People

DMJM Design promoted to Sr. Associates: Carl Allen Sr.; Caroline Baldwin; Matthew Hjermstad, AIA; Ali Jannati Sr.; Jon Rucker Sr.; and Shubhankar Sanyal Sr.

Thomas D. Carboni joined Urban Engineers Inc., as the Director of Facilities and Site Development.

Col. John Cawthorne is the new Chief, Environmental Division, Office of The Civil Engineer, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C.

Col.William Corson is the new Chief, Programs Division, Office of The Civil Engineer, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C.

URS Corp. named Patrick M. Coullahan VP and manager of its Alaska operations.

Bruce F. Goff, Ph.D., joined AMEC Earth & Environmental as a Senior Environmental Manager.

McKim & Creed has expanded its staff to include: Margaret Gray, RLA, as a senior project manager and landscape architect; Susan Fritzen and Randy Osburn, P.E., as project managers; Robert Rubin, Ph.D., as a senior environmental specialist; and Tom Stallman, LS, as a geomatics manager.

Albert F. Lowas Jr. has retired as Director, Air Force Real Property Agency, after 32 years of Federal Service.

Michael Luckett, P.G., was named Project Manager, and James Kennedy, Ph.D., P.G., was named Senior Scientist at MACTEC Engineering & Consulting.

Forrester Construction promoted Tom Luddy to Group VP, Special Projects.

Maj. Gen. David F. Melcher, was nominated by President Bush for promotion to Lieutenant General and assignment as Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. He is currently serving as Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8.

Severn Trent Services named Carla Proulx as VP, New Hampshire operations, Pipeline Services group.

Stanley Consultants Inc., elected Lynn Pruitt, Steve Schebler and Mike Hunzinger Senior VPs.

Robert D. Schroeder, P.E. joined Prime Engineering & Architecture Inc. as Operations Manager. Additionally, the company named John Sylva, AIA, as Director of Architecture.

I. Kaan Tuncok, Ph.D., joined AMEC’s Earth & Environmental office in Phoenix as a Water Resources Project Manager.

Col. Mark D. Wright is The Civil Engineer, Headquarters Air Force Special Operations Command, Hurlburt Field, Fla.

Col. Steven W. Zander became The Civil Engineer, Headquarters United States Air Force Reserve Command, Robbins AFB, Ga., replacing Col. David A. Sweat, who retired in May.

Contracts & Expansions

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey authorized DMJM+ Harris, STV and Santiago Calatrava to enter into contract negotiations with the Downtown Design Partnership for design and construction of the Permanent World Trade Center PATH Terminal in New York City.

MACTEC Engineering & Consulting Inc. will be providing construction and engineering services to the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence and was awarded a contract from the city of Atlanta to serve as principal brownfields consultant.

Kontek Industries Inc., received a $2.4 million grant from the federal government for research, engineering development, and deployment of blast-resistant barriers and barrier standards for homeland defense.

Berryman & Henigar was awarded a $700,000 contract from the city of Redlands, Calif., to provide plan review and inspection services for the Mountainview power plant.

PBS&J and South Korea-based LG CNS have been selected to assist the newly-formed Korean National Emergency Management Agency in the development of a comprehensive strategic plan to guide the country’s emergency management operations.

The National Guard has selected the SkyPort International and iDirect Technologies joint satellite solution to provide an emergency communications network to National Guard teams to assist civilian agencies during crisis and terrorist threats.

Awards

Clark Nexsen Architecture & Engineering won an American Society of Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc. Technology Award for designing the Virginia Advanced Shipbuilding and Carrier Integration Center in Newport News, Va.

MACTEC Engineering & Consulting Inc. and Atlantic Station L.L.C. have been awarded the 2004 Phoenix Award for Atlantic Station as the Environmental Protection Agency Region 4 best brownfield redevelopment project.

In Memoriam

We honor the brave engineers who have given their lives while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.