Fisher Development Inc. (FDI) has hired 20-year construction expert Jan Allen as a project manager.Prior to joining FDI, Allen was senior project manager at BCCI, Meade Construction and Hathaway Dinwiddie, where she was a project manager for more than a decade. She is LEED accredited.
Allen's experience includes managing several multi-million dollar facilities projects for Stanford University and a major seismic upgrade to Agilent Technologies headquarters. BD+C
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