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BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION LEADERS HONORED AS 2015 WOMEN IN CONSTRUCTION Constructech magazine recently named Balfour Beatty Construction ’s (Dallas, TX) Kasey Bevans and Nancy Novak to its 2015 Women in Construction list at the publication’s 2015 Technology Day event. The Women in Construction list is comprised of some of the most successful women working in the con- struction industry, who are driving innovation with technology and represent the leading construction companies in the country. At Balfour Beatty Construction, Bevans serves as senior vice president and chief information officer and Novak is vice president of operations. “The Women in Construction demonstrate exemplary leadership and have accelerated the growth of technology, while inspiring others within construction,” said Peggy Smedley, editorial director of Constructech magazine. “Each woman embodies passion, tenacity, and grace even under the toughest of circumstances, which ultimately has empowered them to take risks and challenge the status quo.” As CIO of Balfour Beatty Construction, Bevans leads the vision and strategic direction of the company’s information technology team. In her 12 years as CIO, she has developed a talented team and centralized IT across the business. As national vice president of operations, Novak is a key resource in assessing and strengthening the company’s ability to scale knowledge and bring consistency to strong, existing operating standards. She is helping to lead the company in building a true learning organization where collaboration and leverage for the benefit of the firm’s people and partners are the norm. “ Constructech ’s recognition of Kasey and Nancy with 2015 Women in Construction honors is well deserved and further reinforces the significant contributions they make to our company and industry every day,” said Mark Layman, chairman and CEO of Balfour Beatty Construction. LEHMAN ENGINEERS WELCOMES FRANCIS CATHERINE II P. JOSEPH LEHMAN Inc., Consulting Engineers (Hollidaysburg, PA) announced that Frank Catherine II has joined the firm as an environmental engineer. Catherine brings more than 30 years of experience managing environmental remediation and heavy construction projects. Catherine has experience ranging from supervising environmental cleanups to preparing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination permits to planning, coordinating and supervising multiple engineering projects. In Lehman Engineers’ environmental remediation department, Catherine will work with geologists and environmental scientists in developing solutions for environmental projects, including underground storage tank clean up projects, environmental site assessments, and asbestos, lead, mold, and air quality projects.

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timely response implies lack of interest. 7)Out of office assistant is bad. I’ve said it a million times. Do NOT let your people use this. It connotes poor ser- vice when you are telling the world you aren’t accessible. 8)Acknowledge when someone re- sponds to you. If you ask a question of someone and they respond, or if someone tells you something you need to know or gives you instructions, acknowledge it. Say “thanks, “ “got it,” or something similar. Saying noth- ing means “you didn’t get it” or aren’t thankful or don’t care or, worse, didn’t like the response you got. All of these are bad. 9)Employees need training! Don’t as- sume your people know ANY of these things. Who would’ve taught them? You have to teach them, or they won’t know. It might seem hard to believe, as these things seem like common sense, but, as they say: “Common sense is not so common.” MARK ZWEIG is founder and CEO of Zweig Group. Contact him at mzweig@zweiggroup. com.

the same and include their name, title, company name, logo, main number, direct-dial extension (if you have them), and cellphone number. The idea is to make everyone accessible to those who need them. 4)Clean out your inbox every day. Show me someone who forgets to do things and I guarantee that they have an inbox that has thousands of emails still in it. It’s a discipline. Process im- mediately. The fact that we spend more time with our cellphones on email than our regular computers doesn’t help. I delete everything I can as it comes in and then go back and file the rest later (as in soon after!). 5)Email folders really help. Get orga- nized. Get file folders. Then you can find what you need to later. And name your folders consistently so this doesn’t become a jumbled mess, which is as bad as an over-full inbox. 6)Respond quickly! Speed is everything today. Twenty-four hours is not nearly soon enough. A few hours might be too long. A few minutes is better. Lack of

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