building within the $40 to 70 million range due to the complexity of constructing the specific rooms and technology involved within each, the challenge of working in an active hospital, and the final product that now provides so many additional resources to the city of Longmont.
Longmont
UCHealth longs peak medical center
UCHealth Longs Peak Medical Center
Colorado Springs Utilities Southern Delivery System
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The new facility is Colorado Springs Utilities’ seventh water treatment plant. The 82,000-square-foot plant is an advanced water treatment facility that uses ozone/biological filtration to treat water piped from Pueblo Reservoir. The 100-acre facility also houses a 10-million-gallon raw water storage tank, a 7-million-gallon treated water storage tank and a finished water pump station. The plant’s capacity can be expanded to treat up to 130 million gallons of water per day based on future customer demand.
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St. Mary's Hospital The Century Project
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McCarthy completed this $192 million new 12-story patient tower for St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in Grand Junction. The project included the following: Emergency department; critical care unit with 32 private patient rooms; 12 surgical suites; 12 labor & delivery rooms, 32 postpartum rooms and a neonatal intensive care unit; patient care floors with private rooms; rooftop helipad with high-speed elevator to Emergency Department, Surgery and ICU; Radiology Department for inpatient services; cardiac and vascular services; pre-admission testing department; support services including lobby, cafe, food services, materials management and environmental services; 84,905 sf remodel of existing facility.
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Children's Hospital Colorado East Tower Addition
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Since 2004, McCarthy has constructed more than 1.8 million square-feet of medical facilities on the Children’s Hospital Colorado campus. The new 356,000-square-foot, 11-story East Tower Addition connects to the north face of the ambulatory building at the basement through the fourth floor and on the east face of the hospital building at the basement through the tenth level. Another three-story, 13,000-square-foot addition was constructed on the west side of the hospital tower at levels two through four. The McCarthy team also remodeled 87,000-square-feet of the existing hospital and ambulatory space. Renovations included expansions and relocations of the existing PICU, NICU, CICU, CPCU, Hematology/BMT, Pharmacy, and back-of-house support spaces. Several of these renovations were multi-phased to allow the existing space to remain operational during construction.
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UCHealth Harmony Cancer Center Linear Accelerator Expansion
Fort Collins
The 4,883-square-foot expansion incorporated additional exam rooms, consultation space, and a third vault which houses the linear accelerator (LINAC), a machine that customizes high energy x-rays or electrons to conform to a tumor’s shape and destroy cancer cells while sparing surrounding normal tissue. The project also included a 3,048-square-foot renovation component, where the teams backfilled former exam room space and admitting areas with new designs. A significant portion of the scope included mass concrete walls, which were self-performed by McCarthy. A substantial portion of that scope was centered around the 5-foot thick, 18-feet tall accelerator bunker, which was completed in three pours with each wall and bunker lid completed in a single pour.
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Lightsource BP Bighorn Solar
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The 300MW solar project in Pueblo, Colorado is the first of two large-scale solar projects McCarthy’s Renewable Energy Group built in the area in conjunction with Lightsource bp, the project owner. Located on 1,800 acres of land on EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel property, Bighorn at the time was the largest on-site solar facility dedicated to a single customer in the country and supports the nation’s first solar powered steel mill. Completion of this project also means that EVRAZ will have access to cost effective and predictable electricity rates that help ensure the mill, with its 1,000 local workers, is able to thrive and grow in Pueblo. Setting it apart from other similar solar projects, Lightsource bp has emphasized enhancing biodiversity at Bighorn. Before construction began, McCarthy and Lightsource bp designed a site-specific seed mix, suited to the local climate, ecosystem and soil. The mix contains staple short grasses like western wheatgrass, buffalo grass and little bluestem, as well as a low concentration of purple prairie clover to provide nectar for pollinating insects to help proactively conserve the important habitat of the site over the life of the project.
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Westminster Boulevard Drinking Water Facility
Westminster
The Westminster Boulevard Drinkng Water Facility consists of construction of the new drinking water treatment facility and ancillary facilities at City of Westminster’s property in Jefferson County, Colorado. The City is in the process of replacing the aging Semper Water Treatment Facility with a new, modern plant located at 9988 Westminster Blvd. The City has possession of the land and there are approximately 40 acres available for the new facility.
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Southwest Airlines Cargo & General Use Building
Denver
Southwest Airlines’ new 107,000-square-foot general use building is designed by Ghafari and Associates and will have a dual purpose. It will serve as a maintenance facility for ground service equipment such as trucks and tugs, as well as feature a paint booth, maintenance bays with lifts, an internal car wash, and training space for Southwest employees. The other portion of the building will serve as a provisioning warehouse where the airline will store drinks, snacks, ice and other service materials that are loaded onboard aircraft when they fly through DEN. The Burns & McDonnell-designed cargo facility will enhance Southwest’s Cargo handling capabilities. The 27,000-square-foot facility will include a warehouse, a front office drop-off area, and loading docks to load and unload freight from the airline’s Cargo Customers.
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As fellow members of the Colorado community, we are personally invested in the growth and development of our hometown. We are proud to partner with our local clients to deliver exceptional facilities that improve the lives of our community-members, as well as our own families. Click on our pinnacle projects below to learn more about how McCarthy is Rooted in the Rockies.
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The Heartland is the central, connecting hub of our nation. It's a region full of rich history, community and civic pride, and the foundation of a country built on hard work and resilience. At McCarthy, this resonates. Just as Kansas City feels like living in a big city with the close-knit support of a small town, McCarthy leverages the resources of a large national company while growing deep roots in our local communities. We're proud to live and work here, and we're proud to contribute to the positive impacts across this region. Explore this site to learn more about how McCarthy is working to build a stronger community in Denver and beyond, and why we're proud to call Denver home.
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Favorite places to see: World War 1 Museum, Union Station, Country Club Plaza, Nelson Adkins Museum of Art, Overland Park Arboretum, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum.
- Jeff Bennett, Business Development Director
Power and Light district in general because there is always live music. The River Market area brings the community together every weekend for the largest flea markets.
- Michelle Schulze, Project Engineer
There are so many great spots in KC. For me, a night out downtown Power and Light and/or the Crossroads is a great time. Going out for a dinner and some drinks in the Crossroads area provides so many options for restaurants and bars to check out.If you are interested in breweries, my two favorites are Boulevard and KC Bier Co. Going to Arrowhead for a Chiefs Football Game, Chicken and Pickle, a concert/basketball game at the T-Mobile Center. The Tavern at Mission Farms is an all-time favorite for a nice dinner and brunch.
- Mitch Nissen, Project Manager
For quick bites to eat, I love Longboards or the French Market in Prairie Village. For coffee, I love the Roasterie, HiHat and Cafe Corazon.
- Parker Taylor, Project Senior Engineer
The Kauffman Center and performing arts venues are top-notch. The barbecue is unrivaled, but there are numerous, wonderful, restaurants throughout the city. Fun - whether taking a stroll on the Plaza, shopping and ice-skating at Crown Center, grabbing a drink with friends in Westport or downtown at Power & Light, visiting the shops and tables at the outdoor City Market in the River Market district, or taking the kids to the various attractions at Union Station, there is always something to do and places to go explore.
I am a huge Jayhawks fan, if you have never been to a basketball game, you have never experienced a real sporting event. The Flint Hills are amazing, a must see. Of course, Power and Light is an amazing experience. There are tons of hiking trails around here with big, beautiful trees.
- Ashley Arnold, Geomatic Senior Engineer
At Home in his Hometown
Seth Kelso's 22-year McCarthy career has taken him across the U.S. and back to Overland Park as a member of the Kansas City leadership team.
Growing up in old Overland Park, Seth Kelso remembers pedaling his bike around the downtown district and past the historic Phoenix Building that now serves as home base for McCarthy’s Kansas City team. Kelso’s current workplace is just a stone’s throw from the former bike shop where he purchased that original two-wheeler for $211.17. “I probably remember the exact cost of the bike because it was my first big purchase,” he jokes. “I must have worked all summer mowing lawns to buy that bike.”
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She has lived in London and Australia, backpacked across Asia and attended college in Virginia. But there’s nowhere Devon Murray-Mazany would rather live and work than right here in Kansas City.
On Sunday, May 22, 2011, the costliest tornado in U.S. history tore through Joplin, Missouri, killing more than 150 people and destroying nearly 4,000 buildings. The following day, Steve Meuschke received a call from a McCarthy project director inviting him to join a McCarthy delegation in southwestern Missouri. The mission: to help Mercy Hospital—a long-standing client—assess the damage and develop a plan for rebuilding its local hospital in the aftermath of the devastating twister.
Every time Matt Wasowicz steps foot onto a construction jobsite, he’s more interested in hanging out with team members than enforcing safety policies. “Construction is a people business, so I think it's important to get to know people in the field and demonstrate that I’m here to help and be a resource to them,” he says.
There’s probably no one who’s cheering the 10th anniversary of McCarthy’s Kansas City office more enthusiastically than Brad Schoen. As one of two McCarthy partners tapped to relocate from St. Louis in 2013 to manage the new office, he has overseen its steady evolution from fledgling practice to thriving local business.
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Superintendent Josh Halvorsen is making his mark on hospitals across Kansas City.
A chance encounter in an elevator opened the door to a career-changing opportunity for Josh Halvorsen to join McCarthy’s Kansas City office.
Drinking it in
Project Director Chad Wolfe is enjoying his role overseeing the Nelson Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements project.
Chad Wolfe drove more than 1,600 miles to discover his career in construction.
Storyteller in Chief
Marketing Manager Lauren Schach loves to showcase the people, projects and expertise of McCarthy in Kansas City.
As the first marketing professional—and fifth employee—to join McCarthy’s fledgling KC team in 2013, Lauren Schach has served as the office’s chief storyteller for more than a decade.
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Congratulations to our hometown Chiefs on winning Superbowl 57! Our KC office proudly celebrated another #RedFriday with the rest of the city to cheer on the Chiefs to another exciting Superbowl win! We are proud to be part of #ChiefsNation!
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Kansas River WWTP Outreach Our project at Kansas River is underway! Together with our partners at Black & Veatch, Shockey Group and the City of Lawrence, we hosted an outreach event for our trade partners to learn more about opportunities at the Kansas River project. Contact Preconstruction Manager Craig Nagel for more information or subcontracting opportunities.
Superbowl Champs! Congratulations to our hometown Chiefs on winning Superbowl 57! Our KC office proudly celebrated another #RedFriday with the rest of the city to cheer in the Chiefs to another exciting Superbowl win! We are proud to be part of #ChiefsNations!
WIC Week - Pickleball Tournament The KC team celebrated Women In Construction Week in March with a Pickleball Tournament and Happy Hour at Chicken N Pickle! There was great participation, with 15 teams signing up to play. The winning team was the Smash Bros, made up of Project Senior Engineer Zac Goodner and Project Engineer Andrew Crockwell. The teams also participated in a costume contest, with Project Director Chad Wolfe and Safety Coordinator Alex Tinnell of the Ace Bandages taking home the W, sporting their hand crafted tee shirts and short shorts! Playing pickleball was a wonderful way to get together and celebrate all of our incredible Women in Construction.
AdventHealth Tour As part of our WIC Week activities, some of our KC partners took a jobsite visit at our AdventHealth Tower 2 project. This three phase project project consists of upgrading all aspects of patient rooms, corridors, and center supports areas on multiple floors to improve the physical environment for patients, staff and guests.
New to the Crew The KC team recently showered one of our partners, Marcus Gilmore - Senior Business Development Manager, and his wife Taylor for their baby on the way! Marcus and Taylor are expecting their first child at the end of April 2023.
Pittsburg State Annual Construction Expo On April 11-12, McCarthy participated in the Annual Construction Expo hosted by Pittsburg State University's School of Construction. The Expo gives students the opportunity to operate construction equipment, explore new technology, and get hands on experience using construction related tools. It was great to connect with students and share the many ways McCarthy is an industry leader in construction innovation, and the benefits of being an employee-owner!
NICE iBuild 2023 McCarthy was proud to support and participate in the NICE iBuild Showcase in April. One of our favorite events of the year, this conference brings Kansas City metro middle and high school students together to learn about careers in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction industry. At the McCarthy booth, students had the opportunity to hear about the many different career paths within the construction industry, learn more about virtual design and construction, and participate in a speed tower building contest for candy prizes.
Safety Week: May 1-5, 2023 Each year in May we recognize and celebrate Construction Safety Week, which gives our project sites and offices an opportunity to hyperfocus on safety, highlighting our company’s proud tradition of continuous safety improvement, empowerment and promoting Safety Program successes. May is also Mental Health Awareness Month, and our Safety Week activites include an emphasis on our partners' mental health and well-being. Our KC teams participated in numerous Safety activities throughout the week, including Fall Stand Downs, StopWork Authority, Toolbox Talks on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention, Equipment Safety Refreshers, and more.
Happy National Nurse's Week & Hospital Week! May 5-11 During Nurses Week, we took a moment to appreciate all the talented and incredible nurses in our community. From lifesaving treatments to compassionate care, nurses make a real difference every day. We are proud to build healthcare facilities that provide the support and resources our nurses need. Thank you, nurses, for your hard work and dedication!
Happy National Intern Day! - July 28 We are lucky to have some exceptional interns working with us in Kansas City this summer! Abby S - University of Nebraska - Lincoln, May '25: Merck Project 2nd Internship with McCarthy! Jack D - Iowa State University S&T, Dec '23: Nelson WWTF Project Joining McCarthy full-time after graduation! Rylee G - Pittsburg State University, May '24: Nelson WWTF Project 2nd Internship with McCarthy! Luke B - University of Kansas, May '24: Kansas River Project Kristen K - University of Missouri S&T, May '24: AdventHealth Project Kenzie R - Missouri State University, Dec '25: St. Luke's Project
Cheers to 10 Years! One of the core motivations for this year-long "At Home in the Heartland" campaign stems from our McCarthy Kansas City office reaching a milestone of 10 years in KC! Our partners recently got together at John's Big Deck to celebrate our decade of teamwork, growth and progress, and to toast to many more years in the Heartland community!
Trade Partner Recognition Week Merck Project Our team at the Merck project recently treated our trade partners to some delicious eats during our Trade Partner Recognition Week - including Texas BBQ House and Tasty Unicorn. It doesn't get much better than BBQ & Ice Cream in the summer!
Wellness Event: Sand Volleyball Tournament As part of a wellness event for our office, many of our partners participated in a competitive sand volleyball tournament! Congrats to the winning team! Ben Kucera - Project Engineer Chloe Pinkelman - Marketing Coordinator Chase Stamatis - Estimator Parker Taylor - Project Senior Engineer Jack McGavran - Project Senior Engineer
BioKansas Innovation Festival August 3-5 McCarthy’s Senior VDC Director Alex Belkofer shared insights on the evolution of design and construction as it enters its new digital era at The Innovation Festival in Kansas City. This event, hosted in August, brings together innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs to converge on technology, innovation and the arts. Conference goers were immersed in the latest advancements in life sciences, engineering, data science and more. Learn more about this unique event experience here. Watch the brief McCarthy video ad featured at the event!
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ICRA Panel at MOKANVAN Project Manager Eric Dill was part of a panel discussion on ICRA during construction at the MOKANVAN and Greater Kansas City APIC Conference this past month. Eric, along with Wes Sconce, BS RRT, MHA, CHFM, MOSHE President and Meredith Shellner, MSHS, BSN, RN, BA, CIC, GKC APIC discussed the expertise and collaboration needed to keep patients and staff safe during complex healthcare work.
Craft Appreciation Week August 28-September 4 From healthcare projects to wastewater expansions, our craft partners in Kansas City are truly outstanding. Their expertise, versatility and shared pride in the team’s work have been the key to these projects running smoothly and their successful completion. Thanks for being part of our team to build the cool and complex all over Kansas City! The pride and dedication to your craft sets us apart from all the rest. THANK YOU and best wishes to you and your family for a Happy Labor Day!
McCarthy Service Awards Congratulations partners! Every year at our Annual Fall Seminar shareholder event, we recognize our partners who are celebrating a service milestone at our company. Congrats to our KC partners below who have hit a mark this year! Jason Chase, Preconstruction Manager - 5 Years Kim Sword, Superintendent - 5 Years Shannon Powers, Sr. Project Admin - 10 Years Lauren Schach, Marketing Manager - 10 Years Colin Halsey, Project Manager - 15 Years Eric Dill, Project Manager - 20 Years
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While McCarthy is a large, national company, we keep our teams local. The employees in our Kansas City office are real members of the community. They live here, they raise their families here, and they are proud to serve and create positive impact in the place they call home. Click on a friendly face to learn more about them!
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In a recent internal company dance-off competition, our kc team took first place! Watch the winning video here!
I love Kansas City because this is where I was born. I have lived in several other cities with McCarthy and like this KC the best. KC culture ties in with our Core Values. Might be biased but the people are Genuine, thrive when working as a Team and will do whatever needs to be done (All-In) to get the job done.
WHat "At Home in the Heartland" means to me
For McCarthy, Kansas City is a place that we call home. Being from Kansas City I was always pushing for McCarthy to establish an office in Kansas City. I remember talking with Karl Kloster back in 2001 about this and back then the timing wasn't right but it was 10 years ago and we made the move in 2012. KC is in growth mode and I can not think of a better place for our partners to be then to be here in the Heartland growing with Kansas City.
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Working with the team we have here and the partners on-board, small office feel, and the energy/fun we bring every day. Also best BBQ in the country and the CHIEFS!
Being one of two to start up the office over in here in KC, I have been through the good times and not so good times of getting this office off the ground. I am definitely "All-In" with the success of this office. For me, KC is more than a place I live & work, its a place where my family and I feel at home and where my wife & I want to see our children grow. We are engaged in our local community and our church. In my mind, there is no better place to live, raise a family, and grow your career. As for our office & team, we are filled with partners that want to be here and enjoy the Heartland as much as I do.
The People - they are just genuine, nice, and friendly people. The BBQ - Joe's, Jack Stack, Q39, Burnt Ends... and the list goes on. KC Chiefs - fun to have such a great team representing the city. KC Royals - and the future of a new ballpark and downtown baseball. Relatively short flight to anywhere in the USA (and a new airport to boot). As it relates to McCarthy, I love that we have such a great team, and we are building a great business for McCarthy here in KC.
I think a lot of our partners love Kansas City and want it to be the place they plant their flag for their career, so to me it basically means that KC is home to us all and we are a family of partners working to make KC successful. Beyond that, I think McCarthy is becoming part of the fabric of Kansas City. It took 10 years, but we have crossed the threshold of being a company doing business in KC to a company that is part of KC's culture.
Kansas City has so many things to offer, it's hard to nail that down. For the most part, our city has such great, relatable people.
It's where we all call home and where we serve our communities.
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For me Kansas City is home. I was born and raised in Kansas City and after working in other parts of the nation I'm thankful that I'm able to raise my family in Kansas City with McCarthy. Kansas City is the Heartland not because of the KC logo within the hear made famous by Charlie Hustle but because of the people of Kansas City. KC is a big - small town. The city has the comforts that you would expect from a big city, but the people have the attitude of small-town America.
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This theme for our company, to me, means simply that this is our home and we are here to stay. We are not a St. Louis contractor in KC. For all of our staff here, this is our home. Our homes are here, our family and friends are here, our lives are here.
Favorite things about kansas city
One of my favorite things about Kansas City is the people. Most people you meet are friendly and caring with a willingness and want to help others. I really enjoy the big city vibe with a small town feel. The city is big enough to have many cool places to see and hangout, within a smaller radius making it easy to get to and high probability you run into someone you know.
Proximity to Family, Midwest City Values, large enough city for things to do, without the traffic/crime, sports teams.
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It has everything you want out of a big city but does not have the big city feel. The sports teams, the food scene, nightlife, just enjoy the overall feel of the city.
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Kansas City is where I call home and it's been great seeing the office grow since I moved here in 2015. Our office has a family feel and I've been super proud to be part of this group and watch our growth and continued success here.
Kansas City is very similar to the culture where I grew up in St. Louis, MO. There is a strong sense of community and pride within Kansas City. The area is growing, and it is a fantastic opportunity for McCarthy to position themselves within a city that continues to evolve and grow. Really enjoy the areas around Kansas City as great food and entertainment make for a fun and exciting area to live.
I have lived in the "heartland" for my entire life. Grew up here, worked on several projects across the mid-west, and plan to retire here. This is my home. Don't think that the heartland gets as much attention as either coast since this is considered "fly over country" to a good majority of the US. But to me, and a lot of other people who live in this area, it is a great place to raise a family and call home.
Kansas City is a big city small town feel where the connections feel genuine. McCarthy has a great group here between our Healthcare and Water Teams. The projects we work on here in Kansas City from our recent completion of the JCW Tomahawk Creek WWTP project to the projects ongoing with Advent Health make me proud to say I work for McCarthy. We continue to grow and get better every day here in KC. Kansas City is a great place to live, work and have a little fun too!
Kansas City has heart and you see it with the support of our local businesses and our community. Kansas City has grown so much in the last 20 years. I was born here and have seen our city grow to the great place it is today.
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I love the wholesome feel. There is a sense of genuine camaraderie. People are genuine, upfront and honest. We rally around great causes.
Whether you are just visiting Kansas City or you live here you feel at home when you are here.
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A compelling factor in attracting and retaining top talent, according to Kelso, is McCarthy’s unique culture. “With a 100 percent employee-owned company, everybody gets to share in the company’s success, which I think is important to create the ownership culture that has made us so successful,” he says. Since returning to the region, Kelso has also become active in supporting a wide range of community organizations, including Hope Kids, Hope Builders, Habitat for Humanity and Harvesters. In January, he joined the city of Olathe’s Economic Development Council for a two-year term, after which he will serve on the board of the Olathe Chamber of Commerce. He also joined the board for Bio Kansas, which advances the state’s growing bioscience ecosystem. Kelso is eager to continue building his career in the community that provided such a strong foundation for his life. “It's ironic that I wanted to work for a company where I got to travel outside of Kansas City, and two decades later, I’m back and couldn’t be more excited to be here,” he says.
With that project under his belt, Kelso can now boast that he has overseen construction of more than a quarter of the nation’s BSL-4 facilities and more than 50 percent of the total square footage of those high-containment facilities. Back Home Again In summer 2020, Kelso embarked on his latest career chapter: moving back to his hometown and joining the four-person leadership team of McCarthy’s Kansas City office. As market leader, he works alongside Vice President of Operations Steve Meuschke, Director of Business Development Jeff Bennett and Preconstruction Director Brad Schoen to position McCarthy’s KC practice for the future. “I’m focused on our overall strategic direction and team culture,” says Kelso. “Our current focus is on Healthcare, Science & Technology and Water projects, all of which directly support the health of our people and our communities.” As McCarthy marks the 10th anniversary of its KC office, Kelso is excited to expand its regional impact. “We're now working for four of the major healthcare providers in Kansas City and have a lot of repeat clients,” he says. “We love getting the opportunity to show clients what we can do. Once they meet our people, they’re always impressed.”
Those efforts helped generate a pair of monumental project wins. The first was the VA New Orleans Replacement Medical Center, a 1.7-million-square-foot campus that replaced critical infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina. McCarthy delivered the project as part of a joint venture with Clark Construction Group. And the second project was the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), a BSL-4 lab in Manhattan, Kansas, that would replace the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in New York. Right up Kelso’s alley, he spent about a year working on the preconstruction phase from St. Louis before relocating to Manhattan in 2010 to complete the decade-long project, a McCarthy-Mortenson joint venture. Commissioned by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, NBAF is a state-of-the-art facility for conducting research, developing vaccines, performing diagnostic testing, and training researchers and veterinarians to recognize the clinical signs of foreign animal diseases in livestock. “It's the only large animal BS-4 facility in the U.S. and the only BSL-4 lab constructed to withstand a direct hit by an F5 tornado,” he says.
Further complicating the scenario, the CDC project broke ground shortly before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, which prompted a temporary shutdown of the job and subsequent design modifications that increased the total square footage of the facility. During the 4-1/2 years Kelso lived in the Peachtree State, he also helped launch McCarthy’s permanent Atlanta office; got married to his college sweetheart, Becky; and became a father (daughter McKenzie is now 17). In 2006, Kelso relocated to Boston for 2-1/2 years to work on the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories, a BSL-4 lab project on Boston University’s medical campus. McCarthy constructed the project in a joint venture with Turner Construction Company. He and his wife also became parents again, this time to a son, Hunter (who’s currently 14). After that project wrapped up, Kelso moved back to St. Louis for a couple of years to assist with project pursuits and conduct market research that laid the foundation for a new business unit focused on delivering projects for the federal government.
One of the first projects Kelso worked on was assembling a concrete estimate for a planned expansion of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) campus in Atlanta. Lucky for him, McCarthy won the job and Kelso was tapped to join the project team…an opportunity he relished. “Even though I enjoyed estimating, I wanted to get out in the field and build a job,” he says,” and Atlanta seemed like a cool place to live for a few years.” What Kelso didn’t realize at the time is that the CDC job would profoundly shape the course of his construction career by equipping him with specialized expertise in constructing high-containment research labs. These secure environments are designed and built with the primary function of protecting individuals and communities from microorganisms, infectious agents and other toxins. And the CDC project involved constructing a biosafety level four (BSL-4) facility, which provides maximum protection and containment from agents that pose a high risk of life-threatening disease. “There hadn't been a BSL-4 lab built in the U.S. since the ‘50s or ‘60s, so all of us were forging new ground and we had a lot to figure out…but McCarthy people love a good challenge,” says Kelso.
Instead, he found his footing in the university’s construction management program. “I didn’t go to college knowing that I was going to study construction,” he says, “but I had a few older friends from high school who were enrolled in that program, so that was the draw.” During Kelso’s senior year, one of his professors encouraged him to connect with McCarthy at an upcoming campus recruiting event. “He pulled me aside and said, ‘you ought to check these guys out.’” He followed that advice and ended up signing on as a McCarthy project engineer in January 2001. “What really attracted me to McCarthy was the opportunity to move around and see the U.S. right out of school,” he says. Journey to the Field Though Kelso was eager to join a McCarthy construction team in the field, he was initially assigned to the estimating team in St. Louis instead. “I was super bummed, but it was actually the best thing that happened to me because estimating is such an important foundational skill to have,” he notes.
Growing up in old Overland Park, Seth Kelso remembers pedaling his bike around the downtown district and past the historic Phoenix Building that now serves as home base for McCarthy’s Kansas City team. Kelso’s current workplace is just a stone’s throw from the former bike shop where he purchased that original two-wheeler for $211.17. “I probably remember the exact cost of the bike because it was my first big purchase,” he jokes. “I must have worked all summer mowing lawns to buy that bike.” Early memories of attending Royals and Chiefs games with his parents and older sister cultivated a love of team sports that continues to this day. As a boy, Kelso honed his athletic skills on the soccer field before shifting to baseball in middle school and excelling on the varsity football team at Shawnee Mission North High School. Kelso had planned to extend his football legacy as a walk-on player on Pittsburg State University’s Division II football team, but those ambitions were sidelined by ankle surgery he underwent the summer before his freshman year.
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McCarthy Construction has a company culture similar to ours. We enjoy what we do and strive to be the best at it. Both firms put quality and reputation as a top priority. We at P1 Group refer to those that work at McCarthy as "like-minded people". - Steve Hinshaw, Director of Business Development - P1 Group
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Trade partner of the month
This month, we would like to highlight our partners at P1. We've been partnering with P1 for over 5 years on local projects, and we are consistently impressed with both their mechanical and electrical experitse, as well as their innovative prefabrication and manufacturing. We have had great success with P1 on many exciting projects, including the recently completeted NBAF, and are working together again on current projects such as the Tower renovation at AdventHealth and the Mother/Baby Concourse at St. Luke's. We are also grateful to P1 for consistently supporting our Heart Hats charitable efforts, particularly our TopGolf tournament. We look forward to many more years of partnership with P1!
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Local Business Shout-out
One of our favorite local spots that we had to give our first shout-out to is none other than the famous "The Peanut" - the oldest bar and grill in the area! The Overland Park location is right next door to our McCarthy office, and we frequent this fine establishment so often, we affectionately refer to it as our "large conference room." The food is exceptional, the service is fantastic, and it's a great place for a casual lunch meeting or fun spot to watch the game!
Heart Hats Highlight
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January, our Kansas City office and all jobsites in the area came together in service to donate a full truckload to the ReNewed Hope food pantry in Overland Park. ReNewed Hope makes a significant impact for good in our community by helping solve the problem of food insecurity.
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