In response to the dynamics of today’s construction market, Jacobsen Construction has organized its upper management and operating units to better serve the industry’s key market segments.

Executive Vice President John Fortuna will continue to serve as Jacobsen’s overall construction manager. John will also maintain leadership over Jacobsen’s public / institutional project portfolio—which includes public and higher education, libraries, civic structures and other institutional projects—with Vice President Jim Cavey. This is a notable market segment for Jacobsen, with featured projects like the Utah State Capitol and 40 higher-ed projects on nearly every Utah campus in just the past 10 years.

Vice Presidents Doug Hronek and Steve Shrader are focused on bringing the Jacobsen Experience to private clients.  Their 50+ years of combined construction expertise have led them to Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Utah, where they have completed many significant private projects. With City Creek Center, Workers Compensation Fund Office Tower and numerous luxury resorts in its portfolio, Jacobsen continues to make strong ties—and build successful projects—within the private sector.

Leading the charge for Jacobsen’s healthcare/technical facility construction are Vice Presidents Blake Court and Matt Radke. Court and Radke have led Jacobsen’s healthcare construction specialists on a wealth of medical projects throughout Utah—including Riverton Hospital and nearly 20 remodel projects over a seven-year period for Primary Children’s Medical Center. Jacobsen’s current healthcare pipeline includes projects of all sizes, from a complex remodel at Logan Regional Hospital to the massive Ambulatory Care Complex, a joint medical campus for PCMC and University of Utah Health Care.

Vice President Steve Nelson will continue to oversee Jacobsen’s projects in Hawaii—which have seen a surge of development. In just the past five years Jacobsen has completed 15 projects in Hawaii, with 14 projects currently underway. Nelson will also continue heading up Jacobsen’s federal market segment, which has also seen an uptick in recent years.

Religious projects, also a strong market for Jacobsen, will be led by Vice Presidents David Wills and Jon Moody. Wills has constructed six LDS temples in the United States, Mexico and Central America; Moody has been involved in the construction of dozens of LDS chapels around the country.  Jacobsen’s notable religious projects include The Conference Center and Tabernacle remodel, both located in downtown Salt Lake City.

Jacobsen’s rapidly growing list of industrial projects is being tended by Vice President Kirk Dickamore, who previously served as Jacobsen’s liaison over religious projects. With 35 years of expertise gleaned largely in industrial construction, Dickamore is a natural fit for this market segment. He assumes this position from Terry Wright, who has been made a senior vice president at Jacobsen. Wright will be focusing his efforts on preconstruction services and planning for current projects, as well as long-range project development, in all market segments.

“I am excited about these changes,” says Doug Welling, Jacobsen’s president and CEO.  “Our new corporate structure enables us to better tackle the challenges of the market—but most importantly, it enables us to continue delivering high-quality projects for our clients, whatever they may need or wherever they may take us.”