Kelley’s areas of focus in 2025

The DJC contacted incoming AGC of Washington President Bryan Kelley for a look at his plans as he leads the association in 2025. Kelley is a Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for Howard S. Wright, which joined the Balfour Beatty family of companies in 2011. He has 23 years of experience as a construction attorney and executive, working on commercial building, civil, and transit projects.

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2025 AGCW officers, board members

AGCW honors top projects, people and safety

After a one-year hiatus, AGC of Washington’s annual Build Washington Awards event returned on Jan. 24 to the Hyatt Regency Bellevue, with Moss Adams as Title Sponsor, and Orion Marine as Supporting Sponsor.

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For the first time, the 2025 event was combined into a single-day Grand Celebration including the President’s Dinner, the 2025 Annual Meeting, the BUILD PAC Dessert Dash and more. For the Annual Meeting Dinner, the Diamond Sponsor was H2 Precast; Platinum Sponsors were Alaska National Insurance, Ashbaugh Beal and Howard S. Wright; Gold Sponsors were Integrity Surety, Liberty Mutual Surety, Manson Construction, Miller Nash, Propel Insurance, Smith Currie Oles, and Parker, Smith & Feek; and Silver Sponsor was IMAGINIT Technologies.

What hasn’t changed, however, is the Build Washington Awards’ focus on honoring and celebrating AGCW members’ best and brightest people, projects and programs over the past year. Once again, the 2025 awards include 33 categories in all, including awards for Superintendent of the Year, Safety Professional of the Year, Construction Manager of the Year and more — as well as, of course, the Grand Awards for Excellence in both construction and safety.

“AGC of Washington’s Build Washington Awards recognize the superior accomplishments of our members from the past year and provide a venue for the construction industry to come together and reflect on the projects and people that have brought our communities closer together,” said 2024 AGC of Washington President Phil Wallace. “Award winners have demonstrated excellence in innovation, exceptional safety records, overcoming adversity and, finally, outstanding customer satisfaction. They represent the best of our industry. Our local communities are significantly improved as a result of their extraordinary efforts, and we should all be proud of their contributions to our state.”

Construction Excellence judges included Derek Case, Washington State Department of Transportation; Joseph Gildner, Sound Transit; John Schaufelberger, University of Washington; Ann Timmermans, Parametrix; and Eric Pearson, DCI Engineers.

Safety Excellence judges included Dr. Sathy Rajendran, Central Washington University; Carl Heinlein, American Contractors Insurance Group; Alden Strealy, AGC Oregon-Columbia Chapter; Dave Conley, Washington State Department of Labor and Industries; and Tony Militello, Willis Towers Watson. Specialty Award judges included Brenda Nnambi, Sound Transit; Gordon Krippaehne, Howard S Wright; and Aaron Faulk, Moss Adams.