Pramodh Reddy: The design-build leader impacts California’s public sector projects

As a project manager and construction design leader with PCL Construction, Reddy has led two award-winning civic campuses: the Orange County Health Agency’s $85 million Marine Way Campus and the $62 million Southeastern Live Well Center. Every California project that Reddy has led achieved zero recordable incidents and every project engineer under his leadership earned a promotion.

What is a challenge you have overcome in your career?

The biggest thing would be the transition from operating as a single individual, as a project engineer, let’s say in charge, to the transition to a project manager or managing multiple people. Years ago my perspective was that of a motivated and driven person who wants to give my 110% mindset and do it today. I went from doing the task to managing or leading people doing the task. It was a challenge to adopt a mindset of empowering people to do the same, to operate in the same way that I do. It was challenging and also fun at the same time.

What has been your favorite or most interesting project you have worked on and why?

If I had to pick a favorite, it would be the Live Well Center in Southeast San Diego County. The community aspect was very rewarding. I was involved from before we were looking at different subcontractors and even at that stage, we had to be really aware of who could be part of the subcontractor community and how we can make the community a part of the building experience. We were very conscious of breaking some of the bid packages into smaller packages so we could cater to the smaller subcontractors.

What’s the best career advice you’ve been given?

A long time ago, a good friend, who is still with PCL, told me to be prepared before going into any difficult conversation, or any conversation, or any important meeting or meeting a new person; look in the mirror and see how you appear. self reflection How do you appear? Are your facial expressions correct? Am I communicating what I really mean? I think that dictates some of the outcomes of what I want to see in this meeting.

What is your career advice for other young professionals in the industry?

Be curious. ask questions Ask lots of questions and always raise your hand. Never take no for an answer. When someone says “No,” ask “Why not? Keep asking lots of questions, because you never know where opportunity will come. If you’re hungry, it will come.

What is the best part of your job?

I would definitely say it’s the art of building great infrastructure and buildings for future generations, they can use it. It gives me such a warm feeling when I think about how many lives I’ve changed by building all this infrastructure for future generations. And in the process, I get to work with incredible talent, people from different backgrounds and with different perspectives working together. And I’ve really enjoyed growing teams and mentoring them.