PORTLAND, MAINE – A June 27th article by the Portland Press Herald highlights Wright-Ryan’s Alyssa Parker and her passion for the construction industry and the unique challenges it presents.

The following are excerpts from the story:

“Originally from Winchester, Massachusetts, Parker, who is 47, says she got her master’s degree in architecture from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1995.

She needed professional experience in a variety of different areas, and when the Boston architecture firm she was working for could not find construction hours for her, she took a job with a construction company.

‘I quickly gained those hours and it was clear that being a construction manager was truly what I wanted to do. Twenty-plus years later, I’m still learning, being challenged and meeting some great people along the way,’ she said.”

“Parker has worked on various construction projects, including conversion of the historic brick and stone Gannett Building to The Press Hotel, a 110-room boutique hotel in Portland.”

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