Gilbane taps NYC construction veteran as city business leader

Windfall, Rhode Island-based Gilbane Constructing Co. has promoted a New York Metropolis constructing trade stalwart to steer its enterprise operations within the Huge Apple. The builder tapped Raquel Diaz, who beforehand labored at New York Metropolis-based companies AECOM Tishman and Turner Building, to the submit, based on an April 11 news release.

An engineer by coaching, Diaz brings greater than 18 years of expertise and $2.8 billion in challenge deliveries in New York Metropolis, based on the discharge.

“New York Metropolis has been my house since I moved right here at 18. It’s such an honor to steer Gilbane Constructing’s operations and to deliver excellence to the hospitals, parks, colleges, workplace buildings and neighborhood services that make New York Metropolis nice,” Diaz stated within the launch.

In her new position, Diaz will drive technique and development for the corporate in New York Metropolis, broaden its market portfolio and repair choices, foster group improvement and development and ship world-class services for shoppers and communities, per the discharge. Previous to the promotion, Diaz was a vp for Gilbane, based on her LinkedIn.

Since becoming a member of Gilbane in 2019, Diaz has considerably expanded the builder’s public sector portfolio, which incorporates:

• The NYC Division of Design and Building’s COVID Facilities of Excellence tasks.
• The restoration of the Orchard Seaside Pavilion for NYC Financial Growth Company and the NYC Parks Division.
• The Metropolitan Hospital Resiliency challenge for New York Metropolis Well being + Hospitals and Financial Growth Company.
• 5 Carnegie library renovations for The New York Public Library.
• A number of new recreation area tasks for Hudson River Park Belief.

Diaz brings deep operational experience and has served in numerous roles all through her profession, together with MEP challenge supervisor, MEP superintendent, estimating/buying engineer, senior challenge supervisor, challenge director and challenge government on high-profile tasks within the New York metropolitan space, per the information launch.