Allison McCue, Senior Vice President of Planning, was recognized on October 9 with the prestigious 2025 Construction Engineering Outstanding Alumni Award from the Purdue University Lyles School of Civil and Construction Engineering.
Allison’s path to the top is a quintessential construction story – one built on deep knowledge, versatility, and getting her hands dirty. She started at Webcor 22 years ago, as an intern from the Construction Engineering program at Purdue (BSCNE 2006).
Right after graduating, she put herself in the thick of it, working in Los Angeles for Webcor Concrete. Allison gained crucial “bags-on” experience, building formwork, pouring concrete, and even chipping out mistakes under the watchful eye of veteran carpenters and laborers. That foundational, on-site knowledge proved invaluable.
Over the next few years, her focus was simple: learning everything about building. She transitioned from designing student housing to stadiums, high-rise residential buildings, and complex campus projects for major tech companies in Silicon Valley, with experience also working in Honolulu and San Diego. By 2018, she had become a leader at Webcor Drywall, where she helped grow both the team and its revenue over a three-and-a-half-year period.
In 2016, she and three other women leaders began focusing on internal mentorship and growth for women in the industry. As a result, in 2018, they co-founded Women of Webcor, the company’s first Employee Resource Group (ERG).
She has held the Chair position from 2018 to 2025, actively working to support those new to the industry, women in leadership, and working mothers.
Allison’s proactive, ground-up leadership demonstrates a deep commitment to our people and culture, showing how a thriving culture is built through intentional strategies and policies.
The Purdue award recognizes alumni who have attained considerable success and given back to society, making a profound impact on the Construction Engineering program. Allison embodies this completely.
For 19 years, she has been a force in recruiting for Purdue and continues to serve on the Purdue Polytechnic Institute’s School of Construction Management Technology Executive Construction Advisory Council. She has also earned outside recognition, including being named to the SF Business Times Top 20 under 40 in 2022, and ENR’s California and National Top 20 Under 40 in 2023.
Today, as senior vice president for Project Planning, Allison’s passion and expertise in building are focused on setting up all of Webcor’s projects for success.
Since 2022, Webcor’s co-sponsored and supported planning efforts for Construction Inclusion Week’s (CIW) Contractor Networking Mixers
Since 2022, Webcor’s co-sponsored and supported planning efforts for Construction Inclusion Week’s (CIW) Contractor Networking Mixers an opportunity for local general contractors, community-based organizations, project owners, and local businesses to network, build meaningful partnerships, and discuss relevant business opportunities in a lively, welcoming environment. By sponsoring, we help keep these regional networking events FREE to our small/local business communities and community-based partners.
This year, Webcor joined 20+ general contractors in sponsoring and attending CIW’s Sacramento, LA, and Bay Area mixers. Hundreds of local industry professionals showed out to each event, eager to forge new connections and partner on upcoming projects while fueling their local economies and communities.
“I love when we gather in numbers for something as important as our small business community,” says Outreach and Partnerships Manager Sharla Sullivan, who spoke at the Bay Area and LA mixers. “Planning these events is a large commitment, but I don’t do it alone, and the outcome is always worth the effort!”
The mixers fall under CIW’s Economic Impact pillar, which is dedicated to strengthening local economies by “expanding opportunities and building a diverse, competitive supplier and subcontractor base.”
“CIW isn’t just one week per year; it’s a movement that gives us momentum to open doors in our communities all year round,” Sharla says. As Paul Pendergast, president of BuildIT (LGBTQ+ industry association) said at the Bay Area mixer: “Open a door or crack a window and provide an opportunity throughout the year for our diverse business communities.”
The Biosolids Digester Facilities Project (BDFP, an MWH/Webcor JV) is finishing up 2025 with two well-deserved safety wins: the National Safety Council’s (NSC’s) Occupational Excellence Achievement Award and Million Hours Award.
The Million Hours Award represents 1 million consecutive hours without a lost time incident (July 2024 – September 2025).
Awards like these reflect the outstanding safety culture that permeates BDFP—a culture tirelessly championed by Health & Safety Manager Jorge Torres (MWH) and Safety Manager Kendall Cantave, who say these moments of recognition highlight the team’s collective commitment to the wellbeing of every team member on-site.
“It’s important to celebrate the successes and milestones on a project as complex and long-lasting as BDFP,” Jorge says. “It’s gratifying to see the mutual support and buy-in between the JV and trade partners culminate in a moment like this. Safety awards are the ultimate TEAM awards!”
In September, Jorge and Kendall traveled to Denver, CO to accept the Occupational Excellence Achievement Award at NSC’s annual Safety Congress & Expo. The experience was made especially memorable by a reunion with former Webcor Safety Director Mario Rodriguez, who met them at the expo and congratulated them on their well-deserved win. “
These awards are a testament to the entire team’s commitment to a higher standard of safety that’s integrated in our daily strategies and operations., Kendall says. They symbolize everyone’s hard work and effort to build an exceptional safety culture, which is the foundation of an incident- and injury-free work environment.”
Connecting with their trade partners and earning their trust. Both Kendall and Jorge embrace active caring, understanding that meaningful actions grounded in empathy always speak loudest. They’ve consistently shown up for BDFP’s field crews by hosting comprehensive, relevant trainings, joining risk assessment walks, meeting with contractors’ safety managers to review upcoming work together, and simply keeping their door open to team members who want to talk. “I genuinely feel our efforts help the workers feel safe and heard,” Jorge says.
The ultimate celebration of BDFP’s culture and people comes around every May, when Kendall, Jorge, and Safety Coordinator Darlene Camara plan five consecutive days of trainings, stand-downs, vendor demonstrations, and team-building events for Safety Week.
“Safety Week is our Super Bowl,” Jorge says. “We invite 20+ vendors, plan thoughtful Toolbox Talk topics throughout the week, and host a huge BBQ with music, raffle prizes for the field crews, and guest speakers from Webcor, SFPUC, and building trades organizations. It’s always fun to put that on for all the hard-working people on our project.”
