AGC OF CALIFORNIA PRESIDENT MIKE BLACH DEPARTMENTS


The Blach-constructed Bechtel Family


Center for Ocean Education and Leadership (Bechtel Education Center), an AGC of California Constructor awards finalist, was


named a 2019 “Best Project” in the Cultural/ Worship category by ENR California and received the 2019 “Structures Award” for


Community Impact from the Silicon Valley Business Journal.


apart, be inventive and do things differently,” said Blach. Case in point: Blach’s 2015 launch of an award- winning, patented, highly efficient prefabricated building solution known as Folia, created in tandem with Gregory P. Luth and Associates Struc- tural Engineers and Quattrocchi Kwok Architects. Blach Construction and its design partners have completed at least eight Folia-based buildings on four different campuses, saving Bay Area school districts extensive time and money on their projects.


#1 ‘Best Place to Work’ In 2017, Blach Construction named


longtime executive Dan Rogers as company President and Mike Blach as Chairman. Under their leadership, along with the rest of the executive team, the company continues its steady growth by pursuing a broad cross-section of workplace, education, institutional and mixed-use projects, including technology, life sciences, professional services, healthcare,


K-12 and higher education and civic/ community facilities. Currently supported by around 200


permanent employees at offices in San Jose and Monterey, Blach Construction takes pride in being recognized as a top employer in the region. Fortune Magazine has twice ranked the company a top 30 in the 100 “Great Places to Work” in the medium- size category, while the Silicon Valley Business Journal/San Francisco Business Times recently named it the #1 “Best Place to work” in the Bay Area (in the midsize category), a list it has appeared on for 11 years running.


Bright Future Ahead For someone who spent his career


leading by example and working hard to create a company culture that elevates and celebrates teamwork, Blach said it is gratifying that the company's employees – the heartbeat of any organization – are committed to building on the firm's success and continuing to push the envelope as Blach Construction enters its next half- century in business. Among its up-and-coming leaders


is a third generation Blach to work at the family business, Katie. Both at Blach Construction and at AGC, where she carries on the family tradition of being involved, she repre- sents the next-generation professional construction workforce that is more diverse, technologically savvy, future- focused and driven than ever, Blach said. “I’m definitely a believer that our


An example of Blach Construction’s education sector projects is the award-winning San Jose State University Student Wellness Center.


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best years are in front of us, that our organization is on a great trajectory and it’s only going to get better,” he added. “I’m really encouraged when I see how bright and energetic this next generation is. It’s exciting that construction has finally shaken off that image of being a reactive and regressive industry, and is now one that embraces innovation and change.” 


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