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Needham Heights, MA – Bowdoin Construction announced the recent hiring of Project Manager Brett Knowlton, Superintendent Thomas DePalma, and Project Accountant Donna Flynn.

Knowlton brings a background of targeted expertise managing mechanically intensive projects for laboratories and medical environments on active campuses, most recently UMass Chan Medical School.

DePalma has 24 years of construction experience running projects in the retail, academic, healthcare and public sector markets. He is a retired U.S. naval officer and served in the RI National Guard.

Scarborough, ME – Landry/ French Construction recently announced the promotion of Nick Gaddar to senior project manager.

skills and leadership capabilities, and has successfully overseen the execution of some of the firm’s most complex projects.

Flynn’s accounting experience spans more than 20 years, with a background in credit analysis, payroll, AR/AP, and project accounting. She is detail-oriented and customer-focused.

“We are fortunate to add these professionals to our talent pool, as we continue to grow our firm, now in our 50th year of operations,” stated Bowdoin president, Andrew Buckman.

Quincy, MA – Neal Kelly, LSP has joined Fuss & O’Neill as an associate.

As a Massachusetts Board of Hazardous Waste Site Cleanup

Licensed Site Professional (LSP), Kelly will be overseeing the assessment and remediation of project sites in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accordance with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection’s

Massachusetts Contingency Plan.

Kelly has more than 24 years of experience working in environmental assessment and remediation, including soil, groundwater, and air impacted waste sites. He has provided technical knowledge to projects throughout New England while ensuring that they meet applicable federal and state environmental regulations.

Holliston, MA – Colantonio Inc. announced it hired Jeremiah Folkard as project superintendent, Christopher Davis as scheduling manager, and Matthew Gesualdi as assistant project manager.

Folkard brings 30 years of construction experience to the firm. His background includes work as a project superintendent, lead carpenter, estimator, and selfemployed residential contractor. He has specialized in large multi-unit residential projects with former employers Callahan, Delphi, and Campanelli Construction.

Davis joins the firm with 10 years of experience providing CPM scheduling services for complex ground up and renovation projects including transportation, higher education, municipal, affordable housing, and skilled nursing and assisted living facilities. He also spent seven years as a laborer/ foreman on residential and commercial construction projects. Davis’ former employers include Shawmut, Dynamic Scheduling Solutions, and W.J. Hulbig

Construction. Gesualdi brings five years of experience as a project manager, estimator, and on-site superintendent, specializing in ground up construction throughout New England. His background also includes positions in operations, management, and customer service for data management firms. Former employers include Nittany Construction, Connance Inc. and EMC Corporation.

Gaddar has 11 years of experience in commercial construction, encompassing diverse projects in housing, hospitality, and public safety. Representatives of Landry/French say that, during his six years at the company, he has demonstrated strong project management

Currently, Gaddar is serving as project manager on Hobson’s Landing, a 160,000sf, 7-story condominium located in downtown Portland, and the new 27,000sf police station for the City of Augusta. Other notable projects include new public safety buildings for Scarborough, Wells, and Yarmouth.

Pawtucket, RI – Arden Engineering Constructors announced the promotion of Katie Spatcher to vice president of service sales for Arden Engineering Constructors, where she will lead Arden Engineering’s growing sales team. She started her new position on July 1.

Previously, Spatcher served as a senior account manager for Arden Engineering’s service division. Robert M. Bolton, the owner of Arden Engineering Construc- tors, hired Spatcher in 2004. The firm’s representatives say that, since then, Spatcher has helped grow Arden’s service division, providing customized, engineered building solutions and unparalleled customer service.

“Katie Spatcher has been pinnacle to the success of Arden Engineering’s service division over the years. We are delighted to announce her well-deserved promotion,” said John Puniello, president of Arden Engineering Constructors.