In a Nov. 22 “governance agreement” between AECOM and its activist investor, Starboard Value LLP, the engineering giant has named three new outside board members recommended by the investment firm and says thatMichael S. Burke, CEO since 2014 and chairman since 2015, will retire when a CEO successor is named.
AECOM还将聘请单独的主席。
Immediately joining as directors are industry veteranRobert G. Card, a management consultant who previously led Montreal design-build company SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. as CEO for three years after prior top executives were ousted when an alleged contract bribery scheme surfaced; andPeter A. Feld, a Starboard executive. Joining on Dec. 16 is杰奎琳·辛曼（Jacqueline C. Hinman）, former chairman, president and CEO of CH2M before its sale to Jacobs in 2017.
布鲁里溃疡公司表示rke is set to continue his roles until the CEO successor is named or by the firm annual meeting in March.
投资公司R.W. Baird＆Co。的行业研究分析师Andrew Wittman在11月22日的一份研究报告中说，Hinman或Card“可能是……内部和外部搜索之后的首席执行官职位的候选人”。从“有风险的建筑”和几乎完成的政府服务部门的出售中，“公司正处于重大变化。”AECOM表示，2019财年收入为202亿美元，其股票“交易接近历史最高水平”。
吉娜·麦卡锡该组织于1月6日在总统巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）任职于巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）总统的前行政管理局（NRDC）担任总裁兼首席执行官。她从2014年到2017年领导该机构，并以前担任空中和辐射助理管理员。麦卡锡（McCarthy）现为哈佛大学的公共卫生教授，去年被任命为其新气候科学和健康中心C-Change的主任。NRDC董事会主席艾伦·霍恩（Alan Horn）说，她“拥有35年的往绩记录，这些记录是建立在声音科学，公共利益和法治中的解决方案的记录。”NRDC表示拥有300万会员和资产超过4亿美元。
Pierre Shoiry，总部位于蒙特利尔的全球设计师WSP副主席，已同意与省级专业工程师许可委员会在纪律处分中放弃其工程许可证，这与缺乏对2010年公共工程前的前雇员的监督有关当他担任WSP前身企业Genivar的首席执行官时，他的不当行为不当。他在2012年领导了Genivar购买WSP，并更名。
Shoiry himself “never participated in any action of bid rigging, bribery or illegal political contributions,” and was not criminally charged, a WSP spokeswoman says. “He was not aware of these acts at the time … but he personally accepts responsibility.”
她说，WSP已经在与受影响的市政当局解决方面已经“偿还了非法收到的款项”，并加强了内部道德规范。WSP和其他公司对省级公共工程的合同和道德违反。以及市政官员和政客，后来又有省级委员会进行了调查。
The Syracuse University College of Engineering and Computer Science in Syracuse, N.Y., has named卡伦·戴维斯（Karen Davis）permanent assistant dean of its office of inclusive excellence, which was created in 2018 following release of a video by campus engineering fraternity Theta Tau with content deemed racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic and derogatory to those with disabilities.
TT was suspended, but there have been other bias incidents on campus, say news reports.
戴维斯（Davis）曾担任该角色，也是工程学校的前职业服务总监。
Jacobs Engineering Group has elevate鲍勃·普拉加达（Bob Pragada）和Kevin Berryman. chief operating officer and chief financial officer, respectively, to added roles as corporate co-presidents, as of Dec. 1. Pragada will manage global operations and continue to oversee Jacobs’ buildings, infrastructure and advanced facilities group along with道恩·希克顿（Dawne Hickton），部门执行副总裁兼首席运营官。贝里曼（Berryman）将领导雅各布斯（Jacobs）的数字和信息技术业务，同时继续其财务管理。
该公司还宣布，11月27日，它计划在2021年到其现有的9,000人英国劳动力，将多达2,400名新员工加起来。它最近在伦敦开设了一个新的欧洲总部，在数十亿美元的项目中担任角色，包括Crossrail和HS2铁路运输工作以及威斯敏斯特宫的翻新。新利18备用网址"Britain is a critical market for Jacobs," said Pragada. "This investment is an indication of our ongoing confidence in the U.K. economy and its long-term infrastructure plans."
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), which manages bus and rail operations in Philadelphia and suburbs, has named Pennsylvania Transportation SecretaryLeslie S. Richardsas general manager, to start in January. In the role since 2015, she also is current chair of the Active Transportation Council for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and is a former SEPTA board member. Gov. Tom Wolf has nominated PennDOT Chief Operating OfficerYassmin Gramianas secretary; she will take over in an acting role on Dec. 6 while awaiting state Senate confirmation. Gramian, a P.E., is a former senior vice president at design firm WSP USA.
Sonia Finucanehas joined engineer CDMSmith as Principal Environmental Scientist, following its Nov. 11 acquisition of Bioscope Environmental, aPerth, Australia-based environmental firm, of which she was founder and director. The firm specializes in environmental services for the mining sector, which is resurging in Australia, and also works for industrial and infrastructure clients, says CDMSmith. The U.S. parent has a 5,000-person global workforce in 125 offices, including five in Australia.T
GLY Construction, an employee-owned building contractor in Washington state, has elevated President泰德草药to CEO. In that added role, he succeedsJim Karambelas, who is retiring. Herb joined GLY in 1987 as a project engineer. The firm ranks at No.172在Enr新利18备用的前400名承包商名单上，据报道，2018年收入为5.16亿美元。
Toledo, Ohio-based design firm SSOE Group has elevated Executive Vice PresidentVincent DePofito president and CEO, effective on Dec. 4. A 19-year firm veteran, he will succeedBob Howell,who was in the role for five years and will retire after 38 years at the company. The firm ranks at No.116 on ENR's Top 500 Design Firms list, with $142 million in 2018 revenue, and is No. 5 on the list of top firms in the manufacturing sector.Click here阅读与DePofi的内部访谈，与他的首席执行官有关。
Fred Brune设计公司前总裁兼首席执行官洛克伍德Greene, who led its global expansion and eventual purchase in 2003 by CH2M Hill, now CH2M, where he held multiple executive roles before retiring in 2014, died on Aug. 29 at age 68 in Jacksonville, Fla.
ENR上个月确认，死亡原因是癌症。新利18备用
布鲁恩led Lockwood Greene through previous ownership difficulties, including bankruptcy of a former parent, contractor J. A. Jones Inc. ENR reported that the design firm’s sale to CH2M followed a “whirlwind auction,” with the new parent eager to acquire the firm's significant private-sector engineering client base and expertise.
