狮子座
狮子座

Los Angeles-based CBRE Group Inc. on Oct. 5 agreed to buy the design and project management firm Heery International Inc., Atlanta, from U.K. contractor Balfour Beatty LLC, as the British construction giant continues shedding non-core assets in a turnaround engineered by CEO狮子座, brought on in 2015 to revitalize the profit-challenged firm. The deal, for around $57 million, is set to close by year-end.

对于CBRE而言，此次收购“正在提高我们发展项目管理专业知识和能力的战略，” CBRE全球集团总裁Mike Lafitte说。

CBRE的全球劳动力为75,000，声称是基于2016年收入的全球最大的商业房地产服务和投资公司。该公司在ENR的前100名施工经理列表中排名第七。新利luck它报告说，去年的CM收入为11亿美元，PM收入为9.78亿美元。

Heery,有超过530名员工in 19 U.S. offices. ranks at No. 31 on the ENR Top 100 CM-for-Fee list, reporting $71.5 million last year, and at No. 428 on the Top 500 Design Firms list.

Balfour Beatty bought 50% of Heery in 1986, taking full control four years later.西奥多·萨克（Theodore Sak）和Glenn Jardinewill stay on as Heery president and chief operating officer, respectively.

For Balfour Beatty, the planned divestiture will remove potential conflicts of interest in some U.S. markets.

The deal maximizes “shareholder value…while improving our strategic position,” according to Leo Quinn, Balfour Beatty Group Chief Executive.

The acquisition agreement represents a second departure from the U.S. design market by Balfour Beatty following its sale three years of the New York-based Parsons Brinkerhoff Inc. to Canada’s WSP Group, Toronto, for $1.3 billion.

巴尔福·比蒂（Balfour Beatty）还将其在英格兰北部机场的95％股份卖给当地官员。根据Financial Times上个月的报告，该公司“自新管理层掌管以来进行了重大重建工作”。

FT说，巴尔福·比蒂（Balfour Beatty）去年在“托里德（Torrid）七个利润警告”之后，返回盈利能力，这是由于“建筑合同管理不善和管理层的变化”造成的损失。

巴尔福·比蒂（Balfour Beatty）在6月的半年结束时报告了税前利润近1600万美元，而同一2016年期间的亏损为2000万美元

梅根·霍夫（Megan Huff）
梅根·霍夫（Megan Huff）

总部位于圣路易斯的运输设计公司Ross＆Baruzzini Inc.命名梅根·霍夫（Megan Huff）vice president and managing principal of its Macro division, the firm says. Based in Chalfont, Pa., she was deputy chief and senior director of operations technology for Amtrak. The Macro unit specializes in the design of state-of-the-art command-andcontrol,communications and IT systems.

马丁·J·“马蒂”矿工已加入迈克尔·贝克国际（Michael Baker International），担任新成立的职位执行副总裁兼首席技术官。他将领导该公司技术运营的所有方面。他最近位于弗吉尼亚州亚历山大市，最近是信息服务公司Leidos的高级副总裁兼首席信息官。

KCI Technologies Inc.，A Sparks。工程师MD。Barry J. Schoch担任高级副总裁兼区域运输设计经理。最近，他是麦考密克·泰勒（McCormick Taylor）顾问的副总裁。Schoch还是宾夕法尼亚州运输部秘书，KCI说他负责开发计划，例如对500多个结构上缺陷的国家桥梁进行公私合作伙伴的翻新。

The National Association of Women in Construction has named贝丝·布鲁克斯as executive vice president of the 121 chapter advocacy group.
She had been CEO of two Texas-based associations and is the author of “The New CEO’s Guide,” published by the American Society of Association Executives. Brooks succeedsDede Hughes,谁退休了。