Scott MacLeod was promoted to co-chief operating officer for Skanska USA Building in Durham, N.C. In this role, MacLeod will oversee operations in Skanska’s Carolinas, Georgia and Virginia regions. A 26-year veteran of the construction industry, MacLeod has been with Skanska since 2002.

Bill Johnson was named president and CEO of QORE Property Sciences, the Duluth, Ga.-based engineering and consulting firm.

Prior to joining QORE, he served as president and CEO of former BE&K subsidiary NorthStar Communications Group. QORE has a staff of nearly 500, and more than 15 offices throughout the Southeast. In addition to his 10 years with BE&K, Johnson spent 11 years with FluorDaniel.

Larry Gellerstedt was named president and chief operating officer for Atlanta-based developer Cousins Properties. He has more than 30 years of industry experience. Gellerstedt joined Cousins following the acquisition of his firm, The Gellerstedt Group, in June 2005, and most recently served as executive vice president and chief development officer.

Mike Murphy, of Turner Murphy Co., Rock Hill, S.C., will chair the board of directors of the Carolinas Associated General Contractors. Other officers for the year include: senior vice chairperson – Mike Long, Taylor & Murphy Construction Co., Asheville, N.C.; vice chairperson and treasurer – Mark Hood, Hood Construction Co., Columbia, S.C.; vice chairperson – Jerry Smith, T.A. Loving Co., Goldsboro, N.C.; and immediate past chairperson – Patricia A. Rodgers, Rodgers Builders, Charlotte, N.C.

Les Juneau, president of Juneau Construction Co. of Atlanta, was recently installed as chairman of the board of Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia for 2009.

Ron Cohn was named senior vice president – construction operations at Rodgers Builders in Charlotte, N.C. Cohn has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering technology from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte. He has been with Rodgers Builders since 1994.

Pirtle Construction Co. of Davie, Fla., recently promoted Jeff Miles, Leonor Flores and Matt Mahoney to the position of senior project manager. The company also hired Steven Roth as a senior project manager.

Miles, a graduate of the University of Florida, joined Pirtle in 1999 as a project engineer. Flores, a graduate of Florida International University, joined Pirtle in 2006, and has 15 years of construction industry experience.

Mahoney, who joined Pirtle in 2001 as a project manager, has more than 20 years of construction industry experience.

Roth joins Pirtle from Gryphon Construction. A graduate of the University of Florida, he has more than 21 years of construction experience.

Steve Cover, former planning commissioner for the City of Atlanta, was named managing principal for HOK’s Atlanta office. His role will be to establish and manage the strategy for the office and its various practices and disciplines.

Cover has a master’s degree in city planning and a master’s degree in architecture from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Timothy A. Wagoner was promoted to principal at SchenkelShultz Architecture in Orlando. He leads the firm’s higher education design group. He holds a master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the University of Florida.

Don Hensley has joined MAPP Construction in Orlando as director of business development for the Florida division. He previously worked in a similar capacity for BE&K Building Group of Orlando.

Also, Rick Parker joined the company as a project director. He has more than 28 years of construction experience in Central Florida.

Bryan Pickens joined MAPP as a project manager. He has more than 12 years of construction experience.

Zyscovich Architects of Miami has appointed Thorn Grafton as director of sustainable initiatives. Grafton will be responsible for facilitating school and other LEED projects.

Grafton is a third-generation Miami architect and was principal of his own practice for 25 years prior to joining Zyscovich Architects in 2005.

Pamela L. Androff has joined design firm Newcomb & Boyd of Atlanta as a mechanical engineer. Androff is a recent graduate of the University of Central Florida.

Also, Margaret A. Colόn has joined the firm’s word processing group. Darren M. Draper has rejoined the firm as a commissioning engineer.

Glenn Ivey has joined PB Americas in Tampa as senior supervising construction engineer/Florida West Coast area construction manager. He has nearly four decades of industry experience. He will manage the construction engineering and inspection of the $129 million Interstate 275 West Tampa project, currently under construction.

Keene Construction Co. of Orlando promoted Chad Birchard to construction services representative. He’ll be responsible for marketing, pre-construction services and business development initiatives. He previously served as project superintendent.

Timothy A. Rudolph was promoted to senior associate at Dewberry, an engineering and architectural services firm. Rudolph, located in the Charlotte, N.C., office, has more than 34 years of surveying experience.

The firm also promoted Christopher M. Fleck to engineering department manager. He will be responsible for overseeing all engineering activities with a focus on site and civil development, marketing, and office growth.

Also, Frederic Shmurak was hired as water resources engineering department manager at the Charlotte office. Shmurak will be responsible for leading and managing water resources engineering staff and providing technical oversight and marketing services in North Carolina and South Carolina.

Palmer Electric Co. of Winter Park, Fla., promoted Ronald G. Howard Jr. to manager of the service and special projects divisions. Howard, who joined Palmer in 1998, previously served as assistant manager of both divisions. He has 21 years of experience in electrical contracting.

Steven Muskovits has joined GLE Associates in Tampa as a scientist. Also, in Jacksonville, Fla., GLE promoted John Ciucevich to facilities/environmental department Manager.

HITT Contracting of Atlanta promoted Edward Miko to senior project manager. Miko joined HITT’s Atlanta office in 2000 and has more than 11 years of industry experience. He specializes in tenant build-outs and renovations for clients in the Southeast.

WALTER P MOORE recently promoted three employees in the firm’s Orlando office. Mauricio Lopez was named senior associate, and Mike Cape and Jackie Kemper were named associates.

In Tampa, the firm announced the promotion of five employees. Daniel Elliott was named senior associate. David Martin, Erin O’Connor, Karen Roan and Phillip Sayers were named associates.

Ken McKenzie was promoted to branch manager of Raleigh, N.C., operations for Southern Industrial Constructors and Southern Crane, full-service industrial contractors. He will oversee all day-to-day operations related to the companies’ rigging, millwright and optical alignment services, plant maintenance, electrical and civil construction and industrial fabrication. He most recently served as project manager at Southern Industrial.

In Kings Mountain, N.C., the companies named Carmen Farbo business developer.

In Raleigh, N.C., Daniel P. Erwin was named corporate safety director and risk manager for the firms. He’ll oversee all aspects of risk management.

AIM Engineering & Surveying of Tampa named James E. Toombs as its new transportation design group manager. Toombs, who has more than 26 years of transportation design experience, will be in charge of the transportation design sector at AIM.

BRPH hired Kyle B. Smith as an architectural designer, based in the company’s headquarters office in Melbourne, Fla. He has more than eight years of industry experience. In Orlando, the firm hired Robin Wingate as an architectural designer. He has more than 24 years of design experience.

Also in Orlando, April-Ann W. Creech joined the office staff as an architectural intern. She holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in architecture from the University of Florida.

Megan E. White has joined the Melbourne office as an architectural intern. She holds a master’s degree in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.