David Mortenson has been elevated to chairman of M.A. Mortenson Construction Co., as part of the family-owned Minneapolis building contracting giant's planned succession. His father, M. A. “Mort” Mortenson Jr., who was in the role since 1976, now is chairman emeritus. Formerly president, David Mortenson joined the firm in 1991 and was project director of the landmark Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. Tom Gunkel remains CEO, and former Chief Operating Officer Dan Johnson is president. Tom Wacker is elevated to COO from senior vice president. Mortenson has 3,800 employees in the US and Canada and $2.5 billion in revenue, it says.
Global design firm Louis Berger, Morristown, N.J., has announced a succession as ofJuly 1 when President and CEO Nicholas J. Masucci becomes chairman. Named CEO is D. James Stamatis, its international operating company president since 2012. Thomas Topolski, executive vice president and managing director for the Middle East and North Africa also since 2012, will replace Stamatis and be based in Paris.
As it prepares for an anticipated start of construction in early 2017 of a high-speed rail line between London and Birmingham, England with an extension to Manchester, UK-based developer-builder HS2 Ltd. has named several new top executives. Nigel McKay has joined the firm as head of construction procurement, according to UK industry publication Building. He had been procurement chief at Lend Lease. Jonathan Crone is named director of the firm's program management office; he had been an executive at Foster Wheeler Energy. Colin Morris has joined the firm as program delivery strategy director. Most recently, he led work for consultant EC Harris with the Saudi government, according to Building. The HS2 line is set to become one of Europe’s largest infrastructure projects.