VAN EEBertrand van Ee and Erik Oostwegel have been named chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of Royal Haskoning DHV, a Netherlands-based engineer set to be formed this summer in a merger of Dutch firms DHV Group, Amersfoort, and Royal Haskoning, Nijmegen, according to executives on Feb. 29. Van Ee and Oostwegel are the respective chairmen of those companies. Royal Haskoning DHV, to be based in Amersfoort, would be one of Europe's largest, independently owned consultants, with about $925 million in 2011 revenue, it reported. Van Ee will be located in Amersfoort, and Oostwegel will work primarily in Rotterdam, says
Brian P. Reed has been elevated to CEO of Jacksonville, Fla.-based engineering firm RS&H as part of a company succession that takes effect on July 31. Formerly senior vice president and director of the firm's aviation program, he will replace Leerie T. Jenkins in the new role. Jenkins remains chairman. David Robertson, the firm's chief operating officer, takes on the added role of president, effective immediately. RS&H ranks at No. 79 on ENR's list of the Top 500 Design Firms, with $143 million in 2010 revenue.Steve Townes has been named CEO of Louis Berger Services Inc., a new corporate unit
Gerard G. "Gerry" Gilmore, a former principal and senior vice president of architect-engineer HOK Inc., St. Louis, who helped guide its global growth over a 40-year career there, died Feb. 7 in Chesterfield, Mo., following surgery. He was 75. A former U.S. Navy officer who helped run construction operations at the Charleston, S.C., naval shipyard, Gilmore was hired by HOK co-founder Gyo Obata in 1963 and served in top marketing and business development roles and on the firm's board until 2001. He retired in 2004, but remained a consultant until 2010. "Gerry did as much as any individual to take
Stephen M. Levin was a physician, noted construction occupational illness researcher and co-director of the pioneering Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine at New York City's Mount Sinai School of Medicine. LevinBut as a carpenter's son, he also could communicate with craft workers and warned of on-site health risks they faced after the 9/11 attack and for decades before. Some 32 years of research and advocacy ended on Feb. 7 with Levin's death from cancer in Rockland County, N.Y. He was 70."To be very honest, I think Dr. Levin was the first one to identify or suspect
Dutch international engineer ARCADIS has named Neil McArthur chairman and CEO, replacing Harrie Noy, who has been in the roles since 2000 and will retire. ARCADIS also named to its executive board Stephanie Hottenhuis, who had been the firm's Europe director. The changes take effect on May 16. McArthur, who joined the firm last year and was an executive board member, also manages the firm's Asia and Middle East strategy and led the integration process after the firm's 2011 acquisition of London-based EC Harris LLP. McArthur is formerly Europe managing director at business consultant Booz & Co. Zachary A. Smith
Photo by Henry Cabala Best Higher Education/Research Project: Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna College Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners Kravis Center at Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, Calif. Region ENR California Project Team Owner Claremont McKenna CollegeArchitect Rafael Viñoly Architects PC, New York CityGeneral Contractor Bernards, San Fernando, Calif.Engineers Andreasen Engineering, Pomona, Calif.; Nabih Youssef & Assoc., Los Angeles; IBE Consulting Engineers, Sherman Oaks, Calif.Using a striking design by prominent architect Rafael Viñoly, the $56-million, 169,000-sq-ft academic and administration complex on the campus of a private liberal-arts college in eastern Los Angeles has remastered
Photo courtesy Turner Construction Co. Best Health Care Project: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (exterior) Photo courtesy Turner Construction Co. Best Health Care Project: Helen DeVos Children's Hospital (interior) Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners Helen DeVos Children’s HospitalGrand Rapids, Mich. Region ENR MidwestProject TeamOwner Spectrum Health, Grand RapidsArchitect URS Corp., Southfield, Mich.General Contractor Wolverine Group, Grand Rapids; Turner Construction Co., DetroitMEP Engineer URS, San FranciscoStructural Engineer Zinser Grossman Structural, DallasSpaces within this 11-story, $286-million facility are rooted in sustainable design principles as well as decades of research in creating optimal healing environments for
Photo courtesy Lend Lease Best Interior Design/Tenant Improvement Project: BP Bright Lights Related Links: See all of the Best of the Best Projects 2011 Winners BP Bright LightsChicago Region ENR MidwestProject Team Owner BP Products North America, ChicagoArchitect Gensler, ChicagoConstruction Manager Lend Lease, ChicagoStructural Engineer Tylk Gustafson Reckers Wilson Andrews, ChicagoMEP Engineer Environmental Systems Design Inc., ChicagoCost Consultant Faithful+Gould, ChicagoBP Bright Lights calls it the largest LEED-CI project in the Midwest to achieve Platinum status, in part due to the diversion from landfill of some 85% of construction and demolition waste as well as the implementation of an under-floor air-delivery
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