AVB hires two project supervisors and an intern

Kathy Jennings | Thursday, November 6, 2014

Mason Mellema

Clay Stull

AVB has made several hires recently.

AVB recently hired Kevin Frye as a Senior Project Superintendent for commercial projects. He comes to AVB with more than 18 years of experience in the industry will use his experience to ensure the effective and on time completion of commercial projects as Project Superintendent.

Project Manager Superintendent he previously was responsible for providing construction management of varied projects nationwide. Frye has developed project schedules, coordinated skilled trades, reviewed and approved pay applications, maintained and provided daily reports of activities of projects for distribution to clients. He was also responsible for the development of pre- and post-bid project documents, such as bid packages, scope of work, schedules, jobsite rules, safety programs, site logistic plans in order to provide complete and overall “start to finish management” of varied types of construction projects. Frye has also achieved LEED Green Associate accreditation.

Clayton Stull has been hired as a Commercial Project Superintendent. Since 2006, Stull has worked as a Senior Project Engineer and Assistant Superintendent on projects ranging from K-12 and higher education to retail and healthcare. He most recently was involved in the construction of the new WMU Homer Stryker School of Medicine. At AVB Stull will be the Superintendent of commercial projects. He will be responsible for construction activities including management of the daily work and progress of trade contractors. Stull graduated from Purdue University in 2006 with a Bachelor’s degree in Building Construction Management.

Mason Mellema has joined the company as a Project Engineer Intern. Mellema is expected to graduate from Western Michigan University in December with his bachelor’s degree in construction engineering and a mathematics minor. He has previous experience in Project Engineering as a Monroe-Brown Intern at a national construction firm that formerly had a local office. Mellema is experienced with computer programs such as Constructware, Prolog, AutoCAD, and RISA 2D. At AVB, he will be responsible for assisting in scheduling, budget review and management, as well as submittal review and closeout documents on a variety of commercial projects.

Source: AVB Inc.