Related Links: ENR: Where East Meets West-Chinese Equipment Firms Struggle in North American Market Fortune: Sany's Bold U.S. Move ENR: How Andrew Buckley Is Shaping the Future of Australian Engineer Cardno Ltd. Mike Rhoda has joined equipment manufacturer and distributor Sany America, Peachtree City, RhodaGa., as CEO. He replaces Tim Frank, who resigned in October as chairman of the firm, the North and Central America unit of China-based Sany Heavy Industry Co. Rhoda was chief technology officer at Doosan Infracore Construction Equipment and also was president and CEO of Volvo Construction Equipment's excavator line. Frank joined Sany America in 2012.

Related Links: See Who's Moving Up, and Moving On, in the AEC Sector Javier Pérez-Fortea has been elevated to CEO of Globalvia, a Madrid-based infrastructure investment and operations firm half owned by contractor FCC, also Madrid-based. He had been corporate managing director and succeeds Juan Bejar, who continues as chairman. Before joining the firm in 2011, Pérez-Fortea was highways director for Spain, Europe and Chile for Cintra. Industry publication Public Works Financing says Globalvia is the world's second-largest transportation concessions manager. The firm said on Dec. 13 that it completed a $478-million capital fund-raising with three European pension funds.STORYVoorhees, N.J.-based

Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector  DaaneJeffrey Daane has been elevated to president and CEO of Western States Fire Protection Co., a fire-protection systems specialty contractor that is part of APi Group Inc., New Brighton, Minn. Formerly executive vice president, he succeeds Gene Postma, who becomes chief operating officer. Western States is a $200-million-per-year unit of APi, which ranks at No. 5 on ENR's list of the Top 600 Specialty Contractors and reports nearly $1.6 billion in 2012 revenue.Walsh Construction Co., Portland, Ore., has named Matt Leeding as president. He was

Related Links: Engineering News-Record PennoIn a move analysts expected, Foster Wheeler AG has elevated Roberto Penno, 53, to the added role of CEO of the firm's global engineering and construction group. He succeeds Umberto della Sala in that role. Della Sala, 64, remains corporate chief operating officer, while Penno continues as CEO of the global E&C group's Asia-Pacific region until a successor is named, the company says. Commenting Nov. 7 on the firm's third-quarter earnings report, Credit Suisse analyst Jamie Cook said the firm's stock price jumped 10% on earnings and "solid margin performance in power and E&C." She said

Related Links: Port Authority of N.Y. and N.J. appoints Susan Baer as director of aviation Big Change at McDermott Drilling for Treasure: Depth of gas reserves yet to be plumbed, but concerns persist BaerSusan M. Baer, former aviation division director of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey and a 37-year agency veteran, has joined Arup as a principal and global aviation planning leader, based in New York City. She retired from the bi-state transportation agency last spring after four years in her previous role, the first woman in that post. Baer succeeded William R. DeCota, who died

Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector Cover Story: ENR Award of Excellence Winner 2010 John Hillman   GloverThe Roberts Co., a Winterville, N.C., mechanical-electrical contractor specializing in industral markets, has hired R.M. "Monty" Glover as chief operating officer. A 13-year veteran of The Shaw Group Inc., he had been president of that firm's construction division and of its energy and chemicals group. The Roberts Co. ranks at No. 115 on ENR's list of The Top 600 Specialty Firms, with $148.7 million in 2012 revenue.Garrett Terlaak has joined fs3|Hodges, a San Clemente,

Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector. Hunt Steven Hunt is elevated to the newly created role of president and CEO of COWI North America, a unit of Danish engineer COWI that includes five design firms operating in the U.S. and Canada. He was CEO of one, Vancouver-based Buckland & Taylor. The others are Ben C. Gerwick Inc., COWI North America Energy, Jenny Engineering Corp. and  Ocean and Coastal Consultants Inc. Darryl Matson succeeds Hunt at Buckland & Taylor, and is named senior vice president for bridges in the parent firm. COWI

Related Links: Innovation Is Key to Swinerton Longevity Seismic Upgrade of San Franciscos Water System See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector CeribelliPeter A. Ceribelli has joined water-resources and environmental engineer Apex Cos. LLC as CEO. He was chief operating officer of Weston Solutions since 2009. Also joining the firm, as principal, is Andrew R. Contrael, former principal of Management and Technical Resources Inc., a Pittsburgh consultant that Apex acquired on Sept. 17. Apex ranks at No. 77 on ENR's list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms, with $101.2 million in 2012 revenue.The board

Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector William Varley is named northeast division senior vice president of American Water Works Co. Inc., Voorhees, N.J., and president of its New Jersey American Water Works  unit effective Sept. 16. He succeeds David Baker, who will retire in February but remains with the firm until then, the firm says. Varley also remains president of New York American Water, another corporate unit. The company says he led a 2012 acquisition that doubled New York unit operations to serve about 370,000 customers. The New Jersey unit serves

Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on in the AEC sector Chell A. Roberts is named founding dean of the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering at the University of San Diego (USD), Calif., which will be formally inaugurated on Sept. 26. He had been executive dean of the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, Tempe, and also served as its engineering chair.RobertsThe school was launched last fall with a $20-million donation from Darlene Marcos Shiley. Her late husband, Donald Shiley, a hydraulic engineering graduate of the University of Portland, Oregon, was an entrepreneur and