Related Links: How Andrew Buckley Is Shaping the Future of Australian Engineer Cardno Cardno FY15 guidance and market update Richard Wankmuller, a veteran American engineering executive, started his tenure on June 29 as CEO of Australia's Cardno Ltd. as the Brisbane-based professional services firm copes with falling profits, market gyrations and a possible takeover by a private equity firm.Wankmuller, the former president of rival Australian firm GHD Group Pty Ltd.'s North American operations who was named by Cardno's board as CEO and managing director in late May after a search, has relocated to Brisbane and now is visiting its Asia-Pacific,

Harvard University Doyle formerly headed an engineering department and major research at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Related Links: Incoming Dean, Rising School Timely' Gift Will Lend SEAS Momentum in Era of Transition John A. Paulson School of Applied Science and Engineering at Harvard University Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., has named Francis J. "Frank" Doyle as dean of its John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), effective in July. He had been associate dean for research at the University of California, Santa Barbara College of Engineering, launching a major push into bioengineering, according to Harvard.Doyle will

Denver-based Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Inc., which says it is the largest U.S. concrete-pumping firm, has hired Gary Bernardez as chief operating officer. He is formerly senior vice president of global services for Fluor Corp., Irving, Texas, and also had been president of its AMECO integrated equipment unit. Brundage-Bone was acquired last August by an affiliate of Peninsula Pacific Strategic Partners LLC, a Los Angeles investment firm.The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA), a Washington, D.C.-based trade group for more than 300 public sewerage agencies and related companies, has elevated Adam Krantz to CEO, effective on Aug. 1. He will

Executive is overseeing hiring of 300+ examiners and inspectors and "project advocates" to link DOB to other city agencies involved in construction. Related Links: NYC Mayor Selects Rick Chandler to Head DOB Crane Accident Injures 10 in Manhattan With New York City's Dept. of Buildings on track to receive a record number of building applications this year, its commissioner is moving to streamline the process."The number of applications we're seeing is higher than it has been in decades," DOB Commissioner Rick Chandler told ENR in an interview.In 2014, the agency reviewed 90,000 building applications. If permits for renovation are included,

Related Links: Vanir Construction Management Inc. and CEO Mansour Aliabadi Raise the Bar on CM Geoprofessional Business Association website Earl “Chip” Mitchell has joined CH2M as president of its 5,000-person oil, gas & chemicals business group (OGC), based in Houston. He had been group vice president for the upstream, midstream and pipeline business at Jacobs Engineering Group, and also had headed its OGC market sector in Canada.CH2M CEO Jacque Hinman said the firm’s OGC markets “are poised for substantial growth over the next several years.” But earlier this year, the firm reversed a planned sale of its OGC business in

U. of Michigan Ponce de Leon founded an innovative digital and robotics focused architecture lab at the University of Michigan. Related Links: Deans List: Monica Ponce de Leon of University of Michigan's Taubman College Spinoff of Hertz Equipment Unit Faces Delay-2014 2014 Q&A with Lisa Farrar, SVP of Hertz Equipment Great expectations for new International IBEW President Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., has named Monica Ponce de Leon dean of its School of Architecture, effective in January. She replaces Alejandro Zaera-Polo, who resigned last October in a dispute with the university over plagiarism issues, says Architectural Record (AR), sister publication of

WardChristopher O. Ward has joined AECOM as senior vice president and CEO of design and consulting services in its metro New York region, five months after leaving a top executive role he held since 2011 at Dragados USA, a unit of the Spain-based contractor and concessions firm.Ward left the Dragados role as executive vice president for major projects at the end of 2014, telling Crain's NY Business that the expected public-private-partnership construction market "was not as large as it had been." The firm was part of a design-build team that had been short-listed for the $4-billion Tappan Zee replacement bridge

Office of the Mayor of Chicago Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel introduces industry aviation veteran Ginger Evans as the city's new airports commissioner on May 5 Related Links: EvansGinger S. Evans will become aviation commissioner in Chicago on June 1, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on May 10. She has been vice president of engineering for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority since early 2014, overseeing construction at Reagan National and Dulles International airports and on the Silver Line Metrorail project. In her new role, Evans replaces Rosemarie Andolino, who became aviation vice president at Jacobs Engineering in December.Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray

Related Links: SNC-Lavalin Wins Big Canada Bridge, Rail Jobs, As Its Infrastructure Chief is Named Golder CEO Trustees' Executive Committee approves establishing School of Engineering Hisham Mahmoud on April 25 joined Calgary, Alberta-based global engineer Golder Associates Corp. as president and CEO, the 8,000-person firm says. He had been senior executive vice president and group president of infrastructure at Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., a newly created position he held since late 2013. Mahmoud, now based in Atlanta, succeeds Brian Conlin as Golder's first CEO from outside its executive ranks. In the roles since 2009, Conlin moves to a senior-level business

U.S.-based engineer AECOM has named Carlos Pone as CEO for its Africa-based business, effective in August, according to a report in UK industry publication Building. He was country managing director in the United Arab Emirates for ABB and also had been that firm's CEO for southern Africa. Pone will be based in Johannesburg, South Africa.Holland-based design consultant ARCADIS named Lance Josal as CEO of a corporate group that combines its RTKL and its Callison architecture practices. The latter was acquired last year. Josal was CEO of the RTKL unit, purchased in 2007. Randy Pace, formerly CFO of RTKL, will take