Building Industry Conference Board Honors 4 Executives

Edward McCrary, Frank L. Rollo, Luis Belmonte and the late Charles Pankow are this year's recipients of the BICB awards

The Building Industry Conference Board bestowed four awards upon some of the top executives in the industry at its 55th annual awards banquet last month at the Sheraton Palace Hotel in San Francisco.

Ed McCrary

The Achievement Award, given to an individual or organization whose activities have directly benefited the industry, went to Edward McCrary, FAIA, senior vice president/managing principal at HOK in San Francisco.

McCrary joined HOK as director of architecture in 1996. After becoming managing principal in 1998, he led the office to two of its most productive years ever. In 2000, McCrary joined the board of directors. At the outset of the recession of 2001, he spearheaded an initiative to diversify the office's market offering, providing a stable platform for the office's remarkable recovery over the last year.

A graduate of the University of Illinois, with a bachelor of architecture degree, McCrary began his career with Naess & Murphy in Chicago as a structural engineer on the original O'Hare airport. He moved to California in the early 1960s to work for Skidmore, Owing and Merrill, and was structural engineer for such projects as the Alcoa Building in San Francisco and the Oakland Alameda County Coliseum Complex. In 1992, he became project manager for the $200 million San Francisco International Airport's new International Terminal.

McCrary is also a 15-year member of the San Francisco Municipal Fiscal Advisory Committee to the Mayor.

Frank Rollo

This year's Honor Award, given to an individual or organization, not necessarily in the construction industry, whose activities have directly benefited the industry, went to Frank L. Rollo, principal at Treadwell & Rollo in San Francisco.

Rollo has practiced geotechnical engineering for 40 years and is still going strong. After a 25-year career with Harding Lawson Associates that included two years managing a branch office in Guam and becoming director of geotechnical services, Rollo joined Don Treadwell in 1989 to "continue my goal of achieving technical excellence with passion."

Rollo has directed more than 400 major projects, ranging from many of the city's high-rise buildings to SBC Ballpark to the development of Mission Bay, including structures at the new UCSF campus and the Embarcadero Center. He is also assisting the city attorney's office on construction claims and responding to emergencies on behalf of the city and county of San Francisco.

He has been involved in geologic studies, seismic response analyses and earthquake hazard studies for projects of various sizes in the public and private sectors. Rollo has expertise in foundation engineering for earth structures, high-rise structures and port facilities and is skilled in working with lateral earth pressures, excavation dewatering, deep foundations and advanced techniques in earthquake engineering.

Luis Belmonte

BICB's Special Honor Award, given to an individual whose activities have appreciably contributed to the advancement of the Building Industry Conference Board, was presented to Luis A. Belmonte, executive vice president of San Francisco-based AMB.

Belmonte specializes in industrial property development and redevelopment. He joined firm in 1990 and has 34 years of experience in development, redevelopment, finance, construction and management of commercial and industrial projects. Prior to joining AMB, he was a partner with Lincoln Property Co., where he built a portfolio of 18 million sq. ft. of buildings.

He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Santa Clara and is a member of the Urban Land Institute, an associate member of the Society of Industrial Realtors and former president of the San Francisco chapter of the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks.

Charles Pankow

This year's Posthumous Honor Award, given in memory of a recently deceased person engaged primarily in the construction industry or profession, goes to Charles Pankow, founder and chairman of Altadena-based Charles Pankow Builders. Pankow died on Jan. 12. He was 81.

Pankow's college education was interrupted by his service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. An ensign in the Navy, he was stationed in Japan until 1946. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Purdue University in 1947, and 36 years later, the school presented him with an Honorary Doctorate in Engineering.

After more than 15 years in the design and build industry, Pankow formed his own construction company in 1963. For more than 40 years, he was a pioneer in concrete-forming technology and a champion of the design-build method for faster and more efficient construction of buildings. He once completed a 40-story condominium in seven months. Pankow Builders has constructed more than 1,000 structures between Hawaii and New York.

Pankow was a leading member of more than a dozen national associations and academies, including ACI, SEASC and ASCE. He also was honored in 1999 by Engineering News-Record as one of the "Top 6 World Builders" during the magazine's 125-year history.

Nominations Sought For Pankow Award

RESTON, Va - The Civil Engineering Research Foundation is seeking nominations for its 2005 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation. The Pankow Award was established in 1996 to celebrate innovative collaboration in the design and construction industry and to complement existing industry awards.

All entries must be received by 5 p.m. on Jan. 14, 2005. Please notify CERF at info@cerf.org of your intent to submit an application by Jan. 7.

The 2005 Charles Pankow Award for Innovation will be presented at American Society of Civil Engineers' Outstanding Projects and Leaders Awards Gala on April 13, at the Sheraton Premiere Hotel in Vienna, Va.

Named for industry visionary Charles J. Pankow, who died of natural causes earlier this year, the award recognizes organizations working collaboratively to bring innovative civil engineering ideas into practice. As a leader in the design and construction industry for almost 50 years, Charles Pankow, founder of Altadena-based Pankow Builders, was instrumental in launching CERF, serving as one of its first board members and as chairman of CERF's New Century Partnership.

The award recognizes the contributions of organizations involved in a collaborative effort that demonstrates innovative approaches to design,materials use or construction research and development that transferred into

practice and resulted into increased productivity and performance in the industry. Applications should describe the full implementation cycle from research to development to application in the field.

All U.S. and international public, private, academic or government organizations are eligible to apply. In addition to demonstrating that collaboration was involved during any part of the cycle from development to application, the entry must also illustrate an innovative application, as well as document its impact on overall construction industry performance.

The Civil Engineering Research Foundation is a global not-for-profit, created by ASCE, to advance the design and construction industry through innovation. CERF operates innovative technology programs to speed the use

of innovation into practice in the areas of transportation, infrastructure security, buildings, information technology, public works, energy systems and applications, and the environment.

CAL/OSHA Recognizes Haskell for 'Golden State' Honor

The California Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently presented The Haskell Company with its "Golden Gate" plaque during a celebratory dinner at the Hyatt Regency in Sacramento.

Haskell earned the designation, said award presenter Dave Bare, CAL/OSHA's consultation program manager, as a "high-hazard employer" with exceptional safety records.

The Haskell Company, which is based in Jacksonville, Fla., and with offices in Texas and Mexico, qualified for the award for its work on three California projects: a Frito-Lay processing plant in Modesto, a GE Transportation Aircraft Engines hangar in Victorville and Carmen Dragon Elementary School in Antioch.

The Golden State designation will allow Haskell's California job sites to be exempt from programmed inspections, receive letters instead of CAL/OSHA visits in some cases when a complaint is filed and limit accident inspections to a specific area while giving the company maximum good-faith credit should any civil penalties occur.

Haskell will maintain its Golden State status for two years.

In addition to the benefits the employees receive from a safe workplace, the safety recognition from CAL/OSHA may provide Haskell with increased job referrals and bid acceptance.