Bryson G. Edmonds Named to Lead New Power and Industrial Division at Robins & Morton

BIRMINGHAM, Ala., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Robins & Morton announced today the formation of a Power and Industrial Division and named Bryson G. Edmonds Senior Vice President to lead the new division.  The Power and Industrial Division will provide integrated full service engineering, procurement, construction and industrial maintenance services to the power and industrial markets. Initially, the focus for the new division will be power generation, chemical, minerals, pulp and paper, and hydrocarbon projects. Mr. Edmonds has more than 25 years of industrial engineering and construction management experience and is a registered professional engineer.  Prior to joining Robins & Morton, Mr. Edmonds was Vice President of sales and marketing for the global power and industrial business unit of Houston, TX based KBR Inc.  Before joining KBR, Edmonds was Vice President of sales for BE&K Inc., one of the nation's largest privately held industrial engineering and construction companies. At BE&K Edmonds also served as Vice President of construction services and Assistant to the President with responsibility for special projects, strategic and operational planning. Mr. Edmonds holds a civil engineering degree from the University of Virginia and a masters of business administration from the Harvard Business School.

Mr. Edmonds has served on the board of advisors of the Construction Industry Institute at the University of Texas, Austin, and a member of the National Industrial Contractors Council of the Associated Builders and Contractors.  He is a member of American Society of Civil Engineers.

Bill Morton, President and CEO of Robins & Morton said, "We are pleased to have attracted Bryson to Robins & Morton.  His engineering, construction and management experience will give us the leadership we need to meet our goal of diversifying Robins & Morton beyond our historical leadership in healthcare and commercial construction. Bryson is an ideal fit for our culture and our strategy to build Power and Industrial capability at Robins & Morton."

About Robins & Morton: Robins and Morton is a privately held 65 year-old construction and engineering company that consistently ranks among the 100 largest U.S. builders in Engineering News-Record Magazine and listed as the number one healthcare builder by volume in the 2010 Modern Healthcare Magazine survey.  The company has also been named one of the best mid-sized companies to work for in America because of its worker-friendly and family-friendly practices.

Robins and Morton has offices in Birmingham, Charlotte, Dallas, Huntsville, Nashville, Orlando, and Raleigh.

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