McCrory Construction Promotes Bill Osborne and Ralph Trinter to Vice President Positions
Columbia, South Carolina — McCrory Construction has promoted Bill Osborne and Ralph Trinter to Vice President-level positions. Both Osborne and Trinter have been with McCrory for over 20 years and were previously in director roles on the company’s leadership team. Bill Osborne has been named Vice President of Operations. In this new role, Osborne has…
CarolinaPower Welcomes Madison Younginer as Account Manager
CarolinaPower, a leading employee-owned electrical contractor with four offices in South Carolina, has added Madison Younginer to its business development team as Account Manager. Younginer comes to CarolinaPower following 10 years in professional baseball. In his new role, Younginer will focus on raising awareness about CarolinaPower’s capabilities and services across the two-state Carolinas region. In…
Spotlight on Gary Olnowich, Founder and CEO of Catalyst Construction Company
Gary Olnowich is the founder and CEO of Charlotte-based Catalyst Construction Company, a design-build general contractor with focus on the Carolinas. Catalyst is also licensed in Georgia, Virginia and Tennessee. Olnowich has over 40 years in the construction industry. He started in the business when he was young, and was running crews by the time he…
GroundBreaker: Josh Mauney, Paragon Safety Group
People make the construction industry what it is today. That’s why GroundBreak Carolinas is pleased to begin introducing you to the seven finalists in our inaugural GroundBreakers Awards competition. Over the next few months we will be sharing the stories of the inaugural class of GroundBreakers – individuals who are shaping our industry in a…
Pike Corporation Announces Paul Ramsay as Chief Information Officer
Pike Corporation, a national construction and engineering company for electric and gas utility clients, announced on January 15, 2019, that it has hired Paul Ramsay as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Ramsay, an industry veteran with 25 years of experience, will oversee information technology operations across all of Pike’s subsidiaries. Pike Corporation names Paul Ramsay CIO…
ENR Southeast’s 2019 Top Young Professionals List Includes Eight from Carolinas
ENR Southeast’s annual Top Young Professionals contest recognizes the construction industry’s up-and-coming leaders in the publication’s six-state region. Out of the judges’ 20 picks for the 2019 list, eight of these impressive young professionals are from North Carolina or South Carolina. Conducted by each of ENR’s regional publications, the Top Young Professionals contest seeks…
LS3P Announces New Leadership Roles
LS3P, an architecture, interiors, and planning firm providing services nationwide from eight offices in the Carolinas and Georgia, announces several key leadership changes effective February 1, 2019. Executive Vice President and Principal Katherine N. Peele, FAIA, was named Chief Practice Officer. Peele, who joined the firm in 1988 and previously served as Executive Vice President…
Carolinas AGC Announces 2019 Leadership
Carolinas Associated General Contractors (Carolinas AGC) is pleased to announce its 2019 Board of Directors. Chair: Ron Brown, State Utility Contractors, Inc.Chair Elect: Casey Schwager, Sloan Construction Company, Inc.Treasurer: Charlie Wilson, C. T. Wilson Construction CompanyVice Chair: Mark Johnnie, Balfour BeattyImmediate Past Chair: Paul Mashburn, Mashburn Construction Co., Inc.CAGC President & CEO: Dave Simpson, CAE, Carolinas AGCBuilding Division Chair: Dean Wilson, DeanWilson@hoodconstruction.comUtility Division Chair: David Stike,…
CarolinaPower Hires Michael Sease as Business Development Manager
Greer, S.C. — CarolinaPower, a leading employee-owned electrical contractor with four offices in South Carolina, has hired Michael Sease as Business Development Manager. Based in the company’s Upstate (S.C.) office, Sease will focus on growing CarolinaPower’s business in the industrial, commercial, healthcare and federal market sectors across the two-state Carolinas region. Sease comes to CarolinaPower…
McCrory’s Don Warren in the Spotlight at Design-Build Institute of America’s 25th Anniversary Celebration
Donald G. Warren, Executive Vice President with Columbia-based McCrory Construction, has a long list of distinctions in the design-build arena. Since joining McCrory three years ago to help the century-strong company grow its long-time presence in the industrial market, Warren has continued a 30-year legacy of successful design-build project delivery in the Carolinas. Warren leads…