commentC. Howard Nye has become CEO of Martin Marietta Materials in Raleigh, N.C. Nye joined Martin Marietta as president and chief operating officer in 2006 with more than 20 years of experience in the construction materials industry.
Stephen P. Zelnak Jr., former CEO of Martin Marietta Materials, will retire mid-year. Zelnak, who had been with the company for more than 27 years, has been elected to the company’s board of directors. He will continue as executive chairman of the board until his retirement, and then become non-executive chairman of the board.
The St. Joe Co. of Jacksonville, one of Florida’s largest real estate development companies, recently promoted the following individuals: Reece Alford to senior vice president, corporate counsel and secretary; Ken Borick to senior vice president, real estate counsel; David Childers to vice president – finance and corporate treasurer; and Janna Connolly as senior vice president and chief accounting officer.
Alford, who came to St. Joe in 2005, will be responsible for corporate-level legal matters including securities, compliance, corporate governance, intellectual property and strategic transactions.
Borick, who joined St. Joe in 2000, will assume additional responsibilities related to the firm’s residential and commercial real estate transactions.
As vice president – finance and corporate treasurer, Childers will be responsible for the management of St. Joe’s capital structure, credit profile and investor relations strategies.
As senior vice president and chief accounting officer, Connolly will continue to oversee all accounting, tax and financial reporting, and will now assume responsibility for the budgeting, forecasting and planning functions.
Ben Searight was elected vice president of RS&H Construction Services of Jacksonville, Fla. Searight started with RS&H CS in June 2000 after graduating from Penn State University.
Ken McDonald was named senior engineering manager at Parsons Brinckerhoff in Atlanta. He will serve as a program manager, responsible for overseeing major transit projects throughout the U.S.
McDonald has more than 25 years of experience in the transit industry. Prior to joining PB, he served as chief operating officer for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
In Morrisville, N.C., PB hired Mark Kuttrus as senior aviation planner. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Kuttrus will be responsible for aviation planning work.
Kevin M. Hoeflich was named national business sector manager for tolls in PBS&J’s Orlando office. Hoeflich has more than 20 years of experience specializing in project management and design- and construction management of transportation and toll-related projects.
Also in Orlando, Christopher J. Lory was named program director for PBS&J’s general consultant contract with Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise. He has 21 years of highway design and project management experience involving transportation projects.
PBS&J also promoted Matthew T. Lamb to senior program manager for the FTE general consultant contract. He has 15 years of experience in transportation design projects.
In Panama City, Fla., PBS&J named Larry F. Kelley to the position of project director. Kelley spent 36 years with the Florida Dept. of Transportation, and most recently served as District Three secretary in Chipley.
Bob Ferguson has joined general contractor T.A. Loving Co. in Goldsboro, N.C., as vice president. Ferguson has more than 35 years of construction management experience and will oversee the project management, marketing and daily operations for T.A. Loving’s new office in Morrisville, N.C.
Michael Heron is the new regional manager for Collins Engineers in Orlando. Heron previously served as the firm’s senior transportation manager. He has15 years of project management and engineering experience.
Hennessy Construction Services of St. Petersburg, Fla., promoted Mark Stalker to vice president. Stalker has been in the construction industry in the Tampa Bay area for more than 29 years. He previously worked as project executive with Hennessy.
WilsonMiller of Naples, Fla., promoted Ted Aiken to regional business unit manager for the firm’s transportation planning and design division for Northwest Florida. He has 13 years of engineering experience.
The firm also promoted John P. Maloney to regional business unit manager for surveying for lower Southwest Florida. He has 28 years of surveying and mapping experience.
Michael Mick has joined Naples, Fla.-based builder GATES as a project manager. He has more than 31 years of construction industry experience.
Bill Caldwell was named president of Spartanburg, S.C.-based Waldrop Inc. At the same time, company founder and owner Benny Waldrop becomes chairman of the firm. Waldrop Inc. is the holding company for Waldrop Mechanical Services and Waldrop Heating & Air Conditioning.
Caldwell has served as Waldrop’s vice president of operations since 2004. He is a 33-year veteran of the construction industry.
Luis Riobueno has joined Raleigh, N.C.-based design firm BJAC as a designer. Riobueno has 25 years of architectural design experience.
Barbara Dokulil has joined BJAC as an interior designer. She has more than 15 years of interior design experience.
The firm promoted Rebecca Edmunds, former director of marketing, to the position of communications director. Also, Nancy A. Padgett was named marketing director.
Newcomb & Boyd announced that Lynda B. Herrig is now an Associate Partner of the firm.
Jonathan A. Bair, Kasey P. Mitchell, and R. Max Shirley have all been named Senior Associates. Darren M. Draper and Bruce M. Krohn have been named Associates of the firm.
Brenda Yuhas joined Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia in Atlanta as director of membership services. Yuhas was previously worked as a project manager at Fox Building Co.
SIKON Construction Co. of Deerfield Beach, Fla., recently named Jonathan E. Jordan as vice president. Jordan has more than 30 years of commercial construction experience and formerly served as project director for Jacobs Engineering in Atlanta.
Architect Rick McCormack has joined Gora/McGahey Architects in Fort Myers, Fla., as project architect and marketing director. He has more than 30 years of industry experience.
Christopher Giordano was hired as project administrator for Calvin, Giordano & Associates’ governmental/municipal services division in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Chris Bayer has joined electrical subcontractor Power Design of St. Petersburg, Fla., as senior project manager. Bayer will head up the company’s projects and expansion in the Mid-Atlantic region.
Prior to joining PDI, Bayer worked as a project manager for Catalfumo Construction in South Florida.
John Martin of ECS Carolinas was named president of the NAIOP North Carolina Piedmont Triad Chapter of Greensboro, N.C.
Other 2010 chapter officers include: president-elect - Andy Harding of Dixon Hughes; treasurer – Reggie Beeson of Highwoods Properties; secretary – Pat Fogleman with NAIOP NC Piedmont Triad; and immediate past president – Bill Sinclair of Maine Street Renovators.
The board of directors for 2010 includes: Tiffany Barrier of The Meridian Realty Group; Richard Beard with Simpson Schulman & Beard; Joan Bergman with Nexsen Pruet; Ryan Corbello of Allied Commercial Realty; Rick Dehnert with Highwoods Properties; George Dunn of Hubbard Realty of Winston-Salem; Michelle Hollis with Southern Community Bank and Trust; Angela Hutchins of New Atlantic Contracting; James Mitchell of Smith Leonard; and Bill Phipps, Richardson Properties.
Kyle Abney of Abney + Abney Green Solutions in Palm City was elected president of the U.S. Green Building Council’s South Florida Chapter in Lake Worth, Fla.
Other newly elected chapter officers include: vice president – Robert Cannellos of The Spinnaker Group; secretary/treasurer – Carlos Duarte of Turner Construction; and immediate past president – Rob Hink of The Spinnaker Group.
Chairpersons for the association include: Carole Schafmeister of D & B Tile Distributors; Jill Cohen of Miller Legg; and John Szerdi with LDG Florida Architects.
Newly elected directors include: Paul Carty of State Contracting & Engineering Corp.; Matt Greer of Carlisle Development Group; Nick Gunia with Alterna Corp.; Donna Hagerott of Trammel Crow Residential; Sandra Lee with Calvin, Giordano & Associates; Brian Lomel of TLC Engineering for Architecture; Gary Pirtle of Pirtle Construction; Elsi Rose with the city of Miramar; Hector Samario with FPL; and Lou Zaccone with Trane South Florida.
Woodland Construction Co. of Jupiter, Fla., a tilt-up concrete contractor, announced that Frank Zollo has joined the firm as executive vice president. He has more than 20 years of construction industry experience.
Also, Steve Bluestein was hired as vice president of operations and Duane Catlin joins the firm as a project manager. Bluestein has more than 33 years of industry experience, and Catlin has been involved with general contracting for more than 27 years.
Angela M. Hinton joined L2 Studios in Orlando as an interior designer. Also, Kristan A. Braswell was hired as a graphic designer.
Patrick Troy Chroniger has joined Palmer Electric Co. in Winter Park, Fla., as a senior estimator. He has more than 13 years of experience in the electrical contracting industry.
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