Kavinder Singh was recently named executive vice president of KMD Architects in San Francisco. Prior to his new appointment, Singh served in numerous positions at Turner Construction Company, including as vice president and general manager in the firm’s San Francisco office, and as vice president and country manager in Hyderabad, India. Prior to that, Singh was the manager of business development for Turner, focusing on the Oakland East Bay Area of California.
Skanska AB recently named Shawn Hurley president and CEO for Skanska USA Commercial Development, which has invested $1.5 billion in sustainable developments since 2009. Hurley succeeds Mats Johansson, who has served as the president and CEO of the unit since its launch in the U.S. in 2009, and will assume his new role on Jan. 1.
New York-based architecture firm Francis Cauffman appointed Carol Karasek to principal, science and technology. Karasek is a practice leader with 35 years of experience in the programming, design and delivery of research and clinical facilities. She specializes in the design of academic medical centers that engage in translational research.
K-12 education expert Pam Loeffelman, FAIA, has joined DLR Group. She will lead the firm’s K-12 design studios throughout the Southwest from DLR Group’s Denver office. Loeffelman will be a member of the global K-12 team, partnering with other DLR Group education experts to set the strategy for growth both domestically and internationally. For the past 35 years, Loeffelman has been actively engaged in a dialogue about the return on investment of educational designs.
Spirax Sacro has announced the appointment of Shaun Lindley as the vice president of sales for the United States. Lindley has success in exceeding sales targets and profitability while using strategic initiatives to bring growth to sales organizations. Prior to joining Spirax Sacro, Lindley held several sales positions in Newman Hattersley and IMI’s CCI severe service valve manufacturing business.
Tom Marquardt, SBID, IIDA, has recently been hired in HDR’s Chicago office as a design principal. A veteran in the industry with 29 years of experience, Marquardt comes to HDR after leading his own successful interdisciplinary design and branded environments studio in Chicago, which he founded in 1988. Prior to that, he worked for two firms designing corporate and commercial interior projects ranging from office test fit plans to high-end showrooms.
Dexter + Chaney has announces that Eric Newton will be the new senior vice president of sales and marketing. He will oversee the company’s strategic sales and marketing initiatives and marketing initiatives. He will focus on the growth of their Spectrum Construction Software as construction management software. Newton has experience in construction technology and was previously the senior vice president of vertical markets for Comdata Inc.
Mansfield, Texas-based Ramtech Building Systems, a design-build construction firm for relocatable modular buildings and prefabricated permanent facilities, has hired commercial MEP design veteran Robert Frick. Frick will join the company’s engineering group as mechanical, electrical, plumbing design manager.
Moses Ling, associate professor of architectural engineering at Penn State, has been elected president of the American Society of Civil Engineers Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI). Ling, who has served as president-elect of AEI since last October, will begin his one-year term Oct. 1. He first joined Penn State as an architectural engineering instructor in 1981, becoming an assistant professor in 1986.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Board of Directors announced that Mahesh Ramanujam, the organization’s current chief operating officer (COO), will assume the duties of chief executive officer at the end of 2016. Ramanujam joined USGBC in 2009 as senior vice president, technology before being named COO in September 2011. In December 2012, he was named president of the Green Building Certification Institute.
