Officers of Professional Women in Construction's different chapters, including the newly formed Connecticut and Washington, D.C., chapters, met at the PWC Trade Fair in New York this fall. Attending, from left, were: Lynn Schubert, treasurer, Washington, D.C.; Vinesha Clark, vice president, Washington; JoAnn Coleman, president, Washington; Lenore Janis, president of New York chapter and national president; Kimberly Salvatore, president, Connecticut; Carolyn Kurth, treasurer, Connecticut; Susan Labas, vice president, Connecticut; and Norma Tempel, president, in New Jersey. (Photo by Scaffolds Photography)

Members of the New York office of HOK Architects participated in Daffodilfest, in which over 500,000 daffodil bulbs donated by Hans van Waardenburg of B&K Flowerbeds were planted throughout the city. New Yorkers for Parks and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation organized the event to commemorate the five-year anniversary of the Sept. 11th terrorist attacks. HOK members planted bulbs at a children's playground in Chelsea, including, clockwise from top left: Sarah Donato, Dan Levin, Julie Walters, Bryant Bosland, Wayne Striker, Hui Ward, Christine Muller, Lauren McKenna, Bill Palmer, and Jade Zheng.

The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 164, based in Paramus, N.J., recently graduated 105 local men and women, including 27 Bergen County residents, from its Electrical and Telecommunications Apprenticeship Training program. Pictured, from left, are telecommunications graduates from New Jersey and New York City: Godlewski Zbigniew of Trenton, Michael Graff of Oak Ridge, Matthew Corrado of Bergenfield, Israel Jimenez of Staten Island, Jason Gecek of High Bridge, Scott Berchin of Denville, Joseph Annis Jr. of Hillsborough, Rich Franco of Bogota, Daniel Cotton of Metuchen, Lancelot Brijadder of Brooklyn, Michael Jugan of Mt. Laurel, and Noble Ramzi El Bey of Asbury Park, all joined by Thomas Misciagna, assistant business manager, Salvatore Chianetta, Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee chairman, and Paul Lagana, assistant training director-telecommunications.