Related Links: Obituaries of other industry leaders and innovators George A. Schaefer, 84, an accountant whose leadership at construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. in the 1980s guided it from red ink to profits and global growth, died on April 9 in Peoria, Ill., says the firm, also based there. SCHAEFERNo cause of death was provided.Schaefer's term as chairman and CEO, from 1985 until 1990, capped a 39-year company career.He took the helm amid Caterpillar losses of nearly $1 billion, United Auto Workers strikes at its plants and stronger foreign competition, such as from Japan-based Komatsu Corp., according to a Harvard Business

Cosanti Foundation A Scottsdale, Ariz., bridge exemplifies Soleri's unique design approach. Related Links: Legendary Arizona Architect Paolo Soleri Dies at 93 Obituaries of other industry leaders and innovators On April 9, the day architect Paolo Soleri died, high winds in Arizona caused his bronze-and-ceramic "wind bells," which were prevalent across the state, to ring loudly.To many Arizonans, it was a fitting tribute to a locally-based designer who spent a long career blending architecture and ecology.Soleri, an Italian immigrant who incorporated environmentalism and sustainability into designs long before it was trendy, was 93 years old. SOLERIWhile many of his urban environments reside

Related Links: See who else has already moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Kenneth E. Rigmaiden was unanimously elected general president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, the 140,000-member union said on April 1. The former executive general vice president succeeds James A. Williams, who retires from the role he held since 2003. Williams has been a union member since 1968. RIGMAIDENRigmaiden, who joined IUPAT in 1977, is a former union local president, based in San Jose, Calif., and participated in the first regional collective-bargaining agreement for northern California, says IUPAT. He is co-chairman of

Related Links: Obituaries of other leaders and innovators in the construction industry GuytonWilliam F. Guyton, 95, a pioneer in groundwater hydrology study and founder of one of the first consultants in the field, died on March 2 in Austin, Texas.He was among the first employees in the U.S. Geological Survey's groundwater branch, beginning his career there in 1939.Guyton founded, in 1951, Austin-based William F. Guyton Associates, known for expertise in deep-well technology, large-scale water-supply development and hydrogeo-chemistry.The firm was acquired by consultant Leggette, Brashears & Graham in 1992 and now operates as LBG-Guyton Associates.Guyton was a past president of the

Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector   BelechakJoseph G. Belechak has been promoted to chief operating officer, a new position, at Pittsburgh-based contractor dck Worldwide LLC. Since joining last September, he has been senior vice president of strategy and operational excellence. Belechak formerly is a senior vice president of nuclear fuels at Westinghouse Electric Co. and chief operating officer at Duquesne Light. He also was president of a consulting firm, Transformation Services. dck Worldwide ranks at No. 172 on ENR's list of the Top 400 Contractors, with $315 million in 2011

Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector Marcos J. Pantaleón Prieto, founding principal of APIA XXI, a Santander, Spain, architect- engineer, has been named president of Louis Berger International's design center of excellence. The new role follows the March 14 purchase of the 400-employee Spanish firm by Morristown, N.J.-based global design firm Berger Group Holdings, parent of Berger International. COCHRANCB&I, the Woodlands, Texas, global infrastructure and government services firm, has named Robert Cochran as president of federal services in its government-solutions operating group. Cochran had been president and CEO of consultant CTG LLC

Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector William L. Robertson has been named president and CEO of Weston Solutions Inc., the West Chester, Pa., sustainability consultant, a spokeswoman told ENR on March 18.  ROBERTSONHe replaces Patrick G. McCann, who was president and CEO since 2003 and chairman since 2008; McCann has left the firm. Weston provided no details on what triggered the change. Robertson was Weston CEO from 1997 to 2003 and chairman for six years.Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., Oak Brook. Ill., said on March 14 that President and Chief

Photo Courtesy Pritzker Prize The Toyo Ito Museum of Architecture, completed in 2001 in Imbari-shi, Ehime, Japan. Related Links: The Pritzker Architecture Prize Tokyo-based architect Toyo Ito joins previous recipients Kenzo Tange, Fumihiko Maki, Tadao Ando and the team of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa as the latest winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, founded by the late Jay A. Pritzker and his wife, Cindy, sponsored by the Hyatt Foundation and awarded since 1979.ITOThe seven-person jury calls Ito's architecture innovative, fluid and superbly executed. Over 40 years, Ito, 71, has designed libraries, theaters, parks, houses, shops, office buildings and museums,

Related Links: Archives of obituaries on other industry leaders and innovators MooreMark E. Moore, a senior principal at forensic engineer Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., Northbrook, Ill., and an expert in structural analysis and pioneer in use of nondestructive testing methods, died suddenly on Feb. 25 on company business in Washington, D.C., says a company spokesman. He did not disclose the cause of death for Moore, 55, who was based in Atlanta.Moore, a 34-year WJE veteran, "was involved in many of the firm's most significant structural investigation assignments," says President William Nugent.These include a probe of a partial 1999 parking-garage

Related Links: Archives of ENR obituaries of other AEC industry leaders and innovators KendallWilliam D. Kendall, a Houston architect whose soft-spoken passion for quality, discipline and service made his firm sought after as associate architects and architects-of-record by such design luminaries as Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, Ricardo Bofill and Rem Koolhaas, died Feb. 25 in that city.Kendall, 70, who was serving as president of Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc. (KHA), at the time of his death, died of complications from melanoma, says the firm.Kendall co-founded the now 55-employee firm in 1978 with mentor and colleague James E. Heaton, who died in 1993.