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Bell Construction, a general contractor based in Brentwood, Tennessee, has named four new members to the firm’s ownership team, according to a news release sent to Construction Dive.
The four new owners of the company are:
- Tyler Baldridge: A project executive in Bell’s Building Division. Baldridge leads the company’s Special Projects group, created to meet ongoing demand for high-touch, fast-moving projects, often in the under-$15 million range. Baldridge sets the group’s strategy and oversees business development, estimating and operations, per the release.
- TJ Cooper: A project manager in Bell’s Heavy Highway/Civil Division. Cooper supports infrastructure work that requires disciplined planning, coordination and field execution.
- Evan Rankin: A project manager in Bell’s Building Division. Rankin oversees work across the hospitality, K-12 education, religious and office markets.
- Matt Touloeisani: A project manager in Bell’s Heavy Highway/Civil Division. Touloeisani supports infrastructure and civil sitework projects that require schedule accountability, coordination across trades and steady field leadership.
“By elevating proven leaders like Tyler, TJ, Evan and Matt into ownership, we’re strengthening our bench from within and expanding the support behind our teams as this company grows,” said Eric Pyle, president of Bell Construction, in the news release.
The move expands Bell’s ownership group to 14 total members. As part of its structure, the firm occasionally offers membership to people it considers proven leaders to keep them engaged and invested in Bell’s future, according to a company spokesperson.
The spokesperson noted that Bell doesn’t have any expansion plans beyond its current ownership footprint.
Ray Bell, Bell Construction’s founder, began working on projects in 1970, according to the company’s website. Since then, the company has completed over 1,000 projects, including Nashville jobs such as the Music City Center, AT&T Building, Grand Hyatt Nashville and the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge, according to the news release.
The dawn of a new year often brings restructuring at companies and other contractors have also made recent executive changes. On Jan. 28, Rosendin Holdings, the parent company of Rosendin Electric, announced that it had transitioned to a co-president model with Keith Douglas as CEO. That same day, Portland, Oregon-based Fortis Construction named construction veteran Andrea Weisheimer as president.
