AWC People - American West Construction

President

Paul Snyder

Mr. Snyder has been in heavy/highway construction for over 25 years. In 2002, Mr. Snyder started American West Construction, LLC (AWC). At its 20th anniversary, AWC had completed over 600 construction projects valued at more than $385 million. In his capacity as company president, Mr. Snyder has managed every aspect of the company from personnel management to project procurement. In addition to starting and running his own construction companies, Mr. Snyder has spent his career estimating and managing a wide variety of work ranging from $100+ million highway projects to $ 1 million infrastructure improvements/developments.

Vice President

Brian Schrameyer

Mr. Schrameyer started with American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in November of 2003 and became a member in January of 2009. Throughout his career at AWC, he has estimated and managed jobs that have included earthwork, utilities, and concrete structures for both private and public owners.

CFO

Rob Casagranda

Mr. Casagranda joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in 2009. Mr. Casagranda has a strong accounting background both in job experience and education. Mr. Casagranda manages all treasury functions and cash flow management for AWC in addition to overseeing all Human Resource functions.

Estimator

Jude Kolb

Mr. Kolb joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in February of 2014. Mr. Kolb has over 30 years of heavy, highway, and airport construction experience ranging from estimating to project management to field operations and inspections. He has extensive experience with DoD, commercial, and government projects as a project manager, project engineer, estimator, and superintendent. He is adept at managing all phases of construction whether that is from an office or hands-on in the field.

Estimator

Thalia Haro

Ms. Haro joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in June 2016 as a project engineer. In this role she quickly gained knowledge in the construction of large commercial projects and was soon promoted to the position of project manager in March of 2018. She has managed several challenging projects including several stream rehabilitation projects in Coal Creek Canyon and municipal service line projects throughout Metro Denver. In June of 2019, Ms. Haro moved into the role of estimator and is continuing to expand her role in the construction industry.

Estimator

Tommy Parkin

Mr. Parkin joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in October of 2021. Mr. Parkin has over 15 years of experience in the heavy civil construction and manufacturing industries holding various estimating and management titles. Over the course of his career, he has bid and managed projects over $80 million.

Estimator/ Project Manager

Cary Neibauer

Mr. Neibauer has worked in heavy civil construction for over 7 years. Starting as an inspector, he moved on to become a project engineer. Projects that he has been involved with all consisted of underground work and mainline highway improvements. He has been a part of $15 million – $600 million dollar projects.

Project Manager

Joshua Luebbert

Mr. Luebbert has been in the heavy civil construction industry for over 15 years. Prior to joining American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in April of 2017, Mr. Luebbert worked in remote Alaska and Northern Canada on projects ranging from ice road construction to dam reconstruction. Since joining the AWC team, Mr. Luebbert has managed over $25 million worth of public and private projects across Colorado. Mr. Luebbert particularly enjoys the challenge of working in the mountains of Colorado on the DOT roadway and culvert rehabilitation projects that he has managed.

Project Manager

Jon Miklya

Mr. Miklya joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in August of 2016. Mr. Miklya is a skilled project manager with over 12 years of experience in the field of construction and commercial development.

Project Manager

Andrew Collver

Mr. Collver joined American West Construction, LLC in 2020 and has managed projects across Colorado and Wyoming. He has over ten years’ experience as a project manager and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Project Manager

Brady Robinson

Mr. Robinson joined American West Construction, LLC in August of 2020 as a Project Engineer and was promoted to Project Manager in 2022. He has a professional background as a project engineer and 6 years of experience in construction. Mr. Robinson has an educational background in Mechanical Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. Mr. Robinson particularly enjoys the challenge of working in the mountains of Colorado on the various projects he has helped manage.

Project Manager Assistant

Chantel Lucero

Ms. Lucero joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in October of 2020 and is AWC’s Project Manager Assistant. Ms. Lucero has over 3 years of experience in the field of construction and commercial development.

Project Engineer

Steve Raper

Mr. Raper joined American West Construction, LLC in July of 2020 as a Project Engineer. He has a professional background and 4 years of experience in Underground Utility & Heavy Civil Construction. Mr. Raper has an educational background in Construction Management from Colorado State University.

Project Engineer

Mike Henderson

Mr. Henderson joined American West Construction, LLC in May of 2021 as a Project Engineer. He has a professional background in Operations Engineering and 10 years of experience in residential construction. Mr. Henderson has an educational background in Nuclear Engineering and Civil Engineering and hopes to complete his qualifying engineering experience and become a licensed Professional Engineer at AWC.

Project Engineer

Taylor Heitz

Mr. Heitz joined American West Construction, LLC in January of 2022 as a Project Engineer. He has a professional background in Construction Management and 2 years of experience in construction and commercial development. Mr. Heitz has an educational background in Mechanical Engineering and hopes to complete his qualifying engineering experience and become a licensed Professional Engineer at American West Construction.

Senior Safety Manager

Kris Lister

Mr. Lister has been in Safety Management for over 20 years. He has worked as a Laborer, Foreman, and Safety Manager for Heavy civil infrastructure projects throughout Colorado and surrounding states. He has also worked with high-level Research and Development contracts for local utility providers. Mr. Lister joined American West Construction in September of 2021 as a Sr. Safety Manager.

General Superintendent

Enrique Camacho

Mr. Camacho has more than fifteen years of experience in utility construction. Mr. Camacho joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in May of 2010. Mr. Camacho started construction as a laborer in college and has held every position to include estimator and project manager.

Superintendent

Brian Bushey

Mr. Bushey has more than 20 years of experience in heavy/highway construction. Over the course of those years, Mr. Bushey has gained a wide variety of heavy/highway construction experience as he has worked in every capacity from laborer to project manager. In October of 2009, Mr. Bushey joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) as a field superintendent.

Superintendent

Kael Blair

Mr. Blair has more than thirty years of experience in heavy/highway construction. Over the course of these years, Mr. Blair has gained a wide variety of heavy/highway construction experience as he has worked in every capacity from laborer to superintendent. In March of 2014, Mr. Blair joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) as a foreman and was promoted to superintendent in 2016. As a superintendent, Mr. Blair is responsible for the supervision of four pipe crews and current projects valued over $30 million.

Superintendent

Dan Smith

Mr. Smith joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in March 2016 as a Foreman and was promoted to Superintendent in 2020. Mr. Smith has more than 30 years of experience in utility construction. Over the course of these years, Mr. Smith has gained a wide variety of heavy/highway construction experience as he has worked in every capacity from Heavy Equipment Operator to Superintendent.

Superintendent

Brian McMinn

Mr. McMinn is an experienced site superintendent specializing in earthwork and infrastructure construction
projects. He is also a skilled equipment operator able to operate and oversee proper crew usage of equipment including but not limited to water trucks, tractor discs, scrapers, dozers, excavators, and blades.

HR/Payroll Administrator

Carmen Brown

Ms. Brown joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in May of 2013. Ms. Brown is a skilled administrator with over 15 years of experience in the engineering and construction field. Ms. Brown has extensive experience working on all phases of DoD, Design/Bid/Build, as well as commercial engineering/construction projects.

Accounts Payable Supervisor

Valerie Miller

Ms. Miller joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in August of 2015 and is AWC’s Accounts Payable Supervisor. Ms. Miller has over 21 years of experience in the field of accounting with an emphasis on construction account balances and analysis.

Receptionist/ Administrative Assistant

Alyssa Ramos

Ms. Ramos joined American West Construction, LLC (AWC) in April of 2022 and is AWC’s Receptionist and Administrative Assistant. Ms. Ramos has 3 years of experience providing quality and efficient administrative support.