Corgan Associates Promotes Mitch Paradise, Adds Five Associates

Also, Corgan announced the addition of five associates to the firm's Dallas office, adding to its team of professionals with expertise in corporate, aviation, medical and education design.

Corgan Associates Inc. recently promoted Mitch Paradise to vice president of business development. In his new role, Paradise will be responsible for maintaining the growth of the firm by managing the development of new projects and new clients.
Paradise has been with Corgan for nine years. He graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station with a bachelor's of environmental design. Corgan's five new associates are Dan Drennan, Mary Hart, Alexa Kapioltas, Andrew Kirchhoff and John Trupiano. Drennan continues to support the Corporate Architecture Team. In his eight years with the firm, Drennan has had the opportunity to work on several of the firm's major projects. Mary Hart has been named an associate of the firm. Hart continues to support the corporate architecture team by conducting an array of duties such as design and client coordination, overall project management, business development, project financial management and staff human resources management. Hart has served in the Texas Army National Guard for the past 17 years and has been deployed twice during her employment with Corgan. Kapioltas continues to support the management committee in areas of staff professional development, strategic planning, corporate governance and general administration.
Kapioltas has been with Corgan since 2000. Kirchhoff continues to support the aviation group by leading terminal planning and master planning assignments.
Trupiano continues to support the aviation group with design and management responsibilities for all forms of aviation projects. Trupiano is a LEED Accredited Professional.

Hoar Construction has announced that Jeremy M. DiPiazza has joined the firm as vice president of finance. He will have responsibility for all financial aspects of the company. DiPiazza was formerly executive vice president and regional credit director with Regions Financial Corp. DiPiazza's prior experience included responsibility for loan quality, growth and profitability in the southeast and midsouth banking regions.
He was involved in the development and implementation of loan policies and procedures and was responsible for management of the regional credit functions.
DiPiazza holds a master's in business administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama with a degree in business administration from the Culverhouse School of Commerce. Hoar Construction also announced the promotion of Brian Cook to contract manger. Cook has been with Hoar Construction more than 10 years. Cook will be responsible for overseeing contract preparation and administration. He holds a bachelor's of building science degree from Auburn University. Since joining Hoar Construction in 1995 he has worked with retail and commercial clients throughout the country and in Puerto Rico.

DPR Construction Inc. announced the addition of project manager David Schuessler and project engineer Paul Muenchinger as well as the promotion of Dave Kloubec to project manager. Schuessler has 23 years of experience as an electrician and construction manager, and has special expertise on projects with complex electrical and mechanical requirements. Kloubec joined DPR in 2001 as a project engineer after graduating with a bachelor's of science in architectural engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Kloubec is a LEED Accredited Professional.
Muenchinger comes to DPR with 12 years of experience as a project architect, estimator and project manager.

Walter P Moore announced recently that Gregory M. Strube, P.E., has joined the firm as managing director, civil engineering services in the Houston-based company's Las Vegas office. Strube is a licensed professional engineer in Nevada and California and is active in the American Society of Civil Engineers, American Council of Engineering Companies, American Public Works Association and the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

Carter & Burgess has announced that Marvin Fisher has joined the firm as a program manager for Building Programs department in Fort Worth. Fisher will support the firm in program management, financial planning, land development planning, facility operations and contingency engineering for national Air Force contracts. Fisher comes to Carter & Burgess after a 25-year career in the United States Air Force, where he rose to the rank of colonel. He retired as one of the top senior leaders in the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineering Department. Fisher earned a bachelor's of science degree in civil engineering from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1981, and a master's of science degrees in engineering management and national resource strategies from the Air Force Institute of Technology and the National Defense University respectively.

Irvine Team announced that Nick Morrison has joined the company as project manager. Morrison brings to Irvine Team more than four years of experience with the construction of athletic, science, research and health-care facilities. He was most recently associated with Century Development as a member of the program management team that worked on such high-profile projects as the Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute in the Texas Medical Center. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Morrison earned a bachelor's of science in construction. Irvine Team also announced that

Merrill Stanley has joined the company as project manager. Stanley brings a ten-year project history to Irvine Team. He was most recently associated with Century Development as senior project manager where he was involved in an extensive range of health-care projects, including the revolutionary Memorial Hermann Heart & Vascular Institute, as well as other high-profile Memorial Hermann Hospital projects. He is a graduate of University of Texas with a bachelor's of science in interior design and Texas State University with a master of science in construction.

NewQuest Properties has hired two new associates for its retail leasing and brokerage services division. Cullen Kappler joins NewQuest after working with Yancey-Hausman in Austin for two years. Kappler is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a degree in government. Mac Ruggles joins NewQuest after working for more than three years as a mortgage lender with Wells Fargo in Seattle.
Ruggles holds a degree from the University of Mississippi, where he majored in Spanish, and minored in English and international finance. He completed post-graduate work at the University of Madrid.

Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc. announced the following new additions: Elias Alfaro, Engineer I, Eric Velasquez, Engineer I and Sean Walsh, Engineer I. Alfaro received his bachelor's of science in civil engineering from The University of Texas at San Antonio. He has joined a Pape-Dawson environmental team. Velasquez received his bachelor's of science degree in civil engineering from The University of Texas at San Antonio. He has joined a Pape-Dawson land development team. Walsh received his bachelor's of science in civil engineering from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. , and a master's of science in water resource engineering from Tufts University in 2006. Before joining a Pape-Dawson water resources team, Walsh worked as an environmental engineering intern for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.