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Ian Kramer was recently named project manager for Taylor Woodrow's Diplomat Oceanfront Residences project in Hollywood, Fla. Kramer has previously worked as a project manager developing luxury projects in Aventura, Fla., and Costa Rica.

Dianne Jacob was recently promoted to vice president of business development for Hardin Construction Co. of Tampa. She previously served as director of business development. In addition to her new management responsibilities, Jacob will continue as a primary liaison to the Tampa Bay civic, cultural and business communities.

Hardin also announced the promotion of Adam Sizemore to construction manager. Sizemore, who joined Hardin 10 years ago as an assistant project manager, works out of the company's Orlando offices.

Steven Williams has joined design-build firm The Collage Companies of Lake Mary, Fla., as vice president of operations. He will oversee all of the field activities for the company's Central and South Florida operations.

Williams previously served as director of construction for Austin Commercial in Dallas.

Ardaman & Associates, a geotechnical engineering services firm, has named five new engineers for its Orlando offices. Dinh Tien Nguyen, Michael Haldavnekar, Peter W. Baumstark, Jagrut K. Jathal and Aries Patawaran were all named to the position of assistant project engineer.

Ronald A.Geiger was recently named water resources section manager in HDR's Charlotte offices. Prior to joining HDR, Geiger was an associate partner and project director with Woolpert LLP. His experience includes program management, planning studies and construction design for numerous water-related projects involving stormwater, wastewater and drinking water.

Anoopa Jaikaran has been hired for the newly created position of business development coordinator at the Tampa headquarters of ACI Construction Services. Jaikaran will be responsible for marketing, proposal preparation and new business development for the Greater Tampa area.

Godfrey G. Little was appointed chief operation officer for CONTECH Construction Products, with full profit and loss responsibility for the company's base business, which includes engineered pipe, corrugated pipe, engineered bridges, plastics and specialty products.

Little previously spent 27 years with Ingersoll-Rand Co., most recently as vice president and general manager of I-R's road development division. Also, from 1998 to 2001, he was vice president and general manager of the Blaw-Knox Construction Equipment Division.

Deborah L. Galloway has been named communications manager for Ashland Paving And Construction (APAC), a division of Ashland.

Galloway is responsible for APAC's communications planning and execution, including brand management and positioning, employee communications, media relations, advertising and collateral material, web content, trade shows and related activities.

Galloway most recently served as manager of global marketing communications for the specialty plastics division of Eastman Chemical Co. in Kingsport, Tenn.

Jay S. Jacobson has been named development partner and director in charge of the South Florida division for Wood Partners, a developer of multifamily developments. Jacobson will oversee the development and construction of properties throughout South Florida, including rental apartments, condominiums, condominium conversions, townhomes and loft apartments.

Michael P. Sheerin has been named director of healthcare engineering for TLC Engineering for Architecture of Orlando. Sheerin will manage the healthcare engineering activities within TLC's nine offices in Florida and Tennessee, oversee the development of technical training, assure engineering quality and client satisfaction, and develop the marketing goals strategy for healthcare pursuits firm-wide. TLC currently serves 134 hospital clients in 46 states and the Caribbean.

McKim & Creed, an engineering and surveying firm based in Wilmington, N.C., recently named Susan Fritzen and Randy Osburn to the position of project manager. Fritzen will work in the Wilmington office, while Osburn will work in the firm's offices in Cary, N.C.

Sean Carpenter has joined Duke Construction in Atlanta as preconstruction manager. In this role, Carpenter will be in charge of managing the design and preconstruction various projects for the Atlanta group of Duke Construction.

Carpenter joins Duke from ARCO Design Builders where he worked the last four years as a project manager.

Jeff Riley was recently hired as project manager for Harmon Inc.'s Orlando office. He has approximately 25 years of experience in the commercial glazing industry.

Catherine Sullivan recently joined HuntonBrady Architects of Orlando as a project architect overseeing education and healthcare projects. Sullivan is the current president of the Orlando chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

Also, Matthew Pineda will serve as project manager on corporate and education projects. He has more than 20 years of experience in the architecture industry.

Chris Williams was recently named branch manager of Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers' offices in Charlotte. He has been working at Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers since 1989.