Obituaries

Profiles of key industry leaders' deaths and industry contributions and succession

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Obituary: Innovator Jim O'Brien, 91, Kept Projects, Clients, on Critical Path

Debra K. Rubin

January 6, 2021

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CPM scheduling guru and CM firm co-founder also authored the field's first textbook in 1965, still in wide use.

Maj. Gen. 'Bo' Temple, Who Primed Army Corps for Big Jobs, Dies at 67

Debra K. Rubin

November 10, 2020

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Former Corps leader led a major agency 'transformation' to tackle an estimated $73-billion global military building expansion launched more than a decade ago.

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ACE Mentor Los Angeles Founder C. Terry Dooley Dies at Age 90

Nadine M. Post

October 16, 2020

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Construction veteran and civil engineer who founded industry group that has mentored 1,500 students and raised $1 million for college scholarships, died Sept. 27.

Visionary Developer Gerald Hines Dies at 95

Nadine M. Post

August 24, 2020

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Gerald D. Hines, founder and chairman of the global real estate firm Hines, died Sunday, Aug. 23 at age 95.

Obituary: Greg Howell, 77, Was Longtime Lean Construction Proponent

Scott Lewis

June 23, 2020

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Former consultant and civil engineering academic co-founded leading advocacy group the Lean Construction Institute.

Obituary: Oscar C. Boldt, 96, Pushed Family Firm to Top Markets, High Standards

Debra K. Rubin

June 14, 2020

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Seven-decade leader, who died June 9, reversed Wisconsin contractor's near bankruptcy, keeping growth steady with attention to clients and community.

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John Eberhard, 93, Founder of New York State University's Sole Architecture School

Nadine M. Post

June 3, 2020

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Known as far back as the mid-1960s for a radical notion that the architect of the future would be a manager of many disciplines—among them engineering, psychology, politics, economics, ecology, art and technology— the industry pioneer died May 2 from complications from COVID-19 and congestive heart failure.

Joachim Ebert, Arcadis US CEO, Dies at 51; Permanent Successor Named

Debra K. Rubin

May 13, 2020

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Britain's Balfour Beatty and France’s VINCI tap Michael Dyke to manage UK high-speed rail projects worth $6.2 billion.

NJ Transit Rail Ops Exec Dies April 18 of COVID-19 Complications

Debra K. Rubin

April 25, 2020

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Ray Kenny, 69, was tapped in 2019 to boost NJT operations, including positive train control deadline; line confirms that CEO Kevin Corbett is on home quarantine after positive test.

Obituary: Bill Gianelli, 101, Built Calif.'s Landmark Water Delivery System

Debra K. Rubin

April 12, 2020

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Engineer executed epic and controversial state water-power project, followed Ronald Reagan to D.C. as a Corps exec and mentored hundreds of water professionals.