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Chris R. Sheridan of Chris R. Sheridan & Co. of Macon, Ga., was recently installed as president of the Georgia Branch of Associated General Contractors. The event took place at the association's recent convention in Sandestin, Fla.

Doug Bodenhamer, president of Capital Construction Co. in Smyrna, Ga., was presented with the association's "S.I.R. (Skill, Integrity and Responsibility) Award." Gary Young of Young Contracting Co. in Roswell, Ga., the association's outgoing president, was presented with a "Past President's Plaque."

Bill Pinto, president and COO of Atlanta-based Hardin Construction Co., was recently awarded the "Golden Hammer Award" from the Atlanta chapters of the Professional Construction Estimators Association of America and the American Society of Professional Estimators. The award is given to a construction industry professional for their contributions to both the industry and the community.

Pinto was cited for his participation in the Associated Builders and Contractors, the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia, GlenCastle Constructors, the Metropolitan Atlanta YMCA and other organizations.

Scott Coulombe has been hired as executive officer of the Collier Building Industry Association in Naples. Coulombe served as executive vice president for the 900-member Home Builders Association of Greater New Orleans for the past seven years.

Anne Lloyd, vice president and controller at Martin Marietta Materials, Raleigh, N.C, has been elected as the company's chief financial officer, effective June 1, 2005. The move was announced in advance of the planned retirement of Senior Vice President and CFO Janice K. Henry in 2006. Lloyd, who has been controller since 1998, will retain her position as chief accounting officer. Henry, who has served as CFO since 1994, will continue as senior vice president and treasurer through the transition process.

Jim Pritchett has been promoted to vice president at Hardin Construction Co., Atlanta. Previously a manager of large retail projects, he has roughly 20 years of field operations experience.

John Kulpa has relocated from HNTB's Los Angeles office to its Miami location as chief transportation planner. Kulpa will also serve as the deputy project manager for the East-West Transit project for the Miami-Dade Transit Authority.

Also in Miami, Sunil Doddapaneni has joined HNTB as an engineer in the Miami office's transportation department

The firm also announced David Theung will serve as senior project engineer and head the Tampa office's transportation department. In Fort Lauderdale, Xin Li was named project engineer. He will provide traffic engineering support to the Florida Turnpike.

In its Lake Mary, Fla., office, Boyd Jenkins has joined HNTB as a project engineer in the highway department. He has more than 15 years of experience as an engineer and survey technician.

Ron Smithhas joined Keene Construction Co. of Orlando as vice president. A 17-year veteran of the construction industry, Smith will manage all corporate marketing activities, new business development and assist with pre-construction services. Smith was formerly vice president of Edwards Construction Services.

John Cheek joined the HOK Planning Group of Atlanta as a senior associate and project manager.

Also, Jacy Herendeen has joined the HOK Atlanta office interior design studio as an interior designer.

Suzanne McCollum has been named director of marketing at NexDSS. The company, a division of Alpharetta, Ga.-based MACTEC Inc., designs facility asset management programs that minimize the ownership cost of clients' physical properties and infrastructure.

In other company news, James D. Purvis was appointed director of business development for MACTEC Development Corp.

Mark Kendall has been named project coordinator with Clancy & Theys Construction Co. of Orlando. Also, Chuck Martin was named assistant project manager. He is currently assigned to the NASA Operations Support II project at Kennedy Space Center.

Wendy Mickey recently joined HDR's Tampa office as a healthcare principal. She has nearly 20 years of experience in healthcare architecture. She previously worked with Peterson Associates of Charlotte.

Esther Ryskamp has joined The ADP Group, a Sarasota-based design firm as intern architect.

Gary Matthews has joined Parkside Partners of Atlanta as senior vice president of development. He will oversee new development projects throughout metro Atlanta.

Tim Hullihan has joined Oliver - Glidden - Spina & Partners of West Palm Beach as senior project manager. He joined OGS&P after 10 years with Gee & Jenson.

IBA Consultants, a glass and glazing consultant with offices in Sarasota and Boca Raton, Fla., recently promoted David Becher, Wayne Offerman and Anthony Porcello to vice president.

Becher was promoted from project manager to vice president of West Coast operations. Offerman was promoted from senior consultant to vice president, consulting services. His department performs consulting services for architects, developers, general contractors and owners on commercial and residential projects.

Porcello was promoted to vice president of operations and will be responsible for sales and marketing and administration staff. He previously served as vice president of sales and marketing.

Allan Ulrich was named safety director for the Miami, West Palm Beach and Port Charlotte locations of Murton Roofing Corp.

The company also named Mark Barilla human resources director.

George Olsker was recently named national accounts manager for Thompson Pump & Manufacturing Co. in Port Orange, Fla. The company also promoted David Schoen to the position of process planner, and appointed Gentry Baumline as marketing director.

ASC Geosciences of Lakeland, Fla., recently appointed the following as associates: H. Frank Murati, Greg Stephan, Christopher Basile and Tommy Bradshaw.

Andy Mirowitz has joined Facchina-McGaughan LLC of Fort Lauderdale as director of preconstruction services. He will oversee the estimating and procurement/purchasing departments.

Also, the company hired Curt Wyborny as a project manager for its Quantum on the Bay project in Miami. He previously worked for Bostic Steel as business development manager.

Jeff Blount has been promoted to director of project development for The Haskell Co.'s healthcare facilities division. He was formerly a senior project manager for the Jacksonville, Fla.-based firm.

Elkins Constructors of Jacksonville recently promoted Troy Ernsthausen to Level I superintendent, Joe Barnes to Level IV superintendent, David Peel to Level III superintendent and Rick Cofer to Level II superintendent.

Also, Wanda Byargeon was promoted to subcontract administrator, Leila Wilford to project administrator, Karen Healy to project administrator in training, and Teresa Bradley and Joan Rainey to senior project administrators.

Elkins also hired the following: Phil Chandler as human resource manager, Patrick Madigan as project developer, Adair Curtis as estimator, Cynthia Grant-Hunt as new project accountant and Brendan Garuckasas field engineer.

The company also hired the following as superintendents: Steve Sandiford, Allan Ney, Glenn Campbell, Mark Hoover and Denver Byron. Elkins also hired John MacDonald as an assistant project manager.