Engineering News-Record Showcases the Construction Industry's Best; Reveals Top 25 Newsmakers

NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- McGraw-Hill Construction's Engineering News-Record (ENR) has announced its Top 25 Newsmakers of 2010, a prestigious list of construction professionals who have made significant contributions to the industry and the public this past year. The Newsmakers and a to-be-announced Award of Excellence winner will be honored by more than 1,000 construction industry leaders at a black-tie gala at the Marriott Marquis in New York City on April 7.

Selected from a large pool of nominees judged by ENR editors, the Top 25 Newsmakers are:

• Jeffrey M. Baker, Director of Laboratory Operations, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Dept. of Energy
• Joseph S. Collins, Crane and Heavy-Lift Consultant
• Marty Corrado, Project Executive, Field Operations, Skanska USA Building Inc.
• Christine Fiori, Geotechnical Engineer and Director of Undergraduate Programs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Gary Fore, Vice President (retired), National Asphalt Pavement Association
• Joseph E. Gott, Chief Engineer and Capital Improvement Director, U.S. Navy's Naval Facilities-Engineering Command
• Melina Harris, President, Sisters in the Building Trades
• Randy Holman, Program Manager and Deputy Director, Joint Program Management Office, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• Alan P. Jeary, Chief Technology Officer, STRAAM LLC
• Dennis Kamber, Senior Vice President and Director of Water-Resources Practices, Arcadis-U.S.
• Michael Kennedy, General Counsel, Associated General Contractors of America
• H. Dean McLure, President and CEO, TTL Inc.
• Gilberto Neves, CEO, Odebrecht Construction
• Marianne O'Brien, Principal, SmithGroup
• Gustavo J. Parra-Montesinos, Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Melinda Peters, Project Director, Inter County Connector, Maryland State Highway Administration
• Dennis C.K. Poon, Managing Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
• Timothy A. Reinhold, Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Engineer, Institute for Business and Home Safety
• David Rempel, Professor and Head of Ergonomics, University of California-San Francisco
• Paul C. Rizzo, President and CEO, Rizzo Associates, Inc.
• Dwayne Smith, Senior Engineer, URS Corp.
• Jim Stefanic, Operations Manager, Geotec Boyles Bros.
• Steve Underwood, Project Manager, MTI
• Robert C. Wible, Consultant and Project Manager, Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in the Digital Age at FIATECH
• John Wood, Senior Vice President, Mortenson Construction

For more details on the Top 25 Newsmakers, visit http://enr.construction.com/people/awards/2011/0112-Top25Newsmakers.asp. To attend ENR's Award of Excellence luncheon and evening black-tie gala on April 7 in New York City, go to http://construction.com/events/2011/AOE/.

Sponsors of the 46th Annual Award of Excellence include AECOM, the Construction Management Association of America, FIGG, Hill International, McDonough Bolyard Peck, Inc., and United Rentals.

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