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A.B. Robinson has joined Skanska USA Building as corporate senior vice president of health, safety and environmental. Robinson is responsible for leading the company's health, safety and environmental programs, including strategic planning and expansion of its Injury-Free Environment initiative. He will work out of Skanska offices in Charlotte, N.C.

Robinson has more than 27 years of construction industry experience and was most recently employed by the Fluor Corp., where he was a vice president responsible for health, safety and environmental, and worker's compensation programs globally.

Skanska USA Building's Atlanta office announced that Rob Ward was appointed vice president of business development and Elton "Al" Gogolin has been named director of business development.

Ward was previously director of business development at the company's Rockville, Md., office. As director of business development, Gogolin is responsible for growing the company's construction business of corporate headquarters, high-rise towers and high-end hotel and resort projects.

David J. Knotts has joined Atlanta-based Cousins Properties as vice president-development in its retail division. Knotts will oversee the development of planned Avenue and MarketCenter projects. He has more than 20 years of development and construction experience.

Creative Contractors of Clearwater, Fla., recently promoted Todd Pope, Ali Clutter and Jeffrey Willett to the position of project manager. Pope has been with the company for seven years, while Clutter and Willett each have five years with Creative.

MGE Architects of Coral Gables, Fla., announced that Jorge Alonso, Lenny Padron, Maryann Pando-Avdakov, David Simon, Patricia Rice-Spivey and Robert Gil have been promoted to the position of associate.

Jack Finn, national toll services leader for HNTB Corp., has relocated to the firm's offices in Lake Mary, Fla. The relocation comes as HNTB experiences growth in the need for toll services throughout Florida and the Southeast.

Finn has been with HNTB for nearly 30 years and comes to Central Florida from the firm's Fairfield, N.J., office, where has served as the Northeast division president and national toll services leader for the past three years.

In Florida, Finn will continue to lead HNTB's toll services nationally as well as guide the Florida and Southeast toll services groups.

Daniel E. Finch was recently promoted to preconstruction manager at Suffolk Construction Co. in West Palm Beach. Also, Jeff L. McCoy was promoted to general superintendent. Finch previously worked as a project manager. McCoy previously served as a superintendent

John Cleveland was promoted to president of Cleveland Electric Co. of Atlanta. Cleveland began his career with Cleveland Electric in 1990 and most recently worked as vice president of operations.

Andrés E. Núñez, Jr. has joined engineering, construction and operations firm CH2M Hill's Tampa office as a senior transportation engineer and regional market segment leader for highway and bridge projects in the Southeast.

Prior to joining CH2M HILL, Núñez was a founding principal of TEI Engineers and Planners.

Tara Klinger has joined the Florida division of Clancy & Theys Construction Co. in Orlando as accounting manager. Clancy & Theys operates five divisions in the Southeast, including offices in Orlando and Charlotte, Raleigh and Wilmington, N.C.

Giovanni Delcompare has joined WilsonMiller's office in Naples, Fla., as a land planner. In the firm's Tampa office, Zhuo "Linda" Yu has joined WilsonMiller as a transportation planner.

Yvette London was recently promoted from vice president to senior vice president at Harvard Jolly Inc. in Fort Lauderdale.

Melissa Wride joined The Scott Partnership Architecture and Interiors of Orlando as a graphic designer. The firm also hired Jason Kaufman and David Nicks as project coordinators. Additionally, Jennifer Szabo was hired as a marketing coordinator.

Glenn K. Olson was named national telecom sales director for MACTEC Engineering & Consulting of Alpharetta, Ga. He will be responsible for government telecom sales.

Margarita Morales has joined Collins Engineers as regional manager of the firm's Kissimmee, Fla., office. Morales previously served as a project manager with Wilbur Smith Associates.

Scott Heyser was promoted from field superintendent to project manager at Andrew General Contractors in Orlando. He has more than 20 years of construction experience.

MSCW added 11 new staff members in its Orlando and Stuart, Fla., offices.

In Orlando, Venus Smith and Lindsay Hendersin have joined the civil engineering and planning team as staff engineers. Serena Stafford joined the transportation team as staff engineer.

Also in the civil engineering and planning group, Mike Haynes was hired as project manager and Kathleen Quillinan was named to the position of planner. On the environmental team, Jessica Dostal was hired as an associate scientist, and Josephine Miller was named senior GIS technician.

Stephanie Appel joined the landscape architecture group. Susan Coschigano was named senior recruiter in the human resources department.

In Stuart, Samantha Horowitz was hired as community planner on the civil engineering and planning team, and Chuck Walsey was named manager of client services.

SkyeTec, a Florida-based indoor environmental consulting firm, announced that Gregg Taylor was named chief operations officer. Initially hired as a consultant to SkyeTec, Taylor has been instrumental in managing SkyeTec's roughly 200 percent growth over the past two years.

Also, Cyndi Rooks was named human resources manager. Her experience includes restructuring compensation and salary administration programs, implementing medical and health coverage based on employee needs, restructuring benefit programs, designing and implementing corporate training programs, and coordinating implementation of a career program for associates and executive managers.

Robert D. Bartos was named director of marketing for the Carolinas division of DeVere Construction Co. He will be based out of the company's offices in Apex, N.C.

Craig Edwards was named regional sales manager for VP Buildings' Southeast region, which includes Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Based in Memphis, VP Buildings engineers and manufactures steel building systems for low-rise commercial applications.

Allen Peacock has joined Taurus Southern Investments, Orlando, as project manager - development. His responsibilities involve development coordination for horizontal and vertical projects. He previously served as project manager for CNL Retirement Properties, Orlando.

Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. of Fort Myers has hired Michael S. Biagi and Kenneth A. Gentry as project managers. Biagi has more than 33 years of project management experience internationally. Gentry has more than 20 years of experience in the construction industry.

Greg Miller has joined The ADP Group, a Sarasota-based architecture, interior design, and planning firm as its accountant.

Douglas P. Eagon of Stiles Corp., Fort Lauderdale, was recently recognized with the "Distinguished Citizen of the Year" award by the City of Fort Lauderdale. This award is given to a resident of the community who has contributed to its progress over a number of years.

An urban planner by training, Eagon has served the community for more than two decades as an advocate of Fort Lauderdale's emergence as a vibrant business, residential, and cultural environment.