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Dr. G. Wayne Clough, P.E., Georgia Institute of Technology president, was recently honored with the American Society of Civil Engineers' 2004 Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) award for his lifetime contributions in education.

"Throughout his career, Wayne has contributed greatly to the education of civil engineering students," said ASCE President Patricia D. Galloway. "His teaching, research, administrative and professional leadership has touched an astounding number of people."

Clough began his career 40 years ago as an assistant professor at Duke University. After positions at Stanford University, Virginia Polytechnic and State University and the University of Washington, Clough was named Georgia Tech's 10th president in September 1994. During his tenure, test scores and retention rates have increased dramatically, and Georgia Tech has been ranked in the top ten of U.S. News and World Report's top public universities list since 1999, and was honored in 1999 with the Hesburgh Award, the nation's top tribute for support of undergraduate teaching and learning.

Clough has reshaped the campus over the past 10 years with $1 billion in new facilities, which have added over 5.2 million sq. ft. in new space.

The OPAL awards honor outstanding projects and professional civil engineers for lifelong contributions in five categories - public works, construction, management, design and education.

The Integral Group of Atlanta has named presidents and chief operating officers for two of its subsidiaries. Vicki Lundy Wilbon has been promoted to president and COO of the firm's urban development division. Wilbon's new responsibilities include overseeing the division's large-scale projects. Carl Powell has been hired as president and chief operating officer of The Integral Group's commercial real estate division. Powell's role includes directing the division's investments as well as its retail, commercial and mixed-use development endeavors.

Larry Atkins has been promoted to executive vice president and director of operations for Bovis Lend Lease Americas. Atkins, who most recently served as principal-in-charge of the Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., offices of Bovis Lend Lease, will now be responsible for company offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Raleigh, Miami, Orlando, Dallas and Nashville.

Harold Higgenbotham has been named vice president for O'Donnell, Naccarato, Mignogna & Jackson's Orlando office. Higgenbotham, with 10 years of structural engineering experience, will be overseeing projects in commercial design, high-rise buildings, industrial projects and multi-family residential development.

Greenberg Farrow Architecture of Atlanta has named Jon Arendt and Bryan O'Bra as network engineers for the firm's information systems staff. Also, Christine Del Pozzo has also joined the Atlanta office as a due diligence coordinator.

Jim Klecker has been named senior project director for The Related Group of Florida. He will be in charge of construction management and responsible for the overall performance of several of Related's condominium projects, including Ocean IV in Sunny Isles Beach and Las Olas Beach Club in Fort Lauderdale. Klecker has over 25 years of construction experience and most recently was project manager for WCI's 31-story BellaMaré high-rise project in Aventura.

Brian W. Brown has been named preconstruction manager for Miller Construction Co. of Fort Lauderdale. He has more than two decades of experience in commercial, residential and light industrial construction.

Bob Renaud has been promoted to director of business development and public affairs for The Haskell Co. of Jacksonville. In his new position, Renaud will be the company spokesman and director of business development for Haskell's general commercial division. Previously, he was the manager of business development for the general commercial division and manager of public affairs.

Debra A. Lupton, AIA, has assumed the role of chief executive officer at TLC Engineering for Architecture in Orlando. Lupton succeeds John Douglas Benz, AIA, who remains chairman of the board. The management change comes after a two-year transition, during which time Lupton served as vice president. Prior to that, she was TLC's director of marketing for 10 years.

Luis M. Vargas has been named HDR's South Florida bridge program manager in the firm's Miami Lakes office. Vargas will be in charge of the South Florida structures group and will provide support to HDR's complex and segmental bridge technology group. Prior to joining HDR, he was a vice president at Beiswenger Hoch and Associates. He has more than 20 years of experience in the planning, design, construction, rehabilitation and condition evaluation of bridges. HDR also promoted Rohan Hameed to project manager. He previously served as a senior transportation engineer.

Tracy Robb has joined the West Palm Beach office of Calvin, Giordano & Associates as director of engineering. Robb, formerly with the Northern Palm Beach County Improvement District, brings 17 years of public- and private-sector engineering to her position.

Bob Mulligan has been named a senior project manager for specialty glazing contractor Harmon Inc.'s Orlando office. Mulligan brings 34 years of experience in project management, sales and estimating for the glazing industry.

Frank T. Martin has joined PBS&J's national transit services division as a vice president/senior project director. He will be based in the firm's Tallahassee, Fla., office. Most recently he was the chief operating officer for the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, Calif.

Leonard W. Martling was recently elected to the board of managers for The Weitz Co., a national building contractor with offices in West Palm Beach. Martling has been president of Weitz's Florida division since 1998. The company also announced the hiring of Dennis Gallagher to director of health-care services. During a 22-year career, Gallagher has managed the construction of nearly $1.5 billion of health care construction.

Mike Colvin has been named senior vice president of The Facility Group. The Smyrna, Ga.-based firm has regional and international offices that provide turnkey services in design and construction. Prior to joining the group, Colvin was with Settles Aero Systems, where he was the president and executive vice president of sales and engineering. Before that, he worked with Kellogg, Brown & Root, serving as vice president of business development.

Timothy Behler was recently promoted to vice president of operations at Encore Construction Co. of Winter Garden, Fla. In his new role he will manage the company's equipment and safety programs, in addition to assisting with overall project management. The company also announced that George Burns and Bill Hibbits were hired as project superintendents and Scott Reuter was named project manager. Also, Kenia Harrell has joined Encore as safety coordinator.

Richard Lovelace has joined The Stellar Group of Jacksonville, Fla., as vice president of the commercial construction division. Additionally, Jean-Marc Marchand was promoted to design project manager for the power and utilities division and Priscilla Ingram was named controller.

Raymond Laport has joined STT Construction Group of Jacksonville to lead the company's utility, specialized trenching and environmental divisions. Laport has 22 years of experience in civil and environmental engineering, construction and environmental remediation.

Reece C. Porter was recently named international business consultant of Orlando-based Mechanical Services Inc.