Woodward has appointed Wiley Blankenship to a newly created management position aimed toward increasing the development agency’s presence throughout Alabama and key Gulf Coast markets, the corporate introduced Friday.

Blankenship will function Gulf Coast market chief, overseeing strategic progress initiatives as Woodward seems to broaden its building operations past its conventional New Orleans base. The appointment comes as the corporate will increase funding in coastal and regional markets tied to industrial, infrastructure and large-scale industrial growth.

Within the position, Blankenship might be answerable for advancing Woodward’s market growth technique by aligning consumer undertaking objectives with the agency’s design-build capabilities and connecting shoppers with undertaking groups outfitted to deal with region-specific challenges, in response to the corporate.

Blankenship brings expertise in financial growth and capital undertaking coordination throughout Alabama and the broader Gulf South. His background consists of main multi-stakeholder initiatives involving public businesses, non-public business and municipal companions to assist main growth initiatives and long-term regional progress.

“Woodward has earned a robust popularity for delivering on its building initiatives with the best ranges of high quality and integrity,” Blankenship mentioned in an announcement. “They deal with their shoppers and, maybe simply as necessary, their subcontractors, like true companions.”

Ken Flower, president of Woodward, mentioned Blankenship’s management type and regional expertise align with the corporate’s long-term progress technique.

“Our firm has proudly served New Orleans and the Gulf Coast for over a century now,” Flower mentioned. “We’re investing on this area as a result of folks like Wiley are who we wish to construct with for the subsequent 100 years.”

Based greater than a century in the past, Woodward is a full-service building agency offering architectural, structural engineering, millwork and building administration providers. The corporate primarily operates as a basic contractor and emphasizes collaboration amongst shoppers, designers and commerce companions.

Woodward has lately expanded its footprint alongside the Gulf Coast via initiatives with Gulf Distributing, together with completion of the corporate’s Cell headquarters and ongoing design-build work supporting its Huntsville operations. Extra initiatives are deliberate throughout the area, reflecting Woodward’s broader push into Alabama and coastal markets.