As DC Water's assistant general manager of wastewater treatment, Walter Bailey played a key role in the public utility's decision to implement an innovative system to create a better class of biosolids at the Blue Plains advanced wastewater treatment facility.
Nick Hetrick was AECOM's project manager on a Milford, Del., highway interchange job when he got an urgent call from his boss: A Delaware Dept. of Transportation crew on June 2 had verified an engineer's report that piers supporting an interstate bridge in Wilmington had tilted.
A hoisting first is what Ferndale, Wash.-based Samson Rope pulled off under the direction of Michael Quinn, director of new market development, when it debuted the world's first synthetic hoisting rope—the KZ100—for use on cranes in 2014.
Related Links: Q&A with Callison CEO John Jastrem Sweetened Offer Seals ARCADIS Buy of UK Engineer Hyder for $476 Million JastremHolland-based global engineer ARCADIS NV reached out to two executives with experience largely outside the construction industry in selecting the new chiefs of its Colorado-based North American business, announced on Jan. 15.The firm named John Jastrem and Joachim Ebert as CEO and chief operating officer, respectively, of that unit, to replace the retiring Gary Coates, who was in both roles. Since 2011, Jastrem had been chairman and CEO of Callison Architecture Holding LLC, which he assumed from a previous
ENR Larry Weyers is elevated to CEO of Manitowoc crane-making unit as equipment giant's structure may change. Related Links: Manitowoc Company should consider split Equipment manufacturer The Manitowoc Co. Inc. on Jan. 6 said it elevated Larry Weyers to president of its cranes unit. He will succeed Eric Etchart, who was in the role for eight years and becomes corporate senior vice president for business development. Weyers, who joined the Wisconsin company in 1998, was global executive vice president for Manitowoc Cranes. The corporation also makes food-service equipment. Manitowoc also elevated Josef Matosevic to senior vice president of global operational
Related Links: After Elections, Workplace-Organizing Bill Faces Longer Odds http://enr.construction.com/technology/information_technology/2010/1027-everifyissue.asp E-Verify Issue, Quiet for Now, Likely To Return After Elections KnottKatherine "Kelly" Knott, 45, a former lobbyist for the Associated General Contractors on employer issues, including immigration, labor relations and risk management, died on Dec. 3 in Alexandria, Va.The cause was breast cancer, according to an online obituary.From March 2001 to July 2011, Knott was an AGC congressional relations director. She spoke out on AGC member concerns, such as the need for comprehensive immigration reform and terrorism insurance.AGC Chief Executive Stephen Sandherr told ENR that Knott still kept up relationships
ENR Michael Caliel, an IT sector veteran, now will lead the global drilling-water services contractor. Layne Christensen has high hopes for Michael J. Caliel, who takes over on Jan. 2 as president and CEO of the U.S.-based global water management, construction and drilling contractor, after a 2014 of tough business breaks.The former IT sector chief was tapped earlier this month to succeed board Chairman David A.B. Brown, who took those roles temporarily in June, following the sudden resignation of former CEO Rene J. Robichaud in the wake of big bottom-line issues.According to analysts, Robichaud stepped down in what Layne Christensen
Related Links: Parsons Corp. Expands Presence in Canada Transport Design Bowles is back, this time to help Kidder expand further in California Windfarms in Australia may be blown away as Prime Minister Tony Abbott lauds coal Rider Levett Bucknall, a U.K.-based cost and project management consulting firm wth more than 120 offices and 3,200 staff globally, will not replace Lance Taylor, CEO of its 400-person U.K. division in London, who left the firm in September. Instead, it will share his executive responsibility among six division board directors to promote what it calls a more “collegiate” management approach, according to British
Sean Airhart, NBBJ Digital content firm veteran also held management roles at Sotheby's. Related Links: NBBJ Website Juli Cook, a veteran executive credited with innovating business models in professional and creative services firms, has joined Seattle design firm NBBJ as chief operating officer. Previously, she was an executive vice president of Corbis Corp., a digital content licensing company founded in 1989 by Bill Gates. She most recently led diversification efforts in its unit, Corbis Images, successfully acquiring multiple new business lines. Cook also had been vice president of product management at retail bank Washington Mutual, and held management roles at
Georgia State University Herman J. Russell, who built a successful building business in Atlanta and was a noted philanthropist and activist, died on Nov. 15 at age 83. Related Links: Herman J. Russell, Sr. International Center for Entrepreneurship Memoir: Building Atlanta-How I Broke Through Segregation to Launch a Business Empire Link to Herman J. Russell, business history photo gallery Herman J. "HJ" Russell, whose instinct to buy a vacant Atlanta lot at age 16 propelled him to found a construction and real estate firm involved in building many city landmarks—and made him one of the country's most successful and well-known
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