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David Ala has been promoted to general manager of construction contractor Graycor, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois. Most recently, president and chief operating officer, succeeding co-presidents Matthew Gray i Steven Grayformer CEOs. Wing will not be replaced now as COO.
David G. Voss Jr.CEO of Miron Construction, Neenah, Wis., since 1979, is now president as part of a succession effort, effective Jan. 1. Dan Voss is promoted to CEO and corporate secretary. Tim Kippenhan is president and chief operating officer; David Voss III is vice president and director of construction operations; i Dean Basten is treasurer and financial director. The Kippenhan and Voss families have led the contractor for nearly 60 years.
Engineer Olsson, based in Lincoln, Neb., has appointed Sean Baker as a CFO to succeed Jeff Jenkinsthat he will retire Baker had been executive vice president of First National Bank of Omaha.
Sant Jordi Granta 17-year veteran of McCarthy Building Cos., was promoted to vice president of operations for its industrial group.
Tim Thomure has been promoted to director of design and construction firm Burns & McDonnell, now leading project management for its Midwest transmission and distribution group and its global facilities regional group.
Parametrix, an engineering, planning and environmental science consultancy, has hired three workers in Chicago:
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Jill Krameras a senior consultant in transport and environmental planning;Karen Munsonas a senior permit and project management consultant; iBrian Manningas a senior engineer in transportation engineering and planning.
Landwehr Construction Inc., St. Cloud, Minnesota, has been elevated Luke Stock i Derek Burggraff to the Vice President of Commercial Building and the Vice President of Public Building, respectively. Both are former senior estimators.
Alberici Corp., which oversees the firm’s construction units in St. Louis, appointed Greg Hesser executive chairman Greg Kozic is non-executive chairman. Hesser was president and CEO of Alberici Constructors Inc. Richard Jaggers he is now president and CEO of the corporation, succeeding Pere Kozicz. Jose Garcia succeeds Hesser as president of Alberic Constructors; Fred Biermann is appointed general director of operations and continues as president of Alberici Industrial.
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Walter J. Bogdovitz, 87, a prominent hydroelectric dam engineer for the Chicago water resources development firm Harza Engineering Co., who managed work on record global projects and later led the company, died in Dallas on 17 November 2024, a family member said. He joined Harza after earning a civil engineering degree in 1959. Bogdovitz and his family “soon began a grand adventure spending years on construction sites” in Thailand, Venezuela and the United States, said a family obituary Harza’s global “project success” history includes the Reza Shah Kabir Dam in Iran, one of the tallest slender arch dams ever built, and the Guri Project in Venezuela, the world’s largest hydroelectric facility when its first stage was built in 1978.
“Walter’s engineering skills and knowledge were in high demand,” the obituary added, noting his other significant global consulting assignments. Bogdovitz became president and CEO of Harza in 1989 and retired in 1994. It merged in 2001 with engineer Montgomery Watson to become global energy and environmental engineer MWH, which be acquired by Stantec in 2016.
