Promotions and New Hires
Adams Named to Board
FAIRFAX, Va. - Dewberry has confirmed Harold L. Adams, FAIA, JIA, RIBA, DBIA, as the 10th member of its board of directors. Adams, chairman emeritus of RTKL, is a former chairman of DBIA.
Richards Joins HSMM
ROANOKE, Va. - Hayes, Seay, Mattern & Mattern Inc. is pleased to announce that James B. Richards Jr. has joined the firm as a senior vice president.
Kuhner Promoted
FORT WASHINGTON, Pa. - McMahon Associates Inc. has promoted Anton K. Kuhner, P.E., PTOE, to senior project manager of the traffic signal department.
Grunley Expands
ROCKVILLE, Md. - Grunley Construction Company has expanded its staff with the addition of Stephen Smith as project executive and John Kilby, Douglas Cruce Sr., and Michael Hoskins as senior project managers.
CH2M HILL Hires Fischer
PHOENIX - Gregory Fischer has joined CH2M HILL Constructors Inc. as the western operations director.
New Faces at Clayco
Russ Burns has joined Clayco as interim president and will also serve on the company’s board of directors. In addition, Clayco has named J. Randy Warren director of business development, James Austin safety engineer, Michael Goss assistant superintendent, Neil Weaver, LEED® AP, project engineer, Luke LaBeau safety engineer, Craig Varusa graphics/marketing assistant, Cortney Mayer and Colleen Sanders as accounts payable clerks, and Katherine Nelson administrative assistant in the St. Louis office, and Mel Oakley director of pre-construction services, Patrick T. Duffy as a superintendent, and Linda Briggs as a marketing administrative assistant in Detroit.
Kenny Promoted
PHOENIX - John R. Kenny, P.E., DBIA, has been named a senior vice president and appointed to the board of directors of Gannett Fleming Inc.
Cutler Continues Growth
TAMPA, Fla. - Cutler Associates continues to expand its office here, hiring John Barber as the new superintendent.
Peterson Named Chair
DENVER -Jill Peterson, senior project manager for CH2M HILL’s southwest water group and a project delivery lead, has been named chair of the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Water Works Association.
Bernitt Promoted
TAMPA, Fla. - The Beck Group has promoted Beth Bernitt to director of corporate marketing.
Awards and Honors
Walter P Moore Recognized
HOUSTON - Walter P Moore was ranked seventh on Building Design+Construction magazine’s “Giants 300” list of the nation’s top 50 design engineering firms.
Singh New EWRI President
DENVER - Dr. Udai P. Singh of CH2M HILL has been elected president of The Environmental and Water Resources Institute. Based in San Francisco, Singh serves as program manager on a $300 million Superfund contract with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9.
CH2M HILL Best in LA
LOS ANGELES - CH2M HILL was named as one of the Best Places to Work in LA for 2007 by the Los Angeles Business Journal.
HOK Achieves Milestone
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - HOK Sport Venue Event has designed the “greenest” collegiate sports facility, the University of Connecticut’s football training facility. The facility has achieved LEED® Silver Certification, the first one in the U.S.
Transitions
CH2M HILL Invests in California
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - CH2M HILL plans to add more than 1,000 jobs in California over the next five years, bringing its total staff in the state to more than 2,500.
B&V Adds Office
LAWRENCE, Kan. - Black & Veatch has opened a new office in Lawrence, building on a relationship that began in 1917 with the design of the original Kansas River Water Treatment Facilities for the city. The firm is establishing a base of operation for the Wakarusa Water Reclamation Facility project as well as other current and future work.
Barton Malow Moves
CHICAGO - Barton Malow Company has expanded its Chicago office and moved to 100 North Riverside Plaza.
Industry News
Sustainability Survey
TOLEDO, Ohio - SSOE Inc. conducted a national survey on American companies and their sustainability goals and initiatives. The company plans to use the results to improve its own practices and will release the information to promote cross-industry best practices.
New Marketing Planner
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jacksonville Transportation Authority has named Lee Ann Walker as its new senior marketing planner.
ENR Ranks Green Builders
Engineering News-Record, for the first time, has measured the green market by ranking contractors. In the national rankings, Sundt Construction Inc. was 11th and Mortenson Construction 17th.
Water Quality Education
DENVER - CH2M HILL is supporting World Water Monitoring Day, by engaging in outreach activities across the country to foster public understanding of the important of water quality.
Most Sustainable?
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sacramento’s stated goal is to become the most sustainable city in America. It has a head start on this goal, since the California Environmental Protection Agency headquarters was the first office building in the country to earn the LEED® Platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Construction Safety Pledge
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. - Barton Malow | Skanska, A Joint Venture, the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Growth, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Greater Detroit Building and Construction Trades Council have signed a partnership to protect construction workers at Beaumont Hospital in Troy. The goal is zero injuries for workers on the hospital’s major expansion project.
Field Safety in Spanish
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - NCCER and Prentice Hall Publishing have released their Field Safety course in Spanish (Construcción de Andamios) to meet the emerging needs of the Hispanic workforce in the construction industry.
Economic News Feature
WASHINGTON - The Associated Builders and Contractors Inc. has launched a new electronic economic news feature, “Construction Economic Update.” In addition to its electronic distribution, the information will be archived in the Construction Economics section of ABC’s Web site.
canstruction® Houston 2007
HOUSTON - Entries for 11th annual design-build canstruction competition will be on display in the lobbies of the CenterPoint Energy Building from Oct. 15-19. Architects, engineers, designers, contractors, and students are challenged to create sculptures using canned food as their building blocks. The competition benefits the Houston Food Bank. See “Perspectives” in the April 2007 issue of DATELINE for a profile on the competition’s originator.
GBNT Honors Pioneers
DALLAS - Green Built North Texas (GBNT), a year-old initiative of the Home Builders Association of Greater Dallas, honored five local builders who have led the way in energy efficient building.
ConnectivityWeek in Prague
In its fourth year in Europe, BuilConn Prague will focus on the implementation of building technologies in energy and the value of IP-centric building systems. For information see www.builconn.com.