Heery International Names Rich Driggs Director of Construction Management

ATLANTA, Ga. — Rich Driggs has been named national director of Construction Management and Design-Build at Heery International.   He is replacing Lin Redden, who is retiring after a 40-year construction career, the last 20 years of which have been at Heery.

Mr. Driggs has over 22 years of construction and real estate industry experience. He comes to Heery from Lend Lease Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and head of Integrated Projects—Americas. He was responsible for business in excess of $1-billion annually and served key clients in the healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, government and commercial markets. He previously served as managing director for Bovis Lend Lease’s multi-site group, which included national/international projects for clients in the oil, banking, hospitality and restaurant sectors.

Mr. Driggs holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University, as well as executive education credentials from Columbia University, the University of Pennsylvania and Cambridge University. He is a member of the Design-Build Institute of America.

“Rich has a well-deserved reputation as an advocate for his clients,” says Heery President Bill Heitz. “Since client advocacy is an essential character trait for all employees at Heery, we anticipate that Rich will excel in leading Heery’s at-risk and design-build business.”