ST. LOUIS - Peter J. Minton has joined Murphy Co. as a project manager in its Quick Response (QR) group. Murphy's QR group provides dedicated project management for mechanical, plumbing, and process piping projects needing expedited schedules and ranging in cost from $1,500 to $500,000.

Murphy Co. is the St. Louis area's largest mechanical contractor and one of the largest mechanical specialty contracting firms in the nation.

Minton has more than 25 years of experience in the HVAC industry in St. Louis. He applies his extensive experience in estimating, project management, management, sales, service, and organizational skills to provide solutions to Murphy clients.

Founded in 1907, Murphy had fiscal year 2004 revenues of $163.26 million. Murphy performs mechanical contracting services for industrial, commercial, municipal, and institutional clients. With headquarters in St. Louis and a regional office in Denver, the firm employs about 600 people in St. Louis and more than 1,000 company-wide. Among its employees are union craft workers primarily from the AFL-CIO pipefitter, boilermaker, plumber, and sheet metal trade unions.

Publication date: 12/12/2005