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Daniel G. Shephard and Bruce A. Vaio have been elected as executive vice presidents of Martin Marietta Materials of Raleigh, N.C. The company also announced the promotion of Anne H. Lloyd and Roselyn R. Bar to senior vice presidents.

Shephard currently has responsibility for the magnesia specialties division and aggregates operations in Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia and Maryland. He is also responsible for business development, capital planning and operations services.

Vaio is responsible for the company's aggregates operations in the Southwest and will be responsible for all of the company's western operations.

Lloyd joined Martin Marietta in 1998 as controller and chief accounting officer. She most recently served as chief financial officer.

Bar is general counsel and corporate secretary and also manages the corporate environment, land and natural resources function.

Victor Alfonso has joined MGE Architects of Coral Gables, Fla., as a project architect. Also, Lina Benedetti has joined the firm as an interior designer.

Also, Luz Glickman has rejoined the firm as a project architect. Ana Maria Valle has joined the firm as an interior designer.

Kent Black was promoted to vice president for HNTB's Southeast division in Lake Mary, Fla. Also, Luis Diaz was promoted to associate vice president.

Lex Collins was also promoted to associate vice president in the firm's Orlando structures department. He supports multiple offices for the design of large bridge projects.

In Jacksonville, HNTB appointed Dave Evans to vice president. Evans serves as the officer-in-charge of HNTB's Jacksonville office.

In Miami, Stephen Cooper has joined the firm as a professional geologist in the environmental department. He will serve as an assistant project manager for the South Florida Water Management District's "Acceler8" program for upcoming Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan projects.

Additionally, Christopher Amour has joined the firm as part of the management team for the Florida Turnpike's Turkey Lake Traffic Management Center.

Also, Mike Shannon has joined the Lake Mary office as a project manager III in the highway department. Doug Newlon also transferred to Lake Mary and will serve as senior project manager in the highway department. Also joining the Lake Mary office were Hamid (Ray) Bahrami, who was named an engineer III in the highway department, and Donna Hernandez, a senior scheduler.

Kimberlee B. DeBosier, of Bayside Engineering in Tampa, was named "2005 Engineer of the Year" by the Florida Engineering Society in Tallahassee. DeBosier is the first woman to receive the honor in its 45-year history. She also received the "2005 Community Service Award" from the Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers.

Gary Mooney has been promoted to territory general manager for ACI Construction Services in Daytona Beach, Fla. Mooney, who joined ACI in May, has more than 30 years of construction management experience

Lee B. Walton has been named senior planner/urban designer at MACTEC Engineering & Consulting in Kennesaw, Ga. Walton's responsibilities will include planning and zoning; master/redevelopment/recreation/industrial and transportation planning; grant writing and administration; urban design; facility planning and architecture.

Harvard Jolly, an architecture firm, announced the addition of Tania Bittencourt, Andrew MacFarlane and Alicia Cuomo to its Fort Lauderdale, Fla., offices. Bittencourt and MacFarlane will serve as technical support, while Cuomo is an administrative assistant.

The firm also announced the addition of Shaine Bravo, Kevin Taterus and Chiquita Baker to its Fort Myers office. Bravo and Taterus will serve as technical support, while Baker will work as administrative assistant..

Adache Group Architects of Pensacola, Fla., recently added Tony Noles, Ivo Alcala and David Murphy to its Pensacola office. The group has more than 50 years of collective industry experience.

GeoSurv3, a 23-person surveying and engineering firm based in the Tampa Bay area, has joined Naples, Fla.-based WilsonMiller. The GeoSurv3 engineering staff will be incorporated into WilsonMiller's Channelside and North Tampa/Pasco offices. Survey staff will remain in the former GeoSurv3 office located in Lutz.

Dayne Piercefield will continue in a consultant capacity for WilsonMiller. Jerold Long will assume the role of regional manager for WilsonMiller survey and mapping and partner Greg Hentschel will take the position of senior project manager and will continue to oversee a variety of land development projects.

Also, the Tampa office of WilsonMiller hired geographic information systems project manager Lauren Shapiro.

Additionally, Robert A. Chapman, in WilsonMiller's Tampa office, has been named a principal.

Wyatt Payne has been promoted to division manager of The Stellar Group's distribution division in Jacksonville, Fla. His responsibilities include coordinating and reviewing distribution project activities and progress among the division's design and construction personnel.

Kathleen O'Neil has joined PBS&J's waste management program in Orlando as a senior project manager. She will assist the firm's hazardous waste and remediation programs and will also support water resource-related programs.

In West Palm Beach, PBS&J appointed Jeffrey Herr as program manager in the water resources program. Herr will be working throughout Florida and the Southeastern U.S. on all types of water resources projects.

Also, Joseph A. Sawmiller Jr. has joined the firm's Tampa office as a senior project manager in the aviation services division.

HDR's Bobby Clair has been named a "2005 Trendsetter" by Public Works magazine. The list recognizes top leaders in the public works community, including those who have defined policy, brought their community or an issue into the spotlight, or set a standard within the industry.

Clair is HDR's South Carolina program manager, based in Charleston. Prior to joining HDR, he was director of engineering for special projects for the South Carolina Department of Transportation, where he led the construction of the $540 million Cooper River Bridge, or Arthur Ravenel Bridge, project in Charleston.

Bill Schultz has been named senior roofing consultant for Ardaman & Associates. He will be working from the firm's newly established office in Holiday, Fla.

Sharen Hannah has been named director for the City of Lauderdale Lakes' newly created Office of Engineering and Construction Management. Hannah previously served as director of public works for the city from 1998 to 2000. This office was created to administer the city's $15 million "Great Lakes" general obligation bond program. Hannah's responsibilities will include planning, organizing, directing and supervising all projects funded under the bond program.

Aaron Peterson has joined The ADP Group, a Sarasota-based architecture, interior design and planning firm, as an interior design associate. Peterson has five years of professional interior design and architectural design experience..

Michael Rollock has joined specialty contractor Harmon Inc.'s Boynton Beach, Fla., office as a senior project manager.

Also, Bruce Whitfield has been promoted in Harmon's Tampa office to service and small contract supervisor.

Tim Ruff has joined Friedrich Watkins as president of the general contracting company's new Tampa office. Ruff has 20 years of experience in commercial construction, and most recently served as president of Wal-Mark Contracting Group since its founding in 1985.

Asbury Minus joined the Christiano Construction Co. in Clearwater, Fla. Minus brings more than 20 years of construction experience, and is working as project manager

Jennifer Fox has been named as the new human resources manager for TEREX Cranes in Wilmington, N.C.

Kim Vogler has joined CondoHQ Orlando LLC as marketing director. The condominium brokerage firm is an affiliate of Olde Town Brokers.

Andrew Agoos has joined Neff Rental of Miami as vice president of fleet. In this capacity, Agoos will reinforce the company's maintenance standards, administer equipment acquisition and manage equipment disposition. He has more than 40 years experience in fleet and equipment management.