Alabama

United Scaffolding Inc., an operating company of XServ Inc., has established rental and service locations in Tucker, Ga., outside Atlanta, and Birmingham, Ala. Greg Parker and Dale Wilson will serve as branch managers of these facilities, respectively.

Parker and Wilson both previously managed service centers for a scaffold contracting company.

Parker, with 26 years of scaffolding experience, is the developer of hands-free controls of the SkyClimber, used in engineering projects, and MKD Boiler Stage, a modular staging platform used for boiler work inspections.

Wilson, with more than 30 years of industry experience, is a degreed machinist who has contributed to the manufacturing of satellite components for the aerospace industry as well as specialty scaffolding parts.

Both are Swing Stage-certified members of the Scaffold Industry Association (SIA).

Mike McGinnis, XServ CEO, said, "Greg and Dale are experienced veterans of the scaffolding and equipment rental industry and are valued additions to the team. Our new branch offices and the personnel that have joined Greg and Dale give us a platform to expand our business in the Southeastern United States.

"There is a large, established industrial base and numerous commercial opportunities, which is a good customer mix for these new branches."

Among the clients served by these two facilities are 3M, Emory University, GE Power Systems, International Paper, NASA and the Olympics in Atlanta.

United Scaffolding offers turnkey services by providing equipment, sales and rentals, scaffold erection and dismantlement, engineering and CAD design, maintenance and turnaround, Jobsite Tracking and safety training programs to the petrochemical, refining, offshore, power generation and other selected industries.

XServ is an industrial services company performing scaffolding erection, dismantling and rental; insulation; coatings and other specialty services on an integrated, multi-craft basis.

The company primarily serves refining, petrochemical, power and other industrial facilities. Through its wholly owned subsidiaries, XServ produces more than $300 million in annual revenue.

Arkansas

The Flintco Cos. Inc., a commercial contractor, has appointed Ron Petty to division president. In this capacity, Petty will work with the other members of the company's executive management team to develop and implement companywide direction and growth strategies.

He will also continue to provide oversight for Flintco's Albuquerque, N.M., and Springdale, Ark. offices.

"Ron has been instrumental to Flintco's success through his leadership in American Indian business development and his management expertise in establishing our Albuquerque and Springdale offices," Tom Maxwell, CEO of The Flintco Companies, said. "His contributions have benefited his division, as well as Flintco's nationwide growth."

Petty joined The Flintco Companies in 1990 and has more than 40 years experience in the construction industry. He has served in several roles within the company, and most recently served as senior vice president.

One of Petty's most significant achievements has been initiating and directing the company's business development efforts for American Indian projects. Flintco has now worked with more than 40 different tribal entities coast-to-coast.

Louisiana

GROUP Contractors LLC, a Baton Rouge-based industrial contracting company, has hired Todd Sharpe as project manager. In his role, Sharpe will be responsible for overseeing the direction of construction projects, including the scheduling, budgeting and coordination of subcontractors and suppliers.

He previously worked as a project manager for Nottingham Construction in Baker, La., and has eight years of experience in the construction industry.

Group Industries has also hired Donn Peterson as business development manager for GROUP Contractors LLC Drilling and Piling Divisions. Peterson will service general contractors, industrial plants and other building industry-related clients. He previously worked for Vector Electric & Controls in Gonzales.

He has more than 20 years of sales and business development experience.

Arrighi Simoneaux LLC of Baton Rouge has hired Jason Norris as project manager. He will be responsible for estimating projects, coordinating the work of subcontractors and suppliers, and client maintenance, budgeting and scheduling for Arrighi Simoneaux.

He previously worked as a project manager for T. Baird & Associates, a Texas-based construction company. Norris has more than 12 years of construction experience.

Mississippi

Williford, Gearhart & Knight Inc. /Engineers & Surveyorsrecently announced that Adam Granberry has joined its Canton, Miss., office as a civil engineer.

Granberry is a graduate of Holmes Community College, where he earned an associate's degree in pre-engineering, and a graduate of Mississippi State University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering.

He comes to WGK with more than eight years experience in civil engineering design, surveying and construction management.

Granberry has designed and managed a variety of civil engineering projects, including, curb and gutter streets, split median boulevards, railroad spurs, retaining walls, designs of lakes, drainage ditches, elevated water storage tanks, water distribution systems, sewer force & gravity mains, recreational complexes and various site designs.

He was also project engineer of low-rise metal building systems, ranging in complexity from simple equipment sheds to elaborate schools, churches and manufacturing facilities.

Granberry has held a Design Department head position, where he helped manage and train civil engineer interns and engineering technicians and routinely performed subdivision and commercial plan reviews for various municipalities in the Central Mississippi area.

Tennessee

SSOE Inc. Architects-Engineers (SSOE), an international design firm, recently announced the appointment of Bob McCain to serve as division manager of Nashville operations and David Verner to serve as manager of Commercial and Institutional Operations.

McCain will assume the Nashville leadership role from David Verner, who has served in that position for the past nine years. Verner, senior vice president with SSOE, will be broadening his focus to cultivate additional business in the Southeast region and expand his efforts to include national and international growth opportunities.

McCain has been with SSOE for more than nine years. As a native Tennessean, he will be returning to his southern roots, transferring from the Toledo, Ohio, office where he served as Mechanical Department manager.

He is an active member of American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, serving as president of the Toledo Chapter last year.

McCain is also an active participant with the University of Toledo Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Department, serving on its Industrial Advisory Board. He has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn., and is a licensed engineer in nine states.

"The enormous growth in the U.S. marketplace and abroad complements professional services and industries that SSOE currently serves," Verner said. "Bob's appointment to Nashville Division Manager will strengthen our firm locally and globally and provide myself an opportunity to focus on SSOE's continued success."

SSOE is an international design firm and has nearly 700 employees in its 14 offices across the world.

Misty Chambers, former director of facilities planning for Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, has joined Earl Swensson Associates in a healthcare planning and research capacity, announced ESa President Richard L. Miller. Chambers will serve as the firm's clinical operations/design specialist.

"Misty brings unique talent and incredibly strong experience in healthcare planning to our architectural firm," Miller said. "We have been searching for just the right person to fill this role in-house and we feel extremely fortunate that she has chosen to join us. The largest percentage of our work is in healthcare design and her years of clinical experience and administration will enable us to better serve our healthcare clients."

Chambers began her nursing career at Egleston Children's Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., after receiving a bachelor's degree in nursing from Emory University. Ten years later, she earned an MSN from Vanderbilt University with a focus on nursing administration.

She has more than 20 years of experience in clinical and administrative areas of healthcare, including medical, surgical, peri-operative, oncology and home health care.

With Vanderbilt University Medical Center since 1988, she was instrumental in helping create and implement the process to plan, design, build, equip and furnish Vanderbilt's new freestanding children's hospital and outpatient clinics as well as planning and coordinating the moves from existing quarters. She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, national nursing honor society.

ESa is a 45-year-old Nashville-based firm offering services in architecture, interior architecture, master planning and space planning for healthcare, hospitality, education, senior living and corporate office clients across the country.

The Flintco Cos. Inc., one of the largest commercial construction companies in the nation, has appointed Kevin Moyes as division president.

In this role, Moyes is responsible for working with the other members of the company's executive management team to develop and implement companywide direction and growth strategies. He will also continue to oversee management for Flintco's Memphis, Tenn. office.

"Kevin's leadership has been instrumental in spearheading the positive growth The Flintco Cos. has experienced in the last few years," said Tom Maxwell, CEO of The Flintco Companies. "His extensive experience in the construction industry and his management expertise are a great asset to the senior management team and have greatly contributed to our success nationwide."

Moyes joined The Flintco Companies in 1987 following his graduation from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla., where he earned a bachelor's degree in construction management. He transferred to Memphis, Tenn., in 1988, where he helped develop Flintco's relatively new office into a full-service operation of construction services for the Southeast.

Williams Equipment and Supply Co. recently appointed Gordon McIntyre III as president and CEO. McIntyre takes the helm of a Memphis-based company founded more than 50 years ago to provide equipment, rental and supplies to local contractors.

With 10 offices and 135 employees in Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas and Louisiana, the company has grown to become a leading distributor for compact equipment, construction tools and supplies for concrete, site work, masonry and waterproofing.

Williams Equipment sells and rents products manufactured by Bobcat, Ingersoll-Rand, Wacker and Hilti and sells materials made by Sonneborn, Conspec, Brickform and many others. These products are used by many trades of commercial building contractors, infrastructure contractors, building owners, developers, homebuilders, industry and government.

McIntyre joined Williams Equipment in 1979 and has held many positions. Most recently he was vice president of sales and marketing. He earned a bachelor's degree from Lambuth University and a master's in business from the University of Memphis.

Marjorie Roysdon has joined the Nashville-based architectural and engineering firm of Hart Freeland Roberts Inc. (HFR) as an interior designer. She will be involved in a wide variety of healthcare planning and design projects for HFR, which provides its services nationwide.

Roysdon, who is NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification) certified, previously served as team coordinator for an architectural firm in Dallas, designing and managing healthcare projects from schematic design through construction administration.

Roysdon is a 1991 graduate of Virginia Tech University, where she earned a bachelor's degree in interior design. She is originally from the Northern Virginia area.

Hart Freeland Roberts Inc. offers a variety of services, including architectural design, civil and structural engineering, environmental engineering, interior design, project management, healthcare planning, market research, healthcare master planning, feasibility studies, programming, office furniture and equipment procurement and move management.

Smith Seckman Reid Inc. (SSR), an engineering design and facility consulting firm based in Nashville, has hired Tom B. DeFrange as project manager and communications consultant for the firm's Dallas office.

DeFrange is responsible for low voltage communications systems and data network designs for medical facilities and universities.

Prior to joining SSR, DeFrange worked as an independent design consultant and owner of TLD Design Consulting, where he provided design documentation, specifications and consulting to architectural services and owners of higher education, K-12, corporate and health care facilities. During this time, DeFrange also served as an information services infrastructure designer and IS construction coordinator with Children's Medical Center in Dallas.

DeFrange is a member of Building Industry Consulting Service International (BICSI) and is a Registered Communications Distribution Designer (RCDD). He is also a member of Infocomm International Audio Visual.

Smith Seckman Reid is an employee-owned engineering design and facility consulting firm with 450 employees in 10 offices across the United States.