Will Pauga

Board Member – Southwest Contracting Ltd

Will has worked in construction as a General Superintendent, Project Coordinator and Project Management. In 2006, he began working at Southwest Contracting (SWC) Ltd. as a Project Manager of the Special Projects Division. In 2014, he and his partners took over Southwest Contracting Ltd (SWC)

In his role as the President of SWC, Will expanded his involvement in advocating for Trade Contractor’s as the Division Chair of the Vancouver Regional Construction
Association. He has also served on the Board of Directors and the Executive of the VRCA and served as the Chairman of the Board, in 2023.

Today, he continues to advocate for all of BC’s Trade Contractors and the Construction Industry, as a whole, as a member of the Board of the BC Construction Association and brings his perspective from his experiences, in the trenches, where he began as a laborer, to the boardroom, where he serves his community.

Meet the Board

Cameron Betts
Vice Chair / Treasurer

Jenn Cook
Secretary

Anthony Minniti
Past Chair

Adam Timler
Board Member

Bianca Cooper
Board Member

Byron Tarby
Board Member

Chris Lyons
Board Member

Jessica Sidhu
Board Member

Mike Fawcett
Board Member

Mike Wallis
Board Member

Morly Bishop
Board Member

Richard Shipway
Board Member

Will Pauga
Board Member

PAST BOARD CHAIRS

Mike Fawcett

Angela McKerlich

Alan Fletcher

Bob Cooke

Sue Zacharias

Ross McLean

Past Board Chairs 1970-2012
  • Patrick Waunch
  • Anibal Valente
  • Steve Pavelich
  • Barry Scroggs
  • John Cunningham
  • Robert Lashin
  • Dave Pelletier
  • Bill Gyles
  • Ray Marquis
  • Karl Laursen
  • Al Webster
  • Peter Crolow
  • Murray Farmer
  • Larry Fontaine
  • Gary Farwell
  • Patrick Dennett
  • Warren Dickinson
  • Roy McBride
  • Bruce Betker
  • Wilson Beck
  • Frank Hedges
  • Robert Wheaton
  • Willliam Winkler
  • Frank Hedges
  • William Corcoran
  • Myron Sambad
  • B Lloyd Blain
  • Wayne Farmer
  • Herbert Fritz
  • Henry Creuzot