Jerome Di Padova Take Reins as AGC of California Turns 99


By Carol Eaton F


or as long as he can recall, AGC of California 2019 President Jerome Di Padova


knew he wanted to pursue a career in construction. He grew up visiting jobsites


throughout California with his dad, Tony, a heavy construction industry veteran who had a hand in building some of California’s major infra- structure projects while working for E. L. Yeager Construction Co., Kasler Corp. and Washington Group. His early introduction to such iconic projects as the Vandenberg Air Force Base space shuttle launch complex inspired Jerome to choose construction for his own career path. “Tere was a real feeling of pride


growing up seeing some of the work my dad had been involved on, like the 101 freeway in Hollywood, or the space shuttle project at Vandenberg, which was an amazing project at the


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time,” he said. “I always knew this is what I wanted to do.”


Career Path in Construction A lifelong resident of Riverside,


CA, Di Padova attended college at the University of California at Riverside following high school. When the school dissolved its pre-engineering program, he switched to Cal Poly Pomona, where he received his degree in construction management in 1995. He worked for Kasler for a year


between schools as well as in the summers, at the same time that his father worked there. After Washington Group bought out the company and, following an economic downturn, Tony Di Padova went to work for E. L. Yeager. Jerome followed in 1994. In 2002, Skanska bought out Yeager and officially established a west coast office for its Civil Construction division. Today Di Padova continues at


Skanska USA Civil West as Senior Estimator in charge of estimating an array of projects throughout the Western United States, spanning


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