North Reading-based Columbia Construction Co. has promoted Bill Aalerud and Shawn Gallant.

Aalerud has been named vice president of corporate planning and development, and Gallant to the newly established position of operations manager of Columbia Interiors. Aalerud will oversee corporate administration and development functions. He has more than 25 years of experience and has been responsible for the oversight of numerous operating divisions, requiring him to manage and train staff on policies and procedures. 

Gallant has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry. He joined Columbia in 2000 as a project manager in the Interiors Group, and in 2006, he was reassigned to m0ainstream operations as a project manager on larger projects, most recently as Columbia’s Life Science Division Leader.

The company has also hired Mike Walsh as vice president of business development. Walsh joins Columbia with more than 23 years of experience in the construction industry on a local and national level. In his new role, his primary focus is to develop new business opportunities across Columbia’s six market sectors.