Mike Vujica

Vice President, Recruiting

Biography

MIKE VUJICA is the Executive Partner for YA Group based out of the Chicago office. Mike oversees all aspects of our services in the upper Midwest region through the additional regional offices and associates located in Minneapolis, Des Moines, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Ann Arbor Detroit, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh. Through these offices, we serve North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Lower and Upper Michigan, Ohio, as well as the western half of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining YA Group in 2005, Mike had over 25 years in the commercial construction industry providing estimating, procurement, project management and oversight of all types of large scale construction projects, including but not limited to; heavy and highway civil projects, public transit systems, water/wastewater treatment facilities, high-rise commercial/residential, health care/critical care facilities, and higher education both public and private.

Representative Consulting Assignments

  • Hospital/Health Care | Builder's Risk | $2.5M
  • Governmental Office | Fire/Smoke | $9.0M
  • Industrial/Manufacturing | Wind | $250M
  • University Campus (Public) | Tornado | $15M
  • Power/Heat Plant | Explosion | $20M
  • Prison | Fire/Smoke | $3.0M
  • Municipal (State & County Agency Facilities) | Hail | $8M
  • High Rise Commercial | Wind | $12.5M
  • Retail-Indoor Mall | Fire/Smoke | $120M
  • Hospital-Multi-location/multi-building | Wind | $500M
  • Hospital | Fire/Smoke | $15M
  • University Campus (Public) | Enviro - Water/Flood | $25M
  • Church/Cathedral (historical) (numerous) | Fire/Smoke | $50M
  • High Rise Residential | Builder's Risk | $2.0M
  • Elementary/High School (numerous) | Fire/Smoke | $75M

Professional Experience

  • 2021 - Current | Executive Partner | YA Group
  • 2013 - 2021 | Executive Partner | YA Group
  • 2005 - 2013 | Partner | YA Group
  • 2002 - 2005 | VP/Project Executive | WDL Construction
  • 2000 - 2002 | Senior Project Manager | Swinerton Builders
  • 1992 - 2000 | VP/Owner | Wegner Construction
  • 1988 - 1992 | Project Engineer | J.H. Pomeroy Construction

Education

  • University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana) - Bachelor of Science - Civil Engineering (Structural & Geotechnical)