Executive is overseeing hiring of 300+ examiners and inspectors and "project advocates" to link DOB to other city agencies involved in construction. Related Links: NYC Mayor Selects Rick Chandler to Head DOB Crane Accident Injures 10 in Manhattan With New York City's Dept. of Buildings on track to receive a record number of building applications this year, its commissioner is moving to streamline the process."The number of applications we're seeing is higher than it has been in decades," DOB Commissioner Rick Chandler told ENR in an interview.In 2014, the agency reviewed 90,000 building applications. If permits for renovation are included,
Related Links: Vanir Construction Management Inc. and CEO Mansour Aliabadi Raise the Bar on CM Geoprofessional Business Association website Earl “Chip” Mitchell has joined CH2M as president of its 5,000-person oil, gas & chemicals business group (OGC), based in Houston. He had been group vice president for the upstream, midstream and pipeline business at Jacobs Engineering Group, and also had headed its OGC market sector in Canada.CH2M CEO Jacque Hinman said the firm’s OGC markets “are poised for substantial growth over the next several years.” But earlier this year, the firm reversed a planned sale of its OGC business in
U. of Michigan Ponce de Leon founded an innovative digital and robotics focused architecture lab at the University of Michigan. Related Links: Deans List: Monica Ponce de Leon of University of Michigan's Taubman College Spinoff of Hertz Equipment Unit Faces Delay-2014 2014 Q&A with Lisa Farrar, SVP of Hertz Equipment Great expectations for new International IBEW President Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., has named Monica Ponce de Leon dean of its School of Architecture, effective in January. She replaces Alejandro Zaera-Polo, who resigned last October in a dispute with the university over plagiarism issues, says Architectural Record (AR), sister publication of
WardChristopher O. Ward has joined AECOM as senior vice president and CEO of design and consulting services in its metro New York region, five months after leaving a top executive role he held since 2011 at Dragados USA, a unit of the Spain-based contractor and concessions firm.Ward left the Dragados role as executive vice president for major projects at the end of 2014, telling Crain's NY Business that the expected public-private-partnership construction market "was not as large as it had been." The firm was part of a design-build team that had been short-listed for the $4-billion Tappan Zee replacement bridge
Office of the Mayor of Chicago Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduces industry aviation veteran Ginger Evans as the city's new airports commissioner on May 5 Related Links: EvansGinger S. Evans will become aviation commissioner in Chicago on June 1, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on May 10. She has been vice president of engineering for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority since early 2014, overseeing construction at Reagan National and Dulles International airports and on the Silver Line Metrorail project. In her new role, Evans replaces Rosemarie Andolino, who became aviation vice president at Jacobs Engineering in December.Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray
Related Links: SNC-Lavalin Wins Big Canada Bridge, Rail Jobs, As Its Infrastructure Chief is Named Golder CEO Trustees' Executive Committee approves establishing School of Engineering Hisham Mahmoud on April 25 joined Calgary, Alberta-based global engineer Golder Associates Corp. as president and CEO, the 8,000-person firm says. He had been senior executive vice president and group president of infrastructure at Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., a newly created position he held since late 2013. Mahmoud, now based in Atlanta, succeeds Brian Conlin as Golder's first CEO from outside its executive ranks. In the roles since 2009, Conlin moves to a senior-level business
U.S.-based engineer AECOM has named Carlos Pone as CEO for its Africa-based business, effective in August, according to a report in UK industry publication Building. He was country managing director in the United Arab Emirates for ABB and also had been that firm's CEO for southern Africa. Pone will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.Holland-based design consultant ARCADIS named Lance Josal as CEO of a corporate group that combines its RTKL and its Callison architecture practices. The latter was acquired last year. Josal was CEO of the RTKL unit, purchased in 2007. Randy Pace, formerly CFO of RTKL, will take
Rendering courtesy of Infrastructures Canada Replacement span across St. Lawrence River, valued at up to $4 billion, is set to open in December 2018. Related Links: Engineering News-Record Architectural Record Even as it copes with continuing fallout from alleged bribes by former executives that have led to federal fraud charges against the firm, SNC-Lavalin was buoyed by its selection, announced by federal infrastructure officials on April 15, as preferred bidder for a coveted public-private contract to rebuild a key bridge crossing in Montreal.Some observers speculated that the government award to the SNC-Lavalin-led team signals a vote of confidence by the
Related Links: Publicly Held Sterling Construction Eyes Transportation Boost To Reverse Results Slide VarelloSterling Construction has named as its permanent CEO, Paul J. Varello, who had been acting in the role since early February and has resigned as chairman. The firm, based in The Woodlands, said on March 9 that under Varello’s multi-year employment agreement, the one-time Fluor Corp. process sector president would receive an annual salary of $1 and 600,000 shares of restricted common stock. Varello, a Sterling board member since early 2014 and former chairman of oil-and-gas sector firm Commonwealth Engineering & Construction, replaces Peter MacKenna, who
Related Links: Engineering News-Record Architectural Record The Associated Builders and Contractors has hired Gregory E. Sizemore as vice president of environment, health, safety and workforce development for the 21,000-member national open-shop group. He was senior manager of craft development at Zachry Industrial. Gregory E. SizemoreGregory L. Sizemore, no relation, remains executive vice president of the Construction Users Roundtable, a Cincinnati-based owners group.Michael A. Shamma has joined engineer HAKS, New York City, as president. He was chief engineer of the New York State Thruway Authority/Canal Corp. and a regional state transportation director.AECOM has named Jess Yoder vice president in San Francisco
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