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Michael R. Pack has joined the Atlanta office of architectural/engineering firm HDR as marketing manager. His responsibilities include business development of engineering, planning and surveying services.

Prior to joining HDR, Pack was commissioner of public works for the city of. He also served as interim general manager of the Department of Aviation for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. He has more than 30 years of engineering, marketing and management experience.

In HDR's Jacksonville, Fla., office, Crystal Markley was named "Young Engineer of the Year" by the Florida chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. She was previously named Northeast Florida's Young Engineer of the Year by a consortium of northeast Florida engineering societies.

Greg Dills has joined Choate Construction Co. of Atlanta as head of its water/wastewater construction division. Dills is a graduate of Clemson University and has more than 22 years of construction experience, primarily in water and wastewater treatment plants throughout the Southeast.

Theresa R. Carron was promoted to the position of project manager with WilsonMiller's civil engineering unit in Tallahassee, Fla. Carron is a three-year veteran of WilsonMiller.

Karin Murphy, a seven-year veteran planner for the City of Sarasota, has joined WilsonMiller's Sarasota office as senior project manager.

Murphy's credentials include more than 10 years of public-sector planning experience, most recently in the positions of redevelopment specialist and senior planner for the City of Sarasota.

Philip W. Kremp has been appointed branch manager of the Tampa office of QORE Property Sciences, based in Duluth, Ga. Kremp has experience in geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing.

Angela Lane has joined Batson-Cook Co. in Jacksonville, Fla., as its new business development manager. Lane is charged with public relations and expanding new construction opportunities for the firm in northeast Florida. She previously worked as director of membership services and tourism for the St. John's County Chamber of Commerce.

John D' Annunzio, formerly chief operating officer of Independent Roof Testing and Consulting Services in Fort Lauderdale, is now president and sole proprietor of IRT. Under his leadership, IRT is expanding its material testing and design support services with additional offices in Mississippi, Puerto Rico and Michigan.

IRT provides material testing for roofing and waterproofing systems. Former IRT owner Bob Tedder will serve as a consultant with the company.

Bruce Mosteller was promoted to managing director and associate vice president of design firm Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo's offices in Orlando. Additionally, Mark Yoshizaki was promoted to associate vice president, and Scott Brown and Susan Bruce were named associates.

Mosteller has more than 20 years of architectural experience in the hospitality and entertainment industry.

Prior to joining WATG in 1996, Yoshizaki worked with Walt Disney Imagineering in Glendale, Calif., where he was involved in concept and schematic design work for various Disney resorts.

Brown joined WATG's Orlando office in 2003. He has more than 10 years of architectural experience. Bruce has over 10 years of experience in the hospitality, timeshare and entertainment industries.

Mechanical Services Inc. of Orlando appointed Lyle Adams, Donny Baty and Al Maciek as project managers in its Projects Group.

Also, Shane Smith was named supervisor of building automation, while Larry Mixon was appointed manager, sheet metal shop.

Robert M. Thompson was appointed construction executive for Boca Raton-based RPC Holdings, developers of the high-rise Paramount properties. Thompson will be working on Paramount Beach, the company's oceanfront development in Sunny Isles Beach.

Prior to joining Paramount, he spent 10 years as chief operating officer and president at Alcon Associates. He also served as South Florida regional project executive for Turner Construction Co.

Also, Michael Neumann was named vice president of sales and marketing for the firm. He has more than 25 years of experience in the luxury real estate sales and marketing industry.

Rex D. Huffman has been promoted to president of Gibbs & Register, a civil/site work contractor headquartered in Orlando. Former president John W. Gibbs will assume the role of chairman and CEO.

Ken Rhyne recently joined the Atlanta office of Baker Barrios Architects as director of special projects.

J.J. Wolfe joined Catalfumo Construction and Development of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., as a senior vice president. He has more than 25 years of experience in South Florida's building industry, and previously worked with Catalfumo Construction from 1993 to 2001.

David Howell has joined the Tampa office of HNTB Corp. as an ITS project manager. The firm promoted Tim Garrett to office manager of its Tampa West office and Steve Bahler was promoted to the Tampa ITS department director.

Also, Joe LaVoie has joined HNTB Federal Services Corp. in Arlington, Va., as vice president and Southeast division federal market sector leader. He will oversee the company's Southeast division, which includes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia and Washington, D.C.

In Miami, the firm made several personnel announcements.

Albert Sosa, HNTB's Miami senior project engineer, will be assuming the role of office marketing manager. Also, Angel Reanos joined HNTB as an intelligent transportation systems engineer in the Miami traffic engineering department.

Daphne Antoine joined HNTB's Miami transportation department as a program controls specialist. In the same department, Sandra Herdocia was named program control manager. Also in the transportation department, Gabriel Perez was hired as a project engineer.

Also, Dat Huynh joined HNTB's Miami planning department as a project development manager.

Frank Campbell was promoted to director of interior architecture at HuntonBrady Architects in Orlando. Campbell designs many of the firm's commercial interior architecture projects. His 19 years of experience extends to aviation, hospitality, corporate, retail, municipal, educational and cultural work.

Taras Diakiwski was promoted to vice president of The Weitz Co. in West Palm Beach. Diakiwski has 15 years of construction industry experience and has been with the firm for more than five years.

WFI, a San Diego-based firm specializing in the design, deployment and management of wireless communication networks, information technology solutions and security systems, announced a new management team for its regional office in Atlanta.

The new management team includes Steve Cory, general manager; Everett Cope, vice president of sales; Buck Shaffer, director of operations; Jim Tibbs, director of service; and Bill Bennett, controller.

Additionally, WFI added the following as project managers: Todd Reed, Jimmy Ryan, Phillip Major and Irvin Gilcrease.

Scott Simpson was promoted to construction materials testing laboratory supervisor at the Jacksonville headquarters of engineering firm Ellis & Associates. He has been with the firm for four years.

Luis Roman was hired as an architectural designer at The Scott Partnership Architecture and Interiors of Orlando. The firm also added Kendra Cassell and Jeanine Gagliano to its business development team. Jessica Hanley was hired as a marketing coordinator.

Also, Ameenah Williams has been hired as a CAD technician.

Todd S. Hill has been named principal engineer/project manager at MACTEC Engineering & Consulting in the firm's Kennesaw, Ga., office. He is managing a number of civil/site design and regional mixed-use development projects.

Thomas Adams was promoted to vice president for the Carolinas division of DeVere Construction Co. In his new role, Adams will be responsible for the strategic and operational growth objectives for North Carolina and South Carolina.

Adams has over 25 years of experience in senior level management positions in the construction industry.

David Keith was named project engineer for Community Engineering Services of Fort Myers. Keith's responsibilities include site development design, project applications and construction plan preparation.

Mark Texter was also hired in the Fort Myers office. His responsibilities include overseeing the completion and accuracy of all surveying services.

Kenneth Roosth was named director of business development for Roosth Construction, where he will be responsible for sales and marketing.

The company also hired Jack Cappellar as director of development, responsible for locating potential development sites. Cappellar was formerly responsible for site development with Texaco.

Additionally, Jay Zuckerman was promoted from project manager to vice president of construction/operations.

Frank Bell was promoted by Owen-Ames-Kimball Co. to the position of general superintendent. He will be primarily responsible for Charlotte County area projects.

Maureen F. Nichols was appointed president of ep3, an environmental engineering firm headquartered in Winter Park, Fla. Nichols, a founder of the firm, has more than 16 years of experience in the environmental industry.

Gary Kreisler, regional marketing director of Clancy & Theys Construction Co., Orlando, was elected to the national board of directors of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, headquartered in Herndon, Va. A 13-year board member of the NAIOP Central Florida chapter, Kreisler also served as chapter president in 1997 and as state president in 1998.

Brian Devlin has joined the Tampa office of Trammell Crow Co. as vice president of real estate services. Devlin will provide strategic counsel to clients regarding landlord representation of high-end office space.

Before joining Trammell Crow, Devlin was a principal with MacKenzie Equity Partners in Annapolis, Md.

Woolbright Development of Boca Raton, Fla., announced it has added James F. Hanson, Jr., construction manager, and Chuck Coster, property manager, to its operations team.

Hanson, who will be based in Woolbright's Orlando office, has more than 20 years of construction and operations experience. He was previously a senior project manager with Southern Construction Group in Orlando.

Coster, who has more than 25 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry, will be based in Port Charlotte, Fla.

B. Allen West was named vice president of Tecbuild, a construction services firm headquartered in Altamonte Springs, Fla. West has 30 years of experience in the construction industry.

MSCW, an Orlando-based planning, design and civil engineering firm, has named Ryan Blaida as project manager with its transportation department. Blaida joined MSCW in 2000 as a project engineer.