Brian P. Reed has been elevated to CEO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based engineering firm RS&H as part of a company succession that takes effect on July 31. Formerly senior vice president and director of the firm's aviation program, he will replace Leerie T. Jenkins in the new role. Jenkins remains chairman. David Robertson, the firm's chief operating officer, takes on the added role of president, effective immediately. RS&H ranks at No. 79 on ENR's list of the Top 500 Design Firms, with $143 million in 2010 revenue.
Steve Townes has been named CEO of Louis Berger Services Inc., a new corporate unit of The Berger Group of Cos., Morristown, N.J. It was created by the parent firm's Feb. 1 acquisition of Ranger International Services Group, a Greenville, S.C.-based aviation, logistics and engineering firm. Townes had been CEO of Ranger International and remains based in Greenville. About 1,000 Ranger employees have joined Berger. The acquired unit had about $85 million in 2011 revenue, a Berger spokeswoman tells ENR.