Dayton Pierce
By Joshua Burd
Sordoni Construction Co. has promoted Dayton Pierce to project executive, touting his rise through the industry over more than 15 years.
The Bedminster-based firm said Pierce, previously a project director, joined its team in 2019 and has become well versed in managing and overseeing multiple project components on and off site. That includes entitlements, preconstruction, procurement, cost management, scheduling and safety, among other areas.
Pierce’s project experience includes life sciences, residential, corporate, commercial and industrial asset classes, Sordoni added, noting that he is also experienced in both ground-up construction and renovations.
“Dayton has a complete understanding of what a ‘Sordoni project’ is,” said Matthew Lorenzo, the firm’s CEO and president. “He cultivates relationships with his team, clients, design professionals and all those involved with his projects to ensure the alignment of objectives and to achieve outstanding results. I am highly confident he will be very successful in his new role.”
Pierce, who has 17 years of experience in the industry, worked with a residential general contractor while receiving his associate degree from Bergen County Community College, according to a news release. He then became a laborer and transitioned to a site work company while obtaining his bachelor’s from Ramapo College of New Jersey, before becoming a crew foreman and concluding his trade experience while completing his master’s in civil engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology.
His career in the corporate construction industry continued to grow when he took a project management position at Sordoni.
“Over the last five years we have worked with Dayton, he has successfully built many projects and has proven himself each and every time,” said Seth Levy, Sordoni’s chief operating officer and executive vice president. “This promotion is a recognition of Dayton’s hard work mentality and his ability to mentor his teams. I look forward to Dayton’s success within Sordoni Construction Company and his continued growth.”
With his continued work within the industry, Pierce has logged more than $125 million of completed projects.
“I am so grateful for the opportunity Sordoni has and continues to provide me,” Pierce said. “A core value for both our firm and myself is the mentoring and tutelage of junior employees to help grow our brand over the foreseeable future and it’s something I tremendously enjoy and see the necessity of. It’s an honor to be considered a leader at such an institutional-level construction management company. I want to thank my beautiful wife Danielle for her continued support and my two wonderful children, Rocco and Donatiella, who remind me every day why I wake up looking to build a brighter future.”
