California People: Construction business updates for October 2016
Michael Baker International appointed Don Sepulveda as vice president and rail and transit practice lead for the firm’s West region, based in Los Angeles. He also will serve as senior project manager on select projects. For the last five years, he served as executive officer of regional rail for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), where he developed a $2.5-billion rail program. Sepulveda also is a member of American Railroad Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association committees on commuter/intercity and high-speed rail systems.
HDR’s Los Angeles architecture studio has hired Susan Suhar as an interior design director. She is a former vice president of partnership for the Illinois chapter of the International Interior Design Association.