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Transitions:
- Linda Taniyama celebrated with colleagues and friends to finish a remarkable 50-year career at Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company. Meantime, Mina Lally joins the company as a new safety administrator.
- Justin Strickland joins Linde-Griffith Construction Co. as safety director.
- John Grillo, P.E., BC.GE, elevates to VP, Major Projects at Keller.
- Wayne Duff was honored for a "lasting impact" after 32 years at MEB.
- Kevin Peters helps shape the use of data and technology in project delivery as new VP of project controls at Orion. He co-founded the InEight Community.
- Colston Lloyd elevates to assistant project manager at Russell Marine LLC.
- Braden Kirkland is a new estimator at The Great Lakes Construction Co.
- Matthew Semerad joins St. Paul, MN-based American Engineering Testing as principal PM. He brings 25 years' experience to its construction services.
- Aaron Wells, P.E., is a new Florida associate at Geo-Technology Associates.Tyler Furr, Stuart Ballance, Richard Haffner and Daniel Grewe have taken new roles following recent promotions.
- Vicmar Calzadilla joins the California office for GRL Engineers, Inc. Elsewhere, Charbel Useche is new to the firm's Texas office.
- Lindsey Kinane named proposal coordinator at Houston's Lloyd Engineering.
- Thomas Evans, P.E., brings 16 years of design and field engineering work in the Southeast to the Columbia, SC, offices of Schnabel Engineering.
- Judd Galloway joins the Waltham, MA, offices of SGH as a project director, Michael Murphy, Ph.D, P.E., is the new senior project manager in Minneapolis.
- Wright Powers retired from Thomas & Hutton. He was a surveyor for 41 years.
Recognitions:
- Brooke Ledford, recruiter at Bowen Engineering Construction and PDCA contributor on workforce development practices, got married. Congrats, Brooke!
- Brayan Arana, David Fleetwood, Mikel Ostrom, John Thompson, Mason Freeman and Jamie Thompson are newly minted foremen at Scott Bridge Company, after successfully completing a rigorous five-month training program.
- Lena Turek, a 24-year-old equipment operator with The Walsh Group, is featured on Chicago TV, which explains her rise to a heavy construction career. Footage shows her doing road work... it's time to give her a pile driving rig!
- Michelle Griffin, VP of sales at Koppers, writes for T&D World, an article about technology innovations shaping global infrastructure.
- Asher Kazmann, president at Locke Solutions in Houston, was elected as the 2025 Chair of the Board at the National Precast Concrete Association.
- Caleb White, a commodity buyer for Lodge Lumber Co. in Houston, is a USMC veteran who served in Afghanistan. After returning home, his transition faced challenges, which included PTSD. WXAN-TV in Austin tells his story.
- Rebecca Neilion, Mike Surasky of Dewberry, co-author "Multi-Modal Marvels" in Roads & Bridges, analyzing California and North Carolina infrastructure case studies. John Boulé, EVP, is published in Crains with op-ed, "To Meet Challenge of Climate Change, We Need a New Generation of Master Builders."
- Bridgette Davis from the ECS Limited Chesapeake, VA, office gave a Saturday morning program on geotechnical engineering to students at a local school.
- Katherine Merrill from Haley & Aldrich has won a Community Impact Award from the Professional Women in Construction Boston Chapter.
- Margarita Restrepo, P.E., from the Denver offices of Shannon & Wilson is a 2025 DFI Educational Trust Award recipient.
- Carolyn Searls made history as the first female principal at SGH. She discussed her 44-year (and counting) career with colleagues in Waltham, MA.
In sympathy:
UBC Pile Drivers and Divers shares information about two members of Local 56 who lost their lives during a tragic job site incident in Massachusetts in late October.
- Larriston Lake leaves behind four children for whom he worked to provide a better future. In his loss, his family is raising funds toward their education.
- Paul Ledwell came from a long line of pile drivers. With his degree in construction management, he leaves behind an impressive body of driven pile work and a large, loving family.
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