Hardin Construction Co. of Atlanta recently promoted Skip Loman to construction manager and Carl Brass to senior superintendent.

Loman joined Hardin in 2000, bringing over 20 years of construction experience. For Hardin, he has managed a 1 million-sq.-ft. office building at Marta Lindbergh and is currently managing the first office building at Atlantic Station in Atlanta.

Brass is a 19-year veteran of Hardin, and most recently completed the 14-story, 500,000-sq.-ft. Centergy One Office Building in midtown Atlanta.

Brian Terrell has been promoted to executive vice president in the Atlanta office of The Staubach Co., a full-service international real estate strategy and services firm. Terrell is also the recent recipient of the national 2003 Champion of Excellence Award, the highest honor bestowed on an employee of The Staubach Co.

Terrell leads Staubach's Design & Construction Consulting Services Practice Group, which provides project management, design and construction consulting services for clients.

The Staubach Co. is a real estate advisory firm that works with the users of office, industrial and retail space. Areas of expertise include site selection, acquisition and disposition, financing, and design and construction consulting.

Roy Rucks recently joined the staff of the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia as director of operations. Rucks will oversee daily operations of CEFGA, including its adult training programs and its high-school outreach efforts. He formerly served as principal of Maxwell High School of Technology.

Steven Sorensen has joined WCI Communities as vice president and senior project manager leading development and construction activity at the firm's One Bal Harbour luxury high-rise in Bal Harbour, Fla. With more than 20 years experience in the industry, Sorensen will be responsible for WCI's activity in the marketplace as well as project-management activities.

Jeffrey A. Proctor was recently promoted to the position of vice president of safety and training at MIL-CON of Jacksonville, Fla. In this newly created position, Proctor will develop and implement an overall curriculum to provide career training to project managers and superintendents. The training will focus on safety but will also include additional skills such as cost control, personnel management, owner/client relations and leadership.

Debra A. Lupton, principal, vice president and CEO-designate of TLC Engineering for Architecture, Orlando, has been selected to participate in Leadership Florida, an organization of professional and civic leaders.

Lupton has 23 years experience in architecture, engineering, professional marketing services, commercial real estate and auctioneering, and for 10 years served as director of marketing for Orlando-based TLC.

Leadership Florida produces programs for executives, local government officials, legislators, grassroots leaders and top student leaders encouraging leadership and promoting statewide community.

Mike Walters has been named safety director for H.J. Foundation, a foundation contractor based in Miami. In this capacity, Walters is responsible for the company's safety program and policies, compliance with the safety program from all employees and managing loss prevention.

Areas he will direct include crane operations safety, job site hazard analysis, CPR and first-aid training, fleet safety programs for drivers and general safety enforcement policies. Walters also will be involved in ensuring that all employees complete the necessary company training as well as Occupational Safety and Health Administration courses.

Walters previously worked as the project safety manager for a full-service provider of construction services, and headed up a project at Barksdale Air Force Base.

Michael Dillard has been appointed vice president of business development at Mechanical Services Inc., Orlando. He is a 17-year veteran of Florida's commercial/industrial mechanical contracting and service industry.

Bretton A. Raymaker has joined Willis A. Smith Construction of Sarasota, Fla., as an assistant project manager. Raymaker graduated with a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida's School of Building Construction.

Christiano Construction Co. of Clearwater, Fla., recently named Ernie G. Speeks and Robert V. Bartell to the position of project superintendent. Speeks has 33 years of construction experience, while Bartell has 25 years of experience in the construction industry.

Maurice Harris has joined the accounting department of PSA Constructors, Orlando, as a financial analyst. Harris is responsible for project budgeting and ongoing financial analysis.

Ben Mann was recently named to the newly created position of regional support specialist for Thompson Pump. In this position, Mann will assist Thompson pump users, distributors and sales staff with applications expertise.

Mann will cover an area that includes Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina and extends as far north as Maryland and Delaware.