Construction Industry Round Table Announces Board Elections & New Chairman

The Construction Industry Round Table has elected Paul A. Franzen, president of Barnard Construction, as chairman of the organization for a term of one year. Franzen was elected during CIRT’s recent Annual Spring Conference, which also welcomed new directors.

Paul Franzen Chairman
In welcoming Franzen as the new chairman, CIRT President Mark A. Casso, Esq., NAC noted, “Paul puts his full attention and heart into anything he commits to; he will bring a great deal of energy to promoting the interests of the design and construction industry’s interests.”

At CIRT’s membership meeting, the following members were also elected as officers:

• Wassim A. Selman, Ph.D., P.E., ARCADIS, U.S., Inc., Atlanta, Georgia as vice chairman
• Greg Cosko, president & CEO, Hathaway Dinwiddie, San Francisco, California as treasurer
• Charlie Bacon, CEO & president, Limbach Holdings, Inc., Warrington, Pennsylvania will continue to serve on the executive committee as immediate past chairman=

In addition to the executive committee elections, CIRT welcomed the following four industry leaders as new directors who will serve on the board through 2022:

• Mark S. Cain, president, Smoot Construction
• Dilip Choudhuri, P.E., president & CEO, Walter P. Moore & Associates, Inc.
• Blair M. Lavoie, P.E., president & CEO, MWH Constructors
• David J. Mahoney, P.E., executive vice president, Dewberry