Construction management pioneer John Tishman died Feb. 6 at age 90 after a long illness. He managed the construction of the original 110-story World Trade Center twin towers in New York City and the 100-story John Hancock Center in Chicago, as well as Century City in Los Angeles, Walt Disney’s EPCOT Center in Florida and the restoration of Carnegie Hall.
Edwin “Ed” Malzahn, who invented the first compact trenching machine and built his family company into global manufacturer Charles Machine Works on the success of his “Ditch Witch,” died Dec. 11. He was 94.
Joseph D. “Little Joe” D’Annunzio, 86, who ran two family-owned, New Jersey-based heavy construction firms with key roles in major infrastructure projects in the Northeast, died in Naples, Fla., on Nov. 3.
Edward Cruz, co-founder and former president of New Jersey-based heavy-highway contractor E.E. Cruz & Co. that was eventually sold to German giant Hochtief AG in 2010, died on July 14 at age 74 in Bayhead, N.J.
Daniel W. Falconer, the American Concrete Institute's managing director of engineering, died on July 29 in Hartland, Mich., after a 16-month battle with colon cancer.
Herbert Rothman, 91, a bridge engineer who worked on historic structures throughout the nation and was a colleague of legendary bridge designer O.H. Ammann, died on July 25 in Long Island, N.Y.
Allen Soast, 78, whose coverage of building and infrastructure construction took him to many global locations in a 35-year editorial career, died on March 18 of cancer in Hillsborough, N.J., says his family.
Robert L. "Bob" Nichols, an early proponent of environmental engineering in a 67-year career at Fort Worth, Texas-based water-wastewater design firm Freese and Nichols Inc., including serving as president and vice chairman, died on May 8 in Arlington, says the firm.
A memorial event is set for June 14 in Englewood, Colo., for Richard P. Arber, vice president of engineer Hatch Mott MacDonald and an early champion of water reuse, who died on April 21 at age 68, says the firm.
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