New VP in NY Skanska Office

Construction firm welcomes Robinson. Also, Thorton Tomasetti promotes nine.

NEW HIRES:

Skanska USA Building Inc. has hired James Robinson in the New York office as vice president and account manager.

Paul Ponturo has joined New York engineering and architectural firm, H2M as senior water resources engineer in the Water Resource Engineering Department.

Ronald Schiferl has been hired as the Community Preservation Corporation new Chief Financial Officer in New York.

Michael Wolz has joined Del-Sano Contracting Corp. in Union, N.J. as a project manager.

Jennifer Aguilar has joined Pepe & Hazard LLP in Hartford, CT as an associate in its Construction Litigation Practice.

Fletcher Thompson, an architecture, engineering and interior design firm in New York, has hired Kevin Homier as job captain.

PROMOTIONS

Turner Construction Company in New York has promoted Lars Leitner to chief strategy officer.

Louis Hedgecock has been promoted to managing partner of the New York offices at international architectural and interior design firm BBG-BBGM.

The New York office of engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti has promoted Erleen Hatfield, Ling-En Hsiao, Gary Mancini, and Michael Squarzini to senior vice president/principal; Hi Sun Choi and Jeffrey Schreier to principal; Jan Kalas to senior vice president; Eli Gottlieb and Libero Petrella to vice president.

Kevin Hilton has been promoted to senior vice president of both The Association of Union Constructors and the National Maintenance Agreements Policy Committee.

HONORS AND APPOINTMENTS

The Salvadori Center, a not-for-profit educational organization, has appointed Joseph Mizzi of F.J. Sciame Construction Company, Rafael Pelli of Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects, and Jonathan Resnick of Jack Resnick & Sons to its board of directors.

Lou Switzer, chairman, CEO and founder of interior planning and design firm The Switzer Group, has been awarded 2008 Entrepreneur of the Year award from Project Enterprise.

Norman Zeller of New York real estate firm Swig Equities, LLC has been elected director of the Building Owners & Managers Association of New York.

COMPANY NEWS

Pennoni Engineering & Surveying of New York, P.C., has relocated to 29 West 35th Street in Manhattan.

WB Engineers | Consultants is has moved its offices in New Jersey from Ramsey to 525 Washington Boulevard in Jersey City.

Mackenzie Keck Construction has opened new headquarters at 301 Roundhill Drive in Rockaway, N.J.

New Jersey firm Homasote, a manufacturer of recycled building materials, has earned the Collaborative for High Performance Schools Certification for its 440 SoundBarrier® products.