New Leadership at Skanska

The construction firm has a new COO. Also, regional AIA awards distributed.

NEW HIRES

T. Albert Chen has joined Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. as vice president.

HAKS, a construction management, engineering, architecture, land surveying and material testing firm in New York City, has hired Howard Kronland as vice president and chief architect, Rafik Moawad as vice president of the Infrastructure Department and Paul Pearson as vice president to lead the firm’s facilities design efforts.

Konover Construction Corporation has appointed Chris-Philip Onofrio director of business development for the company’s Connecticut and Maryland offices.

PROMOTIONS

Bill Flemming has been promoted to co-chief operating officer of Skanska USA Building Inc. and will oversee Boston, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey operations.

Michael Gentils, Guy Page and Philip Schade have all been elevated to vice president at H2M.

Global architecture firm HOK has promoted Jim Berge, Chris Korsh and Christopher Laul to its executive committee.

Christina Johnson has been promoted to corporate marketing manager in the Rochester, New York office of Erdman Anthony—an engineering and infrastructure services firm.

Andrew West has been named associate-in-charge at Lizardos Engineering Associates’ New York City office.

HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS

The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute has appointed Neal Anderson vice president of Engineering.

COMPANY NEWS

Mineola-based firm JRS Architect P.C. won the AIA Long Island Chapter 2007 Furniture and Furnishings Award for work on the North Fork Bank branch in Long Beach, New York.

Architects Herbert S. Newman and Partners of New Haven, Connecticut received a 2007 AIA Connecticut Honor Award for its design of the Science Hill Parking Garage at Yale University.

Brooklyn-based Park Avenue Building & Roofing Supplies, LLC has recently received recognition as a Certified Green Dealer™.

Pennoni Associates has received the 2007 Business Achievement Award in the category of Medium Sized Firm, New Practice Area from the Environmental Business Journal.