Clark Construction’s Keon West Honored


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ith over two decades of experience in the construction industry, Keon West has long demonstrated his commitment to making safety


about people, not tasks, espousing the motto “Nurture the culture.” West was recognized with the 2023 AGC of California Construction Safety Excellence Award for Individual Safety Effort of a Project Superintendent. As a superintendent and now vice president for Clark


Construction Group, West puts this motto into practice daily in his current role, spearheading the construction of Century City Center, a 569-foot-tall, 730,000-square-foot mixed-use project in the heart of Los Angeles. He developed his philosophy through leadership roles


on multiple residential and multi-use projects on the East Coast before he moved to California, where he has since held senior field leadership roles with Clark Construction Group on several high-profile projects, including the $1.4-billion Chase Center project in San Francisco, home of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, and, most recently, San Diego State University’s Snapdragon Stadium, an award-winning, 35,000- seat, multi-use venue designed to host collegiate football, professional and collegiate soccer, NCAA championship games, concerts, and other events. His ability to deliver these projects safely and success- fully is a testament to his commitment to developing and fostering a culture on his jobsites that promotes the value of each individual and each team member’s responsibility to safeguard others on the jobsite. West is committed to developing the next generation of


construction leaders and sharing his safety expertise. After graduating from Clark’s Field Development Group, an in- tensive, three-year program designed to train the company’s most promising future superintendents, he served as a leader in the program. With class sizes of 50 individuals, he has mentored partic- ipants in various superintendent roles and equipped them to


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West is committed to developing the next generation of construction leaders and sharing his safety expertise.


tackle challenges such as addressing site-specific safety risks, complex schedule building, and managing trade contractors. His dedication and commitment to safety and the success of


his projects have not gone unnoticed. In 2018, Clark executives recognized him as Superintendent of the Year. In 2020, West was named one ofEngineering-News Record’s Top 20 Under 40, while in 2022, he was honored by the San Diego Business Journal as one of the Top 50 Black Leaders of Influence.


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