HOWARD After four years as vice president and then chief technology officer, Nigel Howard has left the U.S. Green Building Council, and plans to assume a position as chief operating officer of the Green Building Council of Australia in March. During his tenure, the U.S. council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system, known as LEED, has become widely accepted as the standard of sustainability for buildings. Staff at the council has grown from six people to 59, and several versions of the rating system have been launched, including one tailored for existing buildings and another for commercial interiors.
July 31, 2006 Real Life Isn't Like School, But That Can be a Good Thing By Jeff Rubenstone Jeff Rubenstone is a recent graduate of the College of William and Mary, where he majored in history. He is pursuing a career in journalism and is based in Sparkill, N.Y. Jeff Rubenstone Nearly two years ago, with his master's degree in hand and an exciting job lined up at a major engineering firm, there wasn’t anything in structural engineering Brent Vollenweider didn't think he could handle. "As an engineer out of school on your first job, the first day you expect
January 26, 2006 Get Your Foot in the Door An instructor at a Manhattan university well-known for its engineering program recently told me that her students were rather bright when it came to math and science, but were clueless when it came to their careers. �A lot of them want to know how to get practical experience, and where they can apply for internships,� she said. �But many don�t have any idea where to begin.� And while professors around the country grind their students to gain necessary skills for the workplace, many students say they feel a
Many people, in many ways, serve the best interests of the construction industry. The editors of ENR have chosen the following individuals for innovations and achievements featured in the magazine in 2005 and the selection of Dwayne McAninch, CEO of McAninch Corp. and pioneer in global positioning system technology for earthmoving, as our Award of Excellence Winner. The construction industry congratulates all of these achievers. Click below to read more about Award of Excellence winner and the Award of Excellence History. Corissa M. Anderson Patrick A. Burns Robert F. “Bobby” Clair Samir Emdanat Duane P. Gapinski John S. Gonsalves David
Arthur J. Fox was contemplating changes to ENR during his first year as editor-in-chief. Noting that Aviation Week, another McGraw-Hill publication, published an annual feature entitled "Laurels for Last Year," citing individuals who made worthwhile contributions to the aviation industry, Fox felt construction could benefit from its own list of notables. Founder. Fox thought construction needed to be better recognized. ENR’s effort debuted in the Jan. 23, 1964, issue, under the headline, "Some Men Who Made Marks in ’63." It included Morris Beutel, an early advocate of computers for critical path scheduling and estimating. Even President John F. Kennedy made
About a year ago, Kristina Reinholtz became tired of drifting from job to job. The 22-year-old enlisted in the Army in 2000, hoping to be trained for a career as a heavy wheel mechanic. But while going through basic training at Fort Sill, Okla., she "blew out" her knee. In January 2001, Private Reinholtz received an honorable disabled discharge.
Granet Vietnam now joins the ranks of nations with pioneering cable-stayed bridges, thanks to innovative team efforts led by Alain Granet, site manager for Freyssinet S.A., the cable contractor on the 903-meter-long Bai Chay Bridge. It is the world’s longest that has a centrally supported, concrete cable-stayed span. The design also incorporates novel compact stay cables that reduce wind loading by trimming the support system’s area. Granet led site work to implement the Paris-based firm’s concept for the first time. He crammed an equal amount of stay cable steel into 35% less space, allowing the bridge to withstand higher-than-planned
Many people in many ways serve the best interests of the construction industry. The editors of ENR have chosen the following individuals for innovations and achievements covered in the magazine in 2004. One has already been chosen to receive the Award of Excellence, ENR’s highest honor, and is featured in the cover story of the magazine’s April 4, 2005 issue. click on the links below to to view more. Award of Excellence Winner 2004: Joe Maloney Award of Excellence: History For 40 years, Industry Gathers To Honor Construction’s Best Ron Austin Judene Bartley Tom Boyko Mark G. Crawford Kathleen Eisbrenner
MARINO Lelio ‘Les’ Marino, founder of Cambridge, Mass-based Modern Continental Construction Co. Inc., died suddenly Nov. 12 at his home in North Reading. He was 69 years old. Marino immigrated to America in 1958 from Chieti, Italy, and founded Modern in 1967. He took it from a small road and drainage contractor to the largest heavy-civil firm in New England (ENR 3/2/98 p. 30). Marino’s big break was in 1996 when Boston’s $14.6-billion Central Artery/Tunnel project started. Modern ultimately won over $3 billion in CA/T work. The firm currently is wrapping up five projects worth about $400 million. Modern consistently
Joseph J. Jacobs, the 88-year-old founder and current chairman of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., died Oct. 23. He founded the Pasadena, Califl.-based global engineering and construction company in 1947. It now ranks 12th on the ENR Top 400 Contractors list for 2004, with $2.27 billion in revenue and more than 35,000 employees. Jacobs, born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., of Lebanese descent, and once worked for pharmaceutical maker Merck &Co., now a key client to the company. He earned three chemical engineering degrees from Polytechnic University in New York City, of which he was twice chairman of its board of
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