Related Links: The Miller Hull Partnership Architect Robert Hull, a co-founder of the Miller Hull Partnership LLC, died April 7 from complications related to a stroke suffered while he was on sabbatical in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. He was 69 years old.  Robert HullAt his death, Hull was involved in several projects, including a private residence in the San Juan Islands in Washington state; a wastewater treatment plant in Vancouver, B.C.; and a mixed-use development in the mountains of China. He was also leading the design of both a girls' school and a health clinic in Herat, Afghanistan, where he had

OPAC Engineers Mark Ketchum lectures at site of innovative Third Carquinez Strait Bridge in California, built in 2004. I-80 pedestrian bypass bridge in Berkeley, Calif. is "an enduring example of civic infrastructure that excels in both function and form," says Mayor Tom Bates. Related Links: Structural Engineers of Northern Calif. April 2014 News-Link to Mark Ketchum tribute by engineer Reinhard Ludke Online obituary and link to tributes Advancing Civil Engineering Design, Online Tools for Design, Analysis and Professional Development OPAC Engineers website VIDEO: Mark Ketchum presentation at 2013 ASCE Structures Congress on The Third Carquinez Bridge: A Modern Interpretation of

Related Links: Read obituaries of other AEC leaders and innovators Joseph Dear, 62, who, as head of the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration in the 1990s, streamlined safety rules and pushed industry to develop its own voluntary measures, died on Feb. 26 in Sacramento of cancer.Most recently, he was chief investment officer of the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CALPERS), the largest U.S. pension fund.DEARDear joined the U.S. Labor Dept. as assistant secretary and OSHA chief in 1993, after heading a Washington state labor agency.He hiked penalties for willful violations and "was a bold and forward-thinking leader who embraced

Nicholas Griner-Baltimore Business Journal In 59 years as Whiting-Turning Construction's CEO, Willard Hackerman carved a unique niche as businessman and philanthropist. Related Links: Whiting-Turner website Baltimore Sun Editorial: Willard Hackerman, Baltimore's man to see Obituary, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Business Journal: Future of new Baltimore arena in question after Hackerman's death Willard Hackerman, who likely set industry longevity records as a construction company employee and as CEO, died on Feb. 10 in Baltimore.The 95-year-old, who worked for locally based Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. for more than three-quarters of a century, also led the firm to the top ranks of national building

Related Links: Rodgers Builders Melds Traditional Values, Innovation Bonar D. "B.D." Rodgers, 89, founder and chairman of the Charlotte, N.C.-based construction management firm that became one of the southeast's largest builders, died on Feb. 14 in that city.He had remained active in managing Rodgers Builders Inc., the company he founded nearly 51 years ago with $5,000 he borrowed against a life-insurance policy.No cause of death was announced.  RodgersRodgers served with an engineering combat battalion during World War II and then earned a civil engineering degree from North Carolina State University. He worked for various firms as an engineer and contractor

David Goodyear Engineer Arvid Grant, 93, was an accomplished structural engineer and self-taught in surveying and mechanical engineering/HVAC, peers say. Photo by Arvid Grant Pasco-Kennewick concrete cable-stayed bridge in Washington State was the longest of its kind in North America when built in the 1970s. Related Links: NY Times: Modern Bridge Design Attacked As Too Vulnerable to Corrosion The Day, May 29, 1988: Safety of Sleek, Modern Bridges Fiercely Debated Arvid Grant, 93, a pioneer of modern concrete cable-stayed bridge engineering whose Columbia River span in Washington state was the longest such crossing in North America when it opened in

Related Links: Read obituaries of other industry leaders and innovators Johannes J. "Joe" DeVries, 77, a noted hydrology and hydraulic engineering consultant, researcher and educator, died on Dec. 8 in Davis, Calif. The cause of death was cancer, says an obituary in The Davis Enterprise.  DeVriesHe worked at the University of California, Davis, from 1972 until 1993, and consulted on global projects for the United Nations, World Bank, Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Agency for International Development and governments in India, Argentina and Taiwan.DeVries was principal engineer at David Ford Consulting Engineers Inc. until 2012.A life member of the American

ENR McGovern (left) and Lehrer achieved renown for leading the restoration of the Statue of Liberty, pictured here in a 1984 ENR cover profile. Related Links: Pavarini McGovern Lehrer LLC Eugene McGovern, co-founder of Lehrer/McGovern Inc., died suddenly on Jan. 22. He would have turned 73 on Jan. 29.McGovern, a construction consultant based in Boca Raton, Fla., and Cody, Wyo., started his career at construction giant Morse/Diesel Inc.While there, he met Peter M. Lehrer. In 1979, the two formed Lehrer/McGovern. The firm was catapulted into the limelight after it landed the high-profile centennial restoration of the Statue of Liberty, which

ENR Gene McGovern (left) rose to prominence when his construction management firm Lehrer/McGovern, started with Peter M. Lehrer (right), won the contract for the centennial restoration of the Statue of Liberty. ENR put the partners on the cover of the Sept. 6, 1984, issue. The two stood on the scaffold of the statue for the cover shot. Gene McGovern, co-founder of Lehrer/McGovern Inc., died on Jan. 22. He would have turned 73 on Jan. 29.McGovern, at his death a construction consultant based in Boca Raton, Fla., started his career at construction giant Morse/Diesel Inc., where he met Peter M. Lehrer.

George D. Kalb, co-founder of Las Vegas-based Kalb Construction Co., and president of the 33-year-old family-run general contractor responsible for over 1,000 building projects in Southern Nevada, died on Oct. 24 from a heart-attack. He was 68.  George D. KalbNoteworthy company buildings include the 103-acre, 1.4-million-sq-f. McCarran Center; 4-level, the 120,000-sq-ft corporate headquarters for Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (now Caesars Entertainment Corp.), and the two-building, 100,000-sq-ft. Opportunity Village Engelstad Campus.Kalb Construction specializes in concrete tilt-up construction and remodeling for the retail, industrial and office markets.Kalb learned the ropes by working for a predeccessor family business begun by his father in 1963. In