Projects Awarded For Precast Quality

Designers of four precast concrete projects recently received honor awards from the Oak Park, Ill.-based Precast/Prestressed Producers of Illinois & Wisconsin.

· Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill: The precaster was Concrete Technology Inc., and the architect was Pratt Design Studio.

· McCormick Tribune Foundation Center in Evanston, Ill.: The precaster was Lombard Architectural Precast Products, and the architect was Einhorn Yaffee Prescott.

· Resurrection Medical Center Southeast Parking Structure in Chicago: The precaster was Concrete Technology Inc., and the architect was Loebl Schlossman Hackl.

· La Rabida Children's Hospital in Chicago: The precaster was International Concrete, and the architect was VOA Associates Inc.

Stelter to Lead Milwaukee AGC

Robert Stelter, chief operating officer of Milwaukee-based The Bentley Co., was named president of the Associated General Contractors of Milwaukee.

Other officers include Senior Vice President Tom Miotke, chairman of Milwaukee-based J.P. Jansen Co.; Treasurer Larry Rocole, vice president in Milwaukee of Janesville-based J.P. Cullen & Sons; Director Craig Jorgensen, president of Waukesha-based Voss Jorgensen Schueler; and Associate Director Richard Murphy, vice president of Brookfield-based Olympic Wall Systems.

ASCE: Civil Engineers Need More Education

Future civil engineers should be required to have a graduate degree, or the equivalent of 30 credits, and practical experience in addition to the undergraduate degree before sitting for the licensure exam and practicing professionally, a report says.

The recommendation was contained in "Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge for the 21st Century: Preparing the Civil Engineer for the Future." The American Society of Civil Engineers released the report.

A key finding is that at the turn of the last century, civil engineering graduates had completed 155 credit hours compared with the 125 credit hours earned by most students today. In addition, students today take a whole semester less of technical and professional engineering courses at a time when the complexity of civil engineering is going up.

The report was expected to be posted on the organization's Web site at www.asce.org.

ECA Names Officers

I. Steven Diamond, president with Morton Grove-based Malko Electric Co., was named president of the Westchester-based Electrical Contractors' Association of the City of Chicago Inc.

Bradley Weir, executive vice president and chief operating officer with Rockford-based Kelso-Burnett Co., was named ECA vice president and treasurer. Mark Nemshick, the ECA's chapter manager, was named executive vice president and secretary of the organization.

David Hardt, treasurer with Chicago-based Hardt Electric Inc., was named the ECA's governor and will represent the chapter for the National Electrical Contractors Association.

Indiana BCA Names Officers

Michael Kinder III, president of K&H Construction Inc., was named president of the Building Contractors Association in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Other newly elected officers include First Vice President Daniel Votaw, president of Votaw Electric Inc.; Second Vice President Tad Marsh, president of Zumbrun Construction Co. Inc.; and Treasurer Steve Stewart, chairman of Stewart, Brimner Group. James Beckstein, president of Mill Supplies Inc., will serve as the group's past president.

Will, Grundy Names Members of Year

Bob Baish and Rick Leonard were named members of the year by the Contractors Association of Will and Grundy Counties (Illinois).

The two jointly chair the association's largest event, a steak fry.

"Since Bob and Rick have chaired the steak fry, the attendance has grown from about 200 [people] to well over 500," said Tana Gray, CAWGC chair.

Baish is the owner of Bob Baish Excavating in Plainfield. Leonard is the president of C.R. Leonard Plumbing and Heating Inc., also in Plainfield.