{"id":30074,"date":"2025-04-20T15:51:18","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T22:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/sundt-promotes-from-within-for-southwest-division-leader\/"},"modified":"2025-04-20T15:51:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T22:51:18","slug":"sundt-promotes-from-within-for-southwest-division-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/sundt-promotes-from-within-for-southwest-division-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Sundt promotes from within for Southwest division leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech\">\n    <button class=\"text-to-speech__button button\"><\/p>\n<p>            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"text-to-speech__button__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/static\/images\/audio_icon.svg?482016190122\" alt=\"-\"><\/p>\n<p>        Listen to the article<br \/>\n        <span class=\"text-to-speech__button__audio-length\">2 min<\/span><br \/>\n    <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls\">\n        <audio controls=\"\" class=\"js-text-to-speech\" preload=\"none\"><source src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/dmgi9movl\/video\/upload\/q_1\/v1744894229\/news\/text_to_speech\/sundt-southwest-division-leader-grauer_peeejc.wav\" type=\"audio\/mp3\"><\/source><\/audio><\/p>\n<div class=\"text-to-speech__controls__text\">\n            This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\">feedback<\/a>.\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Tempe, Arizona-based Sundt Construction has tapped one of its own to lead the Southwest division within its Building Group.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"image-right inside_story\">\n<div class=\"figure_content\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Stew Grauer was promoted to senior vice president at Sundt Construction.\" data-imagemodel=\"177688\" src=\"https:\/\/imgproxy.divecdn.com\/LDGaSXs0kjGZrnkWxs3Ef4-qmhrbrFqzs9NtPiTDLF4\/g:ce\/rs:fit:1600:0\/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9TY3JlZW5zaG90XzIwMjUtMDQtMTZfYXRfOS41Mi41OV9BTS5wbmc=.webp\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"inside_story_caption\">\n<p>Stew Grauer<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Sundt Construction<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundt.com\/2025\/sundt-promotes-grauer-to-oversee-southwest-building-district\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Stew Grauer, a 16-year vet<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> with the employee-owned contractor, was promoted to senior vice president and Southwest district manager to oversee <span>preconstruction<\/span>, operations and business development for Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, according to a news release.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Grauer, who brings 40 years of overall construction experience to the role, earned his stripes at the firm through multiple assignments across its operations. Those include working as a preconstruction project manager, operations manager and division manager for Sundt\u2019s Concrete Division.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>\u201cStew\u2019s career in the industry and his experience across multiple leadership roles at Sundt positions him well to lead our Southwest building team,\u201d said Chad Buck, president of Sundt\u2019s Building Group, in the release.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Grauer\u2019s market expertise is also expansive; his project portfolio spans the areas Sundt specializes in, including government builds, mixed-use buildings, healthcare, data centers, courts and detention facilities, laboratories and education facilities.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The move follows other changes in the 135-year-old company\u2019s org chart. In October, Cade Rowley stepped up as <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/sundt-new-president-coo-cade-rowley\/729527\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Sundt\u2019s new president and COO<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Some notable <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundt.com\/about-us\/history\/#1971\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>projects throughout its history<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> include building the University of Arizona in Tucson, the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico where the Manhattan Project unfolded and moving 10,000 tons of the original facing blocks of London Bridge from England to build a new span in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>A more recent project is the $174 million <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sundt.com\/projects\/txdot-i-10-widening\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>I-10 widening job in El Paso, Texas<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, which is currently in progress.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The firm has 13 offices across California, Arizona, North Carolina, Texas, Washington, Utah and Florida.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Grauer holds certifications from the Design-Build Institute of America and the American Institute of Constructors. He has a bachelor\u2019s degree in construction management from the University of Washington.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/sundt-southwest-division-leader-grauer\/745593\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Listen to the article 2 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. 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