Bob Gallo

Chief Operating Officer

Power Construction Company, LLC

Bob Gallo, Executive Vice President and Owner-Partner of Power Construction is a 40-year construction industry veteran. He joined the Power family in 1987 based on Power's passion to serve the communities where they build, strong client and subcontractor relationships and overall positive reputation. As a core leader, he has notable project experience from several markets, contributes heavily to the strategic development and direction of the company, and is a boots-on-the-ground mentor to our operations staff.

His diverse mix of project experience features corporate headquarters, data centers, laboratories, and educational facilities. Bob's greatest impact has been in the healthcare industry completing projects for many of the healthcare institutions in the Chicagoland area, including Lurie Children's Hospital, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, and Rush University Medical Center, to name a few. Recent career highlights include leading the 600,000 sf Northwestern University Simpson Querrey Biomedical Research Center and working with joint-venture partner Ujamaa Construction and Moody Nolan Architecture firm on the 156,000 sf design-build Englewood STEM High School.

Bob believes that, at Power, who we build is as important as what we build; dedicating a significant portion of his time to the growth and development of Power people, especially our youth. His executive oversight of our Recruiting and Learning and Development teams, & hands-on involvement in developing our Project Engineers, ensures this investment.

Bob’s extracurricular activities include board-level guidance & fundraising support for numerous non-profits primarily focused on health care, enhanced education for under-served youth & creating opportunities for our underserved population in the construction industry. Of note, he helped raise over $1.5 Million for Lurie Children’s and has coached over 40 youth soccer and basketball teams.