New Officers for ACEC New York

The New York chapter of the American Council of Engineering Companies recently inducted its new leaders. Meanwhile, the New York chapter of SMPS held its 9th annual awards reception.

ACEC Taps New Leadership Slate for 2005-06

The new officers and board members of the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York took office last month after election at the organization's spring conference.

Charles Franzese, a principal of Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors of Horseheads, N.Y., is the new president, succeeding Andrew Ciancia, a principal of New York-based Langan Engineering and Environmental Services, who will now serve as national liaison for the New York chapter.

Franzese and Ciancia also serve on the ACEC New York executive committee inducted last month that includes:

• Bradley Fisher of Friedman Fisher Associates of Albany
  
• Mark Edsall of McGoey, Hauser and Edsall Consulting Engineers of New Windsor
  
• F. Claire Fisher of Rochester-based Fisher Associates
  
• Gregory Kelly of New York-based Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas
  
• Del Dausman of Syracuse-based C&S Engineers
  
• Neal Forshner of CTE Engineering in New York
  
• and Jay Simson, the executive director of ACEC New York in Albany.

SMPS Holds 9th Annual Awards Reception

The New York chapter of the Society for Professional Marketing Services recently honored several industry leaders at its 9th Annual Honor Awards held in Manhattan.

SMPS honored several individuals for their marketing efforts, including presenting the Marketing Mentor award to Neal Forshner, president of New York-based CTE Engineering. It also recognized Michael Lee, president and CEO of AKRF of New York, as Marketing Champion and Anthony Musumeci, director of marketing and business development at Emtec Consulting Engineers of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., with a Marketing Achievement award.

The organization recognized Kenneth Mandel, co-founder of Great Projects Film Co., with an industry award for media work for his efforts as a producer, director, and writer of films about the design and construction industry.

SMPS also presented Mysore Nagaraja, president of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Capital Construction unit, with its Public Sector award. And the organization recognized Stefan Pryor, the new president of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., presenting him with its Development Award.

At the event, hosted by Meredith Berman, who is the chapter president and is associate partner and director of business development at New York-based Gruzen Samton, SMPS also awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Sarah Andersen, a junior at Pace University in New York. The scholarship, which uses funds from the annual SMPS holiday party raffle, is part of the organization's effort to inform college students about marketing opportunities in the construction and design industry.

Skyscraper and Concrete Groups Join Forces

Skyscraper Safety, an organization of the families of victims from the World Trade Center terrorist attacks in 2001, met recently with the Concrete Alliance, a New York-based industry group, to coordinate efforts on promoting high-rise building safety.

The meeting featured presentations by members of the Concrete Alliance, including its president, Al Gerosa, about the use of cast-in-place reinforced concrete instead of steel in high-rise structures. The concrete industry representatives also described high-end, fast-track concrete pouring techniques that they said make the material competitive with steel in terms of total cost.

Several representatives of Skyscraper Safety attended the session, including its founder, Sally Regenhard. The session was the first in a series of meetings between the two groups, which are planning to coordinate a broader public information campaign addressing safety in high-rise buildings.

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