The Building Contractors Association of New Jersey recently named new officers for 2007 at its annual meeting in December in Holmdel, N.J., which more than 200 members attended. The officers will serve two-year terms.

The Building Contractors Association of New Jersey recently named its new slate of officers and bid farewell to James Parry, the outgoing president, and his wife, Janet, at its annual membership meeting.

The slate includes Robert Gariepy, who is the new president. Gariepy, who had been a vice president of the organization, is from Austin Helle Co. of Cedar Grove, N.J.

Other officers named include Paul Natoli of Joseph A. Natoli Construction of Pine Brook, N.J., who is now the association’s vice president; Robert Polisano of Network Construction of Pleasantville, N.J., the new secretary; and James Prisco, Jr., of J.R. Prisco Inc. of Summit, N.J., who is now treasurer.

The association, which is based in Edison, also added several new trustees, including Kevin Fitzsimons of Gilbane Building’s Lawrenceville, N.J., office; Daniel Paulson of Clemens Construction of Philadelphia; and Carlos Peixoto of Macedos Construction in Flemington, N.J.

It also reelected trustees from across the state, including: John Baumgardner of BFC Ltd. in Egg Harbor; Clifford Blanchard of Wm. Blanchard Co. in Springfield; Wayne Conover of Conover & Brems in Edison; Alfonso Daloisio Jr. of RCC Builders & Developers in Paterson; Paul Denehy of Turner Construction’s Somerset office; Clifford Dunham Jr. of Willard Dunham Construction in South Plainfield; John Epifano of Epic Management in Piscataway; Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitzpatrick & Associates in Eatontown; Peter Galetto Jr. of Stanker & Galetto in Vineland; Robert Gamba of Prismatic Development in Fairfield; Glenn Garlatti of Albert Garlatti Construction in New Brunswick; Eric Jensen of Michael Riesz & Co. in >> Fords; Louis March Sr. of Wayne’s March Associates; Edward McMahon of the Henderson Corp. in Raritan; Richard Nugent of Massett Building in Pleasantville; Samuel Prisco of Damon G. Douglas Co. in Cranford; A. David Schulz of Seacoast Builders in Freehold; and Allen Zappone of Egg Harbor’s Fabi Construction.

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Westchester County has reelected Tammy Cuomo, a property manager with Reckson Associates Realty, as president for a second term, along with a new slate of officers for the 2007 term.

The BOMA chapter also tapped Kim Zaccagnino of W&M Properties as vice president, Maryann Martini of Martini Associates as secretary and treasurer, and Charles Brown Jr. of C.W. Brown Inc. as Allied Representative.

Also named to the new slate were six directors, including: Dean Bender of Thompson & Bender; David Block of CB Richard Ellis; Sean Brown of Kastle Systems; Anthony Ivey of Mack-Cali Realty; George Palmiero of Diamond Properties; and Mario Tarantino of Grubb & Ellis.

The New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects recently announced the seven winners of its 2006 Design Awards. Nearly 90 projects were submitted for consideration in the competition, which recognizes design excellence.

The winners were:

• the Built Combined-Design and Sustainability Honor for Kean University’s Center for Academic Success in Union, N.J., by KSS Architects of Princeton

• the Unbuilt Combined-Design and Sustainability Honor to Dubai Biotechnology and Research Park by CUH2A of Princeton

• a Design Merit award for the Quark Park in Princeton by Kevin Wilkes of Princeton Design Guild of Belle Mead, N.J.

• a Design Merit award for the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania by KSS Architects

• a Built Combined-Design and Sustainability Merit award for the Willingboro Public Library in Willingboro, N.J., by Croxton Collaborative Architects of New York

• an Unbuilt Combined-Design and Sustainability Merit award for the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory by CUH2A, and