Related Links: http://enr.construction.com/midatlantic/ ENR MidAtlantic Gino J. Gemignani Jr. has been appointed to the board of directors of KCI Technologies, Sparks, Gemignani Md. Gemignani was a senior vice president at The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. until he retired earlier this year. He had spent 52 years at Whiting-Turner.Drake Wauters has joined Perkins+Will as technical director and associate principal at the firm's Washington, D.C., office. He has nearly 30 years of experience, having worked on more than 30 million sq ft of projects.James A. Martin has been promoted to vice president of STV. He is the director of rail vehicle engineering for

Related Links: Top Project Starts Of 2013 Major projects moved ahead throughout the mid-Atlantic states in 2013, thanks in large part to significant investment in heavy civil, power and industrial projects. The 20 Top Starts in Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia, ranked by total project value, tallied a combined $8.44 billion in work. Notably, projects related to natural gas led the way. With natural gas production expanding in the region, due to extraction from the Marcellus shale formation, energy companies are pushing ahead with significant projects. Dominion Virginia Power tops this year's list with

Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Paul Lund was hired by Hord Coplan Macht, Baltimore, as a principal. He had been a principal at Bowie Gridley Architects, Washington, D.C. Lund has 22 years of design experience and will be a leader in the firm's higher education practice.SmithGroupJJR recently promoted John Harriman and Don Posson to be vice presidents in its Washington, D.C., office. Harriman is director of engineering, leading a group of 30 engineers. Posson is co-leader of sustainable design. He joined the firm in 2013.Grunley Construction Co., Rockville, Md., recently announced several promotions. Sonya Brown has been promoted to vice president

Related Articles: Natural Gas Boom Helps Fuel Region's Major Projects DC Water Innovates To Meet $4B Expansion Needs ENR MidAtlantic Index Top Starts In The MidAtlantic Rank Project/Location ProjectCost($ mil.) Start Date/End Date Owner/Prime Contractor 1 Brunswick County Power StationBrunswick County, Va. 1,200 Sept. 2013Summer 2016 Owner Dominion Virginia Power EPC Contractor Fluor 2 Panda Liberty Generation PlantBradford County, Pa. 800+ Aug. 2013Early 2016 Owner PandaPower FundsEPCContractor Gemma-Lane 2 Panda Patriot Generation PlantLycoming County, Pa. 800+ Aug. 2013Mid-2016 Owner PandaPower FundsEPCContractor Gemma-Lane 4 High Performance Computing Center 2Fort Meade, Md. 792 May 2013Summer 2015 Owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,

Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Top Starts In The MidAtlantic Top Starts In The MidAtlanticRank Project/ Location Project Cost ($ mil.) Start Date/ End Date Owner/ Prime Contractor1Brunswick County Power StationBrunswick County, Va.1,200Sept. 2013Summer 2016Owner Dominion Virginia PowerEPC Contractor Fluor2Panda Liberty Generation PlantBradford County, Pa.800+Aug. 2013Early 2016Owner Panda Power FundsEPC Contractor Gemma-Lane2Panda Patriot Generation PlantLycoming County, Pa.800+Aug. 2013Mid-2016Owner Panda Power FundsEPC Contractor Gemma-Lane4High Performance Computing Center 2Fort Meade, Md.792May 2013Summer 2015Owner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore DistrictDesign-Build Contractor Hensel Phelps/Kiewit5Enhanced Nutrient Removal Process Back River Wastewater Treatment PlantBaltimore560Oct. 2013Late 2017Owner City of Baltimore Dept. of Public WorksDesigner Whitman, Requardt &

Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic Long before the new Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia began making its presence known on the CHOP skyline, the $450-million project was challenging engineers and contractors below ground. The construction team, led by Turner Construction, Philadelphia, excavated 70 ft down to make way for a 1,500-car parking garage, requiring one of the largest excavations of its kind in the city, according to the team."That's a pretty deep hole in the city of Philadelphia," says Gregory Ryan, Turner Construction vice president, construction executive and the project director on the job.

McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics Total Picture After a Soft 2013, an Increase in Non-Residential Starts Could Spur a Market Rebound Commercial, institutional and residential work is on the rise, but non-building starts continue on a downward trend. Related Links: ENR MidAtlantic City GrillMack StulbPresident LF Driscoll Co.Stulb, the General Building Contractors Association's 2014 chairman of the board, says the construction market is heating up for contractors in the Philadelphia area. He says many developers are getting more active, especially in the multifamily sector. "A lot of these are sizable mid-rise or high-rise projects," he adds.With the pickup in activity, Stulb says

Related Links: More news from the ENRMidAtlantic 4/14/2014 issue In an industry whose services often are out of public view, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, known as DC Water, is making a big splash. DC Water, an independent public authority, serves more than 2.2 million people in a 725-sq-mile area around the nation's capital.The agency also operates what it says is the world's largest advanced wastewater treatment plant. Now partway through a 10-year, $4-billion capital program, DC Water is experiencing the largest expansion in its history. To meet that challenge, the authority is embracing innovative technology and

McGraw-Hill Construction Residential work continues to drive total starts despite softness in other sectors. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record City GrillBob Zinsmeister Director of Government Affairs Associated Builders and Contractors, Metro WashingtonAccording to Zinsmeister, members have expressed concerns over recent enforcement of new access restrictions for construction vehicles during rush hour by the Washington, D.C., Dept. of Transportation. He says that in many instances, contractors have had to stop work on projects due to the restriction, often while keeping workers on the clock. "One contractor told us that this has caused a 35% increase in the cost of