In his 1970s design vision for a permanent parliament in Australia’s capital of Canberra, according to an online government history, architect Romaldo “Aldo” Giurgola said the structure could not be built on top of the hilltop site, “as this would symbolize government imposed upon the people.
In a move that appeared to happen faster than at least one Wall Street analyst predicted, Houston energy specialty contracting giant Quanta Services Inc. on March 14 said Chief Operating Officer Earl “Duke” Austin has succeeded James O’Neil as president and CEO.
Joseph D. “Little Joe” D’Annunzio, 86, who ran two family-owned, New Jersey-based heavy construction firms with key roles in major infrastructure projects in the Northeast, died in Naples, Fla., on Nov. 3.
