Structure Tone Installs New Virginia Leaders

Lou Williams moves from Forest City to take over Structure Tone’s operational responsibilities in metro Washington.

The Washington, D.C., office of Structure Tone is under new leadership. Lou Williams has joined the company as regional senior vice president with full operations responsibility for D.C., Virginia and Maryland. Williams was previously with Forest City Enterprises in D.C. He has also worked with Comstock Homes of Reston, Va., and LCOR of D.C. In other significant moves, Joanna Hoffschneider has joined the company as director of business development. She was previously director of business development for Hickok Cole Architects of D.C. Structure Tone also promoted Nick Colucci to senior vice president of preconstruction, estimating and administration. Colucci has been with the company for 16 years.

Perkins+Will of Washington, D.C., hired Janet White, FAIA, as principal and director of the Architecture Studio for corporate, civic, commercial projects and Federal Services Group for government projects. In other moves, the firm named James Wood as principal, Patrick Schultz as associate principal, Marion Danowski as associate principal, Andres Losada as senior associate and David Cordell as associate.

Keating Building Corp. of Philadelphia hired Jim Verzella as senior vice president of construction operations. Verzella was previously a vice president at L.F. Driscoll of Bala Cynwyd, Pa., and recently worked on the Comcast Tower project.

RMJM Hillier recently named David Altenhofen technical design principal in its Philadelphia office. He is responsible for the oversight and technical support for all aspects of architectural practice.

Dewberry of Fairfax, Va., named Jerome Strauss vice president in the firm’s federal programs division. Strauss will provide management oversight and business development expertise for federal contracts, particularly those involving Department of Defense programs.

BLT Architects of Philadelphia announced several staff promotions. Megan Delevan is director of operations. Kevin Aires, Sherman Aronson and Donna Lisle are senior associates. Dan Chong, Edgar Dale, Robert Graves, Aziz Kraba, David Smallets, Jacek Wiewiora and Kevin Yoder are associates.

Armada Hoffler of Virginia Beach, Va., announced several promotions. John Davis is executive vice president of construction. W. Christopher Harvey is vice president of hotel development. John Gresham, Jr., is superintendent. Sherry York is controller of Armada Hoffler Holding Company. Eric Smith is director of real estate finance. Eric Ziemer is associate development manager.

HNTB Corp. hired Theresa Backhus, Anna Bentley and Raka Choudhury to its Urban Design and Planning group in Washington, D.C.

Brailsford & Dunlavey of Washington, D.C., hired Renard Alexander as senior project manager.

O’Donnell & Naccarato of Philadelphia promoted Scott Bauer to project executive.

Hankins and Anderson of Richmond, Va., announced several hires. Michael Pearce has joined the mechanical department. Chris Welch has joined the electrical department. Thomas “Win” Mitchell, Jr., has joined the firm’s CADD department. Fahmida Chowdhury has joined the firm’s life safety department. Joseph Mullins has joined the firm’s structural department. Jon Hearn has joined the firm’s mechanical department.

William Fairchild, president of R.W. Murray Co. in Manassas, Va., was sworn in as Associated Builders and Contractors national chairman at ABC’s 2008 National Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in March.