Promotions and New Hires
New Hires at Clayco
St. Louis, MO — Clayco has added G. Rebecca O’Connor as a construction administrator in Mission Control, Lori Luetkenhaus as an assistant controller, and Beverly Hudson as an information management specialist.
CH2M HILL
Denver, CO — CH2M HILL reports that it has hired nearly 900 professionals to staff a growing number of water, transportation, environmental, and industrial projects worldwide. Among those added most recently are Thomas Martens as senior project manager in the firm’s water business group in Boston and John Russell Quarendon as the firm’s theatre managing director for Southeast Asia and India.
Grunley Adds Staff
Rockville, MD — Grunley Construction is pleased to announce that Pamela Stanziani has joined as business development executive and Jill Johansen as marketing coordinator.
Flintco Appoints Kime
Sacramento, CA — Flintco, Inc., has named Scott K. Kime as director of business development of its California division.
Sievers Promoted
Las Vegas, NV — The Korte Company has promoted Nathan Sievers to project manager.
Promotions at Interstates
Sioux Center, IA — The Interstates Companies is pleased to announce Monte Vander Velde has been named president of Interstates Instrumentation. Other promotions include Dave Los to vice president, operations; and Randy Van Voorst and Wayne McDaniel to vice president, project delivery.
Childress Joins CDM
Cambridge, MA — Blake Childress has joined CDM as a vice president in the firm’s Corporate Project Development Group in the Charlotte, NC, office.
McCownGordon Adds Partner
Kansas City, MO — Ramin Cherafat has been named partner and vice president of operations for McCownGordon Construction. He will guide overall operations of the company.
Sustainable Design PM
Omaha, NE — Richard MacMath, AIA, has joined HDR Architecture, Inc., as sustainable design project manager.
Diaz Promoted
San Diego, CA — Vincent L. Diaz has been promoted to vice president of labor relations at J.R. Filanc Construction Company, Inc.
Awards and Honors
WALTER P MOORE Honored
Houston, TX — WALTER P MOORE has won a silver medal in the Water Resources Category of the 2007 Engineering Excellence Awards competition of the Texas Council of Engineering Companies for its role in Flood Mitigation for the UT Health Science Center Medical School Building.
CDM Wins Safety Award
Cambridge, MA — CDM has won the Associated General Contractors of California Safety Excellence Award in the Heavy Contractors Division.
B&V Earns Awards
San Diego, CA — Black & Veatch’s Rancho Penasquitos Pressure Control and Hydroelectric Facility won the Outstanding Project Award for 2006 from the San Diego Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Redhill, UK — The £9 million Seahouses Wastewater Treatment Works Scheme for Northumbrian Water has won Black & Veatch the Institution of Civil Engineers’ Robert Stephenson Award.
CH2M HILL Wins Five
Denver, CO — CH2M HILL received five Excellence in Environmental Engineering awards from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. The Los Angeles Integrated Resources Plan won the Grand Prize in the Planning category; Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District Study of High-Rate Treatment of West Weather Flows received the Grand Prize in the Small Project Category; the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center won the Grand Prize in the Design category (working with Jordan, Jones & Goulding Inc., the facility was delivered approximately a year ahead of schedule); and the Stamford Water Pollution Control facility and the MSD-Cincinnati Wet Weather Storage and Treatment Facility won Honor Awards in the Small Project category.
Rosendin Preferred
San Jose, CA — Rosendin Electric was named a recipient of Intel Corporation’s Preferred Quality Supplier award for outstanding performance in providing products and services deemed essential to Intel’s success. The company was recognized for its efforts supplying Intel with electrical construction services.
Transitions
Viviano Joins NACDB
Cherry Hill, NJ — Tom Viviano, director of operations at The Bannett Group, Ltd., has joined the National Association of Church Design-Builders.
CH2M HILL Expands in the Midwest
Chicago, IL — CH2M HILL has opened a second Chicago office in downtown Chicago to serve as a core operations center for the firm’s in-city water, transportation, and environmental businesses.
B&V Selected for Study
Guangzhou, China — Black & Veatch has been selected to provide specialty consultancy services on a Drainage Master Plan for the urban center of Guanzhou City in Guangdong Province, China. The study will review the performance of the existing drainage system and devise a plan for both short-term and long-term improvement measures for the city.
gkkworks Moves
Irvine, CA — In celebration of completing its new corporate headquarters, gkkworks held an open house on June 7.
Industry News
Singerling Joins ABC
Washington, DC — Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) has added Chris Singerling as its director of political affairs.
ASC Welcomes Carr
Bethesda, MD — The Adhesive and Sealant Council (ASC) named Erin A. Carr as its new marketing specialist.
Gehringer to CMAA
McLean, VA — George S. Gehringer, Ph.D., has joined the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) as director of professional development.
International Building Code News
Orlando, FL — The 2007 Supplement of the International Building Code will no longer require apartments undergoing alterations to provide adaptability features to accommodate people with disabilities. Under previous editions of the IBC, an alteration to more than 20 units in an existing building would trigger a requirement for two percent of the units to be provided with basic adaptability features.