DUHAIME Peter A. Marchetto has joined Tishman Construction Corp., New York City, as president of construction operations. He previously served as CEO of Bovis Lend Lease, also locally based. He worked for Bovis for more than 25 years. Pierre Duhaime has been elevated to president and CEO of Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin, Canada’s largest engineering and construction firm. He had been executive vice president responsible for the firm’s global mining and metallurgy operations. Duhaime, who joined SNC Lavaline in 1975, replaces Jacques Lamarre, who retired last month after 42 years. Kameran L. Onley has joined PBS&J, Tampa, Fla., as associate vice president
PENA-MORA Feniosky Peña-Mora has been named dean of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at Columbia University, New York City, effective July 15. He had been an endowed professor in the civil and environmental engineering department at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and an associate provost there. Robert M. Scaer was appointed president of architect-engineer Gannett Fleming, Harrisburg, Pa. A 25-year firm veteran, he had been president of GeoDecisions, a company division. Scaer is a co-inventor and holder of the patent for IRRIS technology, which integrates real-time sensor information into a common operating platform for enhanced
MILLSTONE Isidore E. Millstone, a founder of Millstone-Bangert Inc., a major building and heavy contractor in Saint Louis and a local philanthropist, is presumed dead at 102 after an apparent suicide on May 16. A 1927 engineering graduate of local Washington University, he founded Millstone Construction in 1929. His firm merged with Bangert Construction in 1996. The firm built Busch Stadium, among other local landmarks. He managed projects in Israel in the 1950s.
Mike Kennedy arrived in Panama earlier this year to head CH2M Hill’s management of the $5.25 billion Panama Canal Third Lane Expansion. The CH2M Hill Executive Vice president is a 38-year veteran of the Denver, Col.-based firm. He previously served as the president of the company’s Transportation Business Group, handling management services for several major jobs such as London’s $22 billion Crossrail Programme and Vancouver’s $4.5 billion Gateway Program. CH2M Hill is working in close association with the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to oversee the expansion effort and, particularly, the design/build locks contract due to be awarded this summer. Kennedy
HUNT Steven G. Hunt has joined bridge engineer Buckland & Taylor Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, as president and CEO. He replaces Jorge Torrejon, who becomes a company principal. Hunt was senior vice president of trans- portation and infrastructure for AMEC plc, based in Phoenix. Buckland & Taylor is a unit of Danish transportation engineer COWI A/S. David A. McAlister and Paul F. Morris have rejoined Parsons Brinckerhoff, New York City, in new executive vice president roles. McAlister is EVP and global director of strategic planning and development. He was senior vice president and transportation group global director of operations at
PACK Michael R. Pack has joined Chester Engineers Inc., a Pittsburgh-based water-wastewater engineering firm, as senior vice president and chief business development officer. He had been a vice president with HDR Engineering, Omaha. Pack, based in Atlanta, will serve as Chester’s aviation market leader. He had headed the city’s Dept. of Public Works and served as interim general manager for Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Oglethorpe Power Corp., an Atlanta power supply cooperative, has named Keith Russell senior vice president of construction, a new position. He had been general manager of construction services for Southern Cos. Generation, a unit of Atlanta-based utility
PAPADAKIS Constantine “Taki” Papadakis, a civil engineer and construction firm manager who served as president of Drexel University in Philadelphia since 1995, died unexpectedly on April 5 at age 63. The university attributes his death to pulmonary complications. Papadakis joined Drexel at a time when its enrollment, physical plant and bottom line had sunk to new depths. During his presidency, the university experienced an academic and financial reinvigoration. Papadakis “famously insisted on measurable goals for his managers,” says the university, adding that he was one of higher education’s longest-serving presidents. Replacing Papadakis as interim president is Charles R. Pennoni, Drexel
Constantine "Taki" Papadakis, the president of Drexel University in Philadelphia and one of a few civil engineers to be running a major academic institution, died unexpectedly April 5 at age 63. According to the university, his death was related to pulmonary complications, although he was in remission from cancer. Photo: Courtesy of Drexel University Constantine "Taki" Papadakis Papadakis, a management veteran of three construction industry firms, joined Drexel in 1995, at a time when its enrollment, physical plant and bottom line had sunk to new depths. But during the 14 years of his presidency the university experienced an academic and
JOHNSON Wiley V.“Bif” Johnson III has been named president and CEO of Hurt & Proffitt, a Lynchburg, Va.-based engineer-surveyor. A 21-year company veteran, he had been chief operations officer. Troy D. Williams has been named vice president and a company board member. Doug Audiffred has been named chief financial officer of St. Louis-based McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. He was vice president of finance and has been a member of the company’s executive committee since 2007. Todd McLeod has joined Harrington Engineering, Rocky Hill, Conn., as president of its newly formed energy services group. He previously served as manager of global