Jon Westervelt
Vice President & National Operations Director of Construction Management Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Jon Westervelt is a Vice President for Kennedy Jenks, serving as National Operations Director of Construction Management and Phoenix Office Leader. Jon has over 30 years of AZ and national experience delivering water/wastewater and environmental projects to public and private clients, often utilizing collaborative delivery methods such as CM@Risk and Design/Build contract types. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Construction Manager.
Seminars
Wednesday 6th May 2026
North Water Treatment Plant: Building Collaborative Certainty Across Five GMPs to Deliver Gilbert’s Largest-Ever Capital Project
10:50 am
- Fostering a unified project-first culture, rather than siloed responsibility to keep the project on schedule
- Navigating multi-phase GMP sequencing to integrate preconstruction and active construction simultaneously
- Controlling cost escalation as design becomes more detailed and debating the need for third-party cost validation
- Managing resident and public expectations surrounding costs
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