and wastewater treatment plants and other infrastructure projects primarily in Northern California and Northern Nevada. Long-term employees fill the company’s ranks, including a 15-person management and adminis- trative staff and a seasonal workforce that fluctuates between 40 to 65. Johnson fosters an environment


that stresses growth, independence and empowerment for those employees, similar to what he was looking for many years ago. “Some of my greatest lessons in construction have been from the mistakes I’ve made,” he says. “I think giving people the ability to make a few mistakes results in stronger people at the end of the day. We try to give our people the tools they need, the training they need and the support they need. With that, we let them go run these jobs, kind of like their own little companies, with a lot of freedom to do what they need to get the job done.” K.G. Walters take pride in its


reputation as a fair, quality contractor backed by a highly skilled, experienced workforce. “Our jobs are challenging, with plenty of problems to work through, but at the end of the day we leave every job with a lot of respect on both sides,” Johnson says. “We always want to leave a job so that the owner would want to have us back if they have the choice.”


Involvement in AGC of CA A measure of Walt Johnson’s own


career growth over the years stemmed from active involvement in AGC of California. He first got involved with the North Bay District board over 25 years ago, serving as Chair for a few years. He and wife, Pegeen, AGC’s 2018 First Lady, also have long attended statewide conferences and meetings, frequently bringing along their daughters Maggie, 26, and Maddie, 24, when they were younger. “It really is like family; my kids grew up attending a lot of AGC events,” he comments. He agreed to join the officers’ corps in 2015, serving consecutive years as


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“If you just think of the regulations and laws that are passed and that impact our industry, AGC has been at the forefront of fighting those regulations or at least making them more palatable.” – Walt Johnson


Treasurer, Vice President, Senior Vice President and finally now as President. Johnson points to a number of core


strengths that he thinks make AGC unique in the industry, most notably its strong legislative and regulatory programs at the local, regional, state and national levels. “If you just think of the regulations and laws that are passed and that impact our industry, AGC has


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been at the forefront of fighting those regulations or at least making them more palatable,” he notes. Workforce development is another


major, ongoing focus for AGC of California, with its continuing leadership in this arena evidenced by its recent partnership with Go Build California. Te industrywide shortage of skilled workforce has hit particularly close to home for Johnson, who lives directly in an area devastated by the Northern California wildfires last fall. “A lot of people not tied to the


construction industry weren’t aware of our dire workforce shortage, but it’s been the talk of the North Bay up here with everybody now trying to rebuild,” he notes. “When I go to these rebuilding meetings a major question always is, where is the labor going to come from? I think a light is getting shined on a problem that is really prevalent throughout the country.” 


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