理查德·迈耶（Richard Meier）& Partners Architects, New York City, said Oct. 9 it has promotedBernhard Karpfto managing principal.
该公司表示，他是1988年加入的75人公司的主要设计合作伙伴，他担任83岁的创始人理查德·梅尔（Richard Meier），“将从日常的活动中退后一步，并支持领导力过渡。”
Meier, who founded the firm in 1963, has been on a leave of absence since spring amid allegations by several female former employees and others of sexual misconduct and harassment, according to a New York Times report in March.
At the time, Meier apologized “to anyone who was offended by my behavior” but said his and the women’s “recollections may differ.” Meier, winner of architecture’s top Pritzker Prize and the American Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal, told the Times in September that he “had no plans to retire.” The firm did not announce a name change.
In an Oct. 12 Times opinion piece, Stella Lee, founding partner of architecture firm Bureau V and a former Meier employee alleging work-related misconduct, said the founder “will continue to profit from its operation and will stay the majority shareholder.”
Michael Palladino，一位合作伙伴和首席设计师，于1979年加入该公司，将继续领导西海岸的运营Jim Crawford, a partner and senior technical coordinator, who joined it in 1988. The firm also elevatedVivian Lee,雷伊nolds Logan和Dukho Yeonto principal.
伦敦的凯勒集团（Keller Group Plc）已提升James Hind, group finance director, to succeedJohn Rubrightas president of its North America division. The firm, a publicly traded global geotechnical contractor, says the division is its largest and generated half of the $2.6 billion in 2017 revenue. Keller also namedEric Drooff，凯勒（Keller）最大的北美业务海沃德·贝克（Hayward Baker）总裁担任部门首席运营官。凯勒还雇用Michael Speakmanas corporate chief financial officer. He was CFO of Cape plc, a global industrial services provider.
The firm also announced on Oct. 11 a profit warning related to unanticipated market and project impacts in its Asia-Pacific unit. Keller expects a unit loss of $16 million to $20 million for 2018, changed from a previously projected profit. Company shares fell 33% on that news, but Keller said its overall results for 2018 “remain in line with the board’s expectations.”
Will Schulzehas joined power-sector engineer-construction manager TRC, Lowell, Mass., as senior vice president, following its early October purchase of Ohio-based power distribution consultant IJUS, of which he was founder and president. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. IJUS has 320 employees based across the U.S.
格雷戈里·索特（Gregory Sauter）, former AECOM executive vice president and chief corporate officer, has joined WGI, a West Palm Beach, Fla., transportation and utility design firm, as president.
In that role, he succeedsDavid Wantman, who remains CEO. Sauter also is a past president and chairman of Engineers Without Borders. He also was CEO of Crossroads Advisory, a leadership development consulting firm. WGI ranks at No. 250 on ENR’s list of the Top 500 Design Firms.
