Related Links: See who else in the AEC sector has moved up, or moved on Crystal River Plant Fix Central to Duke CEO Ouster CEO's Rise at Duke Energy Grew From Enron Fiasco As Reservoir Redo Starts, Tampa Bay Water Seeks New Leader Lynn Good has been elevated to president and CEO of Charlotte, N.C.-based Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility. Formerly executive vice president and chief financial officer, she succeeds James Rogers, who remains chairman until December, when he is set to retire. Good is one of eight women CEOs of the 200 U.S. investor-owned utilities. She also
BRW, Australia Firm submitted inflated and disallowed costs on a tsunami rebuild-consulting contract, which was completed in 2010. Related Links: Link to World Bank Sanctions Board decisions SNC-Lavalin Debarred from World Bank Work for a Decade (subscription) The World Bank debarred Sydney, Australia-based GHD Pty Ltd. and two Indonesia subsidiaries last month from bank-financed projects for one year after a review found the local units and a sub-consultant had overbilled on a now-completed consulting contract for post-tsunami reconstruction.The bank's June 10 sanction does not apply to projects financed by other multi-lateral funding institutions under a "cross-debarment agreement," says a bank
Related Links: Successful Global Firms Learn To Nurture Their Supply Chains Public companies offered investors optimism about projects in global energy and petrochemical markets moving forward in the next 12 to 18 months, particularly in North America.However, executives at a Credit Suisse-sponsored industry-sector conference in Manhattan on June 6 voiced caution about how tighter labor availability could affect pay rates, margins and contract preferences."We expect steady improvement in awards in 2013, building momentum into 2014," said Jamie Cook, Credit Suisse's E&C sector leader. Firms said contract awards on two liquefied-natural-gas projects in Texas and British Columbia would move forward this
Related Links: ENR Global Best Projects Awards 2013 Global Construction 2025 Forecast Outlines Which New Tiger Nations Will Roar Strategies for Emerging Construction Markets The construction industry is becoming more global, allowing firms to find a steadier stream of work internationally when domestic markets dry up. However, the widening geographic footprint is forcing firms to come to grips with the added cultural, labor and logistical challenges, including unpaid bills."Globalization has happened—the game has changed," said Lee A. McIntire, chairman and CEO of CH2M Hill Cos., who spoke at the Global Construction Summit, which ENR hosted on June 6-7 in New
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on May 28 a final $79-million cleanup plan for the Raritan Bay Slag Superfund site in central New Jersey. The cost and cleanup are set to be covered by the corporate successor to the firm believed to have contributed most of the site's waste slag, which contains lead.The waste, which came from a smelter once operated by now defunct manufacturer National Lead, was used in the 1960s to construct a seawall and jetty along the southern shore of Raritan Bay, says the agency.EPA added the site to the federal Superfund cleanup list in 2009
Related Links: Joseph R. Loring & Associates Inc. Virginia Tech College of Engineering Joseph R. "Joe" Loring, founder and former CEO and chairman of the New York City electrical-mechanical design firm that handled electrical engineering for the 12-million-sq-ft World Trade Center six years after the company's launch, died on May 30 in Arlington, Va., at age 86.LORINGLoring founded the now 90-person Joseph R. Loring & Associates Inc. in 1956. The firm had key roles on large jobs, such as Manhattan's Citicorp Center in the 1970s and Australia's Parliament building in the 1980s (ENR 1/15/87 p. 20).The firm's work in replacing
Related Links: July 31 Deadline for Cervantes Online Fundraiser/Tributes page Los Angeles Community College District Builds Green ENR California's 2007 Owner of the Year: LACCD Michael Cervantes, an architect whose development of building information modeling (BIM) standards for firms participating in the Los Angeles Community College District's (LACCD) $6-billion sustainable building program was touted by owners and designers nationwide for their ease of use and practicality, died suddenly on May 16 in Long Beach, Calif., of an unknown cause, according to information provided by district colleagues.Cervantes, 38, had been the district's BIM manager since 2009.The district's BIM approach "has been
The impact of Superstorm Sandy on the region's power, transportation and institutional infrastructure was clearly evident to millions of customers who suffered outages, delays and dislocations. The hurricane's effect on regional environmental infrastructure—drinking water and wastewater treatment plants—was less obvious to most people but amplified their vulnerability to wind and water threats. Related Links: ENR New York Engineering News Record Sandy caused 11 billion gallons of partially treated and untreated sewage to flow from plants flooded by storm surges or rain into waterways in Washington, D.C., and eight East Coast states last October, according to a report by Climate Central,
Officials in beachfront towns from Cape May on the Jersey Shore to Montauk on Long Island have been celebrating the return of their beaches and boardwalks in time for the start of summer this month. But there is still much work left to do to repair Superstorm Sandy's damage along the coastline and to harden defenses for future storms. There is even more debate on what are the best long-term protections and who will pay for them. Related Links: ENR New York More ENR New York Projects Pushing SandAs part of its traditional mission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers