Ware Malcomb announced Jan. 5 that Lynne Orlowski has been promoted to Director of Interior Architecture & Design in the firm’s Phoenix office. In the role, Orlowski is responsible for leadership and continued growth of the Interiors Studio in the region.

Amerisure Insurance is pleased to announce the promotion of Stephanie Haas to vice president of general counsel and corporate secretary. In this role, Haas will lead Amerisure’ office of corporate legal.

RIDGID, a part of Emerson’s professional tools portfolio, is celebrating a major milestone this year: 100 years of designing and building innovative tools trusted on job sites around the world and handed down from generation to generation. To commemorate the occasion, RIDGID will spend 2023 celebrating the trades, their impact on our world and the brand’s legacy.

Fi-Foil Company is pleased to announce it has acquired Kennedy Insulation Group, significantly expanding its reflective insulation product line.

Felice Farber has been appointed as Executive Director of the Subcontractors Trade Association, breaking barriers as the first woman to hold this leadership role in the Association’s 66-year-old history. Farber will replace retiring Henry “Hank” Kita, who has served as STA’s Executive Director for nearly a decade.

The Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association has a new face! STAFDA’s blue triangle logo with “Stan the STAFDA Man” was recently updated to give it a more contemporary look. STAFDA’s traditional logo has tremendous brand recognition with Stan and the late ’70s groovy script, but for 2023 and beyond, Stan Jr. will now be the face of STAFDA with a modern image and font.

The Waterproofing Company, the nation’s oldest waterproofing contractor, announced its acquisition of Phoenix Bay State Construction Company, Inc. in Boston.

KAI is pleased to share the hiring of Andrew Kerr-Grant, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP BD+C, as its newest Senior Project Architect at its St. Louis office.

Construction contractors are less optimistic about many private-sector segments than they were a year ago, but their expectations for the public sector market have remained relatively bullish, according to survey results released Jan. 4 by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage. The findings are detailed in High Hopes for Public Sector Funding Amid Workforce and Supply Chain Challenges: The 2023 Construction Hiring & Business Outlook.

Bentley Systems announced that Brock Ballard, previously vice president and regional executive of Americas, has been promoted to the role of Chief Revenue Officer, and that Eric Boyer has joined as Investor Relations Officer.