Common advice to boxers is to look for an opening to use your strength. Growing up on a farm in Taylor, Idaho, Ralph Lester Wadsworth was able to attend college thanks to his boxing skills, and he rarely stopped looking for an opening during a five-decade-long career building roads, bridges and other key projects across Utah, Idaho and Montana. Just weeks after being named ENR’s Intermountain Legacy winner, the founder of Ralph L. Wadsworth Construction and Wadsworth Development died on Dec. 25, 2025, at the age of 91. He leaves behind landmark projects and his sons, who are continuing the building tradition he trained them to master. “When I think of Ralph, I think of someone who truly listened, genuinely cared about you and always greeted you with a warm and welcoming smile,” says Joey Gilbert, president and CEO at AGC of Utah. “That kindness and humility were the foundation of his leadership,” he adds.…