Skanska has named Robert D. Flory as senior vice president in its building business unit in California, based in Oakland.

Analysts speculated earlier in August that Timothy A. Ford could be heir apparent to Ronald DeFeo as CEO of crane and construction equipment giant Terex Corp., but the president of the Westport, Conn., company's cranes unit has departed in the wake of a top-level executive reshuffling made public on Aug. 19.

Arthur Hadnett has joined HNTB Corp. as president of the firm’s Los Angeles-based western division covering nine states and as a corporate senior vice president.

Gilbane Building Co. Firm President Michael McKelvy will take added chief's role in January, succeeding Tom Gilbane. Related Links: Crains: Forest City Ratner will keep modular factory in Brooklyn, names construction exec to run it Gilbane Building Co., the Providence, R.I.-based global builder, has elevated President Michael McKelvy to the additional role of CEO, effective on Jan. 1, the firm said on July 6. Now chief operating officer, he will succeed Thomas F. Gilbane Jr. in that role, which he has occupied since 2008. Gilbane remains chairman of the building company and CEO of Gilbane Inc., a holding company for

Related Links: How Andrew Buckley Is Shaping the Future of Australian Engineer Cardno Cardno FY15 guidance and market update Richard Wankmuller, a veteran American engineering executive, started his tenure on June 29 as CEO of Australia's Cardno Ltd. as the Brisbane-based professional services firm copes with falling profits, market gyrations and a possible takeover by a private equity firm.Wankmuller, the former president of rival Australian firm GHD Group Pty Ltd.'s North American operations who was named by Cardno's board as CEO and managing director in late May after a search, has relocated to Brisbane and now is visiting its Asia-Pacific,

Harvard University Doyle formerly headed an engineering department and major research at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Related Links: Incoming Dean, Rising School Timely' Gift Will Lend SEAS Momentum in Era of Transition John A. Paulson School of Applied Science and Engineering at Harvard University Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., has named Francis J. "Frank" Doyle as dean of its John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), effective in July. He had been associate dean for research at the University of California, Santa Barbara College of Engineering, launching a major push into bioengineering, according to Harvard.Doyle will

Denver-based Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Inc., which says it is the largest U.S. concrete-pumping firm, has hired Gary Bernardez as chief operating officer. He is formerly senior vice president of global services for Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas, and also had been president of its AMECO integrated equipment unit. Brundage-Bone was acquired last August by an affiliate of Peninsula Pacific Strategic Partners LLC, a Los Angeles investment firm.The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), a Washington, D.C.-based trade group for more than 300 public sewerage agencies and related companies, has elevated Adam Krantz to CEO, effective on Aug. 1. He will

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