ST. LOUIS, MO — Tarlton Corp., a St. Louis-based general contracting and construction management firm, promotes Andrew Nelch, LEED AP, to Project Director.

Nelch began his career with Tarlton in April 2006 as a Project Engineer. In August 2018 he was promoted to Senior Project Manager, having previously served as a Tarlton Project Manager and Senior Project Engineer. Nelch has worked on a number of projects at the firm, including the historic renovation of the core and shell at 900 N. Tucker Boulevard; the new Center for Nursing and Health Sciences at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park; the Bryan Hall Renovation and Simon Hall Renovations at Washington University in St. Louis; the Tower Tee recreation complex revitalization; and projects for Bayer, Pfizer, the U.S. General Services Administration, and Wells Fargo.

For several years, Nelch has captained Tarlton’s team in the Gateway Dragon Boat Festival, which supports Operation Family Help, a nonprofit effort to assist families with medical needs not covered by health insurance. The team has recorded multiple fastest runs of the day in the event held in June and has been industry winner and overall winner several times.

“Andrew has demonstrated a consistently strong work ethic throughout his career at Tarlton,” said Sondra Rotty, Tarlton Vice President. “His leadership skills on some of our most challenging opportunities helped to successfully execute each project to meet the needs of our clients. We are so grateful for his many talents, accomplishments, and dedication to Tarlton.”

Nelch holds a Bachelor of Science in construction engineering from Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.