Power-Industry Leader Tip Goodwin Joins PBS&J in Dallas

Goodwin will serve as the technical lead for the firm's electric transmission design team.

Edwin "Tip" Goodwin has joined PBS&J, and will lead the firm's electric transmission design team. Goodwin is an industry-recognized professional with more than 30 years of experience in design, construction, operation, maintenance and research associated with electric transmission and distribution facilities.

Goodwin is a leader in the electric utility and power industry, having senior-level experience with two major electric utilities, consulting firms and most recently with the Electric Power Research Institute. As technical lead for PBS&J's electric transmission design team, Goodwin brings a proven reputation as a team builder, leader and motivator capable of organizing diverse groups with varying needs and interests in order to achieve client goals and objectives. He has authored numerous technical reports, magazine articles and technical papers and served as speaker for industry group seminars and presentations.

Goodwin will be based in PBS&J's Dallas office.

CH2M HILL recently announced that Thomas Burke has joined the firm's Transportation Business Group as a vice president and senior client service manager in the firm's Dallas office.

Burke will be responsible for helping to expand the firm's business in North Texas focusing on conventional and alternative project delivery approaches, including design-build on public-private partnerships. Among the clients that Burke will be working directly with are TxDOT, North Texas Tollway Authority, North Texas Cities and Counties and the Dallas Area Rapid Transit, as well as concession-fee-development companies and design-build construction contractors.

Prior to joining CH2M HILL, Burke served as senior vice president and principal-in-charge at Turner Collie & Braden Inc., where he provided overall direction of the firm's transportation, public works, water resources, environmental and land development engineering practices and helped to grow the firm into a major regional practice.

Burke received his bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering from the University of Illinois and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas. His professional affiliations include serving as the current vice chair of the American Council of Engineering Companies.

Skanska USA Building Inc. has named Chris Carruth vice president of business development. Carruth will be based in the Temple office.His responsibilities include managing the sales and marketing program for the Central Texas area.

Carruth brings more than 20 years of experience working in the construction industry. His most recent position was vice president of business development for Hardin Construction Company in Atlanta, Ga.

Jeffrey Stocks has joined Teal Construction Co. as chief financial officer and general counsel. Stocks has more than 20 years of financial, legal and operational experience.

Stocks received his bachelor's of science. in accounting from Duke University. He received a J.D. from South Texas College of Law, where he was the valedictorian and editor-in-chief of the law review. Stocks also attended London School of Economics and Political Science, where he received a master's of laws in international business law.

LJA Engineering & Surveying Inc. recently announced the promotions of Barbara Foss and David Tinney, as well as the addition of Paul Bright. Barbara Foss has been promoted to vice president of marketing. She has more than 25 years of experience in the marketing of professional engineering services to public and private sector clients. Foss has been with LJA for 23 years. In her new position, responsibilities include directing the firm's marketing programs and strategic plan. Foss is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin. David Tinney, PE, has been promoted to vice president of the Houston Land Development Division. Tinney joined LJA in 1991, and has served as senior project manager and engineer for a number of master-planned communities and site development projects within the Greater Houston. With more than 20 years experience as a civil engineer serving public and private clients, Tinney has been involved in roadway and bridge design and maintenance for MUDs. Tinney is a graduate of Texas Tech University. Paul Bright, PE, RPLS, has joined LJA as senior project manager in the firm's Houston Public Infrastructure Division. Bright has more than 20 years of experience on various transportation projects. Prior to joining LJA, he designed numerous roadway projects for Harris County, TxDOT, HCTRA, FBCTRA and private entities. His responsibilities have included project coordination, preliminary engineering reports, construction phase services, right-of-way determination, preparing project budgets and contracts, invoicing and monitoring of project costs. In his new role, he will manage the design of highway and turnpike design projects for TxDOT, toll-road authorities and through comprehensive development agreements. Bright is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma.