OAKLAND, Calif. – Brian Thomas has been promoted to senior vice president of operations for Skanska’s building construction unit in California.
A 38-year veteran of the construction industry – including the last 21 with Skanska – Thomas leads the firm’s project personnel, including all of Skanska USA Building’s California superintendents, helping them find new ways to work efficiently and more safely. In 2015, he launched the company’s self-perform steel operations in California, giving the company a new way to provide value to its customers in sectors such as healthcare, aviation, higher education, life sciences and sports.
Thomas began his career in the field and worked his way from ironworker superintendent and estimator to general superintendent. He was promoted to the role of VP of operations for Skanska’s Seattle, Washington office in 2006 before moving to California to oversee operations in 2012.
Thomas and his wife live in the Bay Area.