MALONEY STACY David L. Stacy , a civil engineer and co-founder of transportation contractor Stacy & Witbeck Inc., Alameda, Calif., died on Nov. 12 in San Jose, Calif. He was 77. Witbeck founded the company, now No. 212 on ENR’s list of The Top 400 Contractors, in 1981, along with partner Robert Witbeck. Major projects of the firm, which reported $351.2 million in 2008 revenue, include renovation of San Francisco’s cable cars and muncipal trolley system and modifications to California’s Calaveras Dam. Witbeck retired from the firm in 1998 and also was president of the Association of Engineering Construction Employers.

As President Obama prepares to unveil a proposed jobs bill, a follow-up to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell (D), who, with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger [R] and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg(I), co-chairs the pro-infrastructure group Building America's Future, is seeking to see the White House boost the proposal's public works funding to $100 billion. AP Photo/Mel Evans In a Dec. 7 interview with ENR in Bloomberg's Washington office, Rendell proposed to obtain the additional infrastructure money through a transfer to the Highway Trust Fund from the general fund. It would in effect be

John F. Donohoe, chairman of Moretrench American Corp., a major geotechnical construction firm based in Rockaway, N.J., and industry activist and innovator, died suddenly of a heart attack Dec. 2 while addressing an employee gathering at the company office, officials say. He was 67. DONOHOE Donohoe, a civil engineer and 45-year Moretrench veteran, had served as the company’s president from 1982 until 2002 and as CEO as well from 1995 until 2007. He was also current president of the General Contractors Association of New York (GCANY) and winner of the 2009 OPAL award last spring for construction innovation and excellence

PIERSON George Pierson, president and chief operating officer of the Americas unit of Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc., New York City, has been named to the additional role of corporate CEO. He replaces Keith Hawksworth, a 33-year PB veteran, who becomes chairman. Hawksworth replaces former CEO James L. Lammie. PB became the 15,000-person professional services unit of U.K. contractor, Balfour Beatty LLC in an October acquisition. Effective Jan. 1, Jeffrey N. Lighthiser becomes president and CEO of Draper Aden Associates, a Blacksburg, Va., engineer. He replaces firm co-founder Bill Aden, who remains chairman. Lighthiser is executive vice president, director of marketing and

Gregory Kats is Senior Director and director of climate change policy at Good Energies Inc., Washington, D.C. (www.goodenergies.com), an investment firm emphasizing renewable energy and environmental technologies. He was a principal author of Green Office Buildings: A Practical Guide to Development (ULI, 2005) and is the author of the forthcoming book Greening Our Built World: costs, benefits and strategies (Island Press, 2009; www.islandpress.org/Kats. Photo: Gregory Kats KATS Tell me about your new book, Greening Our BuiltWorld. The official launch was in [mid-November]. It took two and a half years — a huge amount of original research went into it. It

AECOM Technology Corp., Los Angeles, has named James F. Thompson as CEO of international government services. In this role, he will lead the firm’s programs and projects with international governments. He had been CEO of AECOM’s Southwest and Mountain region in the U.S., encompassing 15 states. Thompson joined the firm in 2005, when it acquired his former company, J. F. Thompson Inc. FLEW Nick Flew has been appointed managing director of the U.K. and European operations of Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York City. He had been director of Balfour Beatty Management, the professional services business of Balfour Beatty, the U.K.-based global

WARE Lloyd G. Ware has joined design firm The Switzer Group, New York City, as president of its newly formed health-care division. He had been senior architect in the worldwide engineering and real estate group of pharmaceuticals manufacturer Johnson & Johnson and was also the first African-American partner at architect Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Foster Wheeler AG, Zug, Switzerland, has named Robert C. Flexon president and CEO of Foster Wheeler USA Corp., its engineering and construction group unit in Houston. He succeeds W. Troy Roder, who becomes chairman and CEO of Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd., Reading, England. Flexon, an

CIANCHETTE Ival R. “Bud” Cianchette, a founder and former top executive of Pittsfield, Maine-based The Cianbro Cos., one of the state’s largest general contractors, died on Nov. 5 at age 83 in Falmouth, Maine. Cianchette had contracted cancer, according to local reports. Cianchette and three of his brothers, sons of Italian immigrants, founded their company in 1949. Bud Cianchette served as its president, chairman and chairman emeritus from 1962 until his death. Cianbro, which ranks 149 on ENR’s list of The Top 400 Contractors, reported $478 million in 2008 revenue, split among general building, industrial and transportation markets. The firm

Lt. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, responded to a series of questions about the Corps� changing construction management style and performance by e-mail on October 31. He describes a military construction program that has just completed one of its biggest years ever, and presents metrics to support his contention that efficiency is improving. + Image Photo: USACE Comparison of Metrics for Projects Completed in FY05 and FY09 Related Links: Military Construction Is in High Gear As Big Jobs Hit Their Stride Major Boom in Army Construction Changes Base Appearances GEN. VAN ANTWERP

The U.S. Army is making changes at top levels of the Corps of Engineers, announcing on Oct. 16 that Maj. Gen. Merdith W.B. “Bo” Temple will become deputy chief of engineers, the Corps’ No. 2 position. Temple has been the Corps’ deputy commanding general for civil and emergency operations since 2008. Related Links: Army Names Temple, Dorko to Senior Corps Posts Effective in January 2010, Temple will succeed Maj. Gen. Don T. Riley, who will be retiring, says a Corps spokesman. Riley has been the deputy chief of the Corps since April 2008. Before becoming head of Corps civil works