Arkansas

The Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame recently inducted three individuals into its ranks at the Aerospace Education Center in Little Rock.

Lynn Heller, the 2003 AGC President, welcomed the crowd of nearly 300 to the induction ceremony of G.W. May, Little Rock; D.B. Hill, Jr., Little Rock; and Charlie Weaver, Conway.

The Arkansas Construction Hall of Fame was established in 1999 to honor and recognize outstanding individuals in the construction industry. These individuals are held in esteem by their peers and have demonstrated their professionalism through their active support of the industry and through their civic and community involvement.

The Arkansas Chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America, Inc. is a voluntary trade association of commercial general contracting firms, specialty contractors and supply and service firms. The Arkansas Chapter was established in 1934. Its primary objectives are to pursue skill, integrity and responsibility in the construction industry, to provide training and to serve as the voice of the construction industry in Arkansas.

Alabama

BE&K Construction Company, Birmingham, announced that Barry L. Goodwin has been named manager of scheduling.

"Our schedulers play a critical role in project execution and we count on Barry to expand our use of technology to enhance our efficiencies and the variables critical to project team success," said BE&K COO and Executive Vice President John Redmon.

Goodwin has more than 25 years of construction industry experience. The MBA graduate of the University of Alabama has depth of experience in pulp & paper, energy, industrial/process and some experience in automotive.

As the manager of the scheduling department in Birmingham, he will be responsible for all scheduling activities for BE&K Construction projects and all of the Birmingham group activities for BE&K Engineering Company.

BE&K Engineering Company announced recently that Bo Gilbert has been promoted to vice president and chief engineer for the Birmingham office operations.

Gilbert has more than 28 years of engineering & industry experience with 15 years of that experience accrued at BE&K Engineering in various project management and business development roles. He spent the first 13 years of his career at International Paper where he worked in various roles for their Technology organization.

He is a registered engineer with a degree in civil engineering from the University of Florida. As the vice president and chief engineer for Birmingham operations he will have responsibility for all the design discipline functions in the many heavy industrial markets served by BE&K.

Upon making the announcement, Dennis Schroeder BE&K's Engineering President, commented that Gilbert brings new energy and fresh ideas.

BE&K, through its global network of affiliate companies, provides engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to the process, manufacturing, industrial, automotive, pulp and paper, power, and telecommunications industries. Forbes ranks BE&K among the "Top 500 Privately Held Companies in the U.S." and Engineering News Record magazine consistently ranks BE&K among the Top Contractors and Designers in the world.

Mississippi

Neil Magruder CPA has been named controller at Nucor Steel Jackson Inc. Magruder, a native of Indianola, started with Nucor at the corporate headquarters in Charlotte, N. C., in 1983, and then spent 18 years as the controller at Nucor Steel's Darlington, S. C., division before joining Nucor in Jackson.

James H. Kopf, P. E., PLS, has been named operations manager of Michael Baker Jr. Inc.'s Jackson office.

Kopf recently joined Baker after spending more than 34 years with the Mississippi Dept. of Transportation. A registered professional engineer and land surveyor, Kopf holds a degree in civil engineering from Mississippi State University.

Kenneth J. Collins P. E. has been promoted to engineering manager-transportation in the Jackson office. Collins has been employed with Baker as a structural engineer for 18 years.

He is a registered professional engineer and holds a degree in civil engineering from Louisiana State University.

Tennessee

Ron Dailey, True-Line Coring & Cutting, Nashville, Tenn., was recently elected to serve a two-year term on The Concrete Sawing and Drilling Association Board of Directors.

The new board will join returning board members completing the second year of their term, and were elected during CSDA's recent 31st Annual Convention in Hawaii.

Elected for a two-year term as president was Ted Johnston, Di-Tech International, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; and elected as vice president was Susan Hollingsworth, Holes Inc., Houston, Texas. Jim Fuglie, Minneapolis Concrete Sawing & Drilling, Brooklyn Park, Minn., was elected secretary/treasurer, and Roger Allen, Dimas, Olathe, Kan., serves as the immediate past president.

In addition to serving its international members, CSDA also hosted the annual meeting for the International Association of Concrete Drillers and Sawers (IACDS) at the conclusion of the CSDA convention. Members and guests came from Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom for both events.

National

Ed Kearney recently joined Wirtgen America Inc. as director of engineering, technical services. Kearney will serve as Wirtgen's in-house expert for cold recycling, foamed asphalt mix, hot recycling and asphalt paving procedures and processes.

He is a Notre Dame graduate with a master's degree in materials engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y. Kearney worked for the New York State DOT for 15 years, eight years in its Engineering Research and Development Bureau and seven years with the office of chief engineer.

His work experience also includes nine years with The Asphalt Institute as senior district engineer. During the past 13 years, he developed cold-in-place recycling, NovaChip paving, micropaving and slurry seal processes for Gorman Brothers Inc., a major contractor in the Northeast.

"Ed has an extensive material and applications background with all three of our product groups," said Stu Murray, president, Wirtgen America Inc. "Ed will travel on our behalf, speaking to various associations, DOT engineers, highway designers and specifiers." He'll also be involved with jobsite materials management and best paving practices.

During its recent 30th Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., the membership of the Asphalt Emulsion Manufacturers Association (AEMA) elected Myles McKemie to the office of president for the 2003-2004 term.

McKemie has been involved in the manufacture of pavement application emulsions for more than 30 years. He is a supporter of AEMA and the emulsion manufacturing industry, and previously held the offices of vice president and secretary/treasurer of the association, as well as serving as an elected director.

In addition to serving as program chairman for AEMA's recent annual meeting, McKemie has long been an active speaker on emulsion topics, significantly advancing the interests of the emulsion manufacturing industry while educating literally thousands about the chemistry and technology of pavement emulsions and their applications. He was involved with AEMA's successful production of its Basic Asphalt Emulsion Manual in CD-ROM format.

McKemie is the vice president of marketing for Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions in Austin, Texas. He is uniquely familiar with, and knowledgeable about, all types of emulsion manufacturing, as a result of his many years in the business.

During its recent 41st Annual Convention held in Phoenix, Ariz., the membership of the International Slurry Surfacing Association (ISSA) elected Bill Ballou of Koch Materials Co., Salina, Kan., to the office of president for the 2003-2004 term. An active supporter of ISSA and the slurry industry for many years, Ballou advanced to the presidency after serving on the board of directors through several positions since 1993.

Ballou has been in the asphalt business for 35 years, with Hy-Way Asphalt Co. in Salina and Koch Industries in Wichita, where he is currently National Pavement Preservation leader. Ballou immediately went in the asphalt business after serving in the Army and attending KSU-Salina.

For the past eight years, he has served as president of the Foundation for Pavement Preservation, a Washington D. C.-based group of academicians, county engineers, FHWA, state transportation engineers, contractors and suppliers to the transportation industry.

American Subcontractors Association (ASA) chapter delegates recently elected the association's president for 2003-2004 during ASA's Business Forum & Convention in New Orleans.

ASA Vice President Richard Wanner, executive vice president of Wanner Metal Worx Inc., Delaware, Ohio, was selected to become ASA preseident. He will succeed 2002-2003 President Anne Bigane Wilson, president of Bigane Paving Co., Chicago, Ill.

"I pledge to your that I will work to fulfill ASA's vision of a better business environment in the construction industry," Wanner said. "And all the while I will keep in mind ASA's values of ethical and equitable business practices, professionalism, a safe and healthy work environment, integrity and membership diversity."