Gilbane Building Co. has chosen its first non-family member—who also is a company outsider—as its next president and chief operating officer, contractor Chairman and CEO Tom Gilbane confirmed on June 11.McKelvyMichael E. McKelvy, chief delivery officer at CH2M Hill Cos. in Denver and a 26-year veteran of the firm and a unit it acquired, will take the new roles at Gilbane Building on July 7. He will succeed Bill Gilbane Jr., who becomes vice chairman. Gilbane had been in his prior roles since 2004.In his CH2M Hill role, McKelvy was responsible for profit-loss and delivery for global regions and served
Photos Courtesy of Inland Pipe Rehabilitation IPR's oscillating "spincast" application of GeoSpray (above) fixed a reinforced-concrete sewer line in Houston last year, earning recognition from EPA. Related Links: Fixing Failing Pipelines is a Public Health Issue Inland Pipe Rehabilitation An ultra-dense geopolymer mortar product is gaining traction as a trenchless pipeline repair remedy among cash-strapped municipalities, partly thanks to a recent Environmental Protection Agency vetting. U.S. wastewater and stormwater infrastructure requires $298 billion in upgrades over the next two decades, with pipelines accounting for 75% of total needs, reports the American Society of Civil Engineers. EcoCast is one cast-in-place pipeline
Related Links: Leadership Shakeups Set for Construction Equipment Sector Contractor Sues Fluor Team Over DOE Site Project Design Arch Record: Q&A with Lynn Richards, incoming president of the Congress for the New Urbanism as of July 1 Stephen M. Redding has joined Sparks, Md.-based KCI Technologies Inc. as vice president and regional practice leader, following its May 29 purchase of Redding Linden Burr (RLB), a Houston mechanical-electrical-plumbing and energy services engineer. He has been that firm’s president.HegabLouisiana Tech University, Ruston, named Hisham E. Hegab dean of the College of Engineering and Science, effective July 1. Formerly interim dean and professor
. Kenneth Liu helped lay the foundation for major seismic redesigns of hospitals throughout California. Related Links: LBL Architects Website American Institute of Architects May 12 Tribute to Kenneth Liu Kenneth Liu, 62, a California-based architect who helped revise seismic safety rules for the state’s hospitals after the Loma Prieta and Northridge earthquakes in 1989 and 1994, respectively, died in Los Angeles on May 1. The cause of death was not given.Liu and colleagues Ken Lee and Erich Burkhart launched Lee Burkhart Liu Architects (LBL) Inc., Santa Monica in 1986, specializing in hospital design and planning in California. It also
Every opinion counts at HOK. The 59-year-old firm embraces an interdisciplinary approach that values feedback from everyone: architects, engineers, planners and consultants.
Related Links: IronPlanet Wins Auction Lawsuit Against Ritchie Bros. The construction equipment industry is seeing leadership shake-ups as Peter J. Blake, who transformed Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers into a global player with 44 operations in 25 countries, and $3.8 billion in sales in 2013, exits in July after 23 years with the company, including a decade as CEO.Named as his successor is Ravi Saligram, former president and CEO of OfficeMax.BLAKEBlake is credited with increasing the Vancouver, B.C.-based public traded company’s market value tenfold. In releasing its first-quarter results last month, Ritchie Bros. said that its earnings rose 2% to $14.3 million
Related Links: Lafarge-Holcim Face Hurdles in Planned $60-Bil Merger While Antitrust Scrutiny May Halt $2.3 Bil Sherwin Williams Buy in Mexico Cleveland Plain-Dealer: Consorcio Comex shareholders say Sherwin-Williams didn't do enough to acquire the Mexican paint maker Consorcio Comex, S.A. de C.V., North America’s fourth-largest paint and coatings maker, said May 14 that its shareholders have sued America's largest paint retailer Sherwin-Williams Co. over a two-year-long, $2.34-billion scuttled acquisition bid that twice failed to clear antitrust hurdles.Comex with 3,300 retail stores and 16 manufacturing sites, accuses Sherwin-Williams of "serious neglect and constant failures in its conduct."The acquisition, first announced in
Related Links: Read about other execs moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector AMEC, London, has named Jeff Reilly group president of strategy and business development. Based in Houston, he was chief procurement officer of oil company Phillips 66, also based there. AMEC ranks at No. 5 on ENR's list of the Top 150 Global Design Firms.Ram Madugula is named president of Power Engineers Collaborative LLC, the engineering services unit of Pipestone, Minn., alternative-energy developer Juhl Energy Inc. He was a vice president and 30-year veteran of power-sector design firm Sargent & Lundy LLC, Chicago. Madugula, based in
Photo Courtesy of Cemex Cement giant Cemex CEO Lorenzo Zambrano, who died May 12 at 70, transformed a local Mexican business into a global player. Related Links: Cement Firms Lafarge and Holcim Face Hurdles in Planned $60-Billion Merger Cemex Sells Its Australian Unit To Holcim for $1.61 Billion Monterrey, Mexico-based cement giant Cemex moved quickly to name successors and reorganize after the sudden death, on May 12, of longtime CEO Lorenzo H. Zambrano, 70, who transformed it from a small family business into the world’s third-largest producer.Seeking to reassure investors about the publicly traded firm's future (NYSE: CX), Cemex elevated
Related Links: Paul R. Munger Obituary-Missouri University of Science and Technology Paul R. Munger, 82, a Missouri civil engineer and longtime educator who probed the fatal 1981 Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse and chaired the board that revoked the licenses of its designers, died on April 19 in Rolla, Mo. The cause of death was not disclosed.MUNGERAs Missouri Board for Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors chairman, Munger was among the experts who investigated the Hyatt incident. They found the collapse of two vertically contiguous atrium walkways was linked to design issues; 114 were killed and 216 were injured, making it
