PWC Providing Clean Water to Communities Since 2014
A Recognized Leader in Water and Wastewater Infrastructure
Public Works Constructors, LLC (PWC,LLC.) was founded in 2014 by Mr. Daniel Weiss, the Owner of Weiss Construction. The company was founded in response to the economic downturn in the upper Midwest as a means to diversify and expand into other geographical areas.
Kevin Markhardt joined the company a few years later and with Dan they began building the PWC operations in South Florida and Nebraska. With offices in Fort Myers, Florida, and Ashton Nebraska, PWC currently has over 70 million dollars of water and waste construction projects in backlog and on the books. With a dedicated staff of project managers, estimators, engineers, superintendents and office support staff, PWC's mission is to continue its market growth and eventually become a recognized leader in water and wastewater construction services.
We Design and Construct Systems for:
- Water Conservation
- Reservoirs
- Water Treatment Plants
- Wastewater Treatment Plants
- Reinforced Concrete Structures
- Solids Handling
- Pumping Stations
- Chemical and Process Piping
- Rehabilitation and Improvement Projects
- All Forms of Municipal Infrastructure
Our Culture
We are not your typical jack of all trades general contractor that builds a school or automotive plant one day and a treatment plant the next. Water and wastewater related infrastructure is all we do. By focusing on a specific market niche, we have become very good at what we do. Our team of engineers and construction managers are all seasoned professionals with careers that have been focused entirely on “all things water and wastewater related."
PWC takes enormous pride in its commitment to excellence for the quality of our work, the high degree of customer satisfaction we achieve, and the strong business relationships we have successfully developed with our clients.
Our Leadership
Dan Weiss
President
Dan is one of three generations in the business. He grew up in the industry, doing such as driving bulldozers and working in the field with tradespeople in his early years and working with his tools, installing heavy equipment for various companies in multiple states. Later supplementing that with a substantial formal education in Business and Law, followed by work experiences as a Project Manager for clients such as The US Army Corps of Engineers in Florida, to various Cities Municipalities and other governmental agencies. Currently, Dan provides leadership to help lead the team through adversities to success with the ability to deliver high quality projects to completion- safely, on time, and economically.
Tim Johnson
President
Tim Johnson is President of the Weiss Group and a core member of the executive management team. Tim’s primary role is to lead organizational development and strategic growth planning. Additionally, he is mentoring a young management team to become the future leaders of Weiss. With more than thirty years of professional experience, Tim has been responsible for managing some of the nation’s largest design-build infrastructure projects, renewables projects, and water/wastewater projects. Tim has successfully led the restructuring of multiple organizations in both union and nonunion environments. Tim is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps, proudly serving with the Air Wing in the Pacific Rim, and a graduate of Purdue University, where he obtained both Associate of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees. Tim has also earned an MBA with a concentration in finance, graduating with distinction.
Ted Michaelidis
Vice President – Operations
Theodoros (Ted) Michaelidis, STSC, DBIA is a Vice President of Operations for Weiss Construction with over twenty-two (22) years of professional experience. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming. Since then, he has delivered over $3.0B in large-scale water/wastewater infrastructure projects utilizing Design-Bid-Build and other collaborative project delivery methods such as Design-Build (DB) and Progressive Design-Build (PDB). Ted also is a Designated Design-Build Professional as recognized by the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) and serves as a board member for the DBIA Western Pacific Region. Several of his projects were completed with over one (1) million manhours and without a lost-time incident. Ted has delivered four (4) national award-winning projects recognized by the Design Build Institute of America (DBIA) and several national award-winning projects recognized by Engineering News Record (ENR).
Pat Baker
Midwest Area Manager
As Midwest Area Manager Pat has been working on establishing our presence in the Midwest, pursuing water/wastewater, pipeline, and bio-gas projects. With 29 years of construction experience, he has been with Weiss/PWC since 2017 as an employee and he had been working as an estimating consultant for Weiss/PWC for a year prior. Pat started out as a laborer in 1990 and has held every title associated with the field and office as he worked his way through the ranks. He was the GM for his dad’s construction company from 2005 through his father’s passing in 2010. Pat has estimated and managed projects ranging in size from $500k to $100M with the majority of these projects being water/wastewater treatment or conveyance systems. He has been our lead into the bio-gas industry throughout the US and Canada as well as pursuing construction projects throughout the Midwest region of the United States. Pat got his bachelor's degree in Construction Management from Nebraska University.