Transforming the Future of Construction: Celebrating the 2025 Kwant Impact Awards Winners!

Innovation in construction isn’t just about the tools, it’s about the visionary leaders who use them to build safer and faster, especially when the stakes are high and deadlines are tight.

We are incredibly proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Kwant Impact Awards. These partners,owners and builders are at the forefront of the industry, moving beyond simple tech adoption to achieve true digital transformation. The common theme we hear is how

1. They are thinking 3 -6 years ahead. We often hear “Jobsite of 2030”, “Safety Playbook of 2031”
2. There is a long term strategy on how to bring different technologies together to automate workflows.
3. It's less about a single product but how all the different technologies integrate to solve problems that were not possible before or took hours of manual work.
4. It's about the people, attracting and retaining the best workforce talent.

Join us in celebrating this year’s honorees:

Workforce Innovator of the Year: Fernando Amezquita – Suffolk ‍

Fernando is pioneering the use of AI and IoT to create a more connected workforce, ensuring that workforce data isn’t just collected but used to optimize project timelines in real-time.

Safety Champion Award: John Lawhon – Yates

John has set a new standard for worker protection by integrating Kwant’s ZoneIQ, using smart badges to proactively manage high-risk zones and automate reporting by reducing bottlenecks at access points.

Operational Excellence Award: Myron Hawryluk – Venture Global LNG

Myron has successfully embedded data-driven insights into daily site operations, eliminating traditional bottlenecks and creating a seamless flow of thousands of workforce in a massive operation.

Data-Driven Builder Award: George McGrath – EllisDon

By leveraging advanced workforce analytics, George’s team now makes workforce and execution decisions based on hard data, significantly reducing waste, increasing safety metrics, collecting real time data across a portfolio of projects.

Access Control Partner Awards: Marc Glaeser & John M. Sullivan – Walbridge

These leaders are redefining security for large-scale industrial and data center projects, using automated access control to manage thousands of workers with precision.

Rapid Deployment Award: Judith Panbach – DPR

Judith and the DPR team demonstrated incredible agility by executing a high-impact, full-scale tech rollout from day one, proving that digital culture can be built at speed.

The Kwant Trailblazer Award: Daniel Hiester – Turner Construction Company

Dan is leading the way with forward-thinking use of AI, automation, and advanced workforce analytics to predict project needs before they arise.

Collaboration Partner of the Year: Tenisha Hoptowit – Gray Construction

Tenisha has been a vital force in shaping the Kwant platform, providing meaningful feedback that helps tailor tech solutions to real-world jobsite challenges.

The Project of the Year: Mike Harris – LCOR

This award recognizes an exceptional project that demonstrated the full power of Kwant across workforce management, safety, and productivity reporting.

The Field Adoption All-Star: Will Treasure – Weitz

Will and his team at Wetiz achieved outstanding field adoption through high engagement, making daily use of Kwant a core part of their site's DNA.

Partner of the Year: Kevin Noonan – United Rentals

Kevin’s collaboration was instrumental in helping customers unlock value through the "one badge solution," integrating the Kwant ecosystem with essential site services.

The future of construction is being built today by these leaders. They are proving that with the right technology and a commitment to innovation, we can build better for everyone.

Congratulations to all the winners for leading the charge!

See the winners here: https://www.kwant.ai/kwant-impact-awards

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