Beyer Blinder Belle announced the following promotions:

Peter Schubert, AIA, joined Hillier as design director for New York. Formerly a design principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox, Schubert has been responsible for designs for corporate office towers, higher education buildings, government facilities, performing art spaces and new town master planning projects in the United States, Europe and Asia. Among projects he has been involved with include the Children's Hospital in Philadelphia, NASDAQ's New York headquarters, the First Hawaiian Bank Center and Posteel's headquarters in Seoul.

Joseph E. Ferrara, P.E., joined Earth Tech as vice president, regional director rail/transit. He was formerly chief engineer for capital program management with the Long Island Rail Road. Ferrara will lead the company's mid-Atlantic rail/transit practice, providing services from planning and project development to design and construction.

Audrey Heffernan, AICP, joined Earth Tech as vice president, transportation planning services. A certified planner and experienced project manager, Heffernan has completed environmental and planning studies for major transportation projects in the area. She served as the project environmental lead on the East Side Access project. Heffernan will work with the company's rail and transit practice.

Brittany Unis has joined Ted Moudis Associates as marketing coordinator.

George Keller, P.E., joined KS Engineers, P.C. Most recently, Keller worked as director of construction for a New Jersey construction management firm. For more than 30 years, he worked at the New Jersey Department of Transportation as a regional engineer/director where he was in charge of the maintenance, construction, material and electrical forces for the North Jersey area's five county region.

Paul A. DeBiase, CIH, CSP joined H2M Group as manager of industrial hygiene.

Edward M. Fallon, RPA, director of New York operations for Brookfield Financial Properties, and James McKenna, senior vice president of Turner Construction's New York Business Unit, have been named to the board of directors of the Irish American Building Society. Their responsibilities will be to help guide the IABS as it undertakes the building of its own headquarters and library/cultural center.

Noel Brener joined Site Safety, LLC as director of training. Brener has over 40 years in the construction industry, most of those years specializing in scaffolds, rigging and safety. He has a special rigger license by the City of New York and is also a New York City licensed site safety manager. He will lead the firm's training division and instruct the scaffold training courses.

James Dolan, P.E., a senior mechanical engineer with O'Dea, Lynch, Abbattista Consulting Engineers, PC has received his Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Buildings Council. Dolan has a masters degree in mechanical engineering from Manhattan College and a bachelors degree in marine engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y.

Frederick "Rick" Dean, P.E., an associate engineer with O'Dea, Lynch, Abbattista Consulting Engineers, PC was honored twice at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers Region 1 chapter conference for his contributions to the society. He was awarded the "Top Five Goal" for being among the top five people in research promotion fundraising and was also awarded a certificate of appreciation, honorable mention for his efforts.

Antonio S. Limbardo, president of Engineered Devices Corporation in Ridgefield Park, N.J., will receive the Ernest E. Trolio Distinguished Service Award from the Concrete Industry Board of the City of New York. The presentation will take place at the board's annual President's Ball, May 9 at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan. Limbardo is a past board chairman of the Concrete Industry Board and has been active in board activities for the past 25 years.