Kathy Littmann Joins HNTB Architecture

Kathy Littmann has joined the Los Angeles office of HNTB Architecture Inc. as a vice president and director of program management. She previously was president of her own firm, Los Angeles-based Two Roads Consulting Inc.

"Littmann's proven leadership and experience in program management makes her the ideal person to build HNTB Architecture Inc.'s program management services across many market sectors, including education, aviation, corporate and government services," said Tony Gonzales, vice president and leader of HNTB Los Angeles.

Littmann was deputy chief executive of new construction while with the Los Angeles Unified School District, where she was recognized by the American Institute of Architects as "Educator of the Year" for "raising the bar and encouraging good design for schools."

Engineering News-Record, a weekly magazine published by McGraw-Hill Construction, gave Littman its 2003 National Construction Industry Award of Excellence.

Littmann has about 25 years of construction project and program management experience, including general contracting, field supervising and at-risk construction.

"Kathy's commitment to quality design and management services will help HNTB deliver even more value to our clients," Gonzales said.

Littmann was with the Bovis Group in New York City from 1988 until moving to the firm's Chicago office in 1993. Littmann served as regional director of the Bovis Group in Los Angeles from 1994-96.

PCL Construction Services Promotes Darin Chestnut

The Glendale regional office of PCL Construction Services has promoted Darin Chestnut to San Diego district manager.

The former project manager began his career with PCL in 1992. He is the project executive on UC Irvine's Cal-(IT)2 project and the Glorietta Bay Civic Center and Promenade in Coronado.

In other moves in the San Diego office, Hai Dai Fleetwood was promoted to administration manager, James Sipes was appointed construction manager and Dennis Uthe becomes chief estimator.

Earth Tech Appoints 3 New VPs

Long Beach-based Earth Tech Inc., a global provider of consulting, engineering and construction services, named three vice presidents to pursue major infrastructure projects in the United States and Canada.

Pamela Murray Johnson will consolidate the development and delivery of K-12 school construction projects that were previously carried out by individual Earth Tech offices. She will be located in an Alexandra, Va., office.

Joe Cazares will be responsible for business development of large transportation projects nationwide, including public/private programs, and design/build projects. He will be based in San Diego.

Lou Tortora Jr. will be responsible for global sales and marketing for Earth Tech's water, wastewater and water resources projects. He will be based in Milwaukee. Prior to joining Earth Tech, Tortora was a senior vice president for Camp Dresser & McKee Inc.

James Barwick Joins GVA IPC

James F. Barwick has joined San Diego-based GVA IPC, a commercial real estate brokerage firm, as senior vice president and principal.

Barwick previously served as assistant director of the real estate department for the San Diego Unified Port District. His project for the district included the North Embarcadero Visionary Plan, Chula Vista Bayfront Master Plan, San Diego International Airport Master Plan and Port of San Diego Maritime Master Plan.

Prior to working for the port, he was an associate vice president of real estate brokerage for Burnham Real Estate Services in San Diego.

Suffolk Construction Adds Marv Peper

The Irvine office of Suffolk Construction Co. hired Marv Peper as director of business development/western operations.

Peper's 30 years of experience includes stints with Turner Construction (26 years) and Barnes Construction.

Scott McCarthy Joins San Diego Architecture Firm

Scott A. McCarthy joined San Diego-based Architects Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker as human resources manager.

He previously was a human resources vice president for Stockyard Meat Packing Co. in National City, where he was responsible for managing, coordinating and delivering corporate policy to a facility work force of 65 people.

His previous experience includes five years as a human resources manager for Schedule Online Inc. in San Diego.

Empire Land of Northern California Hires Steve Millar

Empire Land of Northern California hired Steve Millar as vice president of construction in new Pleasanton office. Millar will be responsible for all of the division's construction activities, including field operations, bidding and contracting.

Prior to joining Empire Land of Northern California, Millar was director of land development for Lennar Communities, a national land developer and homebuilder specializing in master-planned communities.

Millar has 25 years of experience in land development construction.

Ruben Benitez Added to MFDB Staff

Sacramento-based Madsen, Flathmann, Dameron & Babcock Architects Inc. hired Ruben Benitez as job captain and CAD manager.

Benitez previously was a job captain with SDG Architects in Brentwood.

He has 16 years of experience in a wide range of commercial and residential projects.

Charles Adams Joins Carter & Burgess

Charles H. Adams Jr. joined Carter & Burgess as a senior project manager with the firm's Los Angeles-Encino Transportation Programs Unit. Adams, an aviation specialist, will serve on Southern California assignments while assisting in business development efforts in the aviation-related industry.

Adams will be a senior engineer on the company's utilities and survey documentation project for Los Angeles World Airports, a project that will identify and create a repository of all utilities at one of the nation's busiest airport systems.

Adams joined Carter & Burgess after a 24-year career at Los Angeles World Airports, where he was in charge of 17 construction projects with a total project cost of $224 million at LAWA's four airports.

Prior to LAWA, he worked for five years for the City of Los Angeles/Public Works/Bureau of Engineering as head of the transportation section.

Mary Ellen Copek Added to Sukut Construction Staff

Santa Ana-based Sukut Construction hired Mary Ellen Copek as talent director, a newly created position.

She will implement key initiatives designed to fuel employee development, improve company communications, enhance teamwork and recruit additional talent.

Prior to joining Sukut, Copek was director of human resources for Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc., a $1.4 billion company with more than 3,700 employees. She also served as senior director of human resources for Vibex.com and area director of human resources for Comcast Corp.

Copek has 15 years of experience in human resources and related fields.

She received a Master of Arts degree in Management from the University of Redlands.

Steve Doyle Elected President of California BIA

Steve Doyle of San Diego-based Brookfield Homes in San Diego was elected 2005 president of the California Building Industry Association.

Before joining Brookfield in 1993, Doyle was vice president of facility planning and engineering for The Baldwin Co., where he directed the infrastructure planning and engineering for the 23,000-acre Otay Ranch New Town Plan.

Doyle also was vice president/project manager and assistant legal counsel for five years for Pardee Construction Co., managing the Del Mar Highlands community and the surrounding 2,500 acres of agricultural lands.

He also directed public works and private contract construction projects for seven years for Nasland Engineering, a civil engineering company.