Alabama

Gallet & Associates Inc. recently announced the addition of Ayoade Adeyefa to its Pensacola office as staff geotechnical engineer. Adeyefa earned a master's degree from the University of South Carolina in May and is an engineer in training.

The company also announced the addition of Mary Hemmen to its Birmingham office in the position of staff geotechnical engineer. Hemmen earned a bachelor's degree from Auburn University in May 2004 and is an engineer in training.

Birmingham-based healthcare construction firm Robins & Morton recently announced the promotion of Melissa Butler to director of marketing. She will be responsible for planning and directing company-wide marketing initiatives and coordinating sales activities.

Butler joined Robins & Morton in 2000 as marketing coordinator and later served as marketing manager.

Butler received a bachelor's degree in advertising and public relations from the University of Alabama. She is a member of the Society for Marketing Professional Services and Public Relations Society of America.

William Tynes joined Golden & Associates of Birmingham in late December as project manager. Tynes has more than 10 years of experience in the construction industry, working on large commercial projects with a construction firm based in Birmingham, Ala.

Project highlights from his career include Preserve Place condominiums in Grayton Beach, Fla., The Summit in Birmingham, and SMART Alabama, a tier I Hyundai supplier in Luverne, Ala. Tynes received his bachelor's degree in building construction from Auburn University.

Russell Tyler joined Golden & Associates in December as superintendent. Tyler has more than 27 years of diverse experience in the construction industry, with the last six years as a superintendent. Project highlights from his career as superintendent include Anniston Army Depot chemical incinerator renovations, The University of Alabama Coleman Coliseum renovations and renovations to UAB's Jefferson Tower and Volker Hall.

Arkansas

MAY Construction Co. of Little Rock, Ark., recently announced the following new hires:

Steve Tucker has joined the MAY Construction team as a project manager. Tucker has a bachelor's degree in management from the University of Phoenix and specializes in technologically complex construction projects. He current works in the Industrial/Distribution business unit of MAY through the Little Rock, Ark., headquarters.

Tara Wood has joined the company as an assistant project manager. She has a bachelor's degree in construction management from Purdue University. She is currently assisting the Northwest Arkansas business unit.

Lynn Chambers has joined the company as a site manager. Chambers specializes in retail/commercial projects and is currently working on the Wal-Mart Supercenter in Cabot, Ark., for the MAY Retail/Commercial business unit.

Todd Nolan has joined MAY as an assistant site manager. Nolan is supporting the Mulit-Family business unit and is currently working on the expansion and renovation of Chenal Country Club of Little Rock, Ark.

Louisiana

Thomas H. Turner has become the chief operating officer of Turner Industries Group in Baton Rouge. Turner will retain his position as vice chair of the Turner board.

In other news, John H. Fenner has joined Turner Industries Group as general counsel. Fenner shall represent Turner Industries and related companies regarding their business transactions and client relationships.

Prior to joining the Turner team, Fenner was a solo practitioner specializing in business transactions and corporate litigation in Baton Rouge.

He has a bachelor's degree from Loyola University in New Orleans and a law degree from Louisiana State University.

Turner Industries is a privately owned industrial construction and maintenance organization that has a nearly 12,000-member work force and is consistently ranked in the Top 100 Contractors in the maintenance, petrochemical and industrial sectors by Engineering News Record.

The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance Inc. (GBRIA) recently announced the appointment of Chris Hill as associate director.

Hill joins GBRIA after working for Lockheed Martin in Ft. Worth, Texas, Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., and Easterly Construction in Denham Springs.

He has a bachelor's degree in computer science from LSU and is currently pursuing his MBA at LSU.

F. H. Myers Construction Corp. of Harahan, La., recently announced that Rachelle M. Albright has been promoted to vice president of project management and Ryan P. Myers is now its chief estimator and head of its Estimating Department.

Arco Builders Inc. of West Monroe, La., recently hired architect Thomas Hatten to assist in its Design-Build Department. Hatten will be working with the company's architect, C. Eugene Brown, and professional engineer, Fred Hall.

Mississippi

Fountain Construction Company Inc. of Jackson, Miss., recently announced that Ira Ott has been hired as its new sales and marketing manager. Ott has 34 years of experience in construction, sales and marketing.

Tennessee

Ray Bell Construction Co. Inc. of Brentwood, Tenn., recently announced that Steve Campbell has joined the RBCC team as its new director of business development. Campbell was formerly a senior vice president at Barge Waggoner Sumner and Cannon Inc., where he was responsible for corporate business development.

Also, Marty Morris has joined the RBCC team and will serve as senior estimator. Morris will provide conceptual, progress and detailed estimating services for all of the company's clients. He will also be responsible for assisting project managers with preconstruction services such as estimating and scheduling.

Campbell has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

He is also a graduate of the ACEC/Brookings Senior Executives Institute. Campbell is a charter member of the American Institute of Certified Planners and is a member of the American Planning Association, chairman of the Nashville Civic Design Center Development Committee and a member of the Board of Directors at NCDC. He is active in other civic and professional associations.

Morris has a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Cincinnati. He is a member of the Middle Tennessee Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council and is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional.

Donnell Field recently joined Johnson & Galyon Inc. of Knoxville, Tenn., as director of marketing.

Field is responsible for managing and producing Johnson & Galyon's marketing materials, including print and visual presentations, responses to requests for proposals, advertising and brochures, along with serving as the in-house IT representative and maintaining the company's Web site.

Prior to coming to Johnson & Galyon, Field was assistant director for special publications in the Sports Information Office with the University of Tennessee Men's Athletic Department in Knoxville. Additional duties included game day operations for UT football, basketball and baseball, handling local and national media relations and print and advertising materials. He also assisted the curator of the UT Football Hall of Fame.

Founded in 1914, Johnson & Galyon is one of Knoxville's oldest general contractors.

Skanska USA Building Inc. announced the following personnel appointments:

Philip Southerland has been named corporate executive vice president with responsibility for the company's life sciences business, in addition to overall management of Skanska's New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Puerto Rico operations.

All three focus on the construction of life sciences facilities as well as on other market sectors including healthcare, warehouse/distribution centers, commercial buildings, educational structures and retail centers.

Southerland also continues in his role as the leader of the company's life sciences business, which provides collaborative construction management services to global pharmaceutical and biotech clients including comprehensive commissioning/qualification/validation, pre-construction and purchasing solutions.

Southerland has more than 30 years of global construction experience in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and chemical industries and is a member of the ISPE organization.

Joey Hatch also has been named corporate executive vice president with responsibility for the company's health care business. Hatch has more than 32 years in the construction industry and will continue to oversee Skanska's Nashville, Tenn., operations, which focuses primarily on healthcare construction.

Hatch is a founding board member of the ACE Mentor Program of Tennessee, a board member of the Nashville State Community College Foundation and an advisory board member for the Purdue University Building Construction Management Program.

Skanska has also named Michael Leondi as area general manager of the company's New Jersey operations and Jonathan Reif as area general manager of the Pennsylvania operations.

Leondi has more than 28 years of experience in the construction industry, 23 of which have been with Skanska. While at Skanska, he has served as a project executive responsible for large-scale assignments on behalf of commercial owners, retail center developers, pharmaceutical companies and Fortune 500 corporations. Leondi is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Reif has more than 27 years of construction industry experience and 22 years with Skanska, where he has focused primarily on managing high-profile pharmaceutical projects. Reif is a member of the ISPE organization.

Randy Bratton was promoted to vice president, institutional construction at Montgomery Martin Contractors LLC of Memphis, Tenn.

Bratton joined the firm in 1998 and served as director of school and church construction until his promotion in December. The company has completed more than 50 school and church projects in their 10-year history with Randy overseeing a majority of the jobs.

Presently he is working with Hope Presbyterian Church in Cordova, Tenn., on the new $50 million, 200,000-sq.-ft. sanctuary, Rivercrest High School in Wilson, Ark., and the three campuses of St. George' s Independent Schools in the Memphis area.

Joel Thomas has been promoted to chief financial officer of Montgomery Martin Contractors. He served as controller since joining the company in 2000. Thomas also heads the Human Resources Department and is Information Technology coordinator for the 200-employee company with a 2005 volume of $90 million.

Charlie Jenne has been promoted to general superintendent of Montgomery Martin Contractors. He is in charge of all field operations based out of the three offices in Memphis, Nashville and Rosemary Beach, Fla.

John J. Campbell Company Inc., a Memphis-based commercial and industrial roofing contractor, held its board of directors meeting recently and approved the following promotions:

Carl E. Drennon Jr., executive vice president; Greg Campbell, senior vice president; Linda A. Moore, vice president, finance; Robert Goodall, vice president, service and maintenance; Tim Ryan and Sidney McAlexander, project managers.

The company recently opened a divisional office in Birmingham and Brad Fleaman was named vice president of this division.

J. E. Crain & Son Inc. of Nashville recently announced the addition of Mark Sherrill as project manager. He brings 18 years of experience in the construction industry specializing in the retail industry.

J. E. Crain & Son also announced two new superintendents, Garvin Wesson and Barry Hancock.