Heery International Names Rich Driggs Director of Construction Management

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ATLANTA, Ga. — Rich Driggs has been named national director of Construction Management and Design-Build at Heery International.   He is replacing Lin Redden, who is retiring after a 40-year construction career, the last 20 years of which have been at Heery. Mr. Driggs has over 22 years of construction and real estate industry experience. He comes to Heery from Lend Lease Corporation, where he served as executive vice president and head of Integrated Projects—Americas. He was responsible for business in excess of $1-billion annually and served key clients in the healthcare, higher education, K-12 education, government and commercial markets. … Read more

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Build Your Future Campaign Launches Craft Labor Map

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    As part of its efforts to narrow the skills gap in the construction industry, the Build Your Future campaign recently launched an interactive Craft Labor Map. The goal of this new resource is to provide industry recruits and craft professionals with a forecast of the labor demand in industrial and commercial construction. The map can be viewed at http://byf.org/craft-labor-map. Using data voluntarily provided by owners, contractors and unions by the Construction Labor Market Analyzer, BYF’s Craft Labor Map provides users a craft-by-craft breakdown of the expected demand for craft professionals in each state for the next three years. … Read more

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AEM Names Charlie O’Brien as Senior Vice President

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The Association of Equipment Manufacturers has named Charlie O"Brien as senior vice president in recognition of his expanded leadership responsibilities for the association. These include activities under AEM's new strategic plan, initiated in 2012, to better serve all members" current and future business-development needs. In addition to increased responsibilities since joining AEM in 2007, O"Brien has taken a leadership role with expanded responsibilities in development of strategic initiatives to achieve the plan's Key Result Area goals and objectives, and AEM goals development to continue implementation of the strategic plan.   He was also instrumental in development of the vision for … Read more

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Louis Jenny Joins Design-Build Institute of America

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Louis J. Jenny has assumed the position of vice-president of Advocacy and Outreach with Design-Build Institute of America. In this role he will strengthen the organization as the preeminent resource for leadership, education and objective expertise in the integrated delivery of capital projects. “I"m looking forward to working closely with DBIA Executive Director Lisa Washington, the National Board and the staff to advance design-build and design-build procurement authority at all levels of government,” Jenny said. “As champion of the fastest growing project delivery method today, DBIA and DBIA best practices represent the future of integrated design and construction.” Ms. Washington, … Read more

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Construction Employment Declines, New York Areas Suffer Losses from Sandy

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Construction employment declined in 151 out of 337 metropolitan areas between November 2011 and November 2012, increased in 126 and was stagnant in 60, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that metro areas in New York and New Jersey in particular experienced significant construction declines in the first full month after Hurricane Sandy. “The uncertainty about 2013 federal tax and spending rates likely prompted firms in many parts of the country to hold back on hiring,” said Ken Simonson, the association's chief economist. “Construction workers … Read more

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