Carangelo named city building commissioner
7/26/2019, 6 a.m.
Architect and government veteran Jason Carangelo has been handed a big role in Richmond’s building boom.
Mayor Levar M. Stoney on Monday announced that Mr. Carangelo is the city’s new commissioner of buildings to oversee a staff that ensures new construction meets state building codes and older homes and commercial buildings are maintained.
Mr. Carangelo began work Monday with an annual salary of $125,000, according to the city. He succeeds Douglas Murrow, who left last year and now works for Virginia Commonwealth University, and the interim commissioner, Ahmad “Ray” Abbasi, who is returning to his post as the city’s operations manager for permits and inspections.
Mayor Stoney stated that Mr. Carangelo brings 20 years of professional experience to Richmond along with his credentials as an architect and a registered professional in the field of energy efficient building design.
He most recently served as building inspections administrator for the City of Savannah’s Development Services Department, where he was responsible for a portfolio of projects valued at $4 billion.
Mayor Stoney noted that Mr. Carangelo will report directly to Sharon Ebert, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer for economic and community development, as part of an effort to raise his profile.
