Maria Lehman Elected 2023 President of ASCE

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The American Society of Civil Engineers members elected Maria Lehman, P.E, F.ASCE, ENV SP, as president of the Society for the 2022-2023 term. Lehman is ASCE’s national treasurer, serves on the Society’s Industry Leaders Council and is a member of the ASCE’s Committee on America’s Infrastructure, which is responsible for preparing the quadrennial Infrastructure Report Card. She is also GHD Inc.’s infrastructure market leader for the United States. Lehman was the former vice president for critical infrastructure for Parsons, COO and executive director of the New York State Thruway Authority and Commissioner of Public Works for Erie County, New York. She … Read more

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Do You Have a Business Development Mindset?

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By Trace Pesavento Superintendent Josh Rogers was working on a project to build a new elementary school. As with most education projects, the schedule had no wiggle room for delays. The school had to be open in time for the first day of school. Throughout the course of the project, Rogers worked tirelessly, like a general overseeing his troops, to ensure the logistics plan was sound and the schedule was on track. When there was weather or material shipping delays, he acted quickly to identify mitigation strategies. He constantly communicated with his trade partners to ensure they had the appropriate … Read more

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Anthony LaFata Joins Stevens Construction as Superintendent

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Anthony LaFata has joined Stevens Construction as superintendent, bringing 24 years of healthcare and commercial preconstruction experience. He will provide onsite project supervision, ensuring schedule and quality goals are achieved. In addition, he will lead subcontractor coordination, jobsite inspections, foreman and safety meetings, while creating schedules, daily job reports, reviewing cost reports and safety logs. Throughout his career, LaFata has completed $332 million in commercial construction throughout Florida and the Midwest, with a specialization in healthcare, municipality, hospitality and commercial projects. He has received multiple designations including American Concrete Institute Certification, FEMA Incident Command System and Incident Management System, OSHA-30 … Read more

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XL Construction Appoints Trace Pesavento to VP of Field Operations

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Trace Pesavento, a senior construction industry leader with more than 25 years’ of experience, has been named to the new position of vice president of field operations for XL Construction. Pesavento is tasked with managing and supporting the company’s superintendents in its advanced technology, civic, corporate office, education, healthcare and life sciences business groups. As part of his responsibility, he focuses on planning and execution, including assessing and validating contingency and risk factors of new and in-progress projects and oversees XL’s quality assurance programs. Prior to joining XL Construction, Pesavento spent more than two decades with WEBCOR Builders, most recently … Read more

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National Institute of Building Sciences Recognizes Harry W. Martin for Public Safety Leadership

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The American Iron and Steel Institute has recognized Harry W. (Hank) Martin with the Excellence Award of the National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council. NIBS recently recognized the leaders who have provided significant direction to the BSSC mission, which contributes to the organization’s success. Martin is retired from AISI, where he was managing director of construction codes and standards. “While at AISI, Hank Martin was a leader and innovator for steel in the construction codes and standards arena,” said Robert J. Wills, P.E., vice president of construction for AISI. “His work to advance the performance of steel … Read more

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