Wilmington, Del.-based Bancroft Construction. promoted Mike Petka to the president and CEO, triumphant Greg Sawkawho retires Petka had been vice president of operations. During his presidency, Sawka opened offices in Princeton, NJ, and Salisbury, Maryland.
Mark DePaul has been elevated to president of New York City-based construction management firm Pavarini McGovern. He was previously vice president of operations. It was also promoted Matt Sarverwho is now executive vice president. He was previously the firm’s senior vice president.
The Lean Construction Institute, Arlington, Virginia, has appointed Brian Perlberg as a CEO to succeed Dan Heinemeierwho retires in December. Heinemeier had been senior counsel for construction and contract law at the Associated General Contractors of America and also served as executive director and senior counsel for the ConsensusDocs coalition that manages the variety of industry standard contract documents. Under his leadership, the ConsensusDocs 300 Lean Integrated Project Delivery Standard Contract was introduced, the first integrated form of agreement incorporating Lean tools and principles, the group said. He was also general counsel and director of government affairs for the Design-Build Institute of America.
Promoted WSP Salvatore Iodice to senior vice president to lead the company’s national bridge inspection services. Based in New York City, he was director of bridge inspection for the Northeast region.
Hired the design company AE Works Jose Galindo as director of technology. Based in Pittsburgh, he was chief innovation officer at Texas-based design firm MORE Group.
Tysons, Virginia, specialty contractor named MC Dean Pushkar Vaidya as the first director of product engineering. He held leadership positions at Accelera and Cummins.
Good Koloski has joined O&G Industries, Torrington, Conn., as vice president and Rhode Island business unit leader, based in Providence. He had been vice president of business development at KBE Building.
Hanover, Md.-based geotechnical contractor Keller North America was named Jim Doyne financial director. He was CFO of contractor MasTec’s energy supply group and worked for Jacobs Solutions. Doyna is based in Denver.
Skanska USA Building promoted Jenny Chandler to the executive vice president and director of strategy and by Murray Rustam to the vice president of market strategy and creative services. Chandler was vice president of market strategy and creative services. Rustam was Senior Director of Market Strategy.
Promotion of Gilbane Building Cos John E. Anderson III to the business leader of the New Jersey operations based in Newark. A member of the sixth generation Gilbane family, he worked for the company in New York City.
The Department of Design and Construction of the City of New York is appointed Joseph Croup as Deputy Commissioner of Public Buildings and Santhosh Chemban as an engineering audit officer. Crupi had been an associate commissioner of Public Buildings and also headed the construction management unit of the city’s Department of Environmental Protection. Chemban most recently served as executive director of DDC’s New York engineering audit office, overseeing vendor payments and contract performance reviews.
Jessica Randolph i Heather Ivester have joined LiRo-Hill as vice presidents in Boston. Randolph, who will oversee architectural operations in New England, was vice president of SGA Architects. Ivester, who manages the regional transportation and infrastructure operations, had been vice president of HNTB.
