Yuma Valley Contractors, Inc.

Kirk Perkins is the Construction Manager of Yuma Valley Contractors, Inc. His experience consists of working in residential, commercial, office, public school, library, bank and strip mall building construction. As Construction Manager, he supervises the residential, commercial, and office remodels and additions. He has worked with underground utilities (water, sewer, storm drain, electrical, phones, gas and cable). Kirk will oversee quality control to verify owner receives highest quality product, daily construction activities at project site, scheduling of workers, delivery of equipment and materials, and progress of project construction. Kirk became Vice President of Yuma Valley Contractors in 2017.

Michael Jarvis is President and CEO of Jacobson Companies, Inc., Yuma Valley Contractors, Inc., and Southwest Lumber. He joined the company in January of 1996. In 1998, he became a licensed real estate agent in Arizona, and is now the broker for our company. Prior to joining Jacobson Companies, Inc., Mike worked for Tanner Companies for twenty years in the Yuma and Phoenix areas. He held various positions with the Tanner Companies, including Area Business Manager, Division Controller, Software Project Team, and Plant Superintendent.

Norman Bruce Jacobson is Senior Vice President of Engineering and Development for Jacobson Companies, Inc. Bruce has been involved in civil engineering and development projects in Arizona since 1963. He has served as Town Engineer for the town of Parker, Arizona and County Engineer for La Paz County. As an engineer, his experience includes design of subdivisions, commercial properties, landfills, water and sewer systems, treatment plants, pumping and distribution systems, roads and streets, interstate highway systems, and flood control. He has been involved in engineering for both the private and public sectors for the past thirty years.

Brent has more than 20 years of construction experience and has been with Yuma Valley Contractors since 2012. Some of his roles with the company include project superintendent, project manager, and estimator. He has strong experience in commercial buildings, heady road construction, structural concrete, and underground utilities. 

Greg has been with Yuma Valley Contractors since February 2019 and brings 30 years of construction experience as a general contractor and project manager. Greg’s experience consists of residential and commercial construction, and facility maintenance. He brings with him his expertise in project cost, craftsmanship in design and attention to detail.  

Gene Allshouse joined our company in February 2018 as Lead Estimator and Project Manager. He has over thirty years of experience in the construction industry. He started as a laborer then moved up through the ranks to Estimator and Project Manager with multiple companies. Gene's experience covers a wide range projects including pluming and mechanical jobs, fire stations, apartments, and the Point of Entry for Ehrenberg, CA. During this time, Gene also owned a successful Sportsfishing company in Mexico.

Artie has been with the company more than 32 years.  He manages  all of our underground jobs and our equipment maintenance department.  Artie vast knowledge of construction practices, equipment operation, regulatory requirements and relationships with local subcontractors and agencies, allows our company to always bring our jobs in on-time and on-budget.

Brad Chadwick has been in construction many years. He previously worked for other General Contractors in our area. He came to work for Yuma Valley in 2015 as our Safety Supervisor. In addition to managing our safety program, Brad has also run a few jobs for us. Some of his recent jobs have been the All Saints Mortuary Remodel, the new Building Additiona for MCCS at MCAS, and the Palo Verde Station 5 Backup Generator install for Imperial County. In 2018, Brad will be the job superintendent for the $3.4M Winterhaven Public Safety Building.

Brad has almost 25 years construction experience as a Job Superintendent, Project Manager and Safety Manager.   Brad has completed the 40 Hour EM 385-1-1 Hazard Recognition Course, the 30 hour OSHA course and MSHA Instructor training.

Jason Linn has been with the company for more than 6 years. He was a vocational teacher for Yuma Union High School District and taught Welding at San Luis High School. The company has leveraged that skill set and he has helped out on many projects where we've needed skilled welding services. He also performs facilities management for most of our other locations and businesses.

Laura has worked in many different industries such as transportation, mechanical and construction. Her past positions have included receptionist, bookkeeper, and administrative assistant. She assists our project managers and job superintendents with all aspects of their jobs from the early bidding stages through job completion.

Rebecca has been with the company since October 2020.  She is the point of contact for our subcontractors, vendors and customers.  She has experience in accounting and job cost.  It is her job to assist our project manager and safety supervisor in all aspects of their projects.

Rex has experience in residential, commercial, office, public school, library, bank and strip mall construction.  He supervises residential, commercial, and office remodels and additions.  He also oversees quality control to verify the owner receives the highest quality product, daily construction activities at the project site, scheduling of workers, delivery of equipment and materials, and progress of project construction.  Additionally, meets with the architect and engineer to discuss progress of the project.