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Career Moves

Greg Colzani makes a move to Parsons Corp

Sept 2010

Greg Colzani

Parsons Corp. has hired Greg Colzani as Tunnel Sub-Sector Manager within the Parsons Transportation Group. Colzani joins Parsons with more than 30 years of experience in mining, tunneling, and heavy civil and underground construction, with emphasis in construction management and quality control.

With exceptional knowledge of heavy civil and tunnel construction, Colzani has been recruited to many precedent-setting projects during his career. These include the H-3 Highway Tunnels in Oahu, Hawaii; the 5^th & Hill Street section of the Los Angeles Metro in California; the North Fork Stanislaus Hydro Project, California; the Stanford Linear Collider Project, California; the Hanging Lake Highway Tunnels, Colorado; the South Bay Ocean Outfall Project, California; the Willamette River CSO Program in Portland, Oregon; and the DCWASA Long Term Control Plan (CSO) project in the District of Columbia.

Most recently he led the Construction Management discipline at Jacobs Associates. He has provided value engineering and constructability reviews of a number of wastewater and water systems. Colzani is equally experienced with the Risk Assessment/Risk Mitigation process and has facilitated several risk workshops for large complex tunnel projects. He is a recognized expert in the implementation and management of alternate contract deliver systems.

Colzani is active in American Society of Civil Engineers, Construction Management Association of America, and the Construction Specification Institute and the Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.

Chris Gause recruited to Normet Americas, Inc

Sept 2010

Chris Gause

Normet Americas, Inc. is pleased to announce that Chris Gause has joined the organization in the position of Sales Manager - Tunneling/Civil. In this capacity, he will lead the business development for Normet's equipment and technological solutions into the tunneling, underground, and heavy construction industries in North America. Gause joins Normet from BASF and brings with him 30 years of experience in construction chemicals and 15 years experience with chemical and equipment solutions for underground construction.

"We are delighted to have such a seasoned member of the American underground community join our team," said Mike Rispin, President of Normet Americas. "Gause has a wealth of expertise and experience with practical solutions for sprayed concrete and, in fact, all other cementitious disciplines, grouting and TBM operations. We look forward to his interaction with the underground contracting and engineering communities."

Gause also joins the management team of Normet's North American region. He will operate from his home office near Cleveland, Ohio; mobile: +1 216 835 6108 mail: chris.gause@normet.fi. "I'm extremely excited by my new role with Normet. It will get me back working with the client and offering solutions to the day to day challenges, which is what I enjoy most," said Gause.

Normet develops, manufactures and markets equipment and vehicles for mining and underground construction and offers services for the maintenance and usage processes for the entire lifetime of the products. Normet employs 460 professionals worldwide. The turnover in 2009 totaled 90 million Euros with more than 90% of the production exported by the Finish based company.

Gause joins several other recent recruitments by Normet as it consolidates its international presence and collaboration with the construction chemicals manufacturer TAM International. These include:

Mike Rispin, President of Normet Americas, Inc;
Odd-Bjørn Kleven, appointed Director Tunnelling and Special Projects;
Dr Roar Myrdal recruited as Technical Director, Chemicals, Mining and Tunnelling responsible for R&D of mining and tunnelling chemicals at TAM International;
Dennis Wrixon as Vice President and General Manager of Normet Canada Ltd; and
Michael Keienburg as a Sales Director.

Transit and tunnel lighting specialist

Aug 2010

Michael Maltezos

Schréder Lighting USA has appointed Michael N. Maltezos as its DOT, Transit and Tunnel Specialist.

In his new position Maltezos will be responsible for overseeing lighting activities for transit and tunnel projects throughout the USA and Canada. He will work closely with municipalities, DOTs and transit agencies, as well as the specification lighting community including lighting designers, architects, and engineers. In Schréder Lighting, Maltezos will report directly to General Manager John Camp.

Maltezos has more than 25 years experience in electrical engineering, construction engineering, project/program management, and lighting design management. He has supervised the design and construction of several roadway systems and building facilities. Prior to joining Schréder Lighting USA, he served as an award-winning independent lighting designer and consultant, based in Tampa, Florida, where he worked on major commercial, public and municipal design projects. He also served as Senior Associate for CTE Engineers, Inc., and Project Engineer and Design Engineer for McDonough Associates Inc., both based in Chicago.

Maltezos is a member of the IESNA (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America), of the IESNA Roadway Lighting and Street and Area Lighting Committees, and of the American Public Works Association.

Recognized as an industry expert on roadway lighting, Maltezos has received seven International Illumination Design Awards (IIDA) from the IESNA.

Located in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, Schréder Lighting USA opened its new, state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Addison, Illinois this year. The company is a member of the Schréder Group G.I.E., which was founded in Belgium in 1907 and has become an international organization with more than 2,600 employees, in more than 40 facilities, in 30 countries and on five continents.

Schréder Lighting USA

Normet International takes on a technical director

Jun 2010

Dr Roar Myrdal

Following its 40% buy into TAM International, the growing construction chemicals manufacturer and distributor, Normet International Ltd has appointed Dr Roar Myrdal as Technical Director, Chemicals, Mining and Tunnelling. Starting September 15, 2010, he will be responsible for R&D of mining and tunnelling chemicals and will report to Normet's Director, Tunnelling and Chemicals Odd-Bjørn Kleven, who is also COO of the TAM International Group.

Myrdal has a doctoral degree in chemistry and holds an adjunct professorship in concrete technology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He has been working with concrete technology in industry, public road authorities and research institutes since early 1990s and has a broad international experience in research projects and industrial cooperation.

Before joining Normet, Dr Myrdal has been working as a senior scientist at SINTEF, the leading international research institute and the largest independent research organization in Scandinavia, and as a member of the management group in COIN, the Concrete Innovation Centre at SINTEF. Previously, he was head of the R&D department at global producer of construction chemicals, Rescon Mapei.

Dr Myrdal played a key role in developing alkali-free accelerators for sprayed concrete and is well known for his contribution to the development of chemical admixtures for concrete. He has published more than 50 international papers and reports on chemistry and concrete technology related topics.

Normet and TAM form global partnership – TunnelTalk, April 2010 Back

Knights move to global position with Halcrow

Jun 2010

Martin Knights

As of Tuesday June 15, 2010, Martin Knights of the UK holds a new post as Global Director of Tunnelling for the UK-based international consulting firm Halcrow.

The move is significant in several ways. It ends a five year association with former employer Jacobs Engineering; it reinvigorates the global reach of the Halcrow practice; it is a significant career move for the immediate past President of the ITA (International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association); and continues Knights' connection with the global tunnelling industry as established during his association with the ITA, its Executive Committee and its Working Groups.

Knights was a Director at the UK division of Jacobs Engineering and before that was with the Brown & Root consultancy which took over the UK firm Howard Humphreys, which Knights joined in 1989 from Atkins.

"Working with Brown & Root was rewarding," said Knights. "We built a strong tunnelling/geotechnical engineering practice within the company, which, together with the British Tunnelling Society (BTS), supported my association with the ITA. The move to Halcrow is a new challenge and I am looking forward to working with the team of Halcrow professionals in their rail, water, tunnelling and geotechnical engineering divisions."

The move also continues a long association for Halcrow with the ITA. Knights, as the twelfth President of the ITA, follows in very big footsteps of two previous Halcrow engineers who also served the ITA with distinction.

Sir Alan Muir Wood, as the most influential founding member of the ITA and its first President from 1974 to 1977 - later elected its Honorary Life.

ITA-AITES Presidents

1974 - 1977 Sir Alan Muir Wood, UK (†)

1977 - 1980 H. C. Fischer Switzerland (†)

1980 - 1983 Günter Girnau, Germany

1983 - 1986 Jack Lemley, USA

1986 - 1989 Einar Broch, Norway

1989 - 1992 Colin Kirkland, UK (†)

1992 - 1995 Dan Zdenek Eisenstein, Canada (†)

1995 - 1998 Sebastiano Pelizza, Italy

1998 - 2001 Alfred Haack, Germany

2001 - 2004 André Assis, Brazil

2004 - 2007 Harvey Parker, USA

2007 - 2010 Martin Knights, UK

2010 - 2013 In-Mo Lee, Korea

Time President - was a Senior Partner with Halcrow & Partners and Colin Kirkland, the sixth President from 1989 to 1992 was also a Partner with the Halcrow Group.

"The job with the Halcrow Group is focused on promoting the use of tunnels and underground space in all countries of the world," said Knights, "and to assist governments and client authorities to assess the feasibility of developing, financing and constructing their underground space and tunnelled infrastructure projects. It is a job closely associated with one of the main purposes of the ITA and brings an independent commercial element to that work. There is much to do to advance the possibilities of developing the underground space to the advantage of developed and developing countries alike."

As well as taking up his new career post this week, Knights is also recognised by the British Tunnelling Society with presentation of the coveted James Clark Medal honour. The award is presented in recognition of outstanding contribution to the national and international tunnelling industry.

Knights is also a trustee of London's Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe, the Trustees of which were recently awarded this year's The Queen's Award for Voluntary Service - the MBE for volunteer groups. The Brunel Museum is dedicated to the Brunels' and their great achievements, notably the Thames Tunnel. The aim is to bring greater understanding of the Brunels' daring engineering and radical thinking to new audiences.

Knights will be based at the Halcrow Group head office in London at Vineyard House in Hammersmith. Main office telephone number +44 (0) 207 602 7282.

BTS James Clark Medal award – TunnelTalk, Jun 2010

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British Tunnelling Society
Brunel Museum

Jun 2010

John Bergen

PM/CM Lead for the Black & Veatch Northwestern U.S. practice
With more than 30 years of experience in water and wastewater infrastructure design and program and construction management (PM/CM), John Bergen has joined Black & Veatch's global water business as PM/CM Lead for the Northwestern U.S. region. He is based in the company's Walnut Creek, California, office.

Bergen will also assist with various national PM/CM efforts. His vast experience in civil-sanitary engineering includes program and construction management, facilities design, biddability and constructability reviews, value engineering, design-build and quality assurance/quality control. Bergen's work in infrastructure design and PM/CM for all types of water and wastewater facilities in Northern California totals approximately $500 million in construction cost.

Risk Manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB)

Jun 2010

Will Willson

As a Risk Manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff's (PB) Geotechnical and Tunneling Technical Excellence Center in Princeton, New Jersey, Will Willson will be responsible for risk assessments, risk analysis and risk management for many of PB's major infrastructure projects worldwide. He will also advise transit and other agencies and authorities in the requirement for and application of risk assessment on federally funded projects.

A recognized industry leader in cost and schedule risk assessment, risk analysis and risk management of major infrastructure projects and capital construction programs in the United States and abroad, Willson was previously an Associate Principal with Davis Langdon and a Senior Vice President with Faithful & Gould.

Previous experience includes Project Planning Manager for the Channel Tunnel project in the UK during preliminary engineering and then head of the risk assessment for the project during detailed design through to financial close on behalf of London and Continental Engineering. Willson worked also on the Kowloon-Canton Railway's high-speed rail link to the New Territories in Hong Kong, the Los Angeles Gold Line Eastside Extension on behalf of the Federal Transit Administration, and on development of risk matrix and due diligence studies for infrastructure projects for Infrastructure Ontario.

Willson is a chartered quantity surveyor and a Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and an associate value specialist with the Society of American Value Engineers.

PB names head of New York operations

Jun 2010

Neil Lucey

As Area Manager for Parsons Brinckerhoff's New York office, Neil Lucey will handle client management and project performance of all New York operations. With nearly 40 years of experience in planning, design and construction for infrastructure projects and programs, Lucey has managed numerous high-profile transportation and facilities projects in the New York metropolitan region.

Lucey holds a master of science degree in transportation from Polytechnic University of New York and a bachelor of civil engineering degree from Manhattan College. Prior to joining PB, Lucey served as a Senior Vice President for a consulting engineering company, responsible for the Northeast Transportation practice. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and is incoming Chairman of the American Council of Engineering Companies in New York State.

Schrader succeeds Hawksworth as Chairman of PB

Richard A. Schrader

Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has announced that Richard A. Schrader is appointed Chairman, succeeding Keith J. Hawksworth who is retiring after 33 years with the firm.

Schrader, currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will provide broad policy oversight for PB in its operations as a global infrastructure strategic consulting, engineering and program/construction management organization.

"I look forward to having Rich as a partner in guiding PB going forward," said George J. Pierson, President and CEO. "I will continue to rely on Rich's extensive expertise in financial management and will look to him for assistance in determining PB's strategic direction." Schrader will also undertake additional duties in service of PB's owner, the Balfour Beatty Group.

The firm has begun an executive search process for a CFO to succeed Schrader, who has been with PB for 27 years and has been a member of the firm's Board of Directors since 1992. Prior to joining PB in 1983 Schrader served on active military duty in the US Army Corps of Engineers for 11 years with assignments on military construction projects, including command of an engineer company in Germany. He has also served on the faculty of the United States Military Academy at West Point as Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences. He has a bachelor's degree from West Point, a master's degree from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and an MBA from Long Island University.

Hawksworth, who joined PB in 1976, served as CEO from December 2007 through December 2009 and during that time led a strategic planning process that resulted in PB's October 2009 merger with Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group headquartered in the UK. Prior to his appointment as CEO, Hawksworth was Chief Operating Officer of PB's International division. He also served as head of PB's Asia-Pacific operation and was PB's Principal-in-Charge on many of the firm's largest international projects.

The PB Board will consist of George Pierson, PB's CEO; Ashok Kothari, a 35-year PB employee and long-term Board member, and Rich Schrader.

Parsons Brinckerhoff

Feb 2010

Bently Green

New project director at Black & Veatch
Bently Green, P.E., has joined the Black & Veatch global water business as a Client Accounts Project Director. Green brings more than 19 years of civil engineering and infrastructure experience to the position, including substantial water and wastewater project management capability.

A long-time member of WEF and AWWA, Green has special technical expertise encompassing design and planning of wastewater treatment facilities, water treatment facilities, large-diameter water and wastewater conveyance systems, and pumping stations. He has managed large, complex programs requiring extensive resources and has provided close collaboration with clients. Green will be based in the company's St. Louis office.

Team building at Normet

Feb 2010

Odd-Bjørn Kleven

Well known sprayed concrete and tunnelling expert Odd-Bjørn Kleven is appointment Director Tunnelling and Special Projects by Normet International. Kleven joins the team after 15 years with MBT/ Degussa / BASF, in Switzerland and worldwide and has already started at this new position.

With both practical and theoretical knowledge, Kleven has more than 25 years' experience in the underground construction industry both as contractor and as supplier of products and equipment. From his base in Norway and at the company's operations in Baar, Switzerland, he will have responsibility of Normet Tunnelling and Special Projects globally.

Normet develops, manufactures and markets equipment and vehicles for mining and underground construction needs and offers services for the maintenance and usage processes for the lifetime of the products. More than 90% of the production is exported to international end users. Normet employs some 450 professionals and in 2008, the group's turnover was €107 million.

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Crossrail procurement manager

December 2009

Crossrail Ltd (CRL) has appointed Martin Rowark as Head of Procurement. Reporting directly to Commercial Director Martin Buck, he will lead the CRL Procurement Division to achieve best value in the delivery of the procurement requirements of the Crossrail project to programme and budget.

Martin Rowark

Rowark is a Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and commenced his career in construction as a management contractor. Joining Railtrack at their floatation, he worked at Great Western Zone and later Southern Zone, leading the Contract and Supply function. In 2001 he construction consultants Davis Langdon LLP as Head of Civil Engineering and Railways, operating from London. This role involved commissions on Channel Tunnel Rail Link, West Coast Route Modernisation, The White City Development, ERTMS and Metronet Trans4m/Alliance. Following this Rowark acted as Deputy to the Head of Procurement for the London 2012 Olympics. Most recently he has been advising the TfL team delivering the East London Line.

As head of procurement, Rowark will ensure that the acquisition of works, services and supplies from the external supply market is efficiently and effectively managed in line with relevant Procurement Regulations, Government policies and best industry practice. Rowark will join Crossrail on 21 December 2009.

New CEO for Parsons Brinckerhoff

December 2009

George J. Pierson

Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) has announced the appointment of George J. Pierson as the firm's Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2010. Pierson is currently President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the firm's Americas division and succeeds Keith J. Hawksworth, who becomes Chairman.

Pierson, who will continue as President and COO of PB's Americas division, assumes the management of a professional services company with 15,000 employees in 150 offices worldwide and 2009 revenues of $2.1 billion and following acquisition as a wholly-owned subsidiary by Balfour Beatty in October.

Pierson, a licensed engineer and lawyer, joined PB as General Counsel and Secretary in February, 2006. He was appointed COO of the Americas division in January, 2008. Pierson has a J.D. from Harvard Law School, an MBA from St. Mary's College of California, an M.S. in civil engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, and a B.S. in civil engineering from Bucknell University.

Hawksworth has been with PB for 33 years and succeeds James L. Lammie as PB's Chairman. He was named CEO in January, 2008 and led a two-year strategic planning process that resulted in a merger with Balfour Beatty that was approved by 99% of PB's stockholders in October, 2009. “Having achieved the strategic objective of a larger, more diversified company that has the resources to remain competitive going forward, I believe the time is right for me to turn the management of the company over to George” he said.

UK contractor buys Parsons Brinckerhoff – TunnelTalk, Oct 2009

November 2009
Normet has incorporated Normet Canada Ltd and welcomes Dennis Wrixon as its Vice President and General Manager.

Dennis Wrixon

Tom Melbye, COO of Normet Group and the Managing Director of Normet International, said: "We are very proud to add Canada as the 15th country in which we have established a permanent presence. There is a rich history of Normet equipment in Canada and we look forward to building on this."

Michael Rispin, Vice President of Normet Americas, Inc. and Managing Director-North America, announced the appointment of Wrixon to the team on 2 Nov, 2009 to lead Normet's offerings to the Canadian mining and tunneling industries.

Wrixon has over 30 years experience in the mining sector and was most recently with Cementation Canada. Past company affiliations include global players such as DSI, Eimco Jarvis Clark, Boart and Tamrock, through which he has built up extensive knowledge of the domestic and international mining and tunneling equipment industries, and accumulated a comprehensive understanding of sprayed concrete, general concrete, grouting and ground support techniques. "We are delighted to have Dennis join the team and to bring on board his knowledge, experience, and contacts within the mining and tunneling industries in North America," said Rispin. "He will lead the growth of our new organization and also be instrumental with managing customer sales and service functions."

Normet is a global player in its product areas, employing about 450 professionals and recording a turnover in 2008 of €107 million ($US159 million).

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Nick Flew

October 2009
Nick Flew has been appointed Managing Director of the UK and European operations of Parsons Brinckerhoff following acquisition of the global infrastructure consulting engineering practice by UK contractor Balfour Beatty last month (September 2009).

Flew was previously Director of Balfour Beatty Management and played a key role in the acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff that was finalized this week. In his new position Flew will lead the integration of the operations of Balfour Beatty Management and the UK/Europe operation of Parsons Brinckerhoff.

Flew has 28 years of technical and management experience across a range of different sectors in the UK and internationally. He is a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers and a Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management. He joined Balfour Beatty Management from Atkins in 2004. Flew is a graduate of Cambridge University with a degree in engineering in 1981.

The company created by the merger of Balfour Beatty Management and the UK/Europe operation of Parsons Brinckerhoff will operate as Parsons Brinckerhoff in order to retain the strong Parsons Brinckerhoff brand, according to Stuart Glenn, Chief Operating Officer of PB's International division. “The acquisition of Parsons Brinckerhoff is an important step towards fulfilling Balfour Beatty's ambition to be a global leader in infrastructure services,” said Glenn.

Founded in New York in 1885, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is a leader in developing infrastructure around the world and has 13,000 employees working in the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia-Pacific regions.

UK contractor buys Parsons Brinckerhoff – TunnelTalk, Oct 2009
Parsons Brinckerhoff
Balfour Beatty

Dan Dobbels

October 2009
Dan Dobbels, PE, has joined Jacobs Associates as a Senior Associate in its Boston office. Dobbels has more than 25 years of experience in planning, design, and construction of a variety of underground engineering projects, including water/wastewater conveyance tunnels and pipelines; underground transit systems; electric, gas, and other utility tunnels and pipelines; hydroelectric facilities; rock slopes; waterfront structures; and deep foundations. He also has extensive experience in the application of trenchless technology for new pipeline construction.

Dobbels' practical knowledge covers a broad range of a project's life cycle, including planning, implementation, and reporting of geotechnical investigations; conceptual-level planning and design studies; detailed design and preparation of contract documents; construction phase services including office and resident engineering; claims analysis and evaluation and forensic studies.

Dobbels has BS and MS degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign and is a member of a variety of national and international professional associations.

Steve Hirtz

September 2009
Pipeline rehabilitation and tunneling contractor, SAK Construction LLC, has engaged Steve J. Hirtz as Vice President of rehabilitiation operations. SAK serves a variety of city, county and state agencies; industrial sectors; municipalities; and water and sewer cooperatives coast-to-coast.

Hirtz will be based in the SAK headquarters in of St Louis, Missouri, and brings to SAK more than 25 years of experience in cured-in-place pipe (CIPP), tunneling, and other trenchless technologies. He previously served as general manager for a major pipe services firm in Missouri and served in a number of operations and field management positions for a leading pipeline rehabilitation firm.

Founded in 2006, SAK Construction is led by industry veterans Jerry Shaw, President; Tom Kalishman, Chairman; and Robert Affholder, Vice Chairman. The three SAK leaders are well known for their expertise in trenchless underground technology, including CIPP rehabilitation. Trenchless technology is particularly needed today to rehabilitate the nation's aging water and sewer infrastructure, including 52,000 water systems comprising nearly a million miles of underground pipe carrying America's drinking water.

Recent SAK Construction projects include a 34,000ft CIPP sewer rehabilitation for the City of St. Paul; a 34,000ft CIPP sewer rehabilitation for the City of Jefferson, Missouri; a 30,000ft CIPP sewer and manhole rehabilitation project in the Nameoki-area for Granite City, Illinois; and the 2,300ft, 96in diameter Coldwater Relief Tunnel in unincorporated St. Louis County for the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District (MSD).

September 2009
Jacobs Associates of San Francisco is pleased to announce these recent promotions within its team.

Rafael Castro

Rafael Castro PE has been promoted to Principal. Rafael has been involved in the underground engineering industry for 20 years on more than a dozen major tunneling projects on both the East and West coasts. His progressive experience includes design, construction management and condition assessment for sewage, water-conveyance, and transit tunnels. In addition, he has an extensive understanding of ground improvement techniques relevant to soft-ground tunnels and microtunnels. Such techiniques include chemical grouting, compaction grouting, jet grouting, compressed air, and dewatering. As a Principal of Jacobs Associates, Rafael is one of 12 senior technical leaders in the firm responsible for client satisfaction and for performing and supervising technical project work, including quality control.

Peter Raleigh

Peter Raleigh was recently promoted to Associate. Peter has more than 17 years of experience in tunnel engineering, and his expertise with TBMs has been an asset on a number of projects since he joined the firm in 2006. He is currently contributing to the University Link and North Link projects and is project manager and lead inspector on the Ballard Siphon Replacement Project, for which Jacobs Associates is providing construction management services.

Dan Van Roosendaal

Dan Van Roosendaal is also promoted to Associate. Since joining the firm in early 2009, he has been supporting a variety of East coast projects, including completing geotechnical evaluations on DC WASA's deep soft ground tunnels, and providing his blasting expertise to the Jacobs Associates Rail Group. Dan is a geotechnical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in rock and soft ground tunneling, rock and soil slope stabilization, and blasting.

September 2009
Michael (Mike) Rispin has taken up a position with Normet Americas, Inc as its Managing Director – NAFTA. Effective 1 September, 2009 Mike's base is at the company's operations in Union Grove, Wisconsin from where he will head up Normet's efforts in the North American Free Trade Agreement zone comprising USA, Canada and Mexico.

Mike Rispin

Rispin is a graduate of the McGill University Mining Engineering program in 1985, and is a Professional Engineer since 1987. His career in the mining and construction industries spans 25 years: 12 in explosives, with a focus on underground blasting technologies, and 13 in construction chemicals, focusing on sprayed concrete methodologies. He joins the Normet team after 13 years with Master Builders/Degussa/BASF in Canada, the United States, and Switzerland.

Rispin will bring the company's suite of underground equipment, Life Time Care (LTC) parts and service platform, and process expertise to the mining and tunnelling construction markets of the NAFTA area. The company's underground equipment range includes machines for concrete spraying, concrete transportation, explosives charging, lifting and installation units, and units for scaling and managing underground logistics.

Heikki Ulvila, Regional Director of Normet Americas, Inc, and Tom Melbye, Managing Director of Normet International Ltd, and COO of the Normet Group, welcome Mike to the team and commend him to a customer-base that knows him and that he knows well.

Normet Back

July 2009
Janine Beni Witko, PE, is engaged by Halcrow as the Northeast water and power manager, North America. Witko joins the team as part of a strategic initiative to grow further our water and power business in the Northeast United States.

With 25 years of experience in business management, client development and technical skills with a focus on the water sector, Wiltko's areas of expertise include project delivery, water supply planning, water and wastewater facility planning and design, and construction oversight.

"Janine has worked on many impressive projects in the water and power market sector, including, the Hudson River Long term Water Supply (desalination) conceptual design and the United Water New York Lake Deforest AquaDAF design-build upgrade. We are very happy to have her join the Halcrow team," says Russ MacDonald, Director for Water and Power, North America.

Most recently, Janine worked for Black & Veatch where she led the regional engineering operations in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut as project director/client services manager on high-profile multi-million dollar water infrastructure projects.

She is an active member of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) and the Water Environment Federation (WEF), and is a program committee member of the New Jersey and New York Water Environment Associations (NJWEA and NYWEA). Witko will be based in Halcrow's New York City office.

Halcrow Corporate Structure

June 2009
Halcrow welcomes Russ MacDonald and Bob Brownstein to key management positions.

Russ MacDonald joins Halcrow's water and power business group as regional director for North America. Based in Tampa, MacDonald will be responsible for attracting new business and leading the North American water and power team. He will also join the region's management team and will contribute towards Halcrow's strategic goal to make North America one of its largest regional businesses.

MacDonald is an internationally recognized industry veteran with more than 25 years' experience in the water and power industry. He has particular expertise in executing design-build and program management schemes for the water, power and transportation sectors. Russ has worked on engineering, procurement and construction projects in North America, the UK, the Middle East, Asia, India, Australia and New Zealand. Before joining Halcrow he served as vice president of the water business group at CH2M HILL. MacDonald, a founding director of the Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships, will spend his first few months with Halcrow working on projects in the Middle East .

Richard Harpin, current director, water and power services, in North America, will take up a global role that addresses environmental engineering solutions for water scarcity issues.

Bob Brownstein joins Halcrow's consulting business group as vice president and regional director for the Economics and Business Solutions (EBS) group in North America. Based in New York, Brownstein will be responsible for enhancing and expanding EBS as well as supporting the transport planning market sector.

Brownstein is an internationally recognized expert with more than 30 years of experience in the transportation industry. He has particular expertise in procurement, project development, materials management, information technology, operations, and maintenance. He is a frequent speaker at transportation conferences throughout the world and has played a vital role in the industry's progress in these areas. Before joining Halcrow, he managed these service areas for other major consulting and technology firms, including, AECOM Consult. Brownstein was also the general manager of Spear Technologies, a provider of maintenance and materials management software to the transit industry.

Prior to joining the private sector, Brownstein was a senior official with the New Jersey Transit Corporation, where he served as the senior director of procurement, for the bus operation and then later as the senior director of materials for both the bus and rail operation.

In 2004, Brownstein was the recipient of the American Public Transit Association (APTA) Outstanding Public Transportation Business Member for 2004 award.

Halcrow

Alan Boden

May 2009
Delcan Corporation has promoted Alan Boden to Principal.

Boden is an alumnus of Nottingham University in the UK and has 30 years experience in civil engineer, and more specifically in tunnelling. The multi-disciplinary engineering firm, headquartered in Toronto Canada, promotes staff to its Principal and Vice Presidential Programs to reward team members for strong leadership and technical skills and contributions made to corporate growth and success. Boden is a construction manager at Delcan and is currently responsible for the design and construction of Toronto's Spadina Subway Extension. He is a Chartered Engineer and is associated with The Institution of Civil Engineers, The Institute of Explosives Engineers, and The British Tunneling Society.

Roger Toms, Senior Vice President for Delcan's Program & Project Management Division commented "Alan Boden is a civil engineer with extensive experience in the management of construction for major transit and transportation projects. After several years serving international projects, most recently in the Far East, Alan joined Delcan last year as a senior construction manager. Since joining, Alan has taken on further responsibilities in design management and mentoring of a group of project managers. We congratulate Alan on his appointment to Principal."

Delcan Corporation

May 2009
Parsons Brinckerhoff welcomes back David A. McAlister and Paul F. Morris who rejoin the firm to senior global management positions.

McAlister is named Executive Vice President and Global Director, Strategic Planning and Development with overall responsibility for the strategic planning and marketing functions throughout the organization.

McAlister David

Morris is appointed Executive Vice President and Global Director, Strategic Consulting and Sustainability, responsible for bringing new focus and direction to the breadth of consulting capabilities that exist throughout PB worldwide. He will also expand the firm's efforts at project, corporate and public levels to exhibit best practices in reducing effects of global warming and climate change.

“Over his 25-year tenure at PB, Dave McAlister played a key role on many of the firm's signature projects, including the WMATA transit system in Washington, D.C.; the MARTA system in Atlanta and the West Coast Mainline Rehabilitation Program in the UK,” noted Keith Hawksworth, PB's President and CEO. “His diverse managerial experience in the U.S. and abroad and familiarity with PB's operations worldwide makes him the ideal candidate to spearhead the firm's global initiatives for growth.”

“Paul Morris will provide the thought leadership and technical innovation that PB's clients require to meet a host of environmental and sustainable development challenges,” continued Hawksworth. “His task is to broaden the company's application of best practices in transportation, energy, water and building infrastructure – all key areas of client as well as community concern.”

Morris Paul

McAlister has more than 30 years of transportation industry experience, including 25 years at PB, from 1981 to 2006. His senior-level positions at the firm included Director of Operations for the Americas and Managing Director for Europe, Africa and the Middle East. He returns to PB after serving for three years as a Senior Vice President and Transportation Group Global Director of Operations at CH2M Hill.

McAlister received a B.S. degree in civil engineering from Bucknell University and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers.

Morris is rejoining PB after serving two years as a Vice President of Cherokee Investment Partners, a $2 billion private equity fund that partners with communities across North America, Western Europe and Asia to return environmentally impaired real estate to clean, safe and productive use. Previously, he led the PlaceMaking group at PB, the firm's community planning practice. Prior to that, he spent 12 years as managing partner of the McKeever/Morris, Inc firm that was acquired by PB in 1999. Morris received a BLA from the University of Oregon and a graduate certificate in planning and development from Harvard University.

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April 2009:
Steve Walker, current Major Projects Director of Thames Water is leaving the company after 19 years of service.

Walker jointed Thames Water in 1990 and has since held a number of senior roles across the business including Investment Director and Engineering Director. In that capacity, Walker has overseen some of the greatest milestones in the existence of the giant water company that supplies drinking water to 8.5 million customers and manages wastewater services to more than 13.6 million customers across the UK capital, the Greater London area, and the Thames Valley region of the UK - an area of more than 13,000km².

Steve Walker, a Thames Water senior

As Major Projects Director since January 2007, he has been responsible for project development and key investment issues for the company's £2 billion Thames Tideway Tunnel Project, a project based on more than 32km of deep level tunnelling that runs beneath the course of the river, and for which the first major contract is currently in the bidding process for scheduled award by the end of 2009.

During his early career with Thames Water, Walker was responsible for the construction and delivery of the £250 million London Water Ring Main Project, an engineering masterpiece of more than 80km of average 2.5m diameter water supply tunnels excavated at an average depth of 40m beneath the inner suburbs of London to improve operations and supply to millions. The project was instrumental in introducing leading edge TBM tunnelling to London with particular successes for EPB technology as built into three LOVAT TBMs bought by Thames Water and used by the engaged contractors to master the demanding challenges of the project. The project was inaugurated by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in November 1994 and maintains its exemplary record of being completed two years ahead of programme and under budget.

Following the Ring Main success, and as Engineering Director for the company, Walker managed its UK investment programme of £400m to £500m annually as well as major international investment projects in China, Thailand, Turkey and the Americas. Through expansion of its business internationally, Thames Water provides water and wastewater services to some 70 million customers in 46 countries across the world, with operations in the USA, Germany, Poland, Croatia and China among many others. The company also owns water companies Ondagua and Pridesa, a specialist desalination company, in Spain.

During the last five years, Walker project managed integration of Thames Water into RWE, the multi-utility German water management conglomerate that bought the privatized public authority in 2001, and was subsequently one of the Senior Directors supporting the sale of Thames Water to Kemble Water Ltd, a group of private capital investors led by Macquarie Bank. As Investment Director from 2000 to 2006, Walker was responsible for the development, management and review of major investment projects and programmes to a value of £1billion annually.

Prior to joining Thames Water in 1990 Walker worked in the UK coal mining industry in production management and on major capital investment projects. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering, a PhD in Mining Electrical Engineering, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environment Management.

Walker leaves his office in the Thames Water headquarters in Reading, England early next month (April 2009). His replacement is yet to be officially confirmed. As well as semi-retirement and among other ambitions, he is leaving to further his role as an Associate Fellow at the Said Business School at Oxford University. He submitted his resignation a year ago and had the leaving date confirmed in December 2008.

Walker is well known in the UK tunnelling and water management industries and by many in the international arena who will wish him well in his new interests and endeavours.

References

Thames Tideway -TunnelTalk,Mar 2009
Tribute to the company's founder Richard Lovat (download pdf)

Thames Water
Oxford University, Saïd Business School

February 2009:
Michael Freitas joins Telvent Transportation North America group as manager of the Atlantic Region.

Based out of Telvent's North American headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, the Atlantic Region represents about 35% of the company's business in the United States.

Freitas, a civil engineer with more than 30 years experience in highway transportation, has an extensive background in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). He spent the majority of his career with the US Department of Transportation holding positions in the areas of highway safety and operations and becoming involved in the Department's ITS program since its inception.

After retiring from the Department, Freitas joined Ygomi LLC as Vice President of external affairs where he oversaw company interactions with government agencies both in the United States and Europe.

"We are looking forward to having Michael join our team," said José Maria Flores, Telvent's Transportation Division Executive Vice President. "His extensive experience in ITS is a strategic asset as we strengthen our position in key markets."

Telvent is a global company listed on the US NASDAQ stock exchange and specializes in high-value-added products, services and integrated solutions in the energy, transportation, environmental and public administration industries.

Telvent

February 2009:
Rob Holden CBE, current Chief Executive of London & Continental Railways, is confirmed as the new Chief Executive of the £16 billion ($US24 billion) Crossrail project in London.

Rob Holden CBE

Holden comes to Crossrail after supervising delivery of the £5.7 billion Channel Tunnel Rail Link High Speed 1 Section 2 project that opened to services in November 2008. The Section 2 alignment comprises 39km of new double track railway from Kent, under the Thames in twin bored tunnels, across marshes north of the river on viaduct and through 19km of twin tube bored tunnels under the suburbs of North London into the new international Eurostar train terminal at St Pancras Station.

Crossrail Executive Chairman Doug Oakervee said of the appointment: "Rob brings exceptional experience in delivering major projects. I am delighted that Rob will be at the helm as Crossrail moves into the critical construction and delivery phase of the project."

When Holden joins in April, Oakervee will move across to take up the new post of Non-Executive Chairman and will remain in post until Terry Morgan CBE takes over as Crossrail Chairman later in the year.

Holden said: "I am very excited to be joining the project. When it opens in 2017 Crossrail will provide an additional 10% to London's rail-based public transport capacity."

Holden joined London & Continental Railways (LCR) in October 1996 as finance director, later becoming chief operating officer. He was also Chairman of Eurostar (UK) Limited and a director of the Eurostar Group.

Holden became Chief Executive in January 1999, following the restructuring of the LCR business and the High Speed 1 project in 1998/99.

Crossrail has announced further appointments to the project's senior executive team:

Valerie Todd has joined Crossrail from Transport for London as Talent and Resources Director; Lesley Calladine joins as Health & Safety Director on 23 February; and David Allen joins from Laing O'Rourke as Finance Director on 2 March.

Oakervee said of the appointments: "They bring a wealth of talent and experience and will complement and strengthen the Crossrail executive as the project moves towards construction of the railway."

Meanwhile, Crossrail is preparing to award its £400 million Project Delivery Partner and £100 million Programme Partner contracts. The Programme Partner will manage the overall scheme while the project Delivery Partner will manage the tunnelled sections beneath London.

Two partnerships are bidding for both contracts: Legacy 3 and a bid by three of the four members of Rail Link Engineering (RLE) which was responsible for delivering High Speed 1 - Bechtel, Halcrow and Systra.

The third bidder for Programme Partner is Transcend - a joint venture between Aecom (parent of Faber Maunsell), CH2M Hill, and Nichols Group.

The two additional groups bidding for the Project Delivery Partner contract are Laing O'Rourke with Atkins; and Capita Symonds with Bovis Lend Lease and cost consultant Northcroft.

Both contracts are to be awarded by the spring.

Shortlist for Programme Partner: Overall scheme management - £100 million Bechtel with Halcrow and Systra Legacy 3 comprising Parsons Brinckerhoff, Balfour Beatty Management and Davis Langdon Transcend, a joint venture of Aecom, CH2M Hill and Nichols Group

Project Delivery Partner shortlist: London tunnelled section management - £400 million Legacy 3 - Parsons Brinckerhoff, Balfour Beatty Management and Davis Langdon Bechtel with Halcrow and Systra Laing O'Rourke with Atkins Capita Symonds with Bovis Lend Lease and cost consultant Northcroft

Crossrail
London & Continental Railways
Channel Tunnel Rail Link (High Speed 1)
Crossrail moves into detailed design - TunnelTalk, Dec 2008

September 22, 2008:
Alan Man is named Vice President and Director of Client Services for North Asia Pacific Black & Veatch's water business in Hong Kong SAR.

Man has 28 years of experience in a wide range of waterworks installations, including pipelines, rehabilitation of water mains, water transfer tunnels, service reservoirs, pumping stations and water treatment works. He was Black & Veatch's Project Director of the Tai Po Waterworks and Aqueducts Project, which was the 2006 Global Grand Prize winner for the Design Category at the International Water Association's Project Innovation Awards.

Prior to joining Black & Veatch in 1993, Man worked extensively in Hong Kong and Australia water industries. He worked for the Water Supplies Department in Hong Kong SAR completed a two-year role with the Power & Water Authority of the Northern Territory, Australia. Man is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers and received his BSc in Civil Engineering and his MSc in Urban Planning from the University of Hong Kong.

"Alan has played a key role in cementing our position as one of the lead engineering companies in Hong Kong," said Ralph Eberts, Senior Managing Director of Black & Veatch's Asia-Pacific water business. Black & Veatch has been working in Hong Kong for more than 70 years and provided project support for a number of global and regional projects including the award-winning Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment plant near Brisbane, Australia.
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August 2008:
Michael Keienburg has taken a position with Normet and will work from Baar Switzerland. Keienburg was previously with Sika Mining and Tunnelling.
His new e-mail address is michael.keienburg@normet.fi.

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August 2008:
The following senior professionals have joined international engineering and design corporation, Parsons, on major international tunnelling projects:

David Yankovich

David Yankovich, P.E., Principal Project Manager, is responsible for managing the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant_Tunnel and Ocean Outfall project for the Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County. Yankovich has 28 years of civil and structural engineering experience and holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Union College in New York and a master's degree in civil engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.

Andreas Tauschinger

Andreas Tauschinger, Construction Director for the Dubai Metro in the United Arab Emirates, has more than 25 years of tunneling and project management experience. Representative projects include Switzerland's Gotthard Base Tunnel, England's Channel Tunnel Rail Link, Germany's Nürnburg-Ingolstadt High Speed Rail Link, and Greece's Olympic Metro Athens. He holds a bachelor's degree with honors from the University of Manchester in England.

Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon, Construction Manager for the Rail & Transit Division, is responsible for construction management activities surrounding Phase 1 of the Trans-Hudson Express Tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan. Dixon has more than 30 years experience in engineering and management of heavy and underground construction projects in a variety of general contractor, construction manager, consultant, and public agency roles, with special emphasis on major transit tunnel projects. He holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the University of Arizona.

Leland DuPont

Leland DuPont, Principal Project Controls Manager, is responsible for estimating on a wide variety of tunnel projects, including the Downtown Wastewater Tunnel in Austin, Texas; the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant_Tunnel and Ocean Outfall in Los Angeles, California; and the Bay Tunnel in San Francisco, California. His 38 years of experience includes heavy civil engineering and all phases of project management with an emphasis on tunnel construction.

Sangyoon Min

Sangyoon Min, Tunnel Engineer, comes to Parsons from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) where he developed the design approach and decision-making tools for Korea's High Speed Rail Line and participated in tunneling research and development for large infrastructure projects. Dr. Min holds a master's degree in civil and environmental engineering and a Ph.D. in construction management and geotechnical engineering, both from MIT, and a bachelor's degree in mining and minerals engineering from Inha University in Korea.

"We're pleased to bring these experienced individuals on board," stated Martin Fabrick, Director of Global Business Solutions. "Their broad knowledge, technical ability, and project management experience will deepen our ability to deliver complex tunneling projects"
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