Indiana Student Wins NADC Scholarship

Meghan Steuer, a student at Lowell High School in Lowell, Ind., has won the $5,000 Bill & Wanda Baker Scholarship from the National Association of Demolition Contractors in Doylestown, Pa.

Steuer was the president of her high school's National Honor Society and plans to study law in college. Chicago-based Brandenburg Industrial Service Co. had nominated her.

The NADC awards annual scholarships to students who have demonstrated a commitment to serving the local community while maintaining high academic standards. Four other award winners were also announced.

ASA Chicago Names New Leaders

The Des Plaines-based Association of Subcontractors & Affiliates/ASA Chicago has elected officers and directors for the 2003 and 2004 term.

The comprise President Mike Basler, account executive for Lake Forest-based Office Concepts; Vice President Karen Johnson, president of Morton Grove-based Roughneck Concrete Drilling & Sawing; Secretary Dennis Brown, president of Arlington Heights-based Commercial Carpentry Corp.; and Secretary Kay Anagnos, president of Justice-based Anagnos Door Co.

Eric Ringstad, president of Bensenville-based Prime Scaffold Inc., remains on the executive committee as an ex-officio member.

Four members were elected to three-year terms on the group's Board of Directors: Art Arriaga of Arlington Heights-based A and C Electric Co.; Michael Hancock of Franklin Park-based Divane Bros. Electric Co.; Robert Smith of Northbrook-based The Levy Co.; and John Wysockey of Gary, Ind.-based Thatcher Engineering Corp.

Six members of the ASA board have terms remaining.

Milwaukee AGC Moves

The Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee has moved to 10400 Innovation Drive, suite 210.

The office is reached by taking Highway 45, exiting west on Watertown Plank Road and looking for Innovation Drive in the Milwaukee County Research Park.

All other contact information remains the same: phone (414) 778-4100; fax (414) 778-4119; www.agc-gm.org; and e-mail info@agc-gm.org.

CECI Installs New Board

The Springfield-based Consulting Engineers Council of Illinois has recently installed its Board of Directors for 2003 and 2004.

They include President David Oates, president of Collinsville-based Oates Associates Inc.; President-Elect Christopher Burke, president of Rosemont-based Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd.; and Immediate Past-President James Messmore, vice president of the Oak Brook office of Springfield-based Hanson Professional Services.

Also named were Secretary-Treasurer Don Rutledge, secretary of the Bloomington-based Farnsworth Group; Senior Vice President Reginald Benton, president of Jacksonville-based Benton & Associates Inc.; and Vice Presidents Peter Mesha, group president of Downers Grove-based Wight & Co.; Daniel Goodwin, principal of Springfield-based SECOR International; and Mohammad Hassan, vice president and Chicago area transportation manager of Rolling Meadows-based URS Corp.

Ken Nelson, executive vice president of Chicago-based Clark Dietz Inc., will continue to serve as the National Director to the American Council of Engineering Cos.

Serving as the organization's directors are William Epp of Naperville-based LONCO Inc.; Gary Wilken of Springfield-based Cochran & Wilken Inc.; Michael Klingner of Quincy-based Klingner and Associates PC; Susan Fullerton of Westmont-based Parsons Corp.; Gary Fulton of Carlyle-based Henry, Meisenheimer & Gende Inc.; and Wayne Swafford of Chicago-based Consoer Townsend Envirodyne Engineers Inc.

Indiana BCA Names Five Construction Scholars

The Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Building Contractors Association has announced the 2002-2003 Construction Career Academy winners.

The Achievement Award, which goes to a student entering an apprenticeship program, went to Adam Beer of Angola High School in Angola.

The Scholarship Awards, which are presented to students entering a traditional post-secondary educational institution, went to Adam Blinn or Norwell High School in Ossian; Jack Gentis of Southern Wells High School in Poneto; Jason Gerber of Bluffton High School in Bluffton; and Steven Glass of Southwood High School in Wabash.

All students received $500.

The awards follow from a series of school-year sessions during which high school students are taught about 18 different construction industry trades and professions.
Forty-eight students from 16 high schools graduated from the Academy, allowing them to apply for the scholarships.