J.R. Roberts Corp. Promotes 3 Senior Managers

Mike Vinks, Don Cruzon and Dave Marchant have been promoted by J.R. Roberts Corp., a Citrus Heights-based general contractor.

Vinks, a 24-year veteran at J.R. Roberts and the former vice president of Northern California operations, has been named executive vice president. His duties include overseeing California field operations. Vinks, a registered architect, was J.R. Roberts' first employee.

Cruzon, previously manager of multifamily housing, is now vice president of multifamily housing. He began his career with J.R. Roberts in 1988. He has 32 years of residential construction experience.

Formerly a project manager, Marchant is now operations manager of multifamily projects. He has been with J.R. Roberts for 12 years as a project manager on many commercial and multifamily projects. He will oversee operations of private, multifamily projects in Northern California. His duties will include both contract administration and project management.

McCarthy's Rich Henry Appointed to SACTO Board of Directors

Rich Henry, president of the Northern Pacific Division of McCarthy Building Cos. Inc., recently was elected to the board of directors of the Sacramento Area Commerce and Trade Organization, a private, nonprofit, economic development organization that encourages businesses to place job-generating investment in the greater Sacramento area.

As a board member, Henry will be responsible for working with the other board members in governing and establishing organization policy. Elected to a three-year term, he will market the advantages of the six-county region and encourage businesses to locate to the greater Sacramento area by facilitating their site-selection needs.

He currently serves on the Division of the State Architect Advisory Board and Department of General Services' "Super-Partnering" forum group.

Henry joined McCarthy in 1980 and has been involved with such high-profile projects in Northern California as the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at UC Davis, Valley Children's Hospital, the Sacramento Convention Center and Charles Schulz Information Center at Sonoma State University. He has been active with the Coalition for Adequate School Housing, Association of General Contractors, Construction Employers Association and Association of California Construction Managers.

MBH Architects Adds Several Employees

Alameda-based MBH Architects has added several new employees in its Alameda and Newport Beach offices.

Joining the Alameda office are John Schmid (senior project manager); Olivier Santoni-Costantini and Mike McKeon (project managers); Wang Chan, Debra Keller and Christopher Eisner (job captains); Mimi Fabila, Irene Yang, Dragana Urosevic, Rey Acosta, Christy Ortins and Andrea Redewill (drafters); Alex James (PC technician); and Carol Averill (accounting department).

The Newport Beach office has hired Gustavo Grad (project manager); Iscolina Delgado (designer); Avtar Singh and Roshni Patel (drafters); Catherine Van Orsdel (administrative assistant) and Michelle Malone (office manager).

Eric Lazear Appointed President of Amtech Lighting Services

San Francisco-based Amtech Lighting Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of ABM Industries Inc., has named Eric Lazear as president. He replaces Ron Gilcrease, who had been Amtech's president for eight years.

Lazear was previously president of ABM's Amtech Elevator Services subsidiary for six years before ABM sold the unit last year to Otis Elevator Co. Following the divestiture, he was general manager for business development for Otis' North American elevator services division.

Frank Mellon Named to AGC Industrial Relations Post

Frank Mellon has joined the staff of AGC California as director of industrial relations for Northern California.

Mellon serves on the board of directors of the East Bay Municipal Utility District. He was elected to the board in 1994 to represent Ward 7, which includes areas of Castro Valley, portions of San Leandro and Hayward in Alameda County and a portion of San Ramon in Contra Costa County. He was re-elected in 1998 and 2002. He served as vice president of the board from 2000-02 prior to being elected president in January 2003.

Mellon teaches labor law in the Human Resources Certificate Program at California State University, Hayward.

He previously was human relations manager for Central Concrete Supply Co. and served as an association executive with United Employers Inc. He has 25 years of experience as a human resource/labor relations consultant.

Mellon received an MBA from St. Mary's College in Moraga.

Julie Bandini Joins DMJM

Los Angeles-based architecture, engineering, planning and interior design firm DMJM Design has hired Julie W. Bandini as an associate vice president.

She will work in the Los Angeles office and coordinate her business development efforts with her counterparts in the Orange County, San Francisco and Phoenix offices. Bandini's primary focus is the pursuit of private-sector development in Southern California and higher-education projects throughout the state.

She previously was a senior associate and director of business development/public relations at Johnson Fain, a Los Angeles-based architecture, planning and interior design firm.

Bandini has 15 years of industry experience. She recently served on the board of directors for CoreNet Global's Southern California chapter. She is an active member of AIA/Los Angeles, Los Angeles Headquarters, Los Angeles Conservancy, Central City Association, SMPS, ULI and Westside Urban Forum.

Ware Malcomb Promotes Maureen Hoang

Ware Malcomb, an Irvine-based architectural and interior design, firm has promoted former marketing coordinator Maureen Hoang to marketing manager.

Hoang will be responsible for overseeing the compilation of company proposals, presentation strategy and development, communication strategies and the creation of marketing support materials in the firm's regional offices.

She has been with Ware Malcomb since 1998.

McCarthy Hires 3 Project Managers

John Whitmore, David Barlow and Mike Forys have been hired as project managers by McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. They will oversee select McCarthy projects for the firm's Southern California division in Newport Beach.

Before joining McCarthy, Whitmore served in a number of project management and field positions, where he worked on health care and education projects.

Barlow has extensive education project experience, including a number of bond projects for the Los Angeles Unified School District. He has 20 years of construction experience.

Forys' 11 years of construction experience includes stints as an assistant construction manager, field project engineer and project manager.

He was granted associate membership status in the American Institute of Constructors, was awarded the Alameda Theatre Contractor of the Year and was a recipient of a scholarship from the Southern California Contractor's Association. He also is a member of the American Association of Cost Engineers International and is a Certified Construction Documents Technologist.

Doug Aadland Elected Chairman of Transportation California

Transportation California, a collaboration of business, labor and government organizations interested in promoting sound transportation policies, has elected Doug Aadland as chairman.

He is vice president of estimating for Riverside-based Yeager Skanska, and has been with the firm-formerly E.L. Yeager Construction-for 27 years. The company is working on the Interstate 5/Interstate805/State Route 56 widening project in San Diego and 28 mi. of improvements to Interstate 15 between Victorville to Barstow. After the Northridge earthquake in 1994, E.L. Yeager rebuilt the twin 80-ft. bridges on Interstate 5 that overlook Gavin Canyon.

Aadland has been a strong advocate for transportation for a decade, most recently involved in the efforts to pass Proposition 42, a statewide measure that dedicates the sales tax on gasoline to transportation projects, and Measure A, a local-option transportation sales-tax initiative in Riverside County. He now is working in favor of Measure I, a similar half-cent measure in San Bernardino County.

Bruce Morimoto Joins Leo A Daly

Bruce Morimoto has joined the Los Angeles office of Leo A Daly as director of interior design. He will oversee the office's interiors division, cultivate client relations and manage business development.

Morimoto is working on various projects for Union Bank of California, Beckman Coulter and Southwest College and Ventura College.

He previously was the executive director for RSA, a Los Angeles-based architecture firm. His background includes projects in programming, space planning, interior design and renovations.

Morimoto's previous work includes Sheraton Four Points hotels at Los Angeles International Airport and in Santa Monica, JP Morgan Private Banking in Newport Beach, the Los Angeles Media Technical Center and Hughes Communications' corporate headquarters and satellite command center in Long Beach.

He has 25 years of experience in all sectors of interior architecture, including hospitality, health care, corporate and high-tech communications.

Barnhart Promotes Suresh Rayana

San Diego-based Barnhart Inc., a general contracting and construction management firm, has promoted Suresh Rayana to vice president of preconstruction services and estimating. He previously was chief estimator.

Rayana will oversee projects throughout the preconstruction phase, with an emphasis on projected project cost, constructibilty and value engineering. He has 15 years of experience and has a master's degree in construction science from the University of Oklahoma.

Donna Vargo Joins Johnson & Jennings

Donna Vargo, a former executive vice president at San Diego-based Roel Construction, has joined the management team at Johnson & Jennings General Contracting, a San Diego-based firm that specializes in tenant improvement projects. Her primary focus will be on strategic growth and development of the firm.

Vargo was with Roel for 11 years, where she began as a project manager, was promoted to senior project manager and later served as executive vice president, responsible for managing the company's tenant improvement and special projects group in California. She oversaw all project management activities, including conceptual estimates, value engineering, design development coordination, subcontractor bidding and CPM scheduling.

Vargo has 26 years of construction industry experience.

She has been an active member of Women in Commercial Real Estate and the National Association of Female Executives.