The Albert Kahn Family of Companies, a Detroit architect-engineer-planner, has named Charles T. Robinson as president. A 40-year firm veteran, he had been executive vice president. Khaled T. Husein has joined New York City-based engineer HAKS as vice president in its construction-management division. He had been deputy general manager at SBG/RPD, a Saudi Arabian general contractor, and, prior to that, an executive at URS Corp. for 22 years. The American Society of Civil Engineers has elected Blaine D. Leonard president. He is an ASCE fellow and a research program manager for the Utah Dept. of Transportation, Salt Lake City. The
HURLEY Larry Hurley has joined The Webber Group, a Houston-based construction and materials company, as president. He previously served as a senior vice president at CH2M Hill Constructors, a unit of CH2M Hill Cos. Ltd., He also had been director of design-build for the civil group of Zachary Construction Corp. Hurley replaces Charles Burnett, who has been president since 1979 and is retiring. Webber has been a unit of Madrid-based Grupo Ferrovial SA since 2005. Contractor W.W. Webber Inc. is part of The Webber Group. Sevenson Environmental Services Inc., a Niagara Falls, N.Y., environmental remediation contractor, has named P. Thomas
JOSAL RTKL Associates Inc., the Baltimore-based architect-engineer, has named Lance K. Josal president and CEO. Formerly director of the firm’s commercial practice group, he will succeed as of Sept. 1 the retiring David C. Hudson. Josal has been with RTKL since 1979. The firm is a unit of ARCADIS n.v., an engineering firm based in The Netherlands. Patrick L. Phillips has been named CEO of the Urban Land Institute, a Washington, D.C., research group that focuses on responsible land use. In September, he will replace Richard M. Rosan, who becomes president of the ULI Foundation, a philanthropic arm. Phillips joins
BEAN Elaine Lockwood Bean has joined the Chicago office of New York City-based contractor Bovis Lend Lease as vice president and business unit leader, responsible for program management, public sector. Most recently a vice president for Tishman Construction, she also has been associate vice president for facilities services at the University of Chicago. Simpson Gumpertz & Heger, a Waltham, Mass., engineering firm, has named Ronald A. Mayville senior principal and national head of its engineering mechanics and infrastructure group. He previously directed his own structural mechanics consulting practice, R.A. Mayville & Associates. Allan Shapiro has joined engineer-architect Ross & Baruzzini,
SOTO Roger M. Soto has joined Odell Associates, a Charlotte, N.C., architecture firm, as president and director of design, leading its U.S. and overseas practices. Based in Richmond, Va., he was design director and principal of architect HOK, Houston, since 1990. Stone Hill Contracting, Doylestown, Pa., has named James J. Lipo vice president of construction management. Most recently, he was southeast manager of construction operations for a unit of Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. He also had managed water and wastewater construction operations for CDM Constructors Inc. in Phoenix. Clifford Eby, former acting administrator of the U.S. Federal Railroad Administration, has
HATOUM PBS&J International Inc., a unit of The PBSJ Corp., named Walid Hatoum president and international business director. He returns to the Tampa-based engineer from his role as division manager for the water and infrastructure unit of Parsons Corp. He was also a division manager for that firm’s international unit. Hatoum worked for PBS&J from 1986 to 1990. Lee Elder has joined The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, as senior vice president of business development in its power group. He was vice president of global sales and marketing for GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, a unit of General Electric Co. He
EASTIN Keith Eastin has joined The Louis Berger Group, Morristown, N.J., as vice president of strategic planning for the firm’s work at global U.S. Defense Dept. installations. He most recently was assistant U.S. Army secretary for installations and environment, directing military construction, base closure, environmental and other programs at 150 Army installations around the world. Eastin also was a senior consultant for the U.S. State Dept. in Iraq. Black & Veatch, Overland Park, Kan., named Gary Erickson director of business development in its federal services division. He had been president of federal services for engineer-contractor MWH Americas, Broomfield, Colo. Erickson
As New York City-based contracting giant Bovis Lend Lease prepares to cope with possible new legal trouble, the firm announced on June 15 the surprise resignation of Executive Vice President James Abadie, its top operations executive in the city, a veteran of nearly three decades with the firm and a major participant in local construction groups and collective bargaining activities. Bovis did not say why Abadie resigned as principal-in-charge of its New York office, only stating that he would be replaced in that role by Senior Vice President Ralph Esposito, a marketing executive and a 13-year veteran. A Bovis spokeswoman
GLOVER The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, La., has announced several senior executive changes in its power group. Monty Glover is named to the new position of president of construction for the group’s nuclear and fossil and renewables divisions. He had been president of the former fossil division since 2007 and construction president of Shaw’s energy and chemicals group. Ron Barnes joins Shaw as president of the fossil and renewable divisions. He previously served as vice president of Duke Energy, with responsibility for project management and construction of the Cliffside Modernization Project in North Carolina. Also joining Shaw is Eli
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