Related Links: See Who Else in the Industry Has Moved Up, or Moved On SchneiderHans-Christian Schneider has been elevated to CEO of Ammann Group, the construction equipment and materials production firm based in Langenthal, Switzerland. He was deputy CEO. Schneider, 33, is the sixth generation of family members to run the 143 year-old company with 2,900 global employees. He replaces Ulrich Meyer, who has run the firm since 2010 when Schneider's father, Johann Niklaus Schneider-Ammann, became Swiss economics minister. As of Jan. 1, Schneider-Ammann became minister of economics, education and research.Joseph P. McGonagle has joined construction management firm Project
Related Links: See Who Else in the Industry Has Moved Up, or Moved On HopkinsJohn L. Hopkins, Fluor Corp. group executive for corporate development and new ventures, will retire in March to become CEO of NuScale Power, a Portland, Ore.-based nuclear-power R&D startup firm in which the contractor is the majority investor. He replaces Paul G. Lorenzini, also NuScale Power's co-founder, who will become a firm consultant.Hopkins, also formerly president of Fluor's government group, joined Fluor in 1984. NuScale Power is developing a technology for a small modular reactor (SMR). Lorenzini has led the firm since 2007, when it
Joseph Skinner, president and CEO of engineering firm Greenhorne & O'Mara, Laurel, Md., will join Edmonton, Alberta-based consulting giant Stantec as a practice managing leader as of Dec. 31, the firms tell ENR.
Related Links: See Who Else Is Moving Up, or Moving On in AEC Firms $3-Billion Buyout of Shaw Would Boost CB&I's Energy Capabilities Frederick G. "Bud" Wright, former chief operating officer of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration, will be the new executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), effective on Feb. 1. He will succeed John Horsley, who is retiring from the position after 14 years. Wright, COO at FHWA from 2001 to 2008, is now an Alexandria, Va.-based transportation consultant who has been examining performance-based management approaches for the federal-aid highway program. WRIGHTFurther,
Related Links: See who else in engineering and construction has moved up, or moved on! John Rinard has joined Denver-based CH2M Hill Cos. as a senior vice president and director of international infrastructure development, the company confirms to ENR. Most recently, he was a senior vice president and director of major programs at AECOM, where he also served as project director of that firm's Australia Pty. Ltd. unit and as chief operating officer of its AECOM Libya unit. RINARDCH2M Hill also has hired Susan Martinovich, former director of the Nevada Dept. of Transportation, as vice president and director of its
Related Links: See who else has moved up, or moved on! Andrew Ball has joined Suffolk Construction Co., Boston, as president of its San Francisco-based western region. He is formerly president and CEO of Webcor Builders, a San Francisco contractor in which Japan's Obayashi Corp. bought a 70% stake in 2007. According to published reports, Ball's five-year contract was not renewed. He was replaced in his former roles in August by Jes Pederson, who was the firm's executive vice president. Suffolk ranks at No. 40 on ENR's list of the Top 400 Contractors, with about $1.3 billion in 2011 revenue.
Will Hodges has joined Cadence McShane Construction Co., the Dallas general contractor and CM, as president. Formerly senior vice president of Adolfson & Peterson Construction, he succeeds Neal L. Harper, who has retired. Cadence McShane is a unit of The McShane Cos., Rosemont, Ill., which is ranked at no. 94 on ENR's list of the Top 400 Contractors. HODGESAustin Industries, also a Dallas-based contractor, announces key succession-related executive promotions, to take effect on Nov. 29. The firm elevated David B. Walls to president and CEO, to succeed Ronald J. Gafford, who will remain chairman. Walls has been president of corporate
Related Links: People Promotions: See who else in industry has moved up, or moved on. David Kane has joined professional services and construction management firm McKissack & McKissack, New York City, as executive vice president and as its first chief operating officer. He is formerly executive vice president of the capital program division in New York City's Economic Development Corp. The firm, which says it is the oldest minority-owned contractor in the U.S., is a separate organization from Washington, D.C.-based McKissack & McKissack, which ranks at No. 57 on ENR’s list of the Top 100 Construction Management-for-Fee firms. KANEF. Dave
Related Links: Read More People on the Move in ENR In a unanimous vote on Sept. 24, the Massachusetts Dept. of Transportation board appointed Beverly A. Scott as general manager of both the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and of the DOT's rail-and-transit division. Set to start in late 2012 or early 2013, she is currently CEO and general manager of the Metropolitan Atlanta Transit Authority (MARTA); she will be the first woman to serve in her upcoming roles in Massachusetts. Scott also has been chief of the Sacramento Regional Transit District and general manager of the Rhode Island Public
Related Links: Read more People on the Move MOTEC.D. "Dan" Mote, the former chairman of the University of California's mechanical engineering department who also served for 12 years as president of the 35,000-student University of Maryland, College Park, is set to become the next president of the National Academy of Engineering. NAE members are set to elect him, the group's only candidate for the position, in March. His six-year term would begin on July 1, when he will succeed Charles M. Vest. Under Mote, the University of Maryland boosted research funding by more than 150% and attained the fourth-highest graduation
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