ST. LOUIS, Mo. – S. M. Wilson & Co. welcomes several new hires.
Nathan Verslues joined the operations team with 23 years of experience in education construction. As project superintendent, Verslues is working on the new Southwest Elementary School in Columbia Public Schools.
Adam Schmidt is a civil engineering graduate of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has eight years of construction experience in education and health care. As project manager, Schmidt is working on projects with the Rochester CUSD #3a, Roxana CUSD #1, and Knoxville CUSD #202.
Evan Fox is an architectural engineering graduate of Missouri University of Science and Technology with nine years of construction experience. As project manager, Fox is working on the projects in the 2022 Building Program with the Pattonville School District.
Lillie Knesel is a civil and environmental engineering graduate from the University of Dayton. With nearly two years of experience, Knesel has expertise in supporting project teams in establishing processes, schedules and documentation, negotiating bid packages and reviewing contract documents. As assistant project manager, she is working on the addition of the Jerseyville Public Library.
Adam Brenton has five years of experience in project management and construction coordination. His expertise also includes pre-construction project bidding and estimating on residential and commercial projects ranging from $500,000 to $50 million. As project manager, Brenton is working on the Cahokia Mounds project.
Christine Raffety has a business administration degree with a minor in construction management from Southern Ills University Edwardsville. With nine years of experience in construction, Raffety, a project manager, has worked in various markets including federal, manufacturing and senior living. Raffety is working on the Roxana CUSD #1 Central Intermediate School Gym Addition and Rochester CUSD #3a projects.
Estimator Jake Girse is a civil and architectural engineering graduate from Missouri University of Science Technology with nearly six years of experience. He has expertise in comparing bids from various subcontractors and suppliers across multiple disciplines of
construction, extensively reviewing construction plans to create a detailed scope of work, assisting in project accounting – reviewing invoices, preparing pay requests, issuing change orders and coordinating materials purchasing and issuing subcontracts for various projects.