Kraus-Anderson promotes Ross Wilmes to VP

April 3, 2019

BISMARCK, N.D. (April 2019) – Kraus-Anderson Construction Company (KA) has promoted Ross Wilmes to vice president, director of operations for the company’s North Dakota regional office. He will continue to lead the day-to-day operations of the North Dakota region, including overseeing all marketing programs and business development initiatives.

Wilmes began with KA in 2014 as senior project manager and was promoted to director of operations in 2017. The North Dakota native is an industry veteran with a thorough understanding of the region, having built solid relationships with regional and local owners, architects, engineers, subcontractors and suppliers. His project management experience includes work for schools, healthcare, higher-education, state and local governments, Native American tribes and the military, as well as private sector work.

KA has a 45-year history of construction management in North Dakota. The company opened an office in Bismarck in 2014 to meet the demands of increased regional development and the energy boom from the Bakken oil fields in western North Dakota. In the last 10 years, the company has managed more than $500 million of construction in the state, and currently is providing more than $100 million of construction services to clients in various building sectors, including public schools, higher education, municipal, industrial and retail.

Wilmes has overseen construction of the Catherine Cater Hall at North Dakota State University and numerous state K-12 education projects, including those for Minot Public Schools, Central Cass Schools in Casselton, Richardton-Taylor High School in Richardton and Stanley High School in Stanley.

Wilmes received his Architectural Drafting and Estimating Technology degree from North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton. His education also includes studies at Dickinson State University and North Dakota State University. He is a member of a number of charitable organizations, including the Capital City Lions Club and Bismarck-Mandan Elks Lodge.

About Kraus-Anderson

Established in 1897, Kraus-Anderson® Construction Company (www.krausanderson.com) is one of the nation’s premier commercial general contractors and construction managers. Kraus-Anderson, an Affirmative Action, Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn. and has regional offices in Madison, Wis., Bismarck, N.D., and Duluth, Bemidji and Rochester Minn.