Related Links: Joseph R. Loring & Associates Inc. Virginia Tech College of Engineering Joseph R. "Joe" Loring, founder and former CEO and chairman of the New York City electrical-mechanical design firm that handled electrical engineering for the 12-million-sq-ft World Trade Center six years after the company's launch, died on May 30 in Arlington, Va., at age 86.LORINGLoring founded the now 90-person Joseph R. Loring & Associates Inc. in 1956. The firm had key roles on large jobs, such as Manhattan's Citicorp Center in the 1970s and Australia's Parliament building in the 1980s (ENR 1/15/87 p. 20).The firm's work in replacing
Related Links: July 31 Deadline for Cervantes Online Fundraiser/Tributes page Los Angeles Community College District Builds Green ENR California's 2007 Owner of the Year: LACCD Michael Cervantes, an architect whose development of building information modeling (BIM) standards for firms participating in the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD) $6-billion sustainable building program was touted by owners and designers nationwide for their ease of use and practicality, died suddenly on May 16 in Long Beach, Calif., of an unknown cause, according to information provided by district colleagues.Cervantes, 38, had been the district's BIM manager since 2009.The district's BIM approach "has been
Related Links: SMPS Ron Garikes Student Scholarship website Obituaries of other industry leaders and innovators GarikesRon W. Garikes, 54, former chief operating officer of the now-closed architecture firm Karlsberger Cos. and a longtime professional services marketing advocate, died on April 28 in Birmingham, Ala., of complications of ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease.Garikes, who was based in Birmingham, also led Karlsberger's national laboratory and technology group before the Columbus, Ohio, firm closed in 2011.He was a former national president and distinguished life member of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) as well as a founding member and past president of
Even while gaining book smarts—a civil engineering degree from MIT and an MBA from Stanford University—Thomas W. Traylor stayed close to the core of his family-owned contractor, Traylor Bros. Inc., working summers in its welding shop building tunnel shields and the firm’s first rotary tunnel excavator, says one biography.
Graham Downes Architecture Inc. Hard Rock hotel in San Diego was a signature design project for the firm founded by Graham Downes. Related Links: Website of Graham Downes Architecture Obituaries of other industry leaders and innovators DownesSan Diego architect Graham T. Downes died on April 21 from injuries following a late-night fight two days before with an employee outside his San Diego home. He was 55.Downes suffered blunt force head and neck trauma, including numerous skull fractures, from the altercation with Higinio Soriano Salgado, according to the San Diego County coroner's report.Salgado was a development manager since 2008 with Blokhaus,
Related Links: Obituaries of other industry leaders and innovators George A. Schaefer, 84, an accountant whose leadership at construction equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. in the 1980s guided it from red ink to profits and global growth, died on April 9 in Peoria, Ill., says the firm, also based there. SCHAEFERNo cause of death was provided.Schaefer's term as chairman and CEO, from 1985 until 1990, capped a 39-year company career.He took the helm amid Caterpillar losses of nearly $1 billion, United Auto Workers strikes at its plants and stronger foreign competition, such as from Japan-based Komatsu Corp., according to a Harvard Business
Cosanti Foundation A Scottsdale, Ariz., bridge exemplifies Soleri's unique design approach. Related Links: Legendary Arizona Architect Paolo Soleri Dies at 93 Obituaries of other industry leaders and innovators On April 9, the day architect Paolo Soleri died, high winds in Arizona caused his bronze-and-ceramic "wind bells," which were prevalent across the state, to ring loudly.To many Arizonans, it was a fitting tribute to a locally-based designer who spent a long career blending architecture and ecology.Soleri, an Italian immigrant who incorporated environmentalism and sustainability into designs long before it was trendy, was 93 years old. SOLERIWhile many of his urban environments reside
Related Links: Obituaries of other leaders and innovators in the construction industry GuytonWilliam F. Guyton, 95, a pioneer in groundwater hydrology study and founder of one of the first consultants in the field, died on March 2 in Austin, Texas.He was among the first employees in the U.S. Geological Survey's groundwater branch, beginning his career there in 1939.Guyton founded, in 1951, Austin-based William F. Guyton Associates, known for expertise in deep-well technology, large-scale water-supply development and hydrogeo-chemistry.The firm was acquired by consultant Leggette, Brashears & Graham in 1992 and now operates as LBG-Guyton Associates.Guyton was a past president of the
Related Links: Archives of obituaries on other industry leaders and innovators MooreMark E. Moore, a senior principal at forensic engineer Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates Inc., Northbrook, Ill., and an expert in structural analysis and pioneer in use of nondestructive testing methods, died suddenly on Feb. 25 on company business in Washington, D.C., says a company spokesman. He did not disclose the cause of death for Moore, 55, who was based in Atlanta.Moore, a 34-year WJE veteran, "was involved in many of the firm's most significant structural investigation assignments," says President William Nugent.These include a probe of a partial 1999 parking-garage
Related Links: Archives of ENR obituaries of other AEC industry leaders and innovators KendallWilliam D. Kendall, a Houston architect whose soft-spoken passion for quality, discipline and service made his firm sought after as associate architects and architects-of-record by such design luminaries as Cesar Pelli, Norman Foster, Ricardo Bofill and Rem Koolhaas, died Feb. 25 in that city.Kendall, 70, who was serving as president of Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc. (KHA), at the time of his death, died of complications from melanoma, says the firm.Kendall co-founded the now 55-employee firm in 1978 with mentor and colleague James E. Heaton, who died in 1993.