Congratulations to winners of 2025 Partnership for Excellence in Contract Administration Awards – At the Jan. 9 AGC/WSDOT Annual Meeting, six Excellence in Contract Administration Awards were presented. The Partnership Awards recognize the contractor/WSDOT teams who worked on the project and are judged based on safety, effective contract administration, customer-focused administration and overcoming extraordinary challenges. For the six categories there were 29 nominees, the most in the 27-year history of the awards. Congratulations to all the winners!
AGCW 2024 President Phil Wallace and WSDOT Construction Division Director Chris Christopher presented awards to the following teams:
Category: Eastern Washington, DBB Projects Less than $3M
Winning project: SR 970, Teanaway River-CED Retrofit
Contractor: Scarsella Bros., Inc., Mason Dhanens, Project Manager
WSDOT PEO Office: Scott Golbek
Photo (left to right): Chris Christopher, Mason Dhamens, Candace Flores (WSDOT) and Nick Venema (Scarsella Bros, Inc.), Alex Rhubart (WSDOT), Phil Wallace
Category: Eastern WA, DBB Projects $3-$10M
Winning project: SR 17 Soap Lake to Lake Lenore Caves Unstable Slopes
Contractor: Access Limited Construction, Michelle Valle, Project Manager
WSDOT PEO Office: Miguel Castillo
Photo (left to right): Chris Christopher, Graham Bianchi, Kyle Thompson, Buddy Johnson (Access Limited Construction), Miguel Castillo (WSDOT), Dominic Ivankovic (Access Limited Construction), Phil Wallace
Category: Western WA, DBB Projects Less than $3M
Winning project: SR 166 Bay St/Bethel Ave./Maple Ave. Intersection-Roundabout
Contractor Johansen Construction Company, Mike Dysert and Josh Beloit, Project Managers
WSDOT PEO Office: Danika Washington
Photo (left to right): Chris Christopher, Mike Dysert, Josh Beloit and Terry Mink (Johansen Construction Company, Inc.), Phil Wallace, inset: Michael McIver (WSDOT)
Category: Western WA, DBB Projects $3-$10M
Winning project: SR 542, Squalicum Creek to Bellingham Bay-Fish Passage
Contractor: Interwest Construction, Inc., Rob Gammell, Project Manager
WSDOT PEO Office: Jason Koreski/Roger Weiss
Photo (left to right): Chris Christopher, Melissa Ambler and Ryan Zakerski (WSDOT), Rob Gammell (Interwest Construction, Inc.), Phil Wallace
Category: Statewide DBB, Projects Greater than $10M
Winning project: SR 290 Spokane River E Trent Bridge Replacement
Contractor: Garco Construction, Inc., Tim Loucks, Project Manager
WSDOT PEO Office: Jody Qualley
Photo (left to right): Chris Christopher, Erik Wick and Tim Loucks (Garco Construction, Inc.), Phil Wallace, inset: Jody Qualley (WSDOT)
Category: Statewide Design Build Projects
Winning Project: US 101 & SR 109, Grays Harbor/Jefferson/Clallam – Fish Barriers Removal
Contractor: Kiewit Infrastructure West Co., Justin O’Brien, Project Manager
WSDOT PEO: Kyler Kokenge
Photo (left to right): Chris Christopher, Kyler Kokenge (WSDOT), LJ Robinson (Kiewit Infrastructure West, Inc.), Phil Wallace
