People Moves: Oct. 2025

Allan Copping has joined Townline as Chief Operating Officer. He brings extensive experience in senior financial and operational leadership to guide the organization through its next chapter of growth.

Glenn Ackerley, Partner and Chair of the Construction Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP, has received the 2025 Canadian Bar Association Award of Excellence in Construction & Infrastructure, presented on October 24, 2025.

Douglas Coles, P.Eng., Principal of Coles Associates in Charlottetown, P.E.I., has been named Chair of the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Canada (ACEC) Board of Directors for the 2025–2026 term. The board also welcomed three new members: Derek Ciezki from SMP Engineering (Alberta), Steven K. Ramsay from MCA Consultants (Nova Scotia), and Michael Tiller of Tiller Engineering Inc. (Newfoundland).

Andrew Mundy is now Field Operations Manager at Paragon Living.

Marcus Chong has been promoted to Marketing Proposal + Data Specialist at DIALOG.

Amit Patel has been appointed Vice President & Senior General Manager at Turner Construction Company.

Samarpith Iyer has been promoted to Virtual Design and Construction Manager at EllisDon.

Iggy Domagalski is stepping down from his role as President and CEO at Wajax. He will continue in his role for the next five months while the Board conducts a search for his successor.

Thomas Bekenn, P.Eng., has been promoted to Manager of Project Management at Vancouver-headquartered RAM Consulting, where he will continue leading infrastructure programs while mentoring teams.

Slade van Rooyen joined A&H Steel as Vice President Operations in September, bringing over 20 years of experience in executive leadership roles in the steel industry.

Jeffrey Swartz, P.Eng., has joined Crozier: Consulting Engineers as Executive Vice President, bringing expertise from both private development and consulting engineering sectors to help accelerate the firm’s growth across Ontario.

Ali Salman has started a new position as Partner at moduu.ai and Gulraiz Ahmed Mirza has joined as Chief Operating Officer and Partner.

Brian Maksymetz is now Collaborative Delivery Portfolio Manager – Canada Water at Jacobs.

After nearly a decade leading major projects on the contractor side, Mykola Pulnyev has joined Hanscomb Limited as a Director.

Adam Kelly, PMP has joined Creo Construction as Senior Project Manager, bringing over 20 years of construction industry experience spanning structural upgrades to complex tenant improvements.

Thomas Tobin has been appointed Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing at Railveyor Technologies Global Inc.

Bird Infrastructure welcomes Darren Short as Vice President, Construction, leading Project Management and Field Operations teams in Ontario and overseeing construction projects across Atlantic Canada, and promotes Michael Drew to Director, Construction, to strengthen and expand Project Management teams across Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Madison Industrial Group announces five key leadership appointments: Joseph Higgs as Vice President, Field Service; Clark Usher as Vice President, Energy Services; Douglass Krecsy as Vice President, Product Distribution; Josh Sobil as Vice President, Sales & Business Development; and Peter Rees as Vice President, Corporate Strategy.

Jake Kinney has been promoted to Regional Manager, Vancouver, at Ledcor Construction Limited.

Gordon McDonald has joined Pitt Meadows Plumbing & Mechanical Systems Ltd. (PMP) as Construction Design Manager, bringing over two decades of design leadership and multidisciplinary project delivery experience from leading global engineering consultancies.

Ed Kovach is now President at Kode Contracting Ltd.

Brook Carpenter is now Director, Indigenous Relations at Infracon Group of Companies – Civil Construction, Pipelines, Mining & Aggregates, after two and a half years with Dynamic Horizons Innovative Relations (DHIR).

Lindsay Hawkins, P.Eng, is now Construction Management Lead at RAM Consulting.

Tony Ciarla has joined Sublatus as Executive Vice President, bringing over 25 years of experience in environmental construction, remediation, and demolition.

Jessica Bonney is starting a new position as Manager of Strategic Initiatives at the BC Construction Association (BCCA).

Hardik Gajjar has joined HDR as Maritime Planning Lead, bringing over 15 years of experience in master planning, terminal planning, and land use studies for ports, terminal operators, railroads, and trucking facilities worldwide.

Lisa Brown has started a new position as Director, Commercial Services at EllisDon.