McCarthy Building Companies’ Bo Calbert Named ‘Executive of the Year’

PHOENIX - May 27, 2015 - PRLog -- Robert “Bo” Calbert, president of McCarthy Building Companies’ Southwest Region, was recently named Executive of the Year by the Construction Financial Management Association’s (CFMA) Valley of the Sun Chapter, which is the largest chapter in the nation.

Calbert was selected out of four finalists for his leadership skills, business growth, innovation, staff development and community involvement.

“It’s an honor to be recognized by the construction industry’s financial professionals who continually strive to improve their knowledge and, by doing so, are integral to the success of our industry,” Calbert said.

Calbert oversees the 150-year-old firm's construction operations in Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. Under his leadership, McCarthy earned the prestigious industry honor of being named 2014 Contractor of the Year by Engineering-News Record Southwest. During his more than 30-year tenure with McCarthy, he has been involved in building communities across more than 10 states with major projects in healthcare, semiconductor, water/wastewater, solar, education, hospitality and entertainment, laboratory, aviation, office and retail.

Calbert’s community leadership encompasses involvement in civic, industry and non-profit organizations, including Greater Phoenix Leadership, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Alliance for Construction Excellence, Arizona Builders Alliance, Scottsdale Airport Advisory Commission and the Caitlin Robb Foundation.

About McCarthy Building Companies

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is the second largest general contractor in the Southwest, and nation’s 9th largest domestic general contractor (Engineering News-Record, May 2014). With 150 years of experience, McCarthy is one of the nation’s oldest, privately held construction firms and one of Arizona’s premier commercial builders.  Committed to the construction of high-performance buildings, the company provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for healthcare, education, renewable energy and water/wastewater facilities, in addition to office buildings, mixed-use projects, entertainment/ retail venues, government buildings and parking structures.  The McCarthy Southwest region is based in Phoenix. McCarthy also has offices in Newport Beach, San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Las Vegas; Albuquerque; Dallas and Houston; St. Louis and Atlanta.  McCarthy is 100 percent employee-owned.  More information about the company is available at www.mccarthy.com.