Sundt Adds Two to Idaho Transportation Department Project

 |  Press Release, Sundt People

POCATELLO, Idaho (July 13, 2022) – Sundt Construction recently hired Ryan Pittson and Blake Kiener in its Transportation Group. Both will be working on the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) Interstate 86 and Interstate 15 System Interchange project.

“We are excited to welcome Ryan and Blake to our team,” said Thiago Bezerra, Sundt’s senior project manager. “Both will be valuable additions with their experience and potential.”

With over 26 years of industry experience, Pittson joins the team as a senior project engineer. Throughout his professional career, he has worked on over $750 million in successful projects across the Intermountain region and served in numerous positions, including an estimator, project engineer and project manager. He holds an associate degree in construction management from BYU-Idaho and is working towards completing his bachelor’s degree in construction management at Weber State University.

Kiener will serve as a field engineer on the project after recently graduating from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s degree in construction management. During the summers in college, he worked as a field intern for two companies, learning about logistics, assisting in estimation and working with partners.

Sundt has been building critical infrastructure across the Western United States for 132 years. In 2016, the company completed the award-winning Sellwood Bridge in Portland and was recently awarded the Rose Quarter improvement project in northeast Portland. The company is currently working on an anaerobic digester at a dairy near Declo, Idaho, and just started on Tualatin Valley Water District and Willamette Water Supply Program’s water treatment plant near Portland, Ore.

 

About Sundt 

Sundt Construction, Inc. (www.sundt.com) is one of the country’s largest and most respected general contractors. The 132-year-old firm specializes in transportation, industrial, building, concrete and renewable energy work and is owned entirely by its approximately 1,500-plus employees. Sundt is distinguished by its diverse capabilities and experience, unique employee-ownership culture and depth of self-perform expertise in nine major trades. Much of Sundt’s workforce is comprised of skilled craft professionals who, together with the company’s administrative employees, enable Sundt to fulfill its mission to be the most skilled builder in America. Sundt has 12 offices throughout Arizona, California, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas and Utah and is currently ranked the country’s 61st largest construction company by ENR, the industry’s principal trade magazine.

 

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