Michael Emmons was recently promoted to senior vice president and regional manager at Houston-based SpawGlass Construction Corp. He is now responsible for overseeing the operations of the Houston office.

Emmons has been with SpawGlass for 19 years and is a building construction graduate of Texas A&M University.

Recent company projects under his leadership include Continental Airlines' Terminal E at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, the M.D. Anderson Design/Build Parking Garage and The Club at Carlton Woods Main Clubhouse.

Mark A. Mendel, PE, project engineer for the facilities engineering team at San Antonio-based Raba-Kistner Consultants Inc., recently received his professional engineering license from the Texas State Board of Registration.

He specializes in facility investigations, property condition assessments, and has extensive experience in geotechnical engineering and construction materials testing services.

Mendel earned a civil engineering degree from Texas A&M University and is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the National Society of Professional Engineers.

Kenneth E. Zimmerman, PE, was recently honored by the Houston office of Walter P. Moore & Associates Inc. with a 90th birthday celebration.

Zimmerman is a 1934 architectural engineering graduate of Texas A&M University.
Until his retirement in 1982, he worked on almost every large project in Houston, including the Astrodome, American General Center, Rice Stadium, Jesse Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, Warwick Hotel, Sea Arama, St Vincent De Paul Catholic Church, UT Graduate School of Business and the C.E. "Pat" Olsen Field and Stadium at Texas A&M.

Zimmerman's affiliations include American Concrete Institute, National and Texas Societies of Professional Engineers, Houston Engineering & Scientific Society, Consulting Engineers Council and the American Institute of Steel Construction.

Gary Ellenberger was recently named general manager of Holt Rental Services, a division of San Antonio-based Holt Cat.

Ellenberger has been with Holt Rental Services in 2000 as manager of the Pflugerville Cat Rental Store.

Holt Rental Services focuses on the short-term rental business for small and mid-size Caterpillar machines and work tool attachments, and a variety of complimentary allied equipment to support customer needs. Holt Cat rents, sells and services Caterpillar machines, engines and generator sets in a 118-county Texas territory.

Mark B. Puckett was recently named president of ChevronTexaco Energy Technology Co., a newly created company of Houston-based ChevronTexaco. He was previously president of the company's Exploration and Production Technology Co.

The new company combines EPTC and ChevronTexaco Energy Research and Technology Co., which supply upstream and downstream technologies for the parent company's businesses, respectively.

Puckett has civil engineering degree from Texas A&M University and has completed the Tuck Executive program at Dartmouth College. He will be based in Bellaire.

James W. Gray Jr. of Spring Branch will be one of 35 new members inducted into the American Society of Landscape Architects' Council of Fellows during the ASLA Annual Meeting, scheduled Oct. 30-Nov. 3 in New Orleans.

The Council of Fellows is comprised of more than 600 landscape architects recognized by their peers for outstanding accomplishments in works of landscape architecture, administrative leadership, knowledge, and service to the profession.
Fellows may also use the designation "FASLA" following their name to signify membership.

Founded in 1899, ASLA is the national professional association for landscape architects, representing more than 13,500 members.