Emily Pyatigorsky

Emily Pyatigorsky serves as a Contract Specialist within the W2SD Endist Philadelphia office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, where she plays a pivotal role in executing complex construction and engineering acquisitions critical to national defense infrastructure. She manages the full lifecycle of contracts for commercial and institutional building projects, ensuring compliance with federal procurement regulations while aligning acquisitions with the agency’s mission to sustain coastal resilience, waterway navigation, and military installation integrity. Her work directly supports large-scale civil works projects involving design-build delivery, construction management, and infrastructure modernization efforts essential to military readiness. Pyatigorsky maintains consistent, long-term relationships with a core group of prime contractors including Boh Environmental, L.L.C., CONRAD SHIPYARD, L.L.C., HDR ARCHITECTURE, INC., BUCHART HORN INC, and NORFOLK DREDGING COMPANY. These partnerships reflect a preference for experienced, high-capacity firms capable of delivering technically complex, large-format construction and environmental engineering services under tight regulatory and operational constraints. Her contracting approach emphasizes performance-based outcomes, rigorous contract administration, and collaborative stakeholder engagement with both contractors and technical engineers. Her procurement portfolio reflects a strict focus on open competition, with 100% of her acquisitions conducted under no set-aside provisions. This indicates a strategic emphasis on selecting the most qualified and capable offerors regardless of socioeconomic status, prioritizing technical expertise and past performance over socioeconomic preferences. While small business participation is not formally targeted in her awards, she ensures full and open competition in accordance with federal mandates. Her primary procurement focus is on NAICS 236220, Commercial and Institutional Building Construction, encompassing design-build, renovation, and new construction of military-support facilities. She specializes in acquiring services related to structural engineering, facility upgrades, and infrastructure integration for Army installations, demonstrating deep domain knowledge in federal construction procurement standards and building code compliance.