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Stephen Chang has managed projects at the University of Miami totaling more than $200 million. While working for Moss & Associates, Chang has developed a passion for promoting green-building practices, and is currently serving his second term as chairman for the Miami-Dade chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council. He also serves as a board member and director of leadership for the South Florida USGBC chapter.

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People: Southeast
While with Balfour Beatty Construction, John Harris has championed the cause of industry diversity. Harris helps M/WBE businesses prepare for potential partnerships with Balfour Beatty and other commercial contractors on large-scale construction projects, and assists them with efforts to target future business opportunities.

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Since joining homebuilder Taylor Morrison in 2005 as controller, Maurice Mo Johnson was promoted to vice president of finance, and now serves as North Florida division president, overseeing operations for the Orlando and Jacksonville markets. Known as a team player, colleagues cite his ability to bring out the best in people.

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Jacquelynn Edmonds, an architect with Primus Design Services, has focused on becoming a 3D modeling expert. After earning a master's degree in building construction and integrated facility management and joining Primus in 2012, Edmonds was chosen to lead the integration of BIM software into the firm's design process.

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Baabak Ashuri is the founder and director of the Economics of the Sustainable Built Environment Lab at Georgia Tech and leads the school's master's degree program in integrated project delivery systems. In addition, he served as principal investigator on 20 external research grants.

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After becoming an owner of an industrial construction company, Greg Norman rebranded the company as GMF Construction in 2002 and initiated the firm's acquisition of several AISC certifications. As a member of the board of directors for Seminole Boosters, Norman assists with construction budget oversight for athletic facility projects at Florida State University.

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Matthew Johnson manages The Harper Corp.�s commercial construction division, where he also serves as a shareholder. He co-chairs the company�s co-op program, which works with Clemson University sophomores, juniors and seniors to teach them about the construction industry.

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Shannon Drake has more than 16 years of experience domestically and abroad in the planning, design and development of projects in North America, Latin America and Asia. Having lived in Central America during his childhood, he became an advocate for rebuilding and developing communities and the environment. In 2007, Shannon relocated to India to join a global workshare firm.

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In his career, Ryan Taylor has earned a strong industry reputation, and in 2012 was appointed by the Georgia Dept. of Community Affairs to the State Codes Advisory Committee. Recently named SCAC secretary, Taylor is on track to become one of the youngest chairmen in the committee's history.

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Claudia Bilotto has become a recognized expert in the Atlanta transportation community through her participation in high-profile projects such as the Northern Sub-Area Study and the Regional Transit Action Plan, as well as her leadership in professional and community organizations. At AECOM, she has been tasked with building the firm's highway and corridor-focused planning practice.

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For his considerable cost-estimating expertise, Gilbane Building Co.'s 38-year-old chief estimator, Chris Doscher, has earned the nickname Dr. Doscher from his coworkers. In 2007 and 2009 Doscher earned Gilbane's Excellence Award for his leadership advancing cost-estimating best practices. As Southeast district chief estimator in Atlanta, Doscher serves as estimating leader for all of the division�s projects.

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As a vice president at Kimley-Horn's West Palm Beach, Fla., offices, Chris Heggen serves as senior project manager for transportation projects. Heggen also works as the firm's public representative at public and quasi-judicial hearings, city meetings and neighborhood gatherings to discuss particular projects and their local impacts.

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Since Aaron Thomas founded Metcon Inc. 14 years ago, the company has grown considerably, with 2013 revenues totaling more than $51 million. One of its latest projects, Sandy Grove Middle School in Lumberton, N.C., recently earned ENR's national Best of the Best award for K-12 schools. In 2013, the U.S. Dept. of Commerce recognized Metcon as its 2013 Minority Construction Firm of the Year.

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With extensive experience in fossil, nuclear and hydro power projects, Kevin White recently helped create Brasfield & Gorrie's power division. Since then, White has helped the Birmingham, Ala.-based contractor make the most of the contractor�s opportunities in this red-hot market

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This year's Top 20 Under 40 class highlights the achievements of future industry leaders located in the states of Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, Alabama and Tennessee.

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After proving his expertise working with numerous public agencies in Atkins' Tallahassee, Fla., office, Victor Herrera transferred to the firm's Miami office, where he now leads its southeast Florida civil-engineering efforts. He is a graduate of the Florida Engineering Institute, which seeks to transition engineering professionals into community leaders.

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The son of an electrician, Brad Watford developed an interest in electrical engineering at an early age. For the past 10 years as senior electrical engineer at Clark Richardson & Biskup, he�s earned a reputation as the firm�s go-to lead engineer for mission-critcal projects, such as data centers.

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With a doctorate degree in civil engineering, Gregory Hebeler has served as geotechnical engineering lead for several major projects for Golder Associates. He also served as task leader for a team selected by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program to develop guidelines related to performance-based drainage-system procurements for highway projects.

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A 15-year veteran of the construction, real estate development and green building industries, Randall C. Dragon now serves as the Southeast sustainability director for Jones Lang LaSalle's project and development services group, where he leads the firm's LEED and sustainability business in Atlanta. In 2012, Jones Lang LaSalle presented Dragon with its Green Award, given to the person that best promotes sustainability for the company's clients and the industry as a whole.

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As the manager of the Design Division at Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, Traci Cooper Holton leads teams of engineers, designers and contractors on projects at Nashville International Airport and John C. Tune Airport. She has been involved in some of the authority�s most significant projects, including the $70-million Consolidated Rental Agency Complex at Nashville International Airport.

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In his present role as vice president and division manager for Brasfield & Gorrie, Rob Blalock is responsible for pursuing and executing all phases of commercial projects, from conceptual estimates to turnover. Under his stewardship, the division has emerged as a market leader, a development he attributes to special emphasis on preconstruction.

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March 10, 2014
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Pete Holst has rejoined Gilbane Building Co.'s North Carolina leadership team as senior project executive in the contractor's Durham, N.C., office. Holst, who has 30 years of industry experience, will focus on the life science, corporate and mission-critical markets.

Sam Stiteler, a business development manager with Metro Power, was recently installed as 2014 chairman of the board of Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia in Atlanta. Stiteler has 13 years of construction industry experience and has been actively involved with ABC of Georgia for more than a decade.

Other association officers installed included: Phil Greeves, JAMCo Inc., as chairman-elect; Jeff Toebe, McCarthy Building Cos., as vice chairman; and Al Clark, Smith Adcock & Co., as treasurer. The chapter's 2014 directors include: Gary Bishop, PCL Industrial Construction Co.; Rob Cooper, Ivey Mechanical Co.; David Hendrick, Hendrick, Phillips, Salzman & Flatt; Alex Henry, DPR Hardin Construction; Eric James, Harcon; Jim Pritchett, Balfour Beatty Construction; Tammy Pace, Pace Drywall; Collin Skutt, All American Construction Services; Matthew Smith, Manhattan Construction Co.; Jill Stratton, Juneau Construction Co.; and Adam Wheeler, Brasfield & Gorrie.

 

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Andy Lauzier was promoted to the position of transportation planning and design director for HDR in Orlando. Previously, Lauzier served as section manager and managing principal for the firm's Orlando office.

Also in Orlando, Chuck McLendon joined the firm as waste sector leader for Florida. Previously, McLendon worked as director of operations for R.W. Beck's Southeast solid waste group.

Chris Brown joined HDR's Raleigh, N.C., office as a senior project manager. Brown joins the engineering firm after 25 years with Dewberry, where he most recently served as a vice president and business unit manager. In his new position, Brown will focus on pump stations and pipeline projects as well as condition assessments.

 

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Grant Livengood has been promoted to business unit leader in McKim & Creed's Raleigh office. Prior to this appointment, Livengood oversaw the Raleigh office's civil and site engineering and planning projects. Livengood is an 18-year veteran with the engineering, surveying and planning firm.

Matthew Daves was promoted to business unit leader for McKim & Creed's Raleigh office. In this position, Daves will be in charge of developing sustainable, cost-effective clean-energy solutions for commercial, health care, institutional and education facilities. Daves joined McKim & Creed in 2013 as part of the company's acquisition of United Engineering Group.

Curtis Burkett joined McKim & Creed's Daytona Beach, Fla., office as a regional manager. In this role, Burkett will provide strategic direction to expand the firm's presence in the region. Burkett's past experience includes water, sewer and roadway projects as well as municipal engineering. He previously served as a regional manager with Zev Cohen & Associates.

John Haymaker has joined design firm Perkins+Will's Atlanta office as director of research. Haymaker will oversee the firm's practice-based knowledge centers as well as project-based integrated research. Additionally, he will oversee Perkins+Will's AREA Research, a nonprofit organization that conducts research related to the built environment for public benefit. The organization covers several areas of inquiry, including health, cities, workplace, education, process, technology and sustainability.

According to the firm, Haymaker foresees an increase in research projects as well as more process and systems expertise integrated into designs.

Haymaker is an assistant professor of architecture and building construction at Georgia Institute of Technology and holds a doctorate degree in civil and environmental engineering from Stanford University. Haymaker was named Fiatech's Outstanding Early Career Researcher in 2012.

Alexander Randell joined Finley Engineering Group, Tallahassee, Fla., as a bridge designer. Randell recently graduated from the University of Florida with a master's degree in structural engineering. In addition, Colby Lindsay joined the firm as comptroller. Lindsay has 15 years of accounting, finance and administration experience.

Justin Edwards has been named Southeast regional manager of aviation in the Orlando office of Parsons Brinckerhoff. Edwards, with 24 years of experience in the aviation industry, will lead PB's aviation-related client and business development efforts in Florida and the Southeast. Prior to joining PB, Edwards was aviation business development manager for Florida at a Northeast-based consulting firm. He also previously served as airport manager for the Trenton-Mercer Airport in New Jersey.

PB also announced that John Brandvik has been hired in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. as a senior engineering manager. Brandvik will serve as program manager for the firm's construction and materials engineering management contract for Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. He has 28 years of civil engineering experience.

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