James Owens was promoted to chairman and CEO of Peoria, Ill.-based Caterpillar Inc. to replace the retiring Glen Barton. Owens was previously group president.

Caterpillar Inc. is a manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, clean diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines.

Chicago-based McClier has announced Thomas Rossiter was named managing director of the facilities business segment of parent company Aecom Technology Corp. in Los Angeles. Rossiter, who was formerly McClier president, will continue to be based in Chicago. Angelo Kokkino was named executive vice president of corporate development and will continue to lead McClier's Aviation and Aerospace division. Paul Springthorpe was promoted to executive vice president of operations from senior vice president of the firm's Southeast Regional Operations.

McClier is a design-build firm.

Jack Healy, senior geotechnical engineer with Springfield, Ill.-based Hanson Professional Services, an engineering and architecture firm, was named honorary member of the year by the Association of State Dam Safety Officials in Lexington, Ky.
He received the tribute for contributing to the advancement of dam safety over a 40-year career.

Susan L.B. Jacobson, founder and owner of Glen Ellyn, Ill.-based Bartells/Jacobson Design, a landscape architecture firm, took office as president of the American Society of Landscape Architects in Washington, D.C.

Robert Hawkins was promoted to vice president of Milwaukee-based The Bentley Co. He was previously senior project manager.

The Bentley Co. is a general contractor.

Michael Metz was promoted to vice president of project management and field operations for Oak Brook, Ill.-based Krusinski Construction Co. He was previously senior project manager.

Krusinski Construction Co. provides general-contracting services.

Richard Niemi was named senior medical planner in the Healthcare Practice of Chicago-based Loebl Schlossman & Hackl. He was previously senior associate for Cannon Design, also located in Chicago.

Loebl Schlossman & Hackl is an architecture firm.

Chicago-based Bowman, Barrett & Associates Inc. has announced the promotions of Brian Umbright, to assistant vice president from associate, and Jeffery Jackowski, to construction department manager from resident engineer. Richard Stafford was named head of civil engineering. He was previously senior transportation engineer in Chicago with CH2M Hill.

Bowman, Barrett & Associates Inc. is an engineering firm.

Murrill Murphy was named sales and marketing manager for Morton Grove, Ill.-based Roughneck Concrete Drilling & Sawing Co. He was previously in sales and marketing with Cleveland-based Procut.

Roughneck Concrete Drilling & Sawing Co. is a concrete cutter.

La Dawn Taylor was named vice president of business development for Chicago-based Interior Space International, a unit of A. Epstein & Sons International Inc. She was previously business development manager for Regus Business Centre, also in Chicago.

Interior Space International provides interior design services.

Dennis Slater, president of the Milwaukee-based Association of Equipment Manufacturers, was elected 2004 chairman of the International Association for Exposition Management, the trade group for the worldwide exhibition industry. He will head the IAEM Board of Directors as it promotes the growth of the exposition industry and provides educational resources to more 3,600 members in 46 countries.

Randy Kennedy was named operations manager in Carmi, Ill., for Homewood, Ill.-based Graycor Blasting Co. He was previously business development manager for W-S Industrial Services in Oklahoma City.

Graycor provides construction, maintenance and facilities services.

Penny Bouchard has joined Crystal Lake, Ill.-based Baxter & Woodman Inc. as an environmental specialist. She was previously an industrial environmental controller for the North Shore Sanitary District in Gurnee, Ill.

Baxter & Woodman Inc. provides water, wastewater, transportation and municipal engineering services.

Gregory Fisher was named business development manager for Alsip, Ill.-based The Lombard Co. He was previously manager of sales for Rochelle, Ill.-based PBM Concrete.

The Lombard Co. is general contractor.

Brookfield, Wis.-based R.A. Smith & Associates Inc. has announced the hiring of new associates: John Casucci, survey project manager; Candice Ekstrom, executive assistant; Glenn Gerschke, division director; and Chris Pinkowski, information technology services director.

R.A. Smith & Associates Inc. is a civil engineering, surveying and technical services consultant.

David Shepherd was named director of sustainable development, a new position at the Skokie, Ill.-based Portland Cement Association to develop and promote sustainable applications for cement and concrete. He was previously manager of residential technology at the PCA.

Fred Olson was named estimator for the Pipe Fabrication Division of Fond du Lac, Wis.-based J.F. Ahern Co. He was previously salesperson/estimator for Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.-based A&R Roofing Co.

J.F. Ahern Co. is a mechanical and fire-protection contractor.

Ann Ewings was named sales representative for Green Bay, Wis.-based LaForce Inc. She was previously an administrative assistant for the Madison, Wis.-based Stark Co.

LaForce Inc. is a manufacturer of frames and doors and a distributor of door hardware.

Minneapolis-based Harmon Inc. has announced Steven Helfrich was named project manager in the Lombard, Ill., office. He was previously Midwest regional manager for Montgomery, Ala.-based Norment Security Group Inc. Romeo De La Cruz was promoted to Sales I from Sales II representative, also in Illinois.

Harmon Inc. provides glass services.

Kristyn Phillips was named onsite administrative assistant at St. Joseph's Community Hospital for Milwaukee-based CG Schmidt Inc. She was previously a student.

CG Schmidt Inc. is a general-contracting company.