Design firm owner, ahead of her time in promoting wider use of new techniques and technologies and more recognition of women professionals, died on Oct. 1 in Branford, Conn.
Former MTA Capital Construction chief navigated challenges both technical and political to guide completion of billions of dollars in projects to keep millions of city residents and visitors moving.
Cause of sudden death was not disclosed of exec who led the $17B Hanford nuclear waste vitrification plant project, but Bechtel has named company veteran Brian Hartman as new project director.
Best known for his Statue of Liberty lighting for its 1980s restoration, the innovator personally contributed to more than 2,500 projects in 60 countries during his career.
Henry led the American Society of Civil Engineers to create an historic charter, also adopted by other industry groups, that compels members to report bribery, fraud and kickbacks on projects and was named an ENR Newsmaker in 2006.