New President Takes Helm at Skanska USA

Ron Oakley leads Skanska, Jerry Hiebert joins PBS&J, Hines promotes Litterio and Betsy del Monte vice chairs U.S. Green Building Council's North Texas Chapter.

Ron Oakley has been appointed the new president of Skanska USA Building, replacing Johan Karlström, executive vice president of Skanska AB, who has served as acting president of Skanska USA Building since February.

Karlström will continue to be based in the U.S. as a member of the group's senior executive team with responsibility for Skanska's U.S. operations including Skanska USA Civil.
Oakley has more than 30 years of management experience in the construction industry and has been involved in construction operations for private-sector and public-sector customers as well as real-estate operations and project financing.

For 24 years, Oakley was employed by Fluor Corp., where his responsibilities included commercial, process and industrial construction, design/build and government assignments. He was also active in initiating the company's unit for transportation and public-private partnering projects. His most recent position was CEO of Lend Lease Americas.

Jerry Hiebert has joined PBS&J's integrated management solutions division as a senior advisor. He will provide expert advice and guidance to toll and transportation clients in all areas of agency operations, strategy, policy and technology.
Hiebert recently retired as the executive director of the North Texas Tollway Authority, a position he held since 1998. Prior to joining NTTA, Hiebert was the deputy city manager for the city of Richardson.

During Hiebert's tenure, express lanes utilizing TollTag electronic toll collection were implemented on all of the toll roads in his region. TollTag interoperability was also implemented with Dallas/Forth Worth Airport and is under way at Dallas Love Field.
He has a master's degree in regional and city planning from the University of Oklahoma and a bachelor's degree in social science from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Hiebert will office in PBS&J's Dallas location.

Eduardo Litterio has been promoted to vice president of the Sao Paulo, Brazil, office of Hines, the international real estate firm based in Houston.

Since joining Hines in 1998, Litterio led construction management efforts on behalf of the firm's South American operation. During his tenure, he was instrumental in the construction of numerous Sao Paulo-based projects including International Plaza, Louveira Distribution Park and Panamerica Park as well as Torre Almirante in Rio de Janeiro. Litterio has also been a key asset in procuring property management contracts for the firm.

Litterio holds a civil engineering degree from the University of Sao Paulo and a master's of business administration degree from Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado, Sao Paulo.

Elizabeth (Betsy) del Monte, AIA, LEED accredited professional, was recently appointed the vice chair for the board of directors of the U.S. Green Building Council -- North Texas Chapter.
A registered professional architect, del Monte serves as an architectural principal and the national director of communications for The Beck Group, headquartered in Dallas. She served as a principal at Urban Architecture from 1993 until Beck merged with the firm in 2000.

The USGBC is best known for its LEED certification program that provides certification to building projects that meet stiff environmental criteria.

The Board of Directors of the North Texas Chapter of USGBC is responsible for providing leadership in green building activities throughout northern Texas. That includes promoting green building projects, developing local green building strategies, and promoting green building initiatives throughout the area.

Before moving to Dallas to join Urban Architecture, she spent nine years in New York working with Philip Johnson and John Burgee as an associate responsible for design and management.. Del Monte holds a master's of architecture from Rice University in Houston and a bachelor's of science in architecture from the University of Virginia. Del Monte is chair of the Dallas AIA committee on the environment (COTE) for 2005.

Walter P. Moore recently announced that Srinivas M. Sangineni, P.E., has joined the firm as senior associate and managing director, traffic/ITS services in the Dallas Infrastructure office. An expert in transportation analysis, advanced arterial traffic management, traffic signal timing and simulation software, Sangineni brings significant experience in innovative traffic engineering and intelligent transportation system solutions throughout Texas.

The firm also announced that Biswajit Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D, P.E, has joined the firm as senior associate and team director, hydrology & hydraulics in the Houston infrastructure office. From large regional hydrologic and hydraulic modeling to project-specific design solutions, Mukhopadhyay is an expert in creative water resources engineering and environmental sciences, working to address all issues related to water and wastewater. His expertise includes surface water hydrologic and hydraulic studies and design, geographic information systems in water resources, flood control and floodplain management, groundwater hydrology and hydraulics and water treatment.

Clint Preston has joined Hoss Equipment Co. in Irving to direct the day-to-day operations of the Hoss Custom Rebuild Program, one of the most detailed and respected heavy construction and surface mining machinery rebuilding programs. The appointment places renewed focus on the Hoss commitment to deliver the finest rebuilt machines to the global heavy construction and surface mining industries.

'"Clint Preston brings a wealth of equipment maintenance and rebuilding experience to this position,'" said Ed Landers, vice president of operations for Hoss. '"He will play a key role in delivering on our promise to deliver unsurpassed service and equipment to our global customer base.'"