Related Links: Engineering News-Record PennoIn a move analysts expected, Foster Wheeler AG has elevated Roberto Penno, 53, to the added role of CEO of the firm's global engineering and construction group. He succeeds Umberto della Sala in that role. Della Sala, 64, remains corporate chief operating officer, while Penno continues as CEO of the global E&C group's Asia-Pacific region until a successor is named, the company says. Commenting Nov. 7 on the firm's third-quarter earnings report, Credit Suisse analyst Jamie Cook said the firm's stock price jumped 10% on earnings and "solid margin performance in power and E&C." She said
George D. Kalb, co-founder of Las Vegas-based Kalb Construction Co., and president of the 33-year-old family-run general contractor responsible for over 1,000 building projects in Southern Nevada, died on Oct. 24 from a heart-attack. He was 68. George D. KalbNoteworthy company buildings include the 103-acre, 1.4-million-sq-f. McCarran Center; 4-level, the 120,000-sq-ft corporate headquarters for Harrah’s Entertainment Inc. (now Caesars Entertainment Corp.), and the two-building, 100,000-sq-ft. Opportunity Village Engelstad Campus.Kalb Construction specializes in concrete tilt-up construction and remodeling for the retail, industrial and office markets.Kalb learned the ropes by working for a predeccessor family business begun by his father in 1963. In
Related Links: ASCE Awards 2013 Class of Distinguished Members National Academy of Construction homepage Website of The Moles Website of The Beavers Man Chung-Tang, chairman of infrastructure design firm T.Y. Lin, has been awarded the 2013 Gold Medal by the Institution of Structural Engineers for outstanding contribution to the structural design of major long span bridges around the world. He has over 44 years of design and construction engineering experience, working on more than 100 bridges globally, and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1995 for contributions invcable-stayed bridge design.The Design-Build Institute of America has named Michael
Related Links: Richard G. Weingardt Website Books by Richard Weingardt ENR Book Review: Engineering Legends, Great American Civil Engineers WeingardtRichard G. Weingardt, 75, a structural engineer who, as a practitioner, author and industry association president, was a vocal advocate for stronger engineering leadership in government and business, died on Sept. 24 in Denver. The cause of death was complications of cancer, says his wife and business partner, Evelyn S. Weingardt."The lower we are moved down the food chain from leadership roles ... the easier [it is] to use 'low bid' to select us," Richard Weingardt said in 1995 as
The idea for our theme issue, "Imagining Construction's Future," was born in July 2012 when Intel futurist Brian David Johnson gave a keynote at ENR FutureTech.
Related Links: Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J. appoints Susan Baer as director of aviation Big Change at McDermott Drilling for Treasure: Depth of gas reserves yet to be plumbed, but concerns persist BaerSusan M. Baer, former aviation division director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and a 37-year agency veteran, has joined Arup as a principal and global aviation planning leader, based in New York City. She retired from the bi-state transportation agency last spring after four years in her previous role, the first woman in that post. Baer succeeded William R. DeCota, who died
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector Cover Story: ENR Award of Excellence Winner 2010 John Hillman GloverThe Roberts Co., a Winterville, N.C., mechanical-electrical contractor specializing in industral markets, has hired R.M. "Monty" Glover as chief operating officer. A 13-year veteran of The Shaw Group Inc., he had been president of that firm's construction division and of its energy and chemicals group. The Roberts Co. ranks at No. 115 on ENR's list of The Top 600 Specialty Firms, with $148.7 million in 2012 revenue.Garrett Terlaak has joined fs3|Hodges, a San Clemente,
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector. Hunt Steven Hunt is elevated to the newly created role of president and CEO of COWI North America, a unit of Danish engineer COWI that includes five design firms operating in the U.S. and Canada. He was CEO of one, Vancouver-based Buckland & Taylor. The others are Ben C. Gerwick Inc., COWI North America Energy, Jenny Engineering Corp. and Ocean and Coastal Consultants Inc. Darryl Matson succeeds Hunt at Buckland & Taylor, and is named senior vice president for bridges in the parent firm. COWI
ENR File Photo McGrath (right) chats with a field engineer at a California dam project site in 1966. Related Links: Obituary for David McGrath in The Newark Star Ledger David J. "Dave" McGrath, who served as the publisher of ENR for 23 years and was one of the first American business-publishing executives to link to the China marketplace, died on Sept. 26 in Palm City, Fla. He was 86.McGrath, ENR publisher from 1965 until 1988, was also a McGraw-Hill Cos. senior vice president. Working for the firm for 38 years, McGrath began his company career in advertising sales and later
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