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ENR-CURT Construction Business Forum:
Construction Industry Challenges and Opportunities
For Owners, AEC Firms and Other Stakeholders
Timothy A. Alter
President
Rudolph/Libbe Inc.
Tim is president of Rudolph/Libbe Inc., one of the nation’s most prominent construction firms and one of the three Rudolph/Libbe Companies. Rudolph/Libbe offers general contracting, construction management and design/build services to customers in the industrial, commercial and institutional markets. The company’s mission is to improve the business performance of its customers’ process and facility investments.
In 1983, Tim began his career at Rudolph/Libbe Companies as a field supervisor for its mechanical and electrical contracting unit, GEM Inc. He progressed to project manager, manager of operations and vice president of business development, before assuming the top leadership role at Rudolph/Libbe Inc.
Tim considers leading Rudolph/Libbe’s journey toward safety excellence to be his primary focus as president. He emphasizes the importance of all Rudolph/Libbe associates’ personal commitment to safety excellence as key to maintaining safety as a core value at their company.
Tim is chairman of the Board of Directors for the Construction Innovation Forum, and serves on the board of directors of the Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges, the Ford Motor Company Key Supplier Council, the YMCA of Greater Toledo and the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Mark H. Ayers
President
Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO
Mark has spent 36 years in service to the American labor movement. In his current capacity, he is working to strengthen the commitment of the Department to improving the overall stature of the union construction industry through advances in skilled workforce development, on-the-job productivity, craft professionalism, safety and health training, competitive marketing and recruitment, and labor-management cooperation and partnership.
Prior to his election as president, Mark was the director of the Construction and Maintenance Department of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). He was business manager and financial secretary for IBEW Local 34 in Peoria, Illinois; served as co-founder and chairman of the Central Illinois Chapter of NECA-IBEW Local 34 Quality Connection, and was secretary-treasurer of the West Central Illinois Building & Construction Trades Council.
Mark attended the George Meany Institute for Labor Studies (now known as the National Labor College), the University of Wisconsin, the University of Illinois Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, and the International Foundation for Employee Benefits. He also served his country as an aviator in the U.S. Navy.
He involved with many industry organizations, serving as labor co-chair for Helmets to Hardhats, chairman of the National Coordinating Committee for Multi-Employer Plans (NCCMP), and co-chair for CURT, among others.
Tim Carey
Director for Sustainability and Technology
PepsiCo-Chicago
Tim is the director for Sustainability and Technology at PepsiCo-Chicago and has been leading sustainability and product stewardship programs for over 12 years. He was formerly manager of environmental programs for Johns Manville, Warren Buffet's Denver-based building materials company where he chaired their sustainability steering committee. Tim also managed the Product Stewardship program for Hewlett-Packards’ Supplies businesses and helped them develop their company-wide sustainability program.
Tim is a registered engineer and was formerly on the Board of Directors for the U.S. Green Building Council's Colorado Chapter.
Mark Fields
Global Category Manager-Americas
Shell Oil Company
Mark is the global category manager for Shell Oil, responsible for the development and implementation of strategies for engineering, maintenance services and project outsourcing, for the chemical plants and refineries in the Americas. He has over 27 years combined EPC and maintenance experience in the contracting and owners Industrial community. One of Mark's current responsibilities is the focal point within Shell for the Americas craft labor and engineering performance, strategies, wages and updates.
He is a member of numerous organizations proactively tracking the current, ever changing, craft and engineering labor market.
Kevin T. Fitzsimons
Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, Northeast Region
Gilbane Building Company
Kevin is senior vice president and Northeast regional manager of Gilbane Building Company, one of the largest construction and program managers in the nation. In this capacity, he oversees regional operations in northern New Jersey, New York (excluding New York City) and Puerto Rico. Significant active projects within the region include: Prudential Center New Jersey Devils Arena, Ithaca College Business School, William Paterson University Science Hall, Parsippany Schools, New York Office of General Services, Bridgewater Municipal Complex, Montclair State University John J. Cali School of Music, Rutgers University Football Stadium Expansion, and Preakness Healthcare Center Passaic County.
Kevin, an 8-year veteran of Gilbane, joined the company as a regional operations manager, and most recently served as district manager in Gilbane's Lawrenceville, NJ office.
He is a member of the Construction Users Round Table, Construction Industry Institute, International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers, the Institute of Environmental Science and a trustee for the New Jersey Building Contractors Association. Kevin graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelors degree in construction management.
Doug Gatlin
Vice President, Market Development
U.S. Green Building Council
As the vice president for Market Development at the U.S. Green Building Council, Doug has oversight for deploying the family of LEED rating systems in all the major commercial market segments and for managing overall customer relations for LEED and the Council’s new pilot initiative, the Portfolio Program.
Prior to joining USGBC, Doug served as a senior advisor to the deputy associate administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he worked for nearly 10 years. From 1997-2004, he served as Team Leader for the EPA’s ENERGY STAR Commercial Buildings program From 1992-1996, Doug was a project manager at the Washington, DC based Climate Institute, where he managed the Energy Smart Cities campaign, an effort to promote energy efficiency as way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. During this time he also helped the U.S. Department of Energy launch the Rebuild America program and was hired to manage the first round of Rebuild America Partnership Workshops. He has authored publications on climate change mitigation strategies, energy efficiency program design, and energy efficiency project financing.
Doug holds a bachelors degree in political science from Duke University and a masters in public policy from Georgetown University.
Daniel Groves
Work Force Program Director
Construction Users Roundtable
Daniel is the principal workforce consultant for CURT, a national organization of over sixty national & global companies representing nearly $200 billion in annual construction spending.
After graduating from Asbury College in Kentucky with a degree in accounting, Daniel began his career with a law firm in Lexington focusing on corporate and estate taxation.
In 1999, Daniel began his service to Kentucky as the chief of staff to a U.S. congressman after managing his successful campaign in 1998. In 2003, Daniel managed the congressman’s successful campaign for governor and helped win back the seat for the party for the first time in nearly 40 years.
Daniel served as the chief of staff and senior advisor to the governor until leaving to begin his consulting practice in 2005. Now, Daniel is putting those years of experience to work by helping CURT address a serious craft workforce shortage in the U.S.
Charles G. Hardy
Deputy Director
Office of Property Development Public Buildings Service Great Lakes Region
Chuck was appointed deputy director of the Public Buildings Service, Great Lakes Region, Office of Property Development of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the federal government’s real estate arm. He serves as COO in charge of design and construction for the region’s capital program.
Chuck has 17 years of experience with the GSA in various roles: director of construction, operational branch manager, business development advisor, project manager; and architect. Before joining GSA in 1991, Hardy was an architect with firms in Florida and Illinois practicing in the areas of real estate development and office design.
Chuck serves on the national board of the Construction Managers Association of America, as a member of the Public-Private Industry Advisory council of the Associated General Contractors of America, as chair on the Process Transformation committee for the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), leading the Owner SubForum of the AGC BIM Forum, and is a member of the 3xPT Steering Group, a collaborative action between CURT, AIA, and AGC.
Chuck holds both a bachelor of architecture and a bachelor of environmental design from the University of Minnesota and is a licensed architect as well as a certified construction manager. He is retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
William T. Hepburn, Jr.
Dealer Facility Image Manager
General Motors
Bill’s General Motors career started in October of 1977 as a district manager in training in Cleveland, OH. He contacted GM dealers as a district sales manager in Jackson, MS and New Orleans, LA. Bill was promoted to office manager car distributor in Atlanta, GA in 1983. He then moved to national consumer incentives manager in sales promotion in Lansing, MI. Zone marketing manager in Washington DC was his next position where he was also training manager and field executive with Oldsmobile. He was then responsible for dealer disputes as mediation–litigation manager in Detroit up until his current position as dealer facility image manager.
Bill has a degree in organizational psychology from the Ohio State University, and a master’s degree also in organizational psychology.
Jose C. Herrero
Vice President, Project Director
Fluor Corporation
José has over 35 years of experience managing large refinery, petrochemical and power distribution projects in Canada, the U.S., the Middle East and Europe. José joined Fluor in 1981 as a principal project engineer. He is now vice president project director with Fluor Energy and Chemicals Business Unit and also the risk officer of Fluor Canada.
He has led initiatives on the optimization of bulk materials for pipe fabrication, the use of construction work packages, work face planning, early definition of turnover systems, the use of 3D for construction simulation, and the improvement of cost and schedule forecasting.
Before joining Fluor José served as engineering manager of the Petronor Somorrostro Refinery and project director with INITEC in Madrid, Spain. During his employment with INITEC he also served as professor of chemical engineering at the Madrid Polytechnic University.
José graduated from the Escuela Tecnica Superior de Ingenieros de Minas of Madrid in 1969 under the “Energia y Combustibles” specialty. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Spain and in Alberta (APEGGA). José is a member of the Conference Board of Canada-Project Management Forum and of the advisory committee for the Project Management Specialization at the University of Calgary.
Stephen A. Jones
Senior Director
McGraw-Hill Construction
Steve leads McGraw-Hill’s initiatives in Building Information Modeling, Interoperability and Integrated Project Delivery as well as developing alliance relationships with major companies and organizations for technology and content.
Before joining McGraw-Hill, Steve was a vice president with Primavera Systems, one of the world’s leading providers of project management software. Prior to that, Steve spent 19 years in a variety of design and management roles with design firms. Most recently he was a principal and Board of Directors member with Burt Hill, one of the world’s largest architectural and engineering firms.
Steve holds an MBA from Wharton and a BA from Johns Hopkins.
Ted Kennedy
Founder
BE&K, Inc.
Ted is a founder of BE&K, Inc., a worldwide engineering, construction, and contract maintenance firm. In 1972, he and two colleagues formed BE&K. Under Ted's leadership, BE&K was named one of the top 16 medalist companies in the book, Companies That Care – The Most Family-Friendly Companies in the United States. Its Child Development Center, BEKare, received the NOVA Award in 1991 for innovation in providing benefits to construction workers and recruiting women into the construction workforce; and BE&K was chosen by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 best work places in America. Both Ted and BE&K have been honored as inductees into the Alabama Engineering Hall of Fame. In September 1999, ENR recognized him as one of the top 125 industry leaders within the past 125 years.
Ted served on the Alabama Commission on School Performance and Accountability, and as CEO of the Alabama State Department of Education 21st Century Project. He has also served on the Board of Directors of the A+ Education Foundation and served as the Chairman of the National Board of Directors for INROADS, Inc., a national career development organization for minority youth. Currently, he is chairman of the board for A+ College Ready.
Ted is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Construction. He received his BS degree in civil engineering from Duke University.
Jerome V. Klint
Vice President of Construction
Ameristar Casinos, Inc.
Jerry is vice president of Construction for Ameristar. He is responsible for department administration and coordination of pre-planning, budgeting, contracting, purchasing, and on-site observation of construction of the $1.2 billion active projects portfolio of the company. Jerry brings 20 years of senior management experience in construction, development and owner representation to the position.
Gregory J. Kozicz,
Ph.D.
CEO & President
Alberici Corporation
Greg is CEO and president of Alberici Corporation, as well as president of Alberici Constructors. He brings nearly 20 years of experience in construction and project development to his position. He is also responsible for Alberici’s operating companies in Canada and Mexico.?Greg joined Alberici in 2001 and served as president of Alberici Constructors, Ltd in Canada.
Previously, he spent eight years in senior level positions at Aecon Group Inc., a publicly traded company with operations in construction, manufacturing and environmental operations. Prior to his career in the construction industry, Greg served as a Canadian diplomat and as chief of staff to Canada’s Science Minister.
He holds a B.A. in economics and history from the University of Ottawa in Canada. He earned a masters in law and diplomacy and a Ph.D. in international relations from The Fletcher School, which is jointly administered by Tufts and Harvard University.
Gary Laundroche
Director of New Business Development
Bloom General Contracting, Inc.
Gary joined the team at Bloom General Contracting Inc. in 1998 to work very closely with the owner, Alan Bloom. His previous nine years of project management experience contributed to Bloom’s ever-evolving management outlook. Over the past ten years with Bloom, he has helped to keep the company growing and developing by utilizing the latest procedures and technologies. Bloom has focused heavily in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, South Carolina and Virginia. Gary has functioned at Bloom as a project manager and is currently in charge of new business development. He handles all aspects of pre-construction activity from land acquisition and design to planning, zoning, and council submittals through construction permitting and bidding. His efforts at Bloom have expanded dramatically over the past couple years to include an increased level of sustainable, environmentally conscious desin in their projects.
Gary holds a Builders License in Michigan and Tennessee. He is DEQ-SESC Certified in Storm Water Management and became a LEED AP in 2007. As a national and state chapter member of the USGBC, he also does "Green Building" consultations for Bloom. Gary’s memberships include the USGBC Emerging Green Builders committee as well as the LEED Market Sector Committee. He is currently pursuing a Green MBA in Sustainability through the SFIA.
Teresa Magnus, CPA
CEO
Vulcan Insulation
Teresa is CEO for Vulcan Insulation Company, an industrial insulation, asbestos abatement, and facility maintenance contractor working primarily in the southeastern U.S. Her work experience has been focused on the planning and management of major construction programs and the prevention, as well as, resolution of complex claims. Prior to joining Vulcan Insulation, Teresa was the construction contract strategy manager for the Southern Company, one of the largest generators of electricity in the nation. She was also a consultant with both Price Waterhouse and Arthur Andersen in dispute resolution services, focusing on large, complex construction disputes for contractors, subcontractors, and owners.
Teresa has presented to industry groups on the topics of construction contracting, measuring and reporting project success, claims avoidance, and strategies for diversifying project execution. She continues to contribute to the industry initiative--ConsensusDOCS.
She earned a BS in accountancy from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and is a CPA licensed in Ohio. She holds a JD from Samford University Cumberland School of Law. She is a member of the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC), and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).
Kurt Maldovan
Design and Construction Visualization Coordinator
Jacobs Architecture and Engineering Practice
Kurt is a design and construction visualization coordinator with Jacobs Architecture and Engineering Practice. ?He has extensive knowledge of BIM, information technologies, 4D modeling, and advanced visualization facilities. In his role at Jacobs’, Kurt spans the gap between A/E projects designed in house and from designers on ongoing PM/CM projects. In the design group Kurt uses his construction background to help designers design for construction. With the PM/CM group, Kurt helps identify virtual design and construction opportunities and define the base BIM scope of work including 4D modeling, collision detection, and simulation.?Kurt is also responsible for designing and constructing Jacobs’ mobile and in-office Visualization Labs.
Kurt is a Young Member at the SAME, Blue Ridge Post and involved with the AGC BIMForum VDC Taskforce and the CMAA Emerging Technologies Committee. He has a bachelors degree in architectural engineering with an emphasis on construction management from the Pennsylvania State University. He is also pursuing a graduate degree with research focused on “Optimizing the Design and Review Process with BIM and Interactive Workspaces”. Kurt was a member of the Computer Integrated Construction Graduate Research team at Penn State where he was responsible developing practical industry case studies and coordinating operations of the Immersive Construction (ICon) Lab.
Carl F. McColey
Engineering Manager
DuPont
Since January 2008, Carl is an engineering manager for DuPont Engineering's Capital Asset Productivity organization, responsible for DuPont's global construction competency. He and five peers are responsible for the effective execution of more than $2B in capital expenditures for DuPont.
After receiving his BS degree in mining engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1980, Carl worked as an engineer in the mining industry. In 1985 he joined DuPont as a construction engineer at the Savannah River, SC plant, then held a number of professional and supervisory construction positions at the Waynesboro, VA plant. In 1997 Carl relocated to Singapore as construction manager for a major plant expansion project in Tuas In 1999 Carl was appointed engineering and maintenance manager for the DuPont Edgemoor site where he successfully re-engineered contracting strategies across the site and developed and implemented a single-source project engineering strategy. In 2003, Carl was appointed capital strategy manager for the DuPont Titanium technologies business, and In 2006, Carl was selected to be project team leader for developing a spent-acid recovery plant for a DuPont venture business supporting the refinery industry.
In addition to his DuPont responsibilities, Carl is a member of the board for NCCER.
Luc J. Messier
Senior Vice President, Project Development
ConocoPhillips
Luc joined ConocoPhillips in February 2007, after serving as president and CEO of Technip USA since July 2005. He began at Technip in January 2003 and served first as chief operating officer and then as president and CEO of Technip Offshore Inc. Prior to joining Technip USA, Luc held engineering, project management and managing director roles at Bouygues Construction and Pomerlau. He serves on the board of directors of Junior Achievement of South East Texas and on the board of trustees of the AWTY international school.
Luc holds bachelor degrees in civil engineering from the University of Sherbrooke and studied Spanish at Bishop’s and McGill University, as well as business administration at INSEAD.
Robert Murray
Vice President of Economic Affairs
McGraw-Hill Construction
Robert Murray is vice president of Economic Affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, the leading source of project news, product information, industry analysis and editorial coverage for design and construction professionals.
Bob joined McGraw-Hill Construction in 1980 as an economist, with a primary focus on analyzing construction industry trends. In the mid-1980s he directed a team of economists that developed the Construction Market Forecasting Service, providing five-year projections for 22 building types by nine regions of the U.S. This product has subsequently become the pre-eminent forecast of the nation's construction industry, and it serves as the foundation for other construction and real estate forecast products offered by the McGraw-Hill Construction Analytics Group. Bob is the author of the Construction Outlook, and also coordinates the five-year industry forecast and the Construction Market Forecasting Service, which analyzes national and regional trends for building products.
Bob received his bachelor's degree from Princeton University, and holds both an MBA and a master's degree in economics from Columbia University.
David R. Proffitt
Secretary
The American Institute of Architects
David currently serves as secretary of The American Institute of Architects and is an associate of GBBN Architects, Inc., a 130 person architectural firm headquartered in Cincinnati, focusing on healthcare, higher education, sports and entertainment, and mixed use/development projects. He has been with GBBN for 4 years, and presently manages their Louisville, KY office. Over the last several years he has played a major effort in his firm's construction administration processes and mentors young interns and architects alike in the construction technology experience of practice. Previously he served as a principal of an architectural firm in Louisville for over 20 years.
He is a registered Architect in Kentucky and is a Certified Interior Designer in Kentucky. He also is a certified roof consultant. He presently holds the title of the AIA Ky. Endowed Chair of Professional Practice and teaches Professional Practice at the University of Kentucky in the College of Design, School of Architecture. He holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the University of Kentucky.
Steven B. Satrom
Vice President Engineering, Energy Businesses
Air Products
Steven was appointed vice president of engineering for Energy Businesses in January 2007. In this position, he is responsible for developing and executing new energy projects. He also holds the position of general manager, engineering for the Americas and is responsible for the company's global construction activities.
Steven joined Air Products in 1974 after serving as an officer in the U.S. Air Force. His initial assignments involved the management of air separation projects for oil and petrochemical customers, and in 1981 he was named manager of design engineering in the Process Systems Group. Steven became director of projects for the company's Environmental and Energy Division in 1988 and later was named general manager of engineering for the Division. He was appointed senior vice president, engineering and projects for Pure Air - a joint venture company - in 1990; director of procurement for the gases and corporate segments in 1993; and global lead of the HyCO product supply team in 1996. He was named general manager of the Americas Engineering Center in 2003 before assuming his current position.
Steven received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and an MS degree in engineering management from the University of Dayton (Ohio). He is a registered Professional Engineer.
John A. Scott
President & COO
Parsons Corp.
Jack is responsible for all aspects of operations of one of the world’s largest engineering and construction companies. With 12,000 employees and $4 billion in annual revenues, Parsons executes infrastructure and defense projects worldwide.
Jack is a recognized expert in the technologies and processes for destruction of the world’s stockpile of chemical and biological agents and weapons. He has played a key role in the design, construction, and operation of every major chemical agent demilitarization facility in the world. Jack holds multiple patents on the processes to dispose of these agents, explosives, and their containers. He has authored and presented numerous papers on related subjects throughout the world.
Within Parsons, Jack has led the development of technologies, processes, and facilities for disposal of stockpiled U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons, disposal of radioactive wastes, non-incineration technologies for treatment of hazardous materials, and technologies for material handling of radioactive and hazardous materials.
Jack serves on both the Industrial Engineering and School of Engineering advisory councils at Texas A&M. Through his initiatives, Parsons has co-funded a rapid prototype development laboratory at Miami University of Ohio and developed a 100% distance learning masters degree program in project management at Texas A&M.
Gerald Sprentall
Construction Manager
Intel Corporation
Gerry is a construction manager for Intel Corporation with over 27 years of industrial construction experience. He began his career in construction in 1981 working in nuclear power, petro/chemical, pharmecutical, food and beverage, and for the past 12 years, the microelectronic industry.
Active in a variety of professional organizations, Gerry is the chairman of the CURT workforce development and industrial relations committee in addition to serving on the NCCER board of trustees.
Gerry holds a bachelors degree in industrial construction management from Colorado State University.
Jim Trimble
Senior Project Manager
Geographic Information Systems and Information Technology Management
Burns & McDonnell
As a senior project manager, Jim leads the geographic information systems and information technology management team within the Business & Technology Services practice at Burns & McDonnell. The practice serves clients' needs for complete data management, GIS, building information modeling (BIM), document management, engineering model integration, enterprise information system planning and project
management portals and collaboration.
Jim, who has been with Burns & McDonnell for six years, has a master's degree in resource planning and is working on his MBA in management information systems. He also holds a bachelor's degree in geography and geology. Jim is an active member of IEEE – Computer Society and the Project Management Institute.
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