Merit Construction Adds Two New Project Managers and a Project Engineer to Team

Pictured: Amy DePinto, Taylor Dooley, and Shane Holt

Merit Construction, Inc. is pleased to announce the hiring of two new Project Managers and a Project Engineer to their team of professionals.  Amy DePinto, the first female Project Manager at Merit, comes to Knoxville from Premier Design + Build Group out of the Chicagoland area in Illinois, where she worked on several large projects including healthcare, office spaces and manufacturing.  She earned a bachelor’s degree from the international Academy of Merchandise and Design in 2000 and a master’s degree in Project Management from the Devry/Keller School of Business Management in 2015.

Also joining Merit as a Project Manager is Taylor Dooley who joins Merit from Leapley Construction in Atlanta, Georgia.  He was a Project Manager there on healthcare construction projects.  Taylor graduation from Auburn University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Building Construction in 2012. 

Additionally new at Merit is Shane Holt who is a Project Engineer and comes to Knoxville from Las Vegas, Nevada where he worked with the Austin Jones Corporation on the remodel of Walmart.  Shane has a bachelor’s degree from Lipscomb University in Nashville in 2020.

Shannon Sapp, President of Merit Construction noted, “We are extremely fortunate to be able to hire people with the experience that Amy, Taylor and Shane have. For forty years, Merit has been hiring great team members who have helped build some of the most iconic buildings in east Tennessee. We welcome them to our team!”

About Merit

Merit Construction, Inc. is a general contractor / construction manager headquartered in Knoxville, TN. Merit is a versatile, responsive company primarily focused on commercial, institutional and industrial construction that also undertakes a variety of specialty projects, including communications and utilities work.