Tom Murphy, founder, chairman and CEO of Coastal Construction Group, doesn't get out to the field as often as he'd like these days. And that's a bit of a shame, for even after more than 45 years in the industry, a construction site is where he's happiest. Photo by Angel E. Valentin Image courtesy Coastal Construction Coastal Construction is currently renovating and significantly expanding the historic Surf Club. Related Links: Engineering News Record Architectural Record "I like watching sites get turned into buildings, then going back to them years later," he says. "There's nothing like seeing a good project and

Pat Rodgers' tenure at Charlotte-based Rodgers Builders was supposed to last only two days—a temporary assignment as a receptionist to help the newly transplanted Midwesterner get her feet on the ground. Photo courtesy of Rodgers Builders Photos courtesy of Rodgers Builders Building community assets Rodgers Builders, along with joint-venture partners Barton Malow and R.J. Leeper, built the BB&T Knights Ballpark in Charlotte, which won ENR Southeast's Best Projects award in the sports/entertainment category. Related Links: Rodgers Builders Melds Traditional Values, Innovation B.D. Rodgers, 89, Founded Charlotte-Based Rodgers Builders Fortunately for the company and the Southeast's construction industry, she never left.

 The board of directors of Orlando-based TLC Engineering for Architecture named Michael Sheerin to succeed Debra Lupton as CEO of the firm. Sheerin, currently serving as the firm's director of health care engineering, was selected following a search of internal and external candidates. Sheerin will assume the role in early 2015, with an orderly transition until Lupton's retirement on May 1, 2015. In announcing the leadership change, Lupton stated: "Michael brings 20 years of tenure and significant leadership experience with TLC, and he has been intimately involved in the evolution of the firm. He is a strategic thinker and relationship-builder

John White was promoted by Skanska USA to the position of senior vice president and account  John Whitemanager for the firm's Atlanta office, where he will lead the firm's Georgia operations. A 39-year industry veteran, White has been with Skanska for eight years, previously serving as managing director of Skanska's Houston and Las Vegas offices. Most recently, he worked with Skanska's aviation center of excellence. Related Links: Engineering News Record In a related move, Fred Hames, Skanska USA Building's general manager for Florida, will expand his role to include Georgia. Hames already oversees the company's work in Florida and will

Workers at a problem-plagued production facility in Louisiana that supplies components to nuclear expansion projects in Georgia and South Carolina conspired to cheat on a welder qualification test, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Photo courtesy Georgia Power Company A view of the Plant Vogtle Unit 3 nuclear island, as of September 2014. Photo courtesy Georgia Power Company One of the CA20 modules included as part of the Unit 3 nuclear island. The Lake Charles, La., prefabrication plant is the facility producing the CA20 modules. Related Links: CB&I Plant That Feeds Vogtle Project Faces NRC Scrutiny Builders of Vogtle

A watchdog group focused on federal spending at the Savannah River site, a nuclear complex in Aiken, S.C., is raising new concerns about the delayed, $7.7-billion Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project after the contractor filed a "routine" request to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a 10-year construction extension. Photo courtesy Savannah River Site Watch The contractor leading the $7.7-billion Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project at the Savannah River Site has requested a 10-year extension for construction authorization from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Related Links: DOE: Nuclear Agency's Initial OK of MOX Project Violated Standards Construction, Operational Challenges Endanger $7.7B

Robert Clifford, CLIFFORDformerly executive director of the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority (TBARTA), has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff as vice president and Tampa area manager. Clifford has 28 years of experience in the planning and construction of transportation facilities. As TBARTA's executive director from 2009 to 2014, Clifford served as the chief executive and administrative officer for the seven-county regional transportation agency with responsibility for planning, designing, operating and constructing facilities and services in the Tampa Bay area. Related Links: Slideshow: The Southeast's Top 20 Under 40 PB's Tampa office announced that James Lynch has been named a senior supervising

The Atlanta Braves named a trio of local firms as the team's partners in developing a $400-million mixed-use project adjacent to the $670-million baseball stadium in Cobb County, Ga. According to the team's July 30 announcement, Fuqua Development, Pope & Land Enterprises and Pollack Shores Real Estate Group will work with the Braves to develop the 74-acre project. The development will include roughly 630,000 sq ft of office space, 500,000 sq ft of retail, 450 hotel rooms and 500 residences. Related Links: Brasfield & Gorrie Team Named as Atlanta Braves Ballpark Builders Atlanta Braves Expand Plans for New Ballpark Fuqua

Despite concerns raised by citizens groups about project funding and community impacts, the company developing a $2.3-billion Miami-to-Orlando passenger rail system is moving full speed ahead with its ambitious plans for the 235-mile-long line. Officials with All Aboard Florida (AAF)—a division of Florida East Coast Industries (FECI), Coral Gables—held its latest unveiling of design for its third south Florida station, in West Palm Beach, on July 21. In conjunction with the event, AAF tweeted this from President Michael Reininger: "All initial steps for our stations are now underway. This is now, in fact, happening." Related Links: Bi-Partisan Panel Pushes Importance