Midwest People: January 2025

ENR Midwest Construction Professionals — Graphic by ENR

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David Wing left, has been promoted to CEO of building contractor Graycor, Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. Most recently president and chief operating officer, he succeeds co-chairs Matthew Gray and Steven Gray, former co-CEOs. Wing will not be replaced now as COO.

David G. Voss Jr., CEO of Miron Construction, Neenah, Wis., since 1979, now is chairman as part of a succession effort, effective Jan. 1. Elevated to CEO and corporate secretary is Dan Voss; Tim Kippenhan is president and chief operating officer; David Voss III is vice president and chief construction operating officer; and Dean Basten is treasurer and CFO. The Kippenhan and Voss families have led the building contractor for nearly 60 years.

Lincoln, Neb.-based engineer Olsson has named Sean Baker as CFO to succeed Jeff Jenkins, who will retire. Baker had been executive vice president of First National Bank of Omaha.

Grant St. George, a 17-year veteran of McCarthy Building Cos., was promoted to vice president of operations in its industrial group.

Tim Thomure has been promoted to principal of design-build firm Burns & McDonnell, now leading project management for its Midwest transmission and distribution group and for its regional global facilities group.

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Parametrix, an engineering, planning and environmental science consultant, has hired three staff in Chicago: Jill Kramer, left, as a senior consultant in transportation and environmental planning; Karen Munson, right, as senior permitting and project management consultant; and Brian Manning as senior engineer in transportation engineering and planning.

Landwehr Construction Inc., St. Cloud, Minn., has elevated Luke Stock and Derek Burggraff to vice president of commercial construction and vice president of public construction, respectively. Both are former senior estimators.

Alberici Corp., which oversees the St. Louis firm’s construction units, named Greg Hesser executive chairman. Greg Kozic is non-executive chairman. Hesser was president and CEO of Alberici Constructors Inc. Richard Jaggers now is corporation president and CEO, succeeding Peter Kozicz. Jose Garcia succeeds Hesser as Alberici Constructors president; Fred Biermann is named chief operating officer and remains Alberici Industrial president.

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Walter J. Bogdovitz, 87, left, a noted hydroelectric dam engineer at Chicago-based water resources development firm Harza Engineering Co., who managed work on record-setting global projects and later led the company, died in Dallas on Nov. 17, 2024, a family member informed ENR. He joined Harza after earning a civil engineering degree in 1959. Bogdovitz and family “soon began a great adventure spending years on construction sites” in Thailand, Venezuela and the U.S.,” said a family obituary. Harza’s history of “successful projects” globally includes Reza Shah Kabir Dam in Iran, one of the tallest thin-arch dams ever built and the Guri project in Venezuela, the largest global hydroelectric facility when its first stage was built in 1978.

“Walter’s engineering skills and knowledge were in great demand,” added the obituary, noting his other major global consulting assignments. Bogdovitz became Harza president and CEO in 1989 and retired in 1994. It merged in 2001 with engineer Montgomery Watson to become global energy and environmental engineer MWH, which was acquired by Stantec in 2016.