Photo from AP Wide World Officials of Local 401 were indicted on charges that include arson at non-union projects. Related Links: Federal Charge: Violent Ironworkers' Local 401 Valued its 'THUGS' Trades Must Play Key Role To Keep Industry Competitive, Employers Tell Union Ironworkers Years of alleged intimidation by an ironworkers' union local in Philadelphia through site vandalism, violence and extortion targeting non-union contractors, workers and even the carpenters' union culminated in the arrest last month of 10 of the local's managers and members.They were indicted on U.S. racketeering, conspiracy and arson charges, while the parent union took over the local's
KeyBanc Capital Markets Sterling Construction stock price trends (STRL: NASDAQ). Related Links: Sterling Construction Co. Website Should Sterling Construction Be Given Another Chance? (Seeking Alpha) Executives of Sterling Construction Co., a Houston roadbuilder, are likely paying close attention to the transportation funding debate in Washington as they push for new work to restore a struggling balance sheet.Investors and analysts of the publicly held contractor hope so, too, after a series of disappointing quarters fueled by project writedowns and what observers say were management missteps.Recent company statements provide some glimpses of Sterling's efforts to reverse the slide, but it won't report
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector Jane A. Chmielinski, chief operating officer of AECOM, has been named to the Chmielinskiadditional role of president of its Americas unit. The company confirms a Feb. 17 note to employees, obtained by ENR, that she replaces Michael Della Rocca, who was CEO of the group but has left the company, which he joined in 2011. Della Rocca had formerly been regional managing director in North America for U.K.-based Halcrow.Turner Construction Corp. has promoted Karen Sweeney and Tom Manahan to senior vice president from vice president.
Yahoo Finance and ENR Art Dept. Company stock is on a roll. Related Links: Fluor JV Wins Giant Canada LNG Project Fluor Settles With Utilities in U.K. Wind-Farm Construction Dispute Fluor Corp. finished 2013 on a high note, with oil-and-gas work improving both revenue and profitability, and the firm is hopeful the momentum will carry over into 2014.In releasing fourth-quarter 2013 results on Feb. 17, Fluor announced $4.2 billion in oil-and-gas contract awards, up 151% year-to-year and 78% since last quarter.Backlog in the segment rose 10% from a year ago, climbing to $20 billion at year's end.The firm reported fourth-quarter
Nicholas Griner-Baltimore Business Journal In 59 years as Whiting-Turning Construction's CEO, Willard Hackerman carved a unique niche as businessman and philanthropist. Related Links: Whiting-Turner website Baltimore Sun Editorial: Willard Hackerman, Baltimore's man to see Obituary, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Business Journal: Future of new Baltimore arena in question after Hackerman's death Willard Hackerman, who likely set industry longevity records as a construction company employee and as CEO, died on Feb. 10 in Baltimore.The 95-year-old, who worked for locally based Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. for more than three-quarters of a century, also led the firm to the top ranks of national building
Related Links: URS Cuts DOE Whistleblower Walter Tamosaitis, Citing Budget March 11 Senate subcommittee hearing website on Hanford site whistleblower retaliation with statements Hanford Challenge website New Finance Panel Chair Wyden Will Be Key Player on New Transportation Bill OSHA Releases Online Form For Workers to File Safety Complaints Donna Busche, another URS Corp. senior employee at the U.S. Energy Dept.’s Hanford nuclear waste cleanup site in Washington state, is tieing her termination from the company to safety concerns she has raised about the site’s troubled waste vitrification plant, whose design now is under review.Busche claims that her Feb. 18
Related Links: U.K. Officials Unhappy with URS-Led Cleanup of Sellafield Nuclear Waste Site URS Fills New COO Position Calgary Herald: U.S. firm pays $1.25B for Calgary-based Flint Energy Firms See Some Uncertainties in Hot Global Energy Market Blaming "execution issues" in its new oil-and-gas division, URS Corp. on Feb. 13 announced preliminary results for its fourth quarter and for its fiscal year that are worse than expected and said it was lowering its guidance for 2014.The firm also said that President and Chief Operating Officer William J. "Bill" Lingard had resigned on Feb. 10."We are extremely disappointed with the company's
Related Links: See who else is moving up, or moving on, in the AEC sector In what it terms an "unplanned event," Bechtel Group Inc. said on Feb. 3 that President William N. "Bill" Dudley now takes on the added role of CEO, replacing Riley P. Bechtel, who remains chairman. DudleyThe company said Bechtel is vacating the CEO role he had assumed in mid-1990 "for health reasons."A company spokeswoman confirmed to ENR that Bechtel, 61, was diagnosed in December with early-stage Parkinson's disease and is undergoing treatment.Dudley, who is also 61 and has been corporate president and chief operating officer
David Goodyear Engineer Arvid Grant, 93, was an accomplished structural engineer and self-taught in surveying and mechanical engineering/HVAC, peers say. Photo by Arvid Grant Pasco-Kennewick concrete cable-stayed bridge in Washington State was the longest of its kind in North America when built in the 1970s. Related Links: NY Times: Modern Bridge Design Attacked As Too Vulnerable to Corrosion The Day, May 29, 1988: Safety of Sleek, Modern Bridges Fiercely Debated Arvid Grant, 93, a pioneer of modern concrete cable-stayed bridge engineering whose Columbia River span in Washington state was the longest such crossing in North America when it opened in
White House photo Michelle Obama launches White House-construction industry initiative for 100,000 military veteran hires in the next five years. Related Links: Joining Forces Construction Hiring Announcement Remarks of First Lady Michele Obama Remarks of Labor Secretary Thomas Perez White House Joining Forces Website The Obama administration and a coalition of construction groups and firms said on Feb. 10 that at least 100 industry firms have committed to hiring 100,000 U.S. military veterans over the next five years.The initiative, announced at a symposium in Washington, D.C., is being led by First Lady Michelle Obama, who said the number of firms
