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Head of Granite Construction Operation Jim Radich wants to retire — On July 4, after 45 years in the Watsonville contractor, California announced the signature on May 16.
Jim Radich
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Granite said he will not fill Radich’s role once he is leaving. Instead, he has created an executive team of operations where the senior vice presidents of their construction divisions and materials will directly inform the President and CEO Kyle Larkin.
Senior Vice Presidents Brian Dowd, Michael Tatusko and Bradley Williams will direct the construction side, while Bradly will supervise the materials business.
The new structure will provide more leadership opportunities to executive team members, while allowing them to raise problems directly to Larkin instead of the COO position, said Erin Kuhlman, director general of marketing and communications by Grainte, at Construction Dive.
The movement is the last change of the company that has been transformed from the pandemic of a builder and provider of road materials oriented to a Construction Manager/General Contractor Integrated vertically Focus on smaller and profitable working packages on larger infrastructure projects.
He has also redoubled his focus on his material business, retouching several of his aggregates and Asphalt plants with automationWhile using oriented acquisitions, to increase market share at the national level.
The news of Radich Baixant comes one year after the firm Old cfo, Lisa Curtisannounced his own retirement in 2024. He left in September, when the current CFO Staci Woolsey entered the position.
In a statement, Larkin praised Radich’s long service to the company.
“After joining Granite in 1980, Jim’s numerous and significant contributions to the granite extension decades,” said Larkin.
Radich played several roles, including the project manager in key projects of Civil, leading estimator in the vertically integrated business, vice -president and regional manager of northern California and Senior Vice President and Manager of California.
As Executive Vice President and General Director of Operations, Radich oversaw the company’s daily operations and ensured appropriate information procedures, people and systems were underway to fulfill the company’s operational requirements and financial goals, especially during their most recent restructuring.
“Jim’s leadership has been essential as we transformed the company for the last four years and we are all grateful for its granite service,” said Larkin.
