ENR's Top 25 Newsmakers https://www.enr.com/rss/628 en-us wrighta@enr.com (Andrew G. Wright) When Singapore's Building and Construction Authority issued its Green Mark guidelines in 2006, the South Asian island city-state moved to the forefront of sustainable design and construction for the 21st century. When Singapore's Building and Construction Authority issued its Green Mark guidelines in 2006, the South Asian island city-state moved to the forefront of sustainable design and construction for the 21st century.

]]> 0127-john-keung-steers-singapore-to-lead-role-in-sustainability.asp Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7367-john-keung-steers-singapore-to-lead-role-in-sustainability sawyert@enr.com (Tom Sawyer) One of the pioneers of software development for laser-scan data processing, Mark Klusza, won an ENR Newsmaker award for that work in 2003 (ENR 1/12/04 p. 26). 0127-laser-scanning-for-the-masses-by-handheld-devices.asp Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7370-laser-scanning-for-the-masses-by-handheld-devices postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) "FLEXLAB came out of 25 years of trying to figure out how things work in the real world," says Selkowitz, leader of the windows and envelope materials group and senior adviser for building science with the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). 0127-selkowitz8217s-dream-lab-for-testing-integrated-building-systems-already-a-model-for-others.asp Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7375-plug-n-play-lab-to-test-green-building-systems-is-a-model Cristina Tzintzún, executive director of the 12-year-old Workers Defense Project (WDP), is making progress in her uphill battle to improve working conditions and pay for very low-income workers in Texas, most of them involved in construction and many of them undocumented immigrants. 0127-standing-up-for-workers-who-have-been-exploited.asp Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7376-standing-up-for-workers-who-have-been-exploited choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) When K.N. Murthy took the helm at the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), his task was twofold: transform the workings of an auto-centric city and of an agency that serves a population of 9.6 million. 0127-a-transit-leader-transforms-la-metro.asp Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7354-a-transit-leader-transforms-la-metro choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) Ask Bala Sivakumar about his nearly 30 years in bridge engineering, and he dutifully recites biographical information. But ask him about the need for accelerated bridge construction (ABC), and, suddenly, there's excitement and passion in his voice. Ask Bala Sivakumar about his nearly 30 years in bridge engineering, and he dutifully recites biographical information. But ask him about the need for accelerated bridge construction (ABC), and, suddenly, there's excitement and passion in his voice.

]]> 0127-abc-tool-kit-crafter-spreads-the-word.asp Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7355-abc-tool-kit-crafter-spreads-the-word judys@enr.com (Scott Judy) Higher-education institutions across the U.S. are some of the biggest drivers of sustainable building practices. 0127-ga-techofficial-preaches-sustainable-leadership.asp Mon, 27 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7366-georgia-tech-official-preaches-sustainable-leadership postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) Benton Johnson does much more than walk the green talk—he bikes it. 0127-johnson-helps-build-a-solid-case-for-green-timber-towers.asp Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7368-building-a-solid-case-for-green-timber-towers postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) Johannes de Jong just about went berserk when he heard his company, elevator-maker KONE Corp., had pulled the plug on research into ultra-lightweight carbon-fiber hoisting rope, which de Jong thought could be the biggest advance in elevators since Elisha Otis introduced the safety brake in 1853. 0127-de-jong-charts-the-course-for-the-biggest-change-in-elevators-since-1853.asp Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7362-the-biggest-change-in-elevators-since-1853 choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) "Boredom is an aspirational goal of mine," says Roger A. Johnson, deputy executive director of Los Angeles World Airports. 0127-lax-leader-guides-massive-expansion.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7369-lax-leader-guides-airports-massive-expansion When a bridge collapses on the busy Interstate 5 artery in Washington state, fast-tracking seems an understatement. 0127-leading-team-to-restore-crucial-crossing-on-i-5.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7371-leading-the-team-to-restore-a-crucial-crossing-on-i-5 rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) Carl Mack can't help attracting a following. As a mechanical engineer for the King County, Wash., wastewater utility, starting in the late 1980s, he stewed that minorities rarely won internships. 0127-minority-kids-8220seek8221-and-find-an-early-engineering-link.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7372-minority-students-seek-and-find-an-early-engineering-link Barnhart led the lifting and rigging firm that successfully planned and executed the touchy operation of transporting, hoisting and assembling in Seattle, the world's largest TBM. 0127-picking-up-the-world8217s-largest-tunnel-drill.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7373-lifting-bertha-the-worlds-largest-tunnel-boring-machine choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) Reinstill faith. Reaffirm the mission. And reinforce confidence. That was Phillip A. Washington's goal when he took over the reins of the troubled $6.5-billion FasTracks transit construction program as general manager of Denver's Regional Transportation District (RTD) in 2009. 0127-reaching-higher-reaching-out-on-fastracks-program.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7374-reaching-higher-reaching-out-on-fastracks-program Reaching Higher, Reaching Out on FasTracks Program Reaching Higher, Reaching Out on FasTracks Program Reaching Higher, Reaching Out on FasTracks Program Reaching Higher, Reaching Out on FasTracks Program Reaching Higher, Reaching Out on FasTracks Program Reaching Higher, Reaching Out on FasTracks Program Debra Sterling wants to get girls jazzed about engineering long before they graduate high school—the time when she first ventured into the profession. 0127-targeting-the-toy-aisle-to-get-young-girls-into-engineering.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7377-targeting-the-toy-aisle-to-lure-young-girls-into-engineering rubenstonej@enr.com (Jeff Rubenstone) When Tim Rhyne sat down with fellow Michelin engineer Steve Cron over lunch in the late 1990s, they didn't set out to reinvent the wheel. 0127-tweel-inventor-sees-an-end-to-flat-tires-on-skid-steers.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7378-tweel-inventor-sees-an-end-to-flat-tires-on-skid-steers postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) "Grueling ... terribly complicated ... demanding ... a burn-out kind of project." Michael Adlerstein, leader of the $2.1-billion renovation of the 17-acre United Nations headquarters in Manhattan, minces no words when describing the 2.5-million-sq-ft multi-building overhaul, headed for completion this summer after six years of reconstruction within an active U.N. campus. 0127-adlerstein-leader-of-the-united-nations-rebuilding-successfully-steers-the-world8217s-most-complicat.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7356-restoring-the-un-headquarters-in-new-york-city choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) Digging tunnels, design-build delivery and diversity—Louis P. Brais, project executive for Bouygues Construction, is drawn to all three. 0127-brais-leads-port-of-miami-tunnel-to-success.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7357-leading-port-of-miami-tunnel-to-success tuchmanj@enr.com (Janice L. Tuchman) The Construction Industry Institute considers productivity to be such a complex challenge that the group allotted six years, rather than the usual two, for its research team to study the issue. 0127-cii-productivity-research-team-delivers-handbook-of-best-practices.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7358-cii-productivity-research-team-delivers-handbook-of-best-practices choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) When he first met U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Col. Paul E. Owen, Roland Lewis was quite impressed. "He was, literally, a rocket scientist," says Lewis, president and CEO of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance. 0127-corps-colonel-takes-command-in-post-sandy-recovery.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7359-corps-of-engineers-colonel-takes-command-in-post-sandy-recovery choa@enr.com (Aileen Cho) Jim Crites has a Zen-like philosophy of balance that informs all he does. It led him to leave the Marine Corps to spend more time with family and landed him at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), where he has influenced expansion, sustainability, maintenance and every other aspect as executive vice president of operations. 0127-crites-champions-balanced-airports.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7360-airport-leader-champions-balanced-airports postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) When he was a 19-year-old aspiring musician, Mike Current decided he needed a better way to make a living, so he went to coal-mining school. 0127-current8217s-high-stakes-pedestrian-bridge-lift-goes-off-without-a-glitch.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7361-pulling-off-a-high-stakes-pedestrian-bridge-without-a-hitch postn@enr.com (Nadine M. Post) Ronald F. Dellaria, the inspiration behind a guide to help eliminate "BIM babble," is passionate about paperless deliverables. 0127-dellaria-inspired-a-specification-to-help-eliminate-bim-babble.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7363-inspiring-a-specification-to-help-eliminate-bim-babble rubind@enr.com (Debra K. Rubin) The U.S. is using up natural resources "as if it had five planets to work with," says engineer William A. Wallace, whose commitment to sustainable design and construction spans a 40-year career. 0127-engineer-sets-tool-to-rate-sustainable-infrastructure.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7364-engineer-sets-foundation-to-envision-sustainable-infrastructure judys@enr.com (Scott Judy) Public-private partnerships—such as Florida's nearly complete $1.8-billion Interstate 595 Express contract or its next, upcoming monster project, the $2.1-billion I-4 Ultimate in Orlando—have become nearly standard procedure in recent years in the Sunshine State's Dept. of Transportation. 0127-florida-transportation-chief-changes-the-game.asp Wed, 22 Jan 2014 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7365-florida-transportation-chief-changes-the-game sawyert@enr.com (Tom Sawyer) An enormous, gated battlement now stands guard on the eastern side of New Orleans. An enormous, gated battlement now stands guard on the eastern side of New Orleans.

]]> 0422-wayne-e-jones-named-enr8217s-2013-award-of-excellence-recipient.asp Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.enr.com/articles/7330-critical-storm-defenses-2013-award-of-excellence-winner-wayne-e-jones Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement Manager Jones (here, age 8) was responsible for hisand his little brothers'chores. Photo courtesy of Wayne E. Jones Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement Jones devised a rail-mounted, rolling template to guide the two sections spliced into 295-ft-long batter piles. Acting as angled braces behind every other vertical pile, the batter piles stitch the earth. Photo by Robert Sinkler Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement The surge barrier is built across Lake Borgne and was in the crosshairs of Hurricane Isaac last August. The city's life depended on the performance of what locals are calling The Great Wall of New Orleans. Each of the 17 activities on the barrier project had to advance 48 ft per day, including driving vertical piles, batter piles and infill piles. Photo Courtesy of USACE Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement I thought like a kid and I looked at life like a kid until I was 25, says Jones. Adulthood came when the Mississippi National Guard sent him to Army Engineer School in 1975. Photo courtesy of Wayne E. Jones Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement Vertical pile driving moved both north and south. One crew used the barge-mounted, Weeks 526 ringer crane shown here. Photo courtesy of Traylor Bros. Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement Wayne's wife, Debra, pushed him to excel and raise his sights early in his career. Photo by Tom Sawyer Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement The wall's curve could have induced conflict and misalignment if the piles strayed. Photo courtesy of USACE Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement The design called for locking the tops of the 66-in.-dia cylinder piles to the tops of the angled batter piles with 95-ton, prestressed concrete blocks, the load limit around which the assembly was devised. Overlapping rebar at block ends set up for infill to be cast between. Photo courtesy of Traylor Bros Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement Jones' dad, Ernest grew up in the Depression and survived much combat in World War II. He raised Wayne to earn his own way. Photo courtesy of Wayne E. Jones Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement After TMW was selected for the work, Jones carried on as lead project manager and oversaw construction of the monumental, 10,000-ft-long, 26-ft-tall surge barrier built across Lake Borgne (shown behind him). The project that came in on schedule, on budget and in time to repel Hurricane Isaac as its first major test. Photo by William Widmer Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement The design called for locking the tops of the 66-in.-dia cylinder piles to the tops of the angled batter piles with 95-ton, prestressed concrete blocks, the load limit around which the assembly was devised. Overlapping rebar at block ends set up for infill to be cast between. Photo courtesy of Traylor Bros. Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement Working alone, Jones started building a brick workshop for his dad at age 13. Photo courtesy of Wayne E. Jones Award of Excellence: How a Precision Locating Device Confirms Accuracy of Pile Placement The other used a rail-mounted Whirley tower. Both this tower and the Weeks 526 in the prior slide had adjustable clamps to hold the 144-ft-long piles plumb and on target. Photo courtesy of Traylor Bros The Beavers, a national heavy-construction group based in Los Altos, Calif., has named four executives to receive 2013 Golden Beaver awards on Jan. 18 in Los Angeles. 1203-construction-ndustry-groups-announce-recipients-of-major-awards-for-2013.asp Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.enr.com/articles/7302-construction-industry-groups-announce-recipients-of-major-awards-for-2013