Texas & Louisiana People: September 2024
Infrastructure company Ferrovial recently appointed Pepe Baraja as CEO for the U.S. and Canada, reporting to Ferrovial Construction CEO Ignacio Gastón. Baraja, who will be based in Austin, replaces Angel Luis Sanchez, who was promoted to serve a global role as major projects and operations director. Baraja now oversees all ongoing projects and business development activities in North America as Ferrovial intensifies its efforts in the U.S. As major projects and operations director, Sanchez will define strategy and direct bidding, budgeting, forecasting and performance reviews of major projects. Sanchez also will oversee Ferrovial’s project controls, operations structures and global workforce planning.
Jamie Dorland was recently promoted to vice president for commercial projects at Caddell Construction. Based in the company’s Bentonville, Ark., office, Dorland has helped grow Caddell’s automation group through ground-up construction for automation and by retrofitting existing warehouse space for automation.
Dave McGlashan has joined WSP’s Houston office as a licensed architect. He will provide leadership and project support for pharma/life sciences, lab planning in science and technology and advanced manufacturing projects. He has more than 35 years of industry experience, including work on more than 12 million sq ft of science and technology facilities as well as pilot plant and manufacturing facilities for companies in the pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and semiconductor industries.
JE Dunn Construction recently appointed Forrest Wilson as its office leader in Oklahoma City. Wilson joined the company in 2006 as an intern, and since that time, he has worked as a project engineer and senior project manager in the firm’s Nashville and Austin offices. In Austin, Wilson helped lead construction of the Sixth and Guadalupe tower.
Brett Flint has joined the Corpus Christi, Texas, office of planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam as a senior project manager in the municipal group. Flint will oversee construction and maintenance projects of port and coastal structures.
VanTrust Real Estate, a commercial real estate development company, has hired Kiran Shivaramu as senior director of development services. Shivaramu, who has more than 24 years of commercial design and construction experience—including working on mixed-use, office, retail, hospitality, education and health care projects—will be based in the company’s Dallas office.
Neel-Schaffer, Biloxi, Miss., has appointed Clay Jones to the newly created position of south Mississippi business development coordinator. Jones formerly worked as city manager for D’Iberville, Miss.
Atlas Technical Consultants in Austin, a provider of infrastructure and environmental solutions, has hired Shannon Rowley as its chief human resources officer. Rowley previously served in a similar role at MWH Global, a project delivery firm focused on water and wastewater infrastructure.
Matt McBride has been promoted to senior project manager for Westwood Contractors in Fort Worth. McBride has more than two decades of construction industry experience.
