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Patrick McFarlin, P.E., has been named facilities unit manager for Carter & Burgess' vertical design and consulting services in Fort Worth, Texas. McFarlin has more than 12 years of experience in facility design and construction. Elsewhere at the firm, Rick McKay, P.E., has been added as a senior project manager in the firm's Orange County (Calif.) facilities unit …Bala Consulting Engineers, Wynnewood, Pa., has named Joseph Scarduzio, Sr., P.E., to be the chief operations manager in their East Windsor, N.J., office. Also, Bala Technologies, an affiliate firm, has hired Walter Herring, RCDD, to direct all of there voice/data design projects …George Miller, the recently retired president and chief executive officer of the National Fire Protection Association, has been elected to serve on the board of directors for The RJA Group, Inc., Framingham, Mass. In other news, Joshua Greene, P.E., has been promoted to associate engineering manager in the Chicago office of The RJA Group's fire-protection consulting arm, Rolf Jensen & Associates, Inc. …The Society of Fire Protection Engineers has recognized Jane Lataille, P.E., with its 2002 D. Peter Lund Award, an annual honor given to those making "significant contributions to the advancement of the professional recognition of the fire-protection engineer." Lataille served for many years as the chairman of the SFPE Engineering Licensing Committee …Baker and Associates, the A/E services unit of Michael Baker Corporation of Pittsburgh, has appointed Louis Mittelman, P.E., to the position of mechanical engineering manager …SSOE, Inc., based in Toledo, Ohio, has appointed Donald Warner, P.E., to be corporate director of design & quality processes …Black & Veatch Corporation of Overland Park, Kan., has named William Fredrickson vice president of sales and marketing for its Energy Services Division.