Three Major Design Firms Announce Changes

Three design firms with Chicago offices - A. Epstein and Sons International, HLM Design and Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum - have announced executive promotions or hires.

Allen Pomerance was named director of the Aviation Group for Chicago-based A. Epstein and Sons International Inc. He continues as executive vice president of the firm.

A. Epstein and Sons International Inc. is an architecture, engineering, construction, interior design and graphic design firm.

Sheila Cahnman was promoted to vice president of the Chicago office of Charlotte, N.C.-based HLM Design. She was previously associate vice president and project manager.

HLM Design is an architecture firm.

Gary Miciunas has joined the Chicago office of St. Louis-based Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. as senior vice president. He was previously principal of Chicago-based The Environments Group.

Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum Inc. is an architecture firm.

Kevin Hickman was promoted to marketing director of Janesville, Wis.-based J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc. He was previously marketing coordinator.

J.P. Cullen & Sons Inc. is a general contracting firm.

Pamela Petty was named director of sales for Elmhurst, Ill.-based Vital Signs USA. She was previously a manager with Chicago-based BP Amoco.

Vital Signs USA manufactures signs for the commercial construction and real estate markets.

Charles Hubbard III was named area manager of Alsip, Ill.-based McAllister Equipment Co. and will be based in the Ingleside, Ill., facility. He was previously a sales representative with Naperville, Ill.-based Westside Tractor Sales.

McAllister Equipment Co. is a construction equipment dealership.

Scott Zirbel was named senior superintendent in charge of field operations for masonry restoration of Chicago-based Bulley & Andrews LLC. He was previously manager of construction operations for structural engineering firm Thomas L. Rewerts.

Bulley & Andrews LLC is a general contracting firm.

Craig Tolan was named project executive of Chicago-based Berglund Construction. He was previously a project executive with Chicago-based Pepper Construction Co.

Berglund Construction provides general contracting and facade restoration services.

Carl White was named senior industrial project manager in the Construction Division of Plain, Wis.-based Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. He was previously a project manager for AZCO Inc. in Green Bay, Wis.

Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. is a general contractor and construction aggregates supplier.

John Prentice was promoted to director of marketing for the Schaumburg, Ill.-based Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute. He was previously manager of corrosion protection.

Jeff Dietrich was named a project manager in the Oshkosh, Wis., office of Brookfield, Wis.-based R.A. Smith & Associates Inc. He was previously president and project manager of Kimberly, Wis.-based Miller Engineers & Scientists. National Survey & Engineering, a division of R.A. Smith & Associates, has announced Ben Flitcroft, John Gomez, Alan Geary and Daphne Williams have satisfied the requirements to become certified survey technicians. The CST program recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated the technical competence to perform survey tasks.

R.A. Smith & Associates Inc. is a civil engineering, surveying and technical services firm.

Dan Mathis was named district manager for Honeoye, N.Y.-based Stone Construction Equipment Inc. and will serve territory that includes Illinois and Indiana. He was previously a sales engineer for Columbia, Ill.-based R.L. Weisheimer & Associates.

Stone Construction Equipment Inc. designs, manufactures and markets construction equipment.

Tampa, Fla.-based The Murray Co. has announced Brad Dannegger was promoted to vice and regional manager in Chicago. He was previously director of business development in the firm's Clearwater, Fla., office. Dan Labriola was named project manager. He was previously a project engineer with Chicago-based Pepper Construction Co.

The Murray Co. is a design-build general contractor.

Brian Bizup has joined Burr Ridge, Ill.-based Klein Construction Services Inc. as vice president of business development. He was previously head of Internet sales for Barrington, Ill.-based Motor Werks Inc.

Klein Construction Services Inc. is a design-build general contractor.