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McCarthy Appoints Mike Benford as Director of Business Development, Southern Region

February 26, 2019

 

 

 

McCarthy Appoints Mike Benford as Director of Business Development, Southern Region

 

 

 

DALLAS—February 26, 2019 — McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Southern Region has appointed Mike Benford to Director of Business Development. In this role, Benford is responsible for commercial business development as well as the civil and transportation market across the region. Specifically, he will focus on aviation, parking structures, site civil, transportation and general commercial construction.

 

 

Benford brings over a decade of experience in the construction industry and has worked with McCarthy for more than five years, proving himself on the job site and working his way up from a project engineer to project director. Benford applies hands-on, in the field experience to working with clients and expanding business. Prior to joining McCarthy’s Southern Region, he served as Director of Business Development for the Southern California Region. He was responsible for leading initiatives for the commercial business unit and parking structures group, working across numerous markets including entertainment, transportation, private development as well as science and technology.

 

“Mike’s previous experience within McCarthy and exemplary talent will be beneficial to the growth and success of our Southern Region within aviation, commercial design-build, civil and transportation markets,” said McCarthy Southern Region President, Ray Sedey. “We are excited to welcome Mike to the team.”

 

Benford earned a Bachelor of Science in Business and Psychology from the University of Southern California. He is a member of the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA), the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and is a mentor for high school students through the Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) mentorship program.

 

About McCarthy

 

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 14th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2018). With approximately 3,700 salaried employees and craft professionals, the firm has offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Omaha, Neb.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; Albuquerque; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

 

McCarthy Building Companies to Construct New Parking Garage for the City of Chandler

October 24, 2018

 

 

 

McCarthy Building Companies to Construct

New Parking Garage for the City of Chandler

 

PHOENIX (Oct. 23, 2018) — McCarthy Building Companies Inc. will begin construction on a new $20 million five-level, 293,000-square-foot parking garage for the City of Chandler next month.

 

Upon completion in December 2019, the garage will include a minimum of 930 parking spaces, adding much needed parking options for those accessing City Hall as well as restaurants and other venues in bustling downtown Chandler. The structure will be located to the west of City Hall across Arizona Avenue on the northwest corner of Chicago and Oregon streets.

 

“This strategically placed parking garage will help with business traffic on weekdays and with those traveling to Chandler for entertainment on weeknights and weekends,” said Kim Moyers, Downtown Redevelopment Manager for the City of Chandler. “We look forward to adding this structure to our parking inventory as a much needed resource for downtown, and in particular, for accessing the future New Square development.”

 

“McCarthy and Dick & Fritsche Design Group are looking forward to teaming up on this design-build parking structure, which is being developed to allow for modification into retail use on the ground floor in the future,” said David Clarkson, Project Director for McCarthy Building Companies. “Additionally, McCarthy is utilizing our self-perform team for cast-in-place concrete work, which provides a cost savings to the City on this project.”

 

Oregon Street will be realigned as needed to the north and south to accommodate the required size of the parking structure and meet City requirements. Chicago Street will also undergo improvements. The project will also provide an enhanced pedestrian connection between downtown Chandler and the New Square development to the east of the parking structure with the potential for a future bridge connection from one of the parking decks across Oregon Street to the New Square development. Façade treatments will be consistent with the area’s architecture and follow City-directed concepts.

 

Construction of the garage and adjacent New Square development will take away surface parking that had been available on these parcels. Downtown Chandler patrons and visitors are encouraged to use the four free parking garages located downtown, including the new Overstreet parking garage at Buffalo and Oregon streets and the parking garage south of Chandler City Hall. A free shuttle service that takes people from the garages to downtown establishments also is available from 5-9 p.m. Thursday through Saturday.

 

About McCarthy Building Companies

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the oldest privately held national construction company in the country – with more than 150 years spent collaborating with partners to solve complex building challenges on behalf of its clients. With an unrelenting focus on safety and a comprehensive quality program that span all phases of every project, McCarthy utilizes industry-leading design phase and construction techniques combined with value-add technology to maximize outcomes. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work and Healthiest Employer, McCarthy is ranked the 20th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2018). With approximately 1,700 salaried employees and offices in St. Louis, Atlanta; Collinsville, Ill.; Portage, Ind.; Kansas City, Kan.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Denver; Dallas, Houston; Albuquerque; and San Diego, Newport Beach, San Francisco, San Jose and Sacramento, Calif. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com or by following the company on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and Google+.