Hoar Construction Elevates Regional Leadership

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (April 24, 2025) — Hoar Construction has promoted Jason Bennett and Brady Johnson to region presidents, a strategic move that creates new roles to strengthen leadership in key markets, including Nashville; Chattanooga; Washington, D.C.; Austin; Houston and North Texas. In these positions, Bennett and Johnson will each oversee operations and business development initiatives across several divisions, working to recruit and develop talent while ensuring client expectations are met. Together, the two leaders have spent 52 years with the company.

Bennett started at Hoar in 2000 as a project engineer in the company’s Birmingham office headquarters before moving to its Nashville division, where he worked heavily within the health care industry. In the Nashville office, Bennett oversees 100 employees and multiple sectors including multifamily and higher education. As region president, he will oversee the additional markets of Chattanooga and Washington, D.C., with the goal of expanding the employee base and portfolio of projects in those offices.

Johnson began his career at Hoar in 1998 after earning a degree in construction science from Texas A&M University. He started in the field as an assistant superintendent before becoming a general superintendent in the Birmingham office. In 2013, he moved to Texas to oversee operations in Hoar’s Texas divisions, which includes Austin, Houston and North Texas. He was named regional vice president in 2023. As the region president of these divisions, Johnson will continue to provide key leadership responsibilities and oversee daily operations, employee recruitment and retention and client experience for the three offices.

This year marks the 85th anniversary of Hoar. Since 1940, Hoar has become a prolific general contractor, now consisting of 10 divisions with work in over nine sectors. Additional geographic markets within the company include Birmingham, Atlanta, Charlotte, Orlando and Tampa. Over the past five years, Hoar’s revenue has more than doubled as it has continued to expand in the markets covered and projects completed. Hoar opened its North Texas division in 2022, and most recently opened a larger, formal office in Chattanooga in 2023.

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