Promotions and New Hires
Tardif joins Grunley
ROCKVILLE, Md. — Michael Tardif has joined Grunley Construction Company Inc. as director of integrated project delivery systems. He will develop and lead the firm’s business technology and service delivery strategy to improve quality and efficiency in meeting customers’ construction and building information needs.
Barton Malow Hires Sellenraad
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — Barton Malow Company has hired Lee Sellenraad, CCM, LEED AP, as the business development director for the firm’s central region responsible for the automotive and manufacturing group. His responsibilities will include business strategy and plan development, industry promotion, expanding and strengthening operations-based deliverables and bottom line sales and operational performance for the group nationwide.
ECS Gets Branch Manager
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — ECS Mid-Atlantic is pleased to announce that Jose N. Gomez, M. Sc., has joined the firm as the branch manager of the Virginia Beach office. Gomez received his Master of Science in Civil Engineering degree, with a concentration in geotechnical engineering, from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1983.
BIM at Clayco
ST. LOUIS — Clayco recently welcomed Tomislav Zigo as director of virtual design and construction. Zigo directs digital technology research, implementation and development. His primary responsibilities include integration of BIM methodology in the integrated project delivery process as well as advancement, research and training and the establishment of best practice rules on all projects utilizing BIM.
H&A Hires New Project Manager
RICHMOND, Va. — Stephen D. Butler, AIA, LEED AP, has joined Hankins and Anderson Inc. as a project manager in the project management department.
Awards and Honors
WALTER P MOORE is ‘Best’
HOUSTON, Texas — WALTER P MOORE has once again received high rankings in the annual ZweigWhite “Best Firms to Work For” competition. The firm’s civil engineering group received highest honors, being ranked No. 1 in both “Best Civil Engineering Firm to Work For” and for mid-size civil engineering firms. The structural engineering group was ranked No. 2 in “Best Structural Engineering Firm to Work For” and No. 1 among large structural engineering firms.
In the six years of the competition, WALTER P MOORE has consistently ranked in the top three of structural engineering firms and, in the two years it has been eligible, has achieved the same distinction among civil engineering firms. This year marked a record number of competitors — 162 civil and 83 structural engineering firms.
WALTER P MOORE received the awards Nov. 4 at ZweigWhite’s annual conference. The company will also be featured in ZweigWhite’s magazines, CE News and Structural Engineer.
EMCOR Innovates
NORWALK, Conn. — EMCOR Group Inc. has been named to InformationWeek magazine’s list of the top 500 most innovative users of business technology for the seventh consecutive year. The annual list, now in its 20th year, tracks the business and technology best practices of innovative companies. Rankings are achieved by analyzing each firm’s IT budget, technology deployment, strategies and staffing.
Industry News
CH2M HILL Hosts Delegation
DENVER — CH2M HILL hosted a group of water utility managers in August from the City of Cairo, Egypt, and surrounding regions to help them gain an understanding of new advances in water management. The delegation included middle managers with potential for greater responsibilities, selected by CH2M HILL, which developed a broad-based professional development program for them. The program covered advanced processes, technologies and management practices for water utilities, using state-of-the-art U.S. facilities as examples. A CH2M HILL team organized visits to Denver Water, Aurora Water, AWWA Research Foundation and the Upper Occoquan Service Authority Regional Water Reclamation Plant serving northern Virginia. The visit grew out of a CH2M HILL contract with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Egypt, under which the firm provides management assistance to the Egyptian government.
ABC and National Guard
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day, the Associated Builders and Contractors signed a Statement of Support with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense Agency that promotes employer support of employees’ military service. The signing took place at ABC’s board of directors meeting in Long Beach, Calif.
A Tidal Wave
DENVER — CH2M HILL and U.S. Agency for International Development have been among the groups working to help those devastated by the 2004 tsunami in Sri Lanka and the Maldives. In addition to restoring what had been there before the Dec. 26 tsunami struck, water treatment facilities — which had not existed before — also supplied inhabitants with a business plan and instructions for water management.
All new construction was built with an eye to environmental impact and sustainable construction. The project also included vocational education training centers — nine are planned, with seven complete — to teach 40 different skill trades for 2,000 students a year.