David B. Walls has been promoted to president and CEO of Austin Industries. He succeeds Ronald J. Gafford who will continue to serve as chairman of the firm, which is the parent company of Austin Commercial, Austin Bridge & Road and Austin Industrial. Walls has been with Austin Commercial since 1980 and president since 1996. He is a director of the Texas contractors association TEXO. Named to succeed him at Austin Commercial is William McAdoo, who was unit senior vice president in the central and South Texas region. With $1.5 billion in 2011 revenue, Austin ranks 33rd on ENR's list of the Top 400 Contractors.
Will Hodges has been appointed president of Cadence McShane Construction Co. He succeeds Neal Harper, who is retiring after 16 years with the contractor. Prior to joining Cadence McShane, Hodges was senior vice president of Adolfson & Peterson Construction.