western summit
Western Summit Constructors/Midterm Paper Western Summit Constructors, Inc. is an environmental contracting company that targets both industrial and municipal clients. The company was established in 1984 in the rocky mountain area and quickly grew to build projects all over the country. In 2008 Western Summit was purchased by Kiewit Corporation, one of the largest and most premier international contracting groups. The Western Summit division of Kiewit specializes in building water and waste water treatment plants. I have worked for this company since April of 2013 and have been a Kiewit employee, through multiple subsidiaries, for last 3 years. I chose to interview this company I work for to gain a further sense of the western summit culture and take the opportunity to learn more about the different functional areas of the business.
Supply and Demand
One hundred percent of the company’s revenue comes from project operations. The Estimating department is responsible for finding potential clients, researching projects and bidding for the job. In the bid process there are anywhere from four to ten other contractors competing for the work. A typical plant project has an average of 5 other contractors bidding; pipeline has an average of 8. Western summit estimators participate in fifty to one hundred bids per year, five to six percent of the time the company is awarded the job. In the summer of 2013 western summit was the lowest bidder for three consecutive pipeline bids and was awarded all three jobs; this makes seven awarded jobs this year. Though Western Summit bids for work in multiple regions of the country most of the awarded jobs are here in the rocky mountain area.
Business Ethics
Western Summit and its employees hold themselves to a very high degree of integrity and expect the same from clients, subcontractors, and other companies under the Kiewit umbrella. Compliance is taken very seriously in terms of safety, environment, and EEO. This year one of
Supply and Demand
One hundred percent of the company’s revenue comes from project operations. The Estimating department is responsible for finding potential clients, researching projects and bidding for the job. In the bid process there are anywhere from four to ten other contractors competing for the work. A typical plant project has an average of 5 other contractors bidding; pipeline has an average of 8. Western summit estimators participate in fifty to one hundred bids per year, five to six percent of the time the company is awarded the job. In the summer of 2013 western summit was the lowest bidder for three consecutive pipeline bids and was awarded all three jobs; this makes seven awarded jobs this year. Though Western Summit bids for work in multiple regions of the country most of the awarded jobs are here in the rocky mountain area.
Business Ethics
Western Summit and its employees hold themselves to a very high degree of integrity and expect the same from clients, subcontractors, and other companies under the Kiewit umbrella. Compliance is taken very seriously in terms of safety, environment, and EEO. This year one of