Architect Dabbles in Politics

Helpurn is first NY architect to join Community Board. Also, Greyhawk grabs multiple Project of the Year awards.

NEW HIRES

Barrett Richards has joined Strategy, LLC, a worldwide construction, environmental and financial consulting firm, as a senior consultant in the New York office.

Theresa Brennan Murphy, has joined Goldberg & Connolly of New York as a senior litigator in the Construction Law, Insurance Coverage and Litigation Groups.

Paul Tricome, has been hired by consulting engineering firm Robert Derector Associates in its New York City headquarters office as an associate.

Peter McVicker, has been hired as project manager based in the New York office for Vertical Transportation Excellence, an elevator and escalator consulting firm.

PROMOTIONS

Dexter + Chaney, developer of Spectrum™ Construction Software, has promoted Curt Westberg to vice president of sales and Bill Neel to vice president of development.

Diane Cramer has been promoted to vice president and Stephen Scofield to director of operations at B.R. Fries & Associates, Constructors in Manhattan.

Skanska USA Building Inc. has elevated Deborah Ippolito to director of Business Development for its New York office.

HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS

Joann Slavin, senior vice president, and laboratory manager for H2M Labs has been selected as one of the Top 50 Most Influential Women in Business by Long Island Business News.

David Paul Helpern, founder of Helpern Architects in New York, has been appointed as the only architect to Community Board 8, covering the Upper East Side in Manhattan.

Thomas Chen, president and founder of Crystal Window & Door Systems in Flushing, New York, was honored by the National Minority Supplier Development Council with a Minority Business Leadership award.

COMPANY NEWS

Architectural and interior design firms BBG-BBGM have relocated their New York City Madison Avenue headquarters to the Empire State Building.  

KSS Architects, of New Jersey and Philadelphia, is celebrating its 25th anniversary.

Construction consulting firm Greyhawk recently received two Project of the Year awards from the Construction Management Association of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter for the Burlington County Recovery Facility as well as Bankbridge Development Center, both in New Jersey.

The Academy of Engineering announced its national partnership with Kelly Engineering Resources, who will provide monetary, advisory and educational resources for multiple organizations including the High School for Construction Trades, Engineering & Architecture in Ozone Park, New York.

MG Engineering, P.C., a Manhattan-based engineering consultancy, recently celebrated 17 years in business.

Structure Tone, a construction firm in New York, has entered into a two-year Strategic National Partnership with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration focusing on reducing or eliminating hazards at construction sites.