commentHONORS AND APPOINTMENTS
Lewis Damrauer has been named Engineer of the Year by the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York.
Gregory Corso received the New Principal of the Year Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of New York.
Andron Construction Corp., Bette & Cring LLC, Callanan Industries, Inc., Carey Construction, Charles A. Gaetano Construction Corp., Granger Construction Co. Inc., Iversen Construction Corp., Lehigh Construction Group, MLB Construction Services, Welliver McGuire Inc., L.D. Wenger Construction Co., and Whitney East Incorporated from New York have all been presented Certificates of Commendation for Safety Excellence by the Associated General Contractors of America by the New York State Chapter of the AGC based on safety statistics required by OSHA.
Duncan Barrett , chief operating officer of downtown Albany-based OMNI Housing Development LLC, has been elected president of the New York State Association for Affordable Housing.
Lars Björklund has been appointed new president of Skanska Residential Development Nordic, Skanka’s business unit for the development of homes in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Andrew S. Hollweck , former NYCEDC assistant vice principal for government and community relations has been named vice president, policy and programs by the New York Building Congress.
Wendy Craft of Hudson Land Company, LLC was honored by “Just One Life,” a voluntary non-profit organization that provides professional counseling and financial assistance services to expectant mothers in crisis in Israel.
NEW HIRES
Trisha L. Smith and Louis A. Evans have joined Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP as counsel and co-chairs of the firm’s Environmental and Climate Change Practice Group.
Paul Anderson has been hired by Kryton International as the new territory manager for Eastern USA.
Greg O’Connor and Cora Harkins have been hired by Sylvan R. Shemitz Designs Inc.of West Haven, Connecticut as regional sales associates.
Jerome Chou has joined the Design Trust, a non-profit organization committed to improving New York’s parks, plazas, streets and public buildings as director of programs.
Lawrence Feibel and Steven Kahn have joined New York based Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP as partner.
PROMOTIONS
Victor F. Ganzi has been promoted to chairman of the Executive Committee of the New York City Economic Development Corporation.
Laurie Fasinski , Paul Gevertzman , and Jeffrey Perelman have been promoted from director to partner of New York based Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP.
COMPANY NEWS
The Subcontractors Trade Association has announced a new addition to their website, The STA Equipment Exchange, the construction industry’s online materials and equipment source for union subcontractors.
Spector Group , an architectural and interior design firm has been named the 11th largest New York area architectural firm of 2009 by Crain’s New York Business.
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