May 19, 2023

Project Manager of the Year

Bradley Morlock

Orion Marine Contractors

Morlock

Bradley Morlock’s 36-year career overseeing all phases of marine construction projects spans a diverse array of complex, multi-million-dollar infrastructure and environmental construction projects for private sector and government agency clients. His experience includes managing subcontractors and large multi-discipline crews on a variety of pier, wharf, outfall, highway/bridge, and other marine construction maintenance, improvement and demolition projects.

Morlock takes mentoring the next generation of project managers seriously, perhaps most importantly through leading by example in his involvement with organizations outside of work. Morlock is on the JATC, which is the piledrivers’ apprenticeship committee, and he is the president of the board of directors for Eagles Wing Coordinated Care, a nonprofit.

On the job, Morlock demonstrates to the next generation of project managers that safety and production are not at odds with each other. Morlock has managed nearly three years of recordable-free work. This success is from empowering the people on his projects to make changes to an operation that would make the work safer or more productive without cutting corners. However, when changes like this are made, Morlock makes sure it’s planned out and well communicated. He verifies this in multiple ways, but perhaps the most important is with Orion’s JHA (job hazard analysis) observation program. In 2022 not just Morlock, but all of his staff on his current project, achieved 100% participation in the JHA observation program.

Morlock has worked with the engineer at Vigor to best reuse the existing material on-site by replacing the material underwater and keeping the material from having to be disposed of off-site. In addition, Morlock and team have determined ways to add the necessary equipment on site within a confined work area to complete additional work within the pre-approved in-water work window, lessening the environmental impact to the Puget Sound.

Other Stories:

• Private Building $50 Million to $100 Million
  
• Tenant Improvement over $5 Million
  
• Tenant Improvement under $5 Million
  
• Private Building over $100 Million
  
• Private Building $20 Million to $50 Million
  
• Private Building $5 Million to $20 Million
  
• Private Building $2 Million To $5 Million
  
• Public Building $50 Million To $100 Million
  
• Champion Of Diversity Award Corporate Commitment And Workforce Diversity
  
• AGC/Moss Adams Community Service Award
  
• Excellence in Innovation
  
• Grand Award: Safety
  General contractor 250,000 to 500,000 worker hours
  
• General Contractor Highway Civil Over 500,000 Worker Hours
  
• Specialty Contractor
  500,000 To 1 Million Worker Hours
  
• Specialty Contractor Over 1 Million Worker Hours
  
• General Contractor Under 100,000 Worker Hours
  
• General Contractor 100,000 To 250,000 Worker Hours
  
• General Contractor Over 1 Million Worker Hours
  
• Grand Award: Construction
  Public building $20 million to $50 million
  
• Rising Star Award
  
• Brian Salsgiver Safety Professional of the Year Award
  
• General Contractor Highway/Civil 100,000 To 500,000 Worker Hours
  
• Construction Manager Over 200,000 Worker Hours
  
• Construction Manager Under 100,000 Worker Hours
  
• Champion of Diversity Award Business Diversity
  
• Heavy/Industrial under $5 Million
  
• Public Building $5 Million To $20 Million
  
• Superintendent of the Year
  
• Highway/Transportation under $5 Million
  
• General Contractor Highway Civil Under 100,000 Worker Hours
  
• Highway/Transportation $15 Million to $50 Million
  
• Heavy/Industrial over $20 Million
  
• Highway/Transportation $5 Million to $15 Million