$385 million construction firm adds quality control department

DeAngelis Diamond, one of the largest construction firms in the region, has launched a quality control and assurance department. 

Paris Smith-Higbie has been promoted to director of quality assurance, according to a statement, and will be leading the new department. He and the unit, the release adds, is “tasked with further advancement of DeAngelis Diamond’s systems and processes in alignment with their core values: the honor to build and excellence and quality.” Some of the responsibilities for the department will include constructability reviews, project specific quality plans, management and growth of corporate quality management programs and quality field observation reports. 

Smith-Higbie has over 30 years of construction experience. He is a certified Q/C manager through the Army Corps of Engineers, certified with building envelope systems and is a nationally certified fire inspector, the release states. He was safety manager at DeAngelis Diamond last year.