A panel representing Arizona's engineering community -the Engineers Week Committee-has selected Lawrence Hansen, Ph.D., PEof AMEC's Earth & Environmental office in Tempe as Arizona's Outstanding Engineer of the Year. The committee cited Dr. Hansen's 30-year career in geotechnical engineering and his recent work to protect the public in rapidly growing areas of Maricopa County from potentially unsafe earthen flood-control dams. Dr. Hansen recently accepted the award at the Engineers Week banquet at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Phoenix.

Keith Clark, Director of Internal Operations, is on the senior management team at GKatmar Concrete, LLC. Keith received his Bachelors of Business Administration in Finance, and his Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of New Mexico. He has extensive finance and accounting experience where he started his career at GAP Corporate, moved on to COMCAST Advertising as the Business Manager for New Mexico and his last position was the business manager for the GEO Group.

Barbara DeVoe Shuck , CPSM, marketing manager for Wilson & Company, Inc., Engineers & Architects, received the 2004 Pinnacle Achievement Award from the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS). This prestigious annual award recognizes a professional whose achievements and contributions to the field of marketing in the built industry are both exemplary and lasting. Barbara was selected for her significant and measurable accomplishments to her company and industry during her 20 year career.

Martin-Harris Construction, a commercial general contracting firm in southern Nevada, is pleased to announce the appointment of Anne Folk, project manager and Troy York, project engineer.

Stephen A. George recently joined HDR in the company's Las Vegas office as a senior program manager.With over 30 years of experience, including 25 years in the consulting industry, George's areas of expertise include overall operations, project planning and control, budgets, team operations.

Structure Technologies, Inc. has named Steve Celi as lead estimator. Prior to joining the company, Celi served as regional property manager for Developers Diversified Realty in Phoenix, Ariz., and Syracuse, N.Y.

Panattoni Development Company announced that Jason Quintel has been named partner. Quintel has been with Panattoni since 1999, most recently serving as senior development manager for the Reno market. He has more than six years of development experience and has worked with both local and nation-wide business to in developing property.

Jason Callihoo has joined McShane's Phoenix office as a project engineer II. Callihoo will work directly with senior project management staff on the firm's commercial construction projects in the manufacturing, distribution, health care, office, retail, hospitality, and multi-family markets.

Deere & Company recently announced that Samuel R. Allen will become president, Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division, succeeding Pierre E. Leroy. Deere & Company said Leroy elected to retire after 29 years of service, including 20 years as an officer of the company. For the past nine years, Leroy has served as President, Worldwide Construction & Forestry Division.

David Pruett, president of Northrise Construction Corporation, Las Cruces, is the 2005 president of the New Mexico Building Branch, Associated General Contractors. Elected through a mail ballot of AGC members in late December, Pruett succeeds Sean Graystone, Toltec Buildings, Inc., Santa Fe, as head of the 190-member commercial building contractors' association. He took office in January.

Road Machinery Company is pleased to announce that Chuck Paugh has been selected as president. Paugh will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for the company and for overseeing day-to-day operations.

SmithGroup's board of directors have elected Kent Willcox and Jay Robins to principals with the firm. Both Willcox and Robins work in the Phoenix office of SmithGroup. Willcox is a registered architect with over 30 years of experience in managing design and construction projects. His expertise includes office, educational, retail, government, commercial and restaurant designs.Robins is a mechanical designer and L.E.E.D. 2.0 accredited professional with over 29 years of experience in the field of mechanical engineering. His expertise includes various laboratory, hospital and manufacturing plants.

Lucchesi, Galati Architects recently announced the addition of Veronica Mabe to the firm. Mabe, a long-time Las Vegas valley resident and graduate of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, has over 20 years of professional experience in the fields of engineering, banking, and government contracting. She will serve as the firm's community liaison.

Ribbon Cut On Davis County's Tallest Building

Opening of Renaissance Medical Centre Marks Completion
of Phase 2 of Mixed-Use Development in Davis County

Renaissance Towne Centre, a mixed-use development that will combine retail, entertainment, restaurants, recreation, office and medical buildings, announced the official opening of the new Renaissance Medical Centre in mid November.

The opening marks completion of the second phase of the development - the largest private construction project in Davis County - which is revitalizing the former site of Five Points Mall in Bountiful.

The five story, 110,000 square-foot Renaissance Medical Centre, which is the tallest building in Davis County, is over 85 percent leased with more than 30 physicians and medical practioners representing various practices including orthopedics, ophthalmology, plastic and cosmetic surgery, dermatology with in-suite esthetics, pediatric dentistry, and physical therapy. The Renaissance Medical Centre also houses a full service pharmacy and an imaging center.

The new facility includes the MountainWest Surgical Center which features the four operating rooms for outpatient surgical procedures. The Surgical Center is managed by Nueterra Healthcare, a leading national manager of ambulatory facilities.

The structure also includes 493 parking spots over three levels, which patrons will be able to access from the South, East and West with the recent completion of a new access road.

The Renaissance Medical Centre was designed in a similar approach to the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. The Medical Centre was designed to provide a warm and welcoming environment void of the institutional feel that is common in most Utah medical facilities. The building's interior design team, from Babcock Design, and architects, from Schiel Architects, worked with general contractor, Okland Construction, to masterfully create a welcoming atmosphere including exterior elevator lobbies that offer views of the city to the East. There also are wood-paneled walls and stylish suites uniquely designed by the tenants.

The first stage of the Renaissance Towne Centre was completed in September 2003 with the opening of the 45,000 square-foot Xcel Spa & Fitness Center. After the retail stores, entertainment facilities, office buildings and recreational space are completed, health care providers will represent approximately 17 percent of the development's total occupants.

Roger Knight Construction has just completed construction of the building shell and site for the first Hollywood Video in Chubbuck, a suburb of Pocatello, Idaho. Developer of the 6,045 square foot, free-standing building located at 4809 Yellowstone Avenue is Salt Lake City-based Chubbuck DME, LLC. Architectural firm is Dixon & Associates, also of Salt Lake City. The new Hollywood Video building was handed over for outfitting on October 11, 2004.

Boise State Begins "Green" Improvements

The blue-and-orange Bronco campus is going ³green.² Energy system improvements all over campus at Boise State University are underway to make the university a showcase of energy management and to enhance the learning environment and overall comfort.

³This project is one of the single largest steps forward in Boise State¹s energy conservation program, said Einar Norton, P.E., assistant director of Facilities, Operation and Maintenance at Boise State.

The energy conservation measures are revenue-neutral, meaning that the guaranteed cost-avoided energy savings pay for the project over a prescribed period of time. The project, referred to as an Energy Performance Contract or PC in engineering terms, is a partnership between Boise State University and Siemens Building Technologies Inc. Energy Services and Solutions.

The PC includes approximately $8 million worth of facility improvements to the lighting, heating and cooling systems, water regulation and other energy/utility systems throughout the campus. The retrofit and installation projects will span about 15 months, from September 2004 through December 2005.

Providing a boost to the local economy, Siemens will employ mainly Idaho contractors for the campus projects. ³Keeping Idaho¹s money in Idaho is one of the key benefits provided by this project, said Norton.

Covering approximately 2 million square feet of facilities and 35 buildings, a few samples of the energy conservation measures included are: