Western New York Construction Leaders Join Gilbane Building Company in Buffalo

John Yerico and Sean Sullivan have joined Gilbane Building Company’s Western New York team. The addition of these veteran team members continues to bolster the company’s strategic growth and expertise to support clients throughout the region.

John Yerico brings 32 years of construction-related experience and will be serving as general superintendent on the media optimization project at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Prior to Gilbane, he worked for Athenex Pharmaceuticals as its senior director of engineering, construction and maintenance. His versatile background includes roles as foreman, superintendent, project manager, branch manager, senior project manager and department director throughout his career. Specializing in mechanical systems, his project experience includes local building programs such as the Roswell Cancer Institute, University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine, Women’s and Children’s Hospital NICU and ED modernization and Athenex Pharmaceuticals Multi-Use Complex.

Sean Sullivan, superintendent, joins Gilbane at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery campus renovation project. He most recently worked as building inspector for the city of Buffalo Department of Permit and Inspection Services working on projects such as the Northland Workforce Training Center and Uniland Development’s mixed-use complex for Delaware North’s new headquarters. He brings 22 years of experience in construction throughout Buffalo, and his career also includes experience as a mason foreman and OSHA safety supervisor. He is a member of the Niagara Frontier Building Officials Association and is certified by New York State as a code enforcement officer.