Luke T. Spalj
Posted by Nancy Hansen in on November 14, 2014
Luke was born and raised in the construction business. He worked as a youth and into adulthood for the family-owned and operated Spalj Construction Company until its sale to Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) in 1997.
He worked for Quanta Services, eventually becoming the president of its telecommunication and specialty services division, until his departure in 2004. From 2004 to 2017, Luke was the chairman of Rice Lake Construction Group. Currently, Luke is the CEO of Water Resources Group, one of the nation’s largest firms in the country that serves the Water Treatment and Utility markets.
Luke was also employed with S.J. Groves Construction and Austin P. Keller Construction after college. While at Groves he was a field engineer on a $1 billion Melvin Price Lock and Dam construction project for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Alton, IL.
Luke is a registered Professional Engineer with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Michigan Tech.