Tompkins Builders, Inc. Forms Board of Directors

Chairman Ed Small serves as the president of Tompkins Builders. Vice Chairman William M. Brennan is the chief executive officer of Tompkins Builders, which recently became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Turner Construction Company. He currently serves as the senior vice president of the Turner Construction Company Mid-Atlantic Region. Roger Lang is the executive vice president, risk management for Turner Construction Company in New York. Gregory Druga serves as the senior vice president of operations for Tompkins Builders, Inc. Robert Maxwell was senior vice president of the Turner Construction Company before his retirement in December 2001.

Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D. is a professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. and was named to the Dwight Schar Faculty Chair. Robert M. Gordon is a prominent Northern Virginia attorney and investor. Brigadier General Leif Hendrickson is retired from the US Marine Corp.

Mechanical Contractors Association of Metropolitan Washington announced recently that Sean Straser has joined the organization as Assistant Training Director of Local 602 Apprenticeship Training School. Straser worked with W.E. Bowers, Inc. for 10 years and with other contractors for a year and a half. He graduated from the Apprenticeship School as Steamfitter Valedictorian in 1998, and completed the UA Instructor Training Program in 2003.

Guy P. Cipriano has been appointed president and chief executive officer of EI Associates, Cedar Knolls, N.J. and Harrisburg, Penn. EI Associates is a leading architectural, engineering and construction management firm in the Mid-Atlantic region. Cirpiano was also names president of EI Realty, a related real estate development, management and investment company which owns and manages 1.8 million sq. ft. of office and industrial buildings in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Gruzen Samton recently promoted James Loucks to associate partner. Loucks serves as office director and design manager for the architectural firm's Alexandria, Va. office. Loucks provides administrative and managerial leadership, oversees recruitment and supervision of staff and control of daily operations for the firm. With more than 15 years of experience in the Washington, D.C. area, Loucks has managed numerous projects that range from 50,000 to 400,000 sq. ft.

Hill International recently promoted three of its key executives to vice president within Hill's Project Management Group. Alvin R. Zion with Hill's Philadelphia office, was promoted to vice president from project manager. Zion has more than 35 years of experience. Gregory A. Griffin, with Hill's Washington D.C. office, was promoted to vice president from project director. Griffin is currently the assistant project directory on Hill's contract for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases providing program management services to construct biocontainment research laboratories around the country. Jeffrey E. Sueck, with Hill's Marlton, N.J. office, has been promoted to vice president from manger of estimating. He will continue to be responsible for managing Hill's estimating group.