McCarthy Building Companies Adds 26-Year Industry Veteran to Northern Pacific Region

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has added Ann Poppen as project director for its Northern Pacific Region. Drawing on more than 26 years of experience in design, planning, preconstruction design phase services and project execution, Poppen will oversee projects from development through occupancy. She serves as part of the Sacramento Business Unit in the company’s Roseville, California office. As project director, Poppen will lead McCarthy’s project teams and is already working on the planning phases of McCarthy’s newest high-rise project, Stanislaus County’s New Modesto Courthouse, with construction set to begin in early 2020. She is responsible for overseeing a collaborative integrated … Read more

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Sundt/Stacy and Witbeck JV to Extend Valley Metro Light Rail Line in Mesa, Ariz

TEMPE, Ariz. — Sundt/Stacy and Witbeck, a joint venture of Sundt Construction, Inc. and Stacy and Witbeck, has been selected to extend light rail service along Main Street in Mesa, Arizona, from Mesa Drive to Gilbert Road. The $75-million construction manager at risk project includes 1.9 miles of concrete-embedded light rail track, underground utility relocations, two new stations and roundabouts, traction power and electrification, signals and communications and a park-and-ride lot at Gilbert Road and Main Street. Preconstruction activities are scheduled to begin this month, with construction commencing in August 2016. A September 2018 completion is planned. From 2004 through … Read more

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