President Obama has nominated Maj. Gen. Todd T. Semonite to be U.S. Army chief of engineers and commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, according to military communications and industry sources.

Robert V. Pragada has returned to Jacobs Engineering Group as president of its industrial business unit.

Equipment giant names Denise Johnson, a 22-year GM veteran, to group president of its mining-focused resources-industries segment, effective in April.

Three years ago, the construction industry was the last thing on Chunjie Duan’s mind.

All the words spoken by Mark H. McCallum about surety bonds could fill a library.

San Diego County water chief Bob Yamada points to Peter MacLaggan as a true visionary and persistent leader in moving to completion the nation’s first large-scale seawater desalination plant, in Carlsbad, Calif., and offering a template for other water-strapped municipalities in North America.

Don’t let the elegance of the $135-million, 1,720-ft cable-stayed Tilikum Crossing bridge in Portland distract you from the ingenuity that occurred before construction even started, in 2011, on Portland’s first bridge over the Willamette River since 1973.