H. J. Russell & Company announces the promotion of Claudette Hanks from Field Office Coordinator to Diversity Manager. In her new role, Claudette will develop, implement, and monitor Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives to help cultivate a diverse and inclusive culture across construction and program management...
As I reflect on the atrocities that have plagued the Black community for decades, including the multiple incidences that have occurred just this year alone, it is abundantly clear that we, as a nation, must ask the very difficult question of why, in 2020, this...
Recently, H. J. Russell & Company, along with joint venture program manager CBRE | Heery and other project members, were awarded the 2020 Associated General Contractors of America’s Build Georgia Award for the exceptional design of the Roswell Public Library. The newly renovated library competed in...
In these unsettling times, H. J. Russell & Company is shining a spotlight on those of you on the frontlines of construction, who are uniting our company, customers and communities to face these unprecedented challenges. While we are grateful that construction has been deemed "essential," we...
We're excited to announce the promotion of Darius Broughton from Program Controls Manager to the Director of Program Management. As a Program Controls Manager, Darius led the cost, schedule, and risk teams for the ATLNext program at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which encompasses more than 230 projects....
"Building Atlanta: The Story of Herman J. Russell," a documentary film about the inspiring life and legacy of Atlanta businessman and founder of one of the country’s largest black-owned commercial real estate development and construction firms, premieres on ATL PBA on Sunday, February 16, 2020...
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) recently announced it selected Jacobs Project Management Co. and H. J. Russell & Company to manage construction spending in the first five years of the authority’s $3 billion "More MARTA" expansion project. The Jacobs/Russell joint venture team will oversee the project management process, quality assurance and...
Place Properties and H.J. Russell Company, MARTA’s development partners for the King Memorial Station transit-oriented development (TOD), closed on financing to begin construction. With $6 million in grant funding from Invest Atlanta, the $62.5 million project is a collaboration that will create 100 affordable housing units of 300 total units...
The joint venture between global development and construction firm Skanska, and Atlanta-based H. J. Russell & Company, one of the largest minority-owned construction services firm in the U.S., announces it will construct the Center for Advanced Surgical Services (CASS), adjacent to Grady Memorial Hospital’s (Grady) main campus in Atlanta. The...
This November marks five years since the passing of H. J. Russell & Company’s founder, Herman J. Russell, Sr., and this year marks the 60th anniversary of H. J. Russell & Company’s incorporation. As one of the largest and oldest African-American and privately-held construction firms...
