Winners of the 2018 ENR Texas and Louisiana Top Young Professionals contest are architects, engineers, builders, infrastructure and water resource experts, project managers and safety professionals.
Some began their careers with large companies and then moved on to smaller ones, while others did the opposite, moving from smaller firms to industry giants.
他们利用行业感兴趣organizations and community connections to enhance their careers and improve processes that allow AEC professionals to deliver better projects. Mentorship is a common interest. Many of this year’s nominees credit the impact of their own mentors on their careers and how those people inspired them to pay the lessons forward to the next generation of professionals.
As in past years, the annual competition was rigorous. To be eligible, nominees must be working full-time in some aspect of the commercial construction industry in the ENR Texas-Louisiana region, which includes Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas. Those individuals also must be under age 40 at the time nominations were due.
其他关键选择标准包括实现或进步行业认证，在创建更有效的系统，设计新流程或管理地标项目以及整个行业和社区内的重要志愿工作方面取得了成功。新利18备用网址
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Ryan Aalsma
38，副总裁 - 客户经理
Skanska USA
San Antonio
高中交流计划导致建筑事业
亚尔玛对建筑的兴趣始于他参加德克萨斯州特洛伊和坦普尔高中之间的建筑交换计划。这导致了当地邦德项目的夏季工作，他在那里与公民领袖建立了关系。他继续在塔尔顿州立大学（Tarleton State University）担任全日制学生建设。在他在Skanska职业生涯中，亚尔斯（Aalsma）在高中发展的行业的热情持续了15年。
Now a vice president and account manager, Aalsma manages Skanska’s business operations in the greater San Antonio area. He has had leading roles on high-profile local projects such as the Lackland Air Force Base Wilford Hall Ambulatory Care Center and at several industry organizations.
Aalsma共同撰写了一篇有关该团队在Lackland的经历的文章，与HDR的同事和Usace Fort Worth District合作，提出了在活跃的军事基地内分阶段医院项目的挑战。
Daniel Albus
29, Civil Engineer, Associate
帕克希尔，史密斯和库珀
德克萨斯州拉伯克
Farming inspires a push to improve communities’ water systems
阿不思（Albus）在西德克萨斯州的农村长大，意识到在工作和学校中尽力而为。他在农场管理农作物的农场经验教会了他，良好的基础设施对农业有多么重要。这引发了追求职业，以帮助社区改善其水和废水处理系统。
在在帕克希尔（Parkhill），史密斯（Smith）和库珀（Cooper）获得实习之后，阿不思（Albus）继续在该公司担任全职职位，在那里他设计了反渗透植物，砷治疗厂，辅助泻湖和活性污泥系统，以及其他项目。新利18备用网址
他利用了公司的指导计划提供的机会，这反过来促使他指导他人。他的工程解决方案对西德克萨斯州的较小社区有所作为。
当一个距离他的高中仅几英里的社区需要一个新的废水工厂，但负担不起升级时，Albus与包括市长和市议会在内的团队合作，利用德克萨斯州水发展委员会资金开始该项目。
“长大的农民意味着我们照顾自己的水和废水基础设施。这激发了我对为有需要的社区提供水和废水服务的职业的兴趣。”
—DANIEL ALBUS, 29, Civil Engineer, Associate, Parkhill, Smith and Cooper
杰西卡·贝克（Jessica Baker）
35，副总裁
Halff Associates Inc.
Richardson, Texas
Leadership and training in floodplain management
通过在Halff贝克已经迅速上升Associates during her 13-year career. As a team leader for the firm’s water resources group, she trained and managed engineers overseeing more than 250 projects.
她在管理该小组时发展的领导技能导致贝克在2015年被任命为副总统。现在，她在该公司的业务发展和指导中扮演了不可或缺的角色。
贝克（Baker）开发和教授几个课程，包括专业发展，项目管理和团队领导。她还有助于游说牢固的防洪和洪泛区管理。
此外，贝克的业务开发工作帮助该公司与联邦紧急事务管理机构达成了合同，价值五年的费用为6亿美元。她领导了一个为FEMA提供呼叫灾难响应援助的团队。
During Hurricane Harvey, Baker’s team created real-time inundation mapping with critical information for authorities who needed to make important decisions about evacuations and disaster messaging for people at risk.
Baker serves on the board of the Lake Highlands Junior Women’s League, a local nonprofit in a Dallas suburb. She also is participating in the Dallas Regional Chamber’s Leadership Dallas Class of 2018.
Nick Barker
36, Division Manager
Turner Construction Co.
达拉斯
解决小型项目变成了巨大的机会新利18备用网址
Barker started his career with Turner after graduating from Vanderbilt with degrees in civil engineering and mathematics.
After moving to Dallas eight years ago, he managed several key projects, including the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Consolidated Headquarters Facility and the Gaston Medical Office Building. That work led, in part, to his promotion to manager of Turner’s special projects and interiors division. It includes more than 65 professionals who specialize in projects ranging from $100,000 to $50 million. His responsibilities include sales, preconstruction, procurement, overall financial and operational performance, human resources and continuous growth and improvement. Barker says he is dedicated to promoting and implementing lean construction and other best practices. He also participates in the Dallas Chamber of Commerce 2018 Leadership Dallas program.
“[I’m] dedicated to promoting and implementing lean construction and other best practices.”
—NICK BARKER, 36, Division Manager, Turner Construction Co.
迈克尔·D·德格鲁（Michael J. Degruy）
37, Chief Operating Officer
Ryan Gootee General Contractors LLC
洛杉矶Metairie。
从右手到首席运营官
Degruy是帮助Ryan Gootee在十多年前创办他的总承包公司的关键人物之一。Goote认为Degruy的经验和广泛的建筑知识，他的战略性思考的诀窍以及他适应和创新的能力，是对公司成长和成功的重要贡献。
DeGruy is involved with academics on many levels; an alumnus of Louisiana State University, he serves on the school’s Construction Industry Advisory Council and Education Committee. The committee helps introduce more real-life, hands-on courses to the school’s construction management program.
DeGruy is a firm believer in design-build or design-assist project delivery, which “allows us to be involved all along to catch unforeseen problems and conditions,” he says.
One education project has had a special connection for DeGruy: a challenging, 15-month job for Green Trees Early Childhood Village at Isidore Newman School in New Orleans. Responsible for phasing and special events, DeGruy ensured there was minimal disruptions to the active campus during the project. His daughter is among the students at the newly renovated and operational Green Trees school.
设计构建或设计辅助项目交付“允许我们一直参与其中，以捕捉不可预见的问题和条件。”
- 37岁的Michael J. Degruy，首席运营官Ryan Gootee总承包商有限责任公司
Chris Farrell
32, Construction Engineer
Fluor
Sugar Land, Texas
Making prefab in-roads in the world of oil and gas
Farrell graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marine engineering technology from Texas A&M University at Galveston and began working on major chemical, upstream and pipeline projects for clients such as ExxonMobil, Chevron, Enbridge and LyondellBasell.
His expertise includes module design, fabrication and installation processes of major oil and gas components for projects in Russia as well as Ohio and Texas. Farrell’s direct experience with supply-chain management involved working with his Houston-area team and contractors to ensure that module weights were suitable for fabrication and transportation. He then followed his prefabbed modules all the way to Russia, spending time at the remote site as a mechanical superintendent, supporting the placement and installation of the modules and overseeing mechanical crews working on the equipment.
法雷尔（Farrell）利用自己的经验将多元文化团队团结起来，以帮助发展荧光设计计划的安全性，从中他主持了基于行为的安全过程的培训课程，并帮助组织员工旅行前往面粉的手工艺培训中心。他的经理指出：“克里斯从未问过要做什么。他总是有能力看到需求，然后去做。”
克里斯[法雷尔]从不问需要做什么。他总是有能力看到需求，然后去做”
—VANCE MIXON, Construction Engineering Manager, Fluor
Josh Goyne
39, Regional Vice President, North and South Texas
Webber LLC
Irving, Texas
Leveraging the opportunities offered by industry organizations
在不到三年的时间里，戈恩从一位负责少数项目的地区经理发展到领导韦伯北德克萨斯州重型民事部门的项目，管理了30多个项目。新利18备用网址
Goyne recently worked on the BNSF Railroad Bridge Replacement in Childress, Texas, which consisted of two railroad bridges built away from the existing bridges and then rolled into place during an eight-hour closure of the railroad. The project required a tremendous amount of planning and engineering to ensure minimal disruption to operations.
In addition, Goyne is currently pursuing his DBIA certification and works to help develop the next generation of construction professionals through Webber’s rigorous internship program.
离开办公室，他将时间投入到相关的总承包商身上，这已经超过10年了。最近，他被选为德克萨斯州分会的沃思堡地区高速公路副主席。
Goyne also is involved with the Regional Black Contractors Association, where he promotes minority-subcontractor participation and encourages members of the community to pursue careers in construction.
Kristi M. Grizzle
39, Principal, Project Manager
沃尔特·P·摩尔（Walter P Moore）
Houston
Student-athlete becomes successful design leader
Grizzle以NCAA分区1学生运动员的身份参加了佛罗里达州大西洋大学。
She eventually transferred to the University of Texas at Austin, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, followed by a master’s degree in structural engineering. After graduation, she joined Walter P Moore, where she has spent her 13-year career.
Grizzle毕业于休斯顿领导人，她的50多名同学以信任速度奖给她致敬。
她活跃于大兄弟，大姐妹，并作为寄养系统中高危家庭的孩子的儿童倡导者工作。
Grizzle was promoted to stockholder and firm principal in 2014, making her the fifth woman to assume the role of principal in the firm’s 83-year history.
她目前正在研究赖斯大学音乐和表演艺术中心的设计，这是一个耗资7000万美元，600个座位的歌剧院和表演厅。
Ryan Haynie
37，运营经理
Manhattan Construction Co.
塔尔萨
建立启发，娱乐和兴奋的建筑
海尼（Haynie）从2001年作为实习生开始，在曼哈顿（Manhattan）建立了自己的职业生涯。那时，他参与了众多价值超过8亿美元的项目，其中包括塔尔萨（Tulsa）一些最可见的工作。新利18备用网址其中包括BOK中心，一个座位的18,000个塞萨尔·佩利（Cesar Pelli）设计的活动中心；Guthrie Green Park，棕地转换为一个充满活力的社区公园；和河流赌场玛格丽塔维尔的扩张。Spirit项目是该地区最大的赌场之一，在阿肯色河两岸建造的27层，483间客房的酒店中增加了超过120万平方英尺的空间。
Haynie heads up Manhattan’s initiatives in the community as well. In 2017, he led the company’s participation in nearly 10 community service projects.
Away from the office, Haynie has served on the Foundation for Tulsa Schools board of directors and Tulsa’s Junior Achievement board of directors and participated in the 2017 American Cancer Society’s Cattle Barons Ball.
威廉“克莱”赫恩登
38, Treatment, Transmission and Utilities Associate Project Manager
Freese和Nichols
Oklahoma City
通过基础设施创新连接城市
赫恩登（Herndon）在15年的职业生涯初期意识到，他被吸引了解决水和下水道连接系统以及与市政工程有关的项目的问题。新利18备用网址
从得克萨斯A＆M大学毕业后，他在一家小公司获得了经验，三年后，他在Freese and Nichols（FNI）的水和废水公用事业集团中获得了职位。
赫恩登（Herndon）设计升降机和高架储罐，被称为该地区项目的技术专长的首选工程师。新利18备用网址他在德克萨斯州的FNI Pearland办公室获得了10多年的公共项目工作经验新利18备用网址。
Herndon recently led a team of 13 engineers on projects such as the Groundwater Facilities Rehabilitation for the city of Houston, which improved 19 groundwater plants.
In the two years since accepting a key position in FNI’s Oklahoma City office, one of Herndon’s projects, an elevated storage tank for the city of Edmond, received an inaugural Water for 2060 Excellence Award from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board in the public water supply category.
He also completed the American Council of Engineering Cos. of Oklahoma’s leadership development program and is actively involved with several local water associations.
Keith Holley
36, Principal
方法架构
Houston
由管理公司的经验驱动的增长的胃口
Holley在Architects-Plus建立了他的职业生涯，并最终协商了2013年秋季从创始校长那里购买该公司的职业生涯。
Holley管理人员，业务发展和运营，是其设计和主体计划技能的关键补充。
In spring 2016, Architects-Plus and Three Square Design finalized a merger, becoming the 35-person team of Method Architecture.
作为方法的四个创始校长之一，霍利（Holley）监督了负责最复杂项目的两个基础建筑团队，包括实验室，办公室，工业空间和啤酒厂。新利18备用网址
As a principal of a relatively young firm, Holley understands the fundamental importance of investing in his team by setting aside time to coach, mentor and train employees.
Holley参与了Method在奥斯汀收购一家公司的收购，并计划在主要市场上持续扩展。
他通过参加人类建筑和1+网络回馈社区，每年向慈善机构提供700多个小时的无偿工作。
卡拉·拉尼根（Cara Lanigan）
38，副总裁
克拉克建筑
德克萨斯州埃尔帕索
副总统将她的建筑经验与法律学位相结合
Lanigan draws on her many areas of expertise while managing Clark’s $648-million Fort Bliss Replacement Hospital, a joint venture with McCarthy Building Cos.
她在克拉克（Clark）担任项目工程师的职业生涯后，她在斯泰顿大学法学院（Steton University of College）攻读法律学位，现在是佛罗里达州和德克萨斯州的持牌律师。
Lanigan was promoted to vice president at the firm in 2013 and continues to practice law at Clark while managing the 630,000-sq-ft, seven-story hospital construction project at Fort Bliss and the 42 Clark employees working there.
Lanigan的其他一些著名项目包括El Paso和San An新利18备用网址tonio军事医疗中心的临时行动设施。
拉尼根（Lanigan）因其领导，指导和成功的动力而在克拉克（Clark）获得认可。她参与了科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）计划和初级联盟，并带领Bliss的建筑商是Bliss，这是Bliss Fort Bliss的一个女性团体，可增强个人，专业，技术发展和社区服务机会。
Lanigan是德克萨斯州领导力的2017年毕业生。
“我有机会学习和运用许多不同类型的技能：财务，工程，技术，领导力，谈判，沟通。没有一天是一样的！”
- 38岁的卡拉·拉尼根（Cara Lanigan），克拉克建筑副总裁
奥黛丽·莱姆克（Audrey Lembke）
26, Assistant Project Manager
Scott＆Reid总承包商
达拉斯
千禧一代准备解决大小的建筑项目新利18备用网址
Just five years into her career in construction, Lembke is making impressive strides.
She credits the experience gained while pursuing her Gold Girl Scout status—equivalent to an Eagle Scout for the Boy Scouts of America—as one of the key influencers in helping her develop the skills to attain her goals.
莱姆克（Lembke）立即毕业，进入奥斯汀技术公司的大型校园项目，从而将教训置于了他们的心中，现在在她现在的公司Scott＆Reid中应用了他们。
Her recent projects include everything from ground-up buildings and remodels to food facilities.
Lembke正在努力向项目经理晋升，同时培训成为项目管理和项目管理专业人员的认证助理。
德里克·米歇尔（Derek Michel）
35，项目经理/Mechanical Design
C1S组
达拉斯
The path to a construction career starts on the battlefield
米歇尔（Michel）前往工程和建筑业务的旅程并没有像该行业中许多其他人一样从教室开始，它始于战场。
As a corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps, he served two tours of duty in Iraq, where he was consistently recognized for his performance, including earning a Certificate of Commendation.
米歇尔返回美国后，他寻找了行业专业人士，尽管他缺乏正规教育，但他帮助他学习了CAD和机械设计。
As he moved up through his career and on to C1S Group, Michel pushed for more responsibility, leading to his promotion as a project manager.
He serves national clients such as Frito Lay and Caliber Collision on a variety of projects across the U.S.
此外，米歇尔（Michel）是美国供暖，冷藏和空调工程师（ASHRAE）和达拉斯的美国管道工程师学会（ASPE）的成员，公司经常要求分享他所学到的知识。
Michel is an active volunteer in his community, working closely with Hearts and Hammers to complete design projects for people in low-income neighborhoods.
此外，米歇尔还参加指导下一代C1S集团的员工。
David Musch
35，项目经理
SUNDT构造
San Antonio
Trailblazing lean construction techniques in the industry
Musch was a collegiate athlete who earned a scholarship to Loyola University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in construction management. He says that putting himself through school provided a foundation for the skills of a construction manager.
Musch领导SUNDT的持续改进委员会，并且是该国完成AGC精益认证计划的第一组的一部分。
He is focused on preconstruction and operations and has managed more than $300 million worth of structural, educational, health care, municipal, office and retail, and civil infrastructure projects throughout Texas.
In 2017, he received Sundt’s Relentless Execution Award for strong leadership in completing the Wichita Falls ISD Career Education Center.
Musch是非营利性SUNDT基金会的活跃成员，最初通过员工的捐款100％资助，然后由公司匹配。
“让自己通过学校为建筑经理的技能提供了基础”
—DAVID MUSCH, 35, Project Manager, Sundt Construction
小古斯塔沃·罗德里格斯（Gustavo Rodriguez Jr.）
38, Transmission & Distribution Department Manager, Project Manager
Burns＆McDonnell
沃思堡
Providing power through better electrical design
Rodriguez helps clients meet their growing demands on the power grid.
尽管他曾在伯恩斯（Burns）和麦克唐纳（McDonnell）的休斯顿办事处工作，但罗德里格斯（Rodriguez）看到了改善北德克萨斯州电气基础设施的机会。他在Burns＆McDonnell中提出了一项业务计划，以提供高压变电站设计服务，然后搬到沃思堡（Fort Worth）开发该小组。
He was the first Burns & McDonnell employee-owner at the Dallas-Fort Worth location to provide the design service. Five years later, he manages a team of 15 employees to deliver it.
他的职责还包括业务发展，项目管理，概念设计，设备规范，设备布局，施工估算和提案包的要求。
罗德里格斯（Rodriguez）和他的团队支持六个客户，并管理超过360万美元的项目。新利18备用网址他参与了150多个电力传输和分销项目的设计，可为15多个公用事业和工业客户设计。新利18备用网址
He helps train and mentor new engineers to fill the experience gap created as many longtime professionals retire from the power industry.
Bennett Sumrell
34，高级估计器
Brasfield & Gorrie
达拉斯
达拉斯office offers opportunities for organic growth
As one of the first Brasfield & Gorrie employees tapped to help establish the Dallas office, Sumrell has managed more than 25 projects valued at nearly $750 million.
他遵循家庭传统，从事建设工作。他的祖父是承包商，父亲是电气工程师。
萨姆雷尔（Sumrell）在布拉斯菲尔德（Brasfield）和戈里（Gorrie）度过了自己的职业生涯，他曾在项目管理和估算角色均任职，并成为一名高级项目经理，然后被要求在2016年1月帮助领导Brasfield＆Gorrie的Dallas Predonstruction团队。
He spends much of his time mentoring junior estimators while remaining active in workforce recruiting.
Sumrell credits positive relationships for his success. He says that doing the right thing and treating people fairly result in new business and better-built projects.
“Doing the right thing and treating people fairly result in new business and better-built projects.”
- 34岁的Bennett Sumrell，Brasfield＆Gorrie高级估算员
Lorena Toffer
40，高级建筑项目经理
Aecom
达拉斯
跨文化经验使高中生to good design
Toffer, originally from Mexico City, earned a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Monterrey Tech and a master’s degree in architecture from Texas A&M University.
她是德克萨斯州和墨西哥的持牌建筑师。
托夫（Toffer）是她家庭中第一个选择超出家庭会计传统职业的职业，从那以后，她一直是开拓者。她的设计专业知识包括高等教育，自适应再利用，博物馆，航空，公司，酒店和医疗办公室。
Toffer冠军基层倡议，例如拉丁美洲建筑（LIA），这是美国建筑师研究所（AIA）的达拉斯分会的一部分。
She puts much of her passion for design into organizations that promote the architecture profession, including serving as a mentor for high school students.
Additionally, she is the co-founder and advisory board president of CityLab High School, an open-enrollment transformation school that is part of the Dallas ISD Public School Choice initiative.
CityLab’s vision is to create an urban school where students use the city itself as a laboratory for learning while working on real world issues. It is the first public high school in the Dallas area to emphasize design.
克里斯托弗·沃伦维德（Christopher Vollenweider）
32, Senior Safety Manager
Manhattan Construction Co.
Houston
Safety experience that is saving lives
Vollenweider最初于2012年被聘为L'Auberge赌场和酒店项目的安全经理，此后不久被晋升为曼哈顿休斯顿办事处的高级安全经理。
在他的领导下，L'Auberge项目总计超过250万个工时，没有时间损失。
During his 13 years in the construction industry, Vollenweider has completed projects for higher education, aviation, federal and corporate clients.
安全的日常职责根深蒂固，而他作为助理教练和志愿消防员的经历自然而然地补充了他的工作。
当他帮助挽救了一位患有心脏骤停的同事超过八分钟直到医务人员到达时，他的心肺复苏术培训非常宝贵。
Vollenweider is in charge of safety for the $250-million United Airlines New C North Terminal project, the $150-million United Technical Operations Center project and the $50-million Alvin ISD Football Stadium.
瑞安·威尔肯斯（Ryan Wilkens）
35，项目经理，公司合伙人
Parkhill, Smith & Cooper Inc.
德克萨斯州拉伯克
Bringing code expertise and international experience to West Texas
After Wilkins graduated magna cum laude from Texas Tech University with a bachelor’s degree in architecture and completed a master’s degree from the College of Architecture, he began working at Parkhill, Smith and Cooper Inc. (PSC).
他于2013年被任命为公司合伙人，第二年，威尔金斯被选中参加PSC的为期一年的领导学院计划。
As part of a community initiative, the 2014 Leadership Academy participants received support from the PSC board of directors to create the PSC Community Investment Initiative, which gave $425,000 to select organizations in its first year.
Wilkens served as a member of the Texas Society of Architects’ state codes committee, where he gained a broader understanding of building codes and the impact that design has on the health, safety and welfare of the public.
他曾担任PSC的公务工程航空团队的建筑联络，并帮助PSC管理欧洲，日本和美国的项目新利18备用网址
