Gilbane Building Company Names New Jersey District Manager

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Gilbane Building Company has named John Fumosa vice president and district manager of its New Jersey office operations. In this position, he will lead the New Jersey team in serving a broad variety of both public and private clients throughout the state. Fumosa is a 37-year veteran of the construction business and has built an impressive track record of delivering major facilities for builders in the New Jersey, Philadelphia and New York markets. In those roles he oversaw a broad range of responsibilities related to higher education, healthcare, corporate, sports and other facilities. George Cavallo, executive vice president for Gilbane, … Read more

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Iowa-Based Contractor Becomes 1st Woman to Lead Construction Industry Group

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LAS VEGAS — Kristine Young, the chief executive officer of Des Moines, Iowa-based Miller the Driller, became the first-ever woman to lead the U.S. construction industry. Young, who was sworn in as president of the Associated General Contractors of America, will oversee the trade group’s work on behalf of the commercial construction industry. “I”m humbled that this association has always treated me as a fellow contractor that happens to be a woman, instead of a woman that happens to be a contractor,” said Young. “Being the first is never about being alone; it took the time energy and encouragement of … Read more

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Michael D. Bellaman Named President and CEO of ABC

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Associated Builders and Contractors recently announced the appointment of Michael D. Bellaman as president and CEO, effective Feb. 1.   In a career spanning 23 years with Lend Lease Corporation, he served as CEO of Americas for Bovis Lend Lease from 2008 to June 2010, having started with the company as a project engineer.   Most recently, he has been involved in a number of entrepreneurial initiatives, including serving as managing director of Grow the Pie Ventures, LLC.     Previously, as CEO of Lend Lease Retail and Communities from 2005 to 2008, Bellaman was responsible for the management and … Read more

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Haskell Hires New Vice President of Healthcare Division

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Wayne Burrus Charged to Continue Expansion of the Company's Design-Build Services The Haskell Company has hired Wayne Burrus as Vice President and leader of its Commercial Group's Healthcare Division. In his new role, Burrus is responsible for further growing Haskell's design-build practice in the healthcare market throughout the United States. “Our healthcare division has grown tremendously over the past decade to become one of the largest divisions in our corporate design-build practice, and we believe Wayne will build upon that success with his experience and expertise in the design-build delivery of numerous projects for some of the nation's top healthcare … Read more

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James P. Barrett Named National Director of Lean Building for Turner

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Barrett will drive the adoption of Lean processes, including the use of Building Information Modeling technologies on Turner projects New York, N.Y.   — Turner Construction Company, the nation's leading general builder, announced James P. Barrett has been promoted to the National Director of Lean Building for the firm. In his role, Barrett will drive the adoption of Lean processes on Turner projects, including the use of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technologies, to improve safety and quality while reducing waste and maximizing value to our clients. Turner has seen tremendous growth in our implementation of BIM across the country. In … Read more

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