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Engineering
News Record Taps General Barry McCaffrey as Keynote Speaker
for Its 2005 Top Firm Leaders Forum
Top Construction, Design, Engineering
and Building Product Leaders Gather June 14 & 15 in Chicago
to Discuss News Ways to Think and Build in the 21st Century
NEW YORK, NY,
May 4, 2005 - General Barry McCaffrey, former director
of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
and commander-in-chief of the U.S. Armed Forces Southern Command,
will be the keynote speaker at McGraw-Hill Construction's
Engineering News-Record's (ENR) 2005 Top Firm Leaders
Forum. McCaffrey is currently national security and terrorism
analyst for NBC News and chairman of HNTB Federal Services
Corp. which serves government sector clients with civil engineering,
security planning and military facility design.
ENR's 2005 Top Firm Leaders Forum,
"Constructing in the 21st Century: New Ways to Think,
New Ways to Build" brings together top-level executives
from the industry's leading contractors, design firms, engineering
firms, equipment and building product manufacturers, and building
and facility owners to discuss trends, innovations and business
issues. The conference will be held June 14 & 15 in Chicago.
"As a former military leader and
cabinet-level official, General McCaffrey will bring the ENR
Leaders Forum a wealth of knowledge and insight into the challenges
of building in today's security-minded environment,"
said Janice L. Tuchman, editor-in-chief of ENR. "In addition
to General McCaffrey's insight, the conference will help guide
the industry into the future of program management and explore
technology as a driver in changing the workforce. We will
also discuss productivity gains, and growth strategies."
In addition to General McCaffrey, ENR
has assembled a roster of top industry executives to lead
the discussion on building in the 21st Century, including:
- Charles Bacon, III, President and
CEO, Limbach Facility Services LLC
- Mike Bellaman, Global Director,
Bovis Lend Lease
- Harvey M. Bernstein, Vice President,
Industry Analytics & Alliances, McGraw-Hill Construction
- Barbara White Bryson, Associate
Vice President, Facilities, Engineering & Planning,
Rice University
- Greg Clum, Labor Relations Manager,
Black and Veatch
- Glenn De Stigter, Chairman, President
and CEO, The Weitz Co.
- Ben Fergus, CIO, CH2M-Hill
- Brian Foster, Revay and Associates
Ltd.
- Tom Garrett, CIO, Brasfield &
Gorrie LLC
- Michelle Kantor, MFK Consulting
- Mike Kenig, Vice Chairman, Holder
Construction
- Henry Mann, AIA, Chairman &
CEO, Perkins + Will
- Mark Santacrose, President and CEO,
Tecta America
- Charles B. Thomsen, Chairman, 3D/I
- Tom Wening, Executive Vice President,
HJ Russell
- Robert W. Workman, Chairman, BSW
International Inc.
Additional information and registration
forms are available at www.construction.com,
or by calling (212) 904-4634.
ENR 2005 Top Firm Leaders Forum
is sponsored by AON Construction Services, Associated Builders
& Contractors, Bentley Systems, Constructw@re, Harris
Nesbitt, Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin, and Limbach Facility
Services.
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