- Celebrating our Founder Sam KitchellLast month we came together to celebrate our Founder Sam Kitchell by volunteering with nonprofit organizations in communities where we live and work. During our annual Founder’s Day, Kitchell employees-owners representing five states and 21 communities participated in 30 community projects, ranging from park clean-ups in Anaheim to making care packages at Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The list of organizations we benefited includes: San Francisco – Marin Food Bank Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Central Valley Hart Song Ranch National Audubon Society Ranger Road Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona Sacramento Zoological Society American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Sunshine Acres Operation School Bell United Food Bank Desert Mission Food Bank Phoenix Children’s Hospital Foundation St. Mary’s Food Bank Feed My Starving Children Palomar College Foundation Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona Eloise’s Cooking Pot Community First Village Truly Home – Houston Habitat for Humanity ReStore Placer Union High School Booster Club Ronald McDonald House of Sacramento Sacramento Food Bank EcoSlo Beach Keepers Stockton Emergency Food Bank City of Anaheim Sunnyvale Community Service Santa Monica High School Landscaping beautification Ogden, Utah School District American Red Cross Our efforts resulted in nearly $30,000 raised for these local charities by donating $25 per employee, per hour to the nonprofits where our employee-owners volunteered. Thank you to Sam Kitchell for having the vision to found Kitchell nearly 70 years ago, and to all of our employee-owners who are committed to Read More
- GO Girls! Kitchell female executives rock leadership honorsCongrats to our Director of Preconstruction Julie Garcia and hardison/downey Director of Business Development Lisa Buelna on their recent recognitions in two prestigious business rankings. Julie was named one of the Phoenix Business Journal‘s Forty Under 40 honorees, and Lisa was named one of Arizona Business Magazine‘s Most Influential Women in Commercial Real Estate. “Julie and Lisa are a big part of our story,” said Kitchell CEO Jim Swanson. “They live and breathe our employee-ownership values and we’re very fortunate to have them bring value to our company every day!” Read Julie’s profile: https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2019/08/09/40-under-40-2019-julie-garcia-kitchell-contractors.html Read Lisa’s profile:
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- Kitchell Senior Project Engineer is part of Supergirl team working on Chandler parking garageAs Kitchell Contractors builds the Catalina Street parking garage, hardison/downey builds the Novus parking garage and Kitchell CEM manages the largest parking garage in the City of Chandler, Kitchell is in some way involved in three major parking structures taking shape throughout metropolitan Phoenix. The City of Chandler recently marked a big milestone with its topping out, while recognizing the contributions of a team uniquely comprised of many women, including Kitchell CEM Senior Project Engineer Ashlee Pounds. Kitchell CEM Senior Project Engineer Ashlee Pounds “We poured the last part of five floors of concrete parking deck (16 separate pours in total) and celebrated the hard work of the team,” Ashlee said. “We didn’t miss one scheduled date for the pours, which is rare on a job this size. One issue we recognized early on was the approaching summer heat, so we started the pours at midnight with a noise variance and actively communicated with all the neighbors.” Ashlee may consider her role par for the course, but the City of Chandler took notice of the female dominance of the building team and actively promoted their participation in community newspapers and a TV news story that aired recently. In addition to Ashlee, the client, general contractor and structural engineer are all young building professionals, who also Read More
