Scott West
Past President CQEC Board of Governors President GoWest Quality Solutions, LLC |
"I'm proud to be one of the founding members of the CQEC. The council provides a much-needed forum for industry professionals to acquire and share knowledge and best practices that advance quality in the construction industry."
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Scott is one of the four original founding members and been a part of the Construction Quality Executives Council since 2008. He is a Past President of the CQEC and has also served as as the President-Elect and as a member of the Board of Governors. He is currently the President of GoWest Quality Solutions, LLC, a quality consulting firm based in California.
Scott served as the Vice President of Quality Management for Granite Construction for over 5 years and was responsible for quality, sustainability and operational excellence across the organization. His mission was to deliver customer satisfaction, prevent risk, and drive continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout the organization by getting it right the first time. Granite tackled the nation's infrastructure, highway, rail, tunnel, water, solar, and bridge projects and was an industry leader in underground pipe lining, water resources, power, electrical transmission, and government projects. Granite‘s diverse business units also manufactured cast-in-place-pipe liners, mined aggregates, designed and produced hot mix asphalt, and provided paving and construction services from over 130 plant, mine, project, and regional office locations around the United States, US Territories, Canada, Mexico and the Americas.
Prior to Granite, Scott served 12 years as the Director of Quality at Mortenson Construction in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their wide-ranging portfolio of projects included office and commercial buildings, high-rise towers, sports stadiums and arenas, hospitals, hotels, museums, education and research facilities, municipal facilities, military and government projects, utility scale wind and solar projects, and power infrastructure and transmission. He provided leadership to the quality team across the company and was responsible for developing, deploying, and improving their quality system. He leveraged principles of lean, ISO 9001, Malcolm Baldrige, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a system that supported the company’s enormous growth. At Mortenson, he also managed a group dedicated to assisting customers with facility start-up, operations and maintenance, and transition to sustainable operations.
Earlier in his career, Scott spent 11 years as an engineering and quality manager at General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works, a shipyard located on the Maine coast. He was responsible for the company’s ISO 9001 certified quality program, quality assurance, quality control, accuracy control, and surveying. During his time there he also developed electrical and pipe designs, managed a materials engineering group, led a weapons integration team, and was the process superintendent for the paint and blast department where he helped drive improvement using lean.
Scott started his professional career and spent 7 years as a mechanical engineer and designer at Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc., a consulting firm in Bangor, Maine. He served as a designer and engineer for the firm and eventually helped manage and oversee company operations and was a member of the board. He developed civil, structural and mechanical engineering specifications and design drawings for commercial, municipal, and medical buildings and structures as well as industrial construction projects including bridges, dams, airport expansions, fuel storage, and secondary containment facilities. Scott also served on the Board of Directors for Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc.
Scott also served five years on the Board of Directors for AccessAbility, Inc., a Minneapolis non-profit organization that helps people with personal challenges overcome barriers to employment and community inclusion. In this role, he helped guide company policy, oversee performance, oversee facility operations, and led fund raising campaigns to support operations and facility expansion.
Scott received a Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Maine.
Scott served as the Vice President of Quality Management for Granite Construction for over 5 years and was responsible for quality, sustainability and operational excellence across the organization. His mission was to deliver customer satisfaction, prevent risk, and drive continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout the organization by getting it right the first time. Granite tackled the nation's infrastructure, highway, rail, tunnel, water, solar, and bridge projects and was an industry leader in underground pipe lining, water resources, power, electrical transmission, and government projects. Granite‘s diverse business units also manufactured cast-in-place-pipe liners, mined aggregates, designed and produced hot mix asphalt, and provided paving and construction services from over 130 plant, mine, project, and regional office locations around the United States, US Territories, Canada, Mexico and the Americas.
Prior to Granite, Scott served 12 years as the Director of Quality at Mortenson Construction in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their wide-ranging portfolio of projects included office and commercial buildings, high-rise towers, sports stadiums and arenas, hospitals, hotels, museums, education and research facilities, municipal facilities, military and government projects, utility scale wind and solar projects, and power infrastructure and transmission. He provided leadership to the quality team across the company and was responsible for developing, deploying, and improving their quality system. He leveraged principles of lean, ISO 9001, Malcolm Baldrige, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create a system that supported the company’s enormous growth. At Mortenson, he also managed a group dedicated to assisting customers with facility start-up, operations and maintenance, and transition to sustainable operations.
Earlier in his career, Scott spent 11 years as an engineering and quality manager at General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works, a shipyard located on the Maine coast. He was responsible for the company’s ISO 9001 certified quality program, quality assurance, quality control, accuracy control, and surveying. During his time there he also developed electrical and pipe designs, managed a materials engineering group, led a weapons integration team, and was the process superintendent for the paint and blast department where he helped drive improvement using lean.
Scott started his professional career and spent 7 years as a mechanical engineer and designer at Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc., a consulting firm in Bangor, Maine. He served as a designer and engineer for the firm and eventually helped manage and oversee company operations and was a member of the board. He developed civil, structural and mechanical engineering specifications and design drawings for commercial, municipal, and medical buildings and structures as well as industrial construction projects including bridges, dams, airport expansions, fuel storage, and secondary containment facilities. Scott also served on the Board of Directors for Kenduskeag Engineering, Inc.
Scott also served five years on the Board of Directors for AccessAbility, Inc., a Minneapolis non-profit organization that helps people with personal challenges overcome barriers to employment and community inclusion. In this role, he helped guide company policy, oversee performance, oversee facility operations, and led fund raising campaigns to support operations and facility expansion.
Scott received a Master of Business Administration from Southern New Hampshire University and Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology from the University of Maine.