Courtesy of CTLGroup Gene Corley (right) probes debris at site of World Trade Center after terror attacks in 2001. Structural engineer led numerous probes of major building failures in a 50-year career. Related Links: CTLGroup  CorleyProminent structural failure investigator W. Gene Corley, whose career spanned 50 years, died March 1 at age 77, after a battle with cancer.Corley was perhaps best known for leading teams that studied the collapses of Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, bombed on April 19, 1985, and the twin towers of Manhattan's World Trade Center, attacked on Sept. 11, 2001."Solving problems with structural

Related Links: Check who else has has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Kleinschmidt Associates, an environmental and energy engineering firm in Pittsfield, Maine, has named Charles A."Chuck" Padera as president and CEO. He succeeds Jacob A. "Jack" Palmer III, who is retiring. Most recently, Padera was senior vice president and integrated water-resources national business director at Atkins North America in Tampa, Fla. Palmer has been with Kleinschmidt since 1997.COATESHolland-based global engineering firm ARCADIS has elevated Gary Coates, chief operating officer of ARCADIS US, its Highlands Ranch, Colo.-based unit, to the added role of CEO, effective on

Related Links: SNC-Lavalin Wins Contracts, Even as Ethics Issues Widen SNC-Lavalin Names CH2M Hill Executive to Top Job Efforts To Restart Libyan Projects Land SNC-Lavalin in Controversy   POHLMANNAndreas Pohlmann has joined SNC-Lavalin, Montreal, as its chief compliance officer, a new position at the global engineer, says a spokeswoman.The firm is involved in a Canadian probe into alleged bribery and corruption by former executives on local and overseas contracts. Pohlmann was founder and principal of a corporate compliance consultant, Pohlmann & Co., in Frankfurt, Germany.The consultant's website says that, from 2007 to 2010, he was chief compliance officer at Germany's

Rendering courtesy of New York State Thruway Authority This replacement for the aging Tappan Zee Bridge (above) will have a dual-span design, with construction set to take about five years. Peter Sanderson oversaw construction of the replacement I-35W bridge in Minneapolis in 2008. Related Links: Mixing Social and Structural Skills, Project Leaders Guided Historic Rebuild in Minnesota Tappan Zee Bridge Advances, With HNTB Named Owner's Engineer The project manager who helped oversee the speedy replacement of the collapsed Interstate-35W bridge in Minneapolis is now set to run one of the largest bridge projects in the nation.The New York State Thruway

Related Links: Check ENR archives for obituaries of other construction industry leaders and innovators International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers website   JoyceJohn T. "Jack" Joyce did not spend much time as a jobsite union bricklayer, but he staunchly defended the craft against outside politics and changing market forces in his 20 years as president of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers, the longest of any leader, and in a longer career pushing new ideas to serve its members.Joyce died on Feb. 14 in Washington, D.C., of cancer, says a union spokeswoman. He was 77.In a statement,

L. Gene Suhr, former director of water and wastewater engineering at CH2M Hill Cos. and an innovator of globally used advanced Suhrtreatment design techniques, died on Jan. 27 in Vancouver, Wash. He was 79.At CH2M Hill for 35 years, Suhr helped push it to become top-ranked in the fields, the firm says.Among Suhr's notable roles were managing and designing the first U.S. advanced wastewater treatment plant at South Lake Tahoe, Calif., in the 1960s and developing the master plan for a first-ever treatment program in Alexandria, Egypt, in the 1980s.He also was chief technical consultant for the Milwaukee Water Pollution

Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on, in the AEC sector Douglas Eckmann has joined TKW Consulting Engineers Inc., Fort Myers, Fla., as chief operating officer and engineering manager. He previously served as vice president and senior program manager at AECOM Technology Corp. TKW, which specializes in civil, structural and environmental engineering and mapping services, is a woman-owned firm founded in 1989. ECKMANNPC Construction Co., South Burlington, Vt., has elevated Kevin McCarthy to president and CEO, effective on April 1. Now executive vice president, he will replace Peter Bernhardt in those roles. Bernhardt will become chairman, replacing

  SchirmerChester W. "Chet" Schirmer, 84, who led the engineering firm his father founded to pioneer approaches in sprinkler engineering and fire protection design, died on Feb. 19 in Pinehurst, N.C., of natural causes, says Aon Corp. The insurance giant acquired Schirmer Engineering Corp. in 2001 but maintained its brand for nearly a decade.The firm ranked at No. 289 on ENR's list of the Top 500 Design Firms in 2011. Schirmer was firm president from 1964 to 1991 and chairman until 1995. "His influence on many projects in fire protection include instrumental changes on sprinkler systems and the design of life-safety

Related Links: Check ENR archives for obituaries of other construction industry leaders and innovators Patricia Galloway and Kris Nielsen Foundation Managing Gigaprojects: Book Details and Ordering Information from ASCE Note: A service and celebration to remember Kris Nielsen will be held on Saturday, March 9, Noon, at Unionville Ranch Arena in Cle Elum, Wash. For more information, please contact Brenda Pearson, b.pearson@pegasus-global.com, or 509-857-2235.Kris R. Nielsen, a specialist consultant in best practices, risk management and mediation on global construction projects and chairman of Pegasus Global Holdings Inc., died on Feb. 16 in Cle Elum, Wash., of a rare soft tissue

Related Links: Check ENR archives for obituaries of other construction industry leaders and innovators Stephen P. Byrne, a construction executive and educator who pushed contractor certification and helped shape the construction science department at Texas A&M University, died suddenly on Feb. 11 from back surgery complications, says the school. He was 59. BYRNEByrne, a senior lecturer since 2000, also managed internships and was executive director of Texas A&M's Construction Industry Advisory Council. He previously worked for the school as associate executive director of facilities, planning and construction.A certified professional constructor, Byrne was a fellow of the American Institute of Constructors and