Promotions at Hayward Baker
5 May 2016USA – Hayward Baker Announced staff promotions and new hires in its Atlanta office on April 27. James Dickinson joined the geotechnical construction company as the southern states shoring division manager, Michael Morello has been promoted to operations manager, and James Weldon joined Hayward Baker as a project manager within the Southern States Ground Improvement Division.
Dickinson is a graduate of the University of Liverpool, holding a Master's degree in Civil & Structural Engineering. He has more than 15 years of experience in the geotechnical construction industry with particular specialization in earth retention, anchors, bracing, auger cast piling, micropiles and related technologies. Prior to joining Hayward Baker, he was employed by a national geotechnical contracting company over a 13-year period holding positions of progressive responsibility encompassing all aspects of the sheeting and shoring operations throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast U.S. He will be HBI's primary point of contact for shoring projects in the Southern States.
Morello is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He has over 10 years of experience with Hayward Baker, specializing in ground improvement engineering and construction. Morello started with Hayward Baker as an intern and has since gained progressive responsibility in the Southern States based in Atlanta. As Operations Manager, Morello will coordinate resources and shop activities for the Southern States Ground Improvement Division.
Weldon comes to Hayward Baker with five years of experience with a California-based shoring company. He is a graduate of California State University in Fullerton with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He has wide-ranging experience in design-build shoring, foundation drilling, mass excavation and structural shotcrete. Weldon will manage geotechnical construction projects in the Southern States.
Commenting on the recent appointments, Joe Persichetti, vice president, stated, "We are delighted to welcome James Dickinson and James Weldon, our two newest team members, to HBI's Southern States business. We are also proud to recognize Michael Morello's contributions to the company through his promotion. All three have strong construction experience and engineering competence to push Hayward Baker's growing Southern businesses to the next level in today's exciting design-build construction market."
