Resource Management Associates

What Resource Management Associates does

Resource Management Associates Inc. (RMA) is a privately held skilled labor staffing firm founded in May 1995 by Milton F. Fyre and headquartered at 12042 SE Sunnyside Rd., PMB 399, Clackamas, Oregon. RMA supplies union-affiliated construction tradespeople to electric utilities, federal agencies, and construction companies in the Pacific Northwest. Its core services are supplemental labor for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) — covering construction crews, line crews, material handlers, and shop/warehousing personnel — together with Safety Watchers and Qualified Electrical Workers for hazardous work environments, and a Journeyman Labor Pool division launched in 2025 to serve general construction outside of BPA. RMA operates through signatory agreements with eight major unions, including IBEW, Laborers, Operating Engineers, Carpenters, and Teamsters, which grant preferential access to federal/state-registered apprenticeship programs producing journey-level craftspeople across multiple trades.

RMA's offerings are credentialed labor delivered under contract rather than a proprietary technology platform. The technical infrastructure consists of an informational website (rmaglobal.com) with contact forms and internal worker qualification records, including approval on the BPA permit directory. The durable 'technology' of the business is its 30-year track record qualifying workers for utility safety-sensitive roles and its union dispatch relationships; management cites more than 100 years of combined utility, business, and labor experience across the team. Adjacent to staffing, RMA operates equipment-listing properties with over $800 million of power plant equipment currently listed and historical facilitated sales exceeding $300 million across the company's lifetime; these activities, while not the core revenue engine, demonstrate counterparty scale and relationship depth in the utility-equipment market.

RMA generates revenue through professional services / staffing contracts on a quote-based model with no publicly disclosed rate cards. The customer base is anchored by the Bonneville Power Administration as primary client, supplemented by historical investor-owned and public utility clients (Pacific Gas & Electric, Duke Power, Pacificorp, Southern California Edison, Portland General Electric, Salt River Project) and federal agencies (USDA Forest Service, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal Highway Administration, Grant County PUD). The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales through direct relationships; co-owners Lane Kadel (President since 2002) and Doug Buman (Vice-President, joined October 2024) lead business development personally. Following founder Milton F. Fyre's retirement on October 1, 2024, RMA employs 51–100 people and is positioned to expand beyond its BPA/government anchor through the newly launched Journeyman Labor Pool division.

Name

Resource Management Associates

Legal name

Resource Management Associates Inc.

Website

https://rmaglobal.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Resource Management Associates Inc., founded 1995 in Clackamas, Oregon, is a privately held staffing firm supplying union construction tradespeople — supplemental crews, Safety Watchers, and Qualified Electrical Workers — to utilities led by the Bonneville Power Administration and construction firms across the Pacific Northwest.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Labor Staffing

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Temporary Help Services (561320), General Warehousing and Storage (493110)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Heavy Construction Other Than Bldg Const - Contractors (1600), Services-Engineering Services (8711)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction Management (Agency/Owner’s Rep) (IMAFAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Right-of-way access, foundations & civil works for T&D projects (EUADAKAJ), Balance-of-Plant (BOP) & Civil Works for Power Plants (EUAEAAAL)

Keywords

• Construction labor staffing
• Supplemental workforce services
• Qualified electrical workers
• Utility construction staffing
• Skilled trades staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Supplemental Labor Services: RMA provides supplemental construction labor to the Department of Energy's Bonneville Power Administration, including construction crews, line crews, material handlers, shop and warehousing personnel. Revenue generated through labor contracts with utility clients.
2. Safety Watcher Services: Qualified Electrical Workers Safety Watch services provided to contractors and BPA for hazardous work environments. Single source and rapid response for Safety Watchers for electric utilities and construction companies throughout the Pacific Northwest.
3. Journeyman Labor Pool: Division providing credentialed skilled labor to the construction industry outside of BPA, offering apprentices to journey-level craftspeople across multiple trades.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Resource Management Associates Inc. (RMA) provides supplemental skilled construction labor to electric utilities and the broader construction industry. Its core offerings include construction crews, line crews, material handlers, and warehousing personnel for the Bonneville Power Administration, Safety Watchers and Qualified Electrical Workers for hazardous work environments, and the Journeyman Labor Pool division supplying credentialed journey-level craftspeople from registered apprenticeship programs to general construction firms.

Product overview

Resource Management Associates Inc. is a staffing and labor services company providing skilled craftspeople to the utility and construction industries. The company's offerings include supplemental labor services for the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Safety Watchers and Qualified Electrical Workers for hazardous work environments, and the Journeyman Labor Pool division serving the general construction market. RMA operates through union agreements with multiple trades (IBEW, Laborers, Operating Engineers, Carpenters, Teamsters, etc.) and has provided construction management and inspection services since 1995.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Supplemental Labor Services
• Safety Watchers and Qualified Electrical Workers
• Journeyman Labor Pool
• Construction Management and Construction Inspection Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over $300 million in facilitated sales
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• PeopleReady (TrueBlue): TrueBlue's general staffing brand providing on-demand industrial and construction labor across the U.S. Comparable model to RMA for providing skilled temporary labor to construction companies and utilities, though operating at much larger scale.
• Labor Finders: Construction and industrial staffing franchise focused on light-to-skilled trades labor across the U.S. Directly comparable to RMA's general construction labor pool offering with similar blue-collar staffing model.
• Aerotek: Subsidiary of Allegis Group providing skilled trades staffing including construction, technical, and industrial labor. Comparable to RMA in supplying credentialed construction workers to enterprise utility and infrastructure clients.
• CLP Resources (now part of PeopleReady): Commercial construction staffing brand focused on skilled trades placement. Directly comparable to RMA's JLP commercial construction labor staffing business with similar customer and candidate profile.
• Tradesmen International: One of the largest construction labor staffing providers in North America, supplying skilled union craftspeople across trades. Directly comparable to RMA's supplemental labor and Journeyman Labor Pool offerings for utility and commercial construction clients.

Broad incumbents

• MasTec: Major infrastructure construction firm serving utilities, communications, and energy clients across North America. Comparable as a large incumbent providing T&D and power infrastructure labor for the same utility customer base RMA serves.
• Quanta Services: Largest pure-play utility infrastructure services firm in North America, providing T&D construction and staffing for electric, gas, and telecom clients. Comparable as a major incumbent serving the same electric utility customers RMA supports.
• MYR Group: Specialty electrical construction services company focused on T&D, commercial, and industrial markets. Overlaps with RMA's utility-focused T&D labor support though MYR delivers turnkey construction rather than pure staffing.
• IES Holdings: Provider of electrical contracting and infrastructure services to utilities and commercial clients. Comparable in serving utility customers with electrical workforce and T&D scope, though as a full EPC/contractor rather than a staffing firm.

Emerging players

• Team Industrial Services: Specialty industrial services provider for power, refining, and petrochemical clients, including on-site craft labor for outages and maintenance. Comparable as a specialized craft labor provider for utility/industrial customers with similar on-call deployment model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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