Balfour Beatty Construction Services US, Dallas, has promoted President Mark Layman to the added roles of chairman and CEO at the end of 2013, says the firm. He will succeed Robert Van Cleave, who has served in those positions since 2003; previously, Cleave was CEO of building firm Centex before its 1996 sale to Balfour Beatty. John Tarpey remains COO.

Kurt R. Fraese was elected president of ASFE: The Geoprofessional Business Association, a