Peter J. Davoren was recently named president of Dallas-based Turner Construction Co., succeeding Robert E. Fee, who will retire in December.

In his new role, Davoren will have responsibility for Turner's core construction operations in all of the firm's business units, which include 45 geographic offices and several market segment groups. He will also oversee national sales from his office in New York.

A 24-year construction industry veteran, he has spent his entire career at Turner. He received his bachelor's degree in the School of Architecture from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Fee, who has been with Turner for 39 years, will retain the title of chief executive officer of Turner Construction and president and CEO of The Turner Corp. until his retirement.

Dallas-based glass and glazing subcontractor Haley-Greer Inc. recently announced several personnel changes.

Haley-Greer founder Don Haley changed his title from president to chief executive officer and announced the promotions of Letitia Haley Barker to company president, Mark Hogan to executive vice president and Norbert Klotz to vice president of Houston operations.

Haley founded Haley-Greer in 1979 and attended Paris Junior College. Barker was involved in the initial start-up of the company, then rejoined it in 1995 as vice president of administration. She has a criminal justice degree from Stephen F. Austin University.

Hogan has been with the company since 1985 and earned an associate degree in engineering and design from Jefferson Junior College in St. Louis. Klotz is a 30-year veteran of the construction industry, including the last eight with Haley-Greer. He attended St. Thomas University in Houston and the University of Houston.

Tim Probert and Lew Watts were recently named to the senior executive leadership team of the Energy Services Group for Houston-based Halliburton.

Probert, formerly president and chief executive officer of Input Output Inc., will join the company as the senior executive of a newly created division called Drilling and Formation Evaluation. He is a geology and geography graduate of the University of London.

Watts, former director of Shell's International Gas and Power Business, is now the senior executive of the Solutions Group, which encompasses integrated solutions/integrated technology Products. He has a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom.

Frank Acker was recently appointed project superintendent for the Texas division of McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. Acker will be responsible for overseeing McCarthy's field operations at its Baylor University jobsite in Waco.

Prior to joining McCarthy, Acker was a superintendent with Bartlett Cocke General Contractors in Austin.

Acker graduated from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, with a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He also attended Canyon College in Caldwell, Idaho, obtaining a bachelor's degree in business management and a master's degree in international business management.

Jim Moody recently joined Austin- and San Antonio-based Intertech Flooring as product consultant to represent the company in the architectural and design communities.

Moody has 19 years of experience in the wallcovering industry and is an industry member of the International Interior Design Association.

He also is a member of the Texas Association of Interior Design and participates as an associate member of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of America, serving as treasurer of the Austin chapter.

Jon Robinson was recently promoted to the position of associate at the San Antonio-based architectural design firm of Rehler Vaughn & Koone Inc.

Robinson earned a bachelor's degree from Trinity University and has received graduate level training in landscape architecture at Texas Tech University and the University of Arizona.

He has been with RVK since 2001.

Charles DiBona recently joined the board of advisors for Dallas-based construction management firm Time Industrial Inc.

DiBona is currently chairman of the board of Logistics Management Institute, a non-profit organization working to improve the United States' defense management. DiBona is past president of the American Petroleum Institute, former special consultant to the President of the United States and is a retired U.S. Navy officer.

He currently is a member of the board of directors for Houston-based Halliburton.

David Fitch was recently promoted to vice president of Dallas-based ROMCO Equipment Co. He is currently the company's Gulf Coast Regional Manager.

A member of the ROMCO team since 1995, Fitch will continue to oversee operations of the company's Houston branch office while assisting with overall company sales and manufacturer relations.

He is a board member of the Houston Contractors Association and currently sits on the Volvo Dealer Product Council, which advises the heavy equipment manufacturer on product innovation.

Christopher G. DeClaire was recently appointed president and chief executive officer of Houston-based Imperial Petroleum Recovery Corp.

He assumes the role of CEO from Henry Kartchner, who will remain chairman of the board for IPRC, and takes over as president for C. Brent Kartchner, who will continue at IPRC leading the company's research and development effort.

DeClaire was most recently managing director of Odyssey Capital LLC, a Houston-based company he formed in 1999. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a bachelor's degree in pre-law and a minor in accounting.