Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector Cover Story: ENR Award of Excellence Winner 2010 John Hillman GloverThe Roberts Co., a Winterville, N.C., mechanical-electrical contractor specializing in industral markets, has hired R.M. "Monty" Glover as chief operating officer. A 13-year veteran of The Shaw Group Inc., he had been president of that firm's construction division and of its energy and chemicals group. The Roberts Co. ranks at No. 115 on ENR's list of The Top 600 Specialty Firms, with $148.7 million in 2012 revenue.Garrett Terlaak has joined fs3|Hodges, a San Clemente,
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector. Hunt Steven Hunt is elevated to the newly created role of president and CEO of COWI North America, a unit of Danish engineer COWI that includes five design firms operating in the U.S. and Canada. He was CEO of one, Vancouver-based Buckland & Taylor. The others are Ben C. Gerwick Inc., COWI North America Energy, Jenny Engineering Corp. and Ocean and Coastal Consultants Inc. Darryl Matson succeeds Hunt at Buckland & Taylor, and is named senior vice president for bridges in the parent firm. COWI
Related Links: Innovation Is Key to Swinerton Longevity Seismic Upgrade of San Franciscos Water System See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector CeribelliPeter A. Ceribelli has joined water-resources and environmental engineer Apex Cos. LLC as CEO. He was chief operating officer of Weston Solutions since 2009. Also joining the firm, as principal, is Andrew R. Contrael, former principal of Management and Technical Resources Inc., a Pittsburgh consultant that Apex acquired on Sept. 17. Apex ranks at No. 77 on ENR's list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms, with $101.2 million in 2012 revenue.The board
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector William Varley is named northeast division senior vice president of American Water Works Co. Inc., Voorhees, N.J., and president of its New Jersey American Water Works unit effective Sept. 16. He succeeds David Baker, who will retire in February but remains with the firm until then, the firm says. Varley also remains president of New York American Water, another corporate unit. The company says he led a 2012 acquisition that doubled New York unit operations to serve about 370,000 customers. The New Jersey unit serves
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on in the AEC sector Chell A. Roberts is named founding dean of the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego (USD), Calif., which will be formally inaugurated on Sept. 26. He had been executive dean of the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, Tempe, and also served as its engineering chair.RobertsThe school was launched last fall with a $20-million donation from Darlene Marcos Shiley. Her late husband, Donald Shiley, a hydraulic engineering graduate of the University of Portland, Oregon, was an entrepreneur and
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector Olmsted Lock and Dam Project: Submerging Bulky Dam Shells in the Ohio River Garry Higdem has joined Parsons Corp. as president of its new construction group, which the firm says will manage North HigdemAmerican infrastructure construction. Based in Denver, he was president and CEO of the EPC group at CH2M Hill Ltd. since 2007 and its principal-in-charge of the $5.3-billion Panama Canal expansion. Higdem also was CEO of APAC and served as a division vice president of Granite Construction.Barney T. Martin, president of bridge engineer
Related Links: UC San Diego Names New Dean of Jacobs School of Engineering Possible quick fix to Bay Bridge broken rods Bridge Opening Delayed Until Broken Rods Are Fixed in December Cracks Delay Work at Floating Bridge Project in Washington State See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector The University of California, San Diego, has named Albert P. "Al"Pisano dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering, effective Sept. 1. A professor of mechanical, electrical and computer engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, he also served Pisanoas engineering dean. Pisano will replace Juan C.
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector firms Kier completes 221m ($337 million) deal for May Gurney Kier and FCC team confirmed for 600m ($900 millon) Mersey Gateway project Cooper Union Won't Be Free For 2014 Freshman Class Kier Group plc, the London-based construction and services firm, has named Stephen Bowcott as chief operating officer, a newly created position in the company. The appointment comes as the firm completes its July 1 acquisition of Norwich, England-based municipal infrastructure-maintenance contractor May Gurney. The $337-million transaction creates a firm with a total of 16,000
Related Links: DOE Nuclear Waste Cleanup Contracts Under Scrutiny Issues Mount at Hanford Site, Including Waste Plant Design Website for the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment Plant Bridge-in-a-Backpack Tech 'Blows Up' Next-Gen Bridges Pipeline Services Firm Aegion Buys California Contractor Brinderson See who else is moving up, or moving on, at AEC sector firms Bechtel National Inc. has named Margaret "Peggy" McCullough as project director for the estimated $12.2-billion nuclear-waste vitrification project at the U.S. Energy Dept.'s Hanford site in Washington state. A principal vice president, she replaces Frank Russo, who is taking on a new assignment for Bechtel in the
Related Links: See who else in the AEC sector has moved up, or moved on Crystal River Plant Fix Central to Duke CEO Ouster CEO's Rise at Duke Energy Grew From Enron Fiasco As Reservoir Redo Starts, Tampa Bay Water Seeks New Leader Lynn Good has been elevated to president and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility. Formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer, she succeeds James Rogers, who remains chairman until December, when he is set to retire. Good is one of eight women CEOs of the 200 U.S. investor-owned utilities. She also
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