M/E Insider: Former NFPA Head Joins RJA; A Heavyweight Award For Stanley Consultants

By Consulting Specifying Engineer Staff January 3, 2006

• The RJA Group, Inc., parent company of Rolf Jensen & Associates and Sako & Associates, last month selected George Miller , former National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) President and CEO, to be the company’s Chairman of the Board.

• Boxing champion George Foreman presented AARP’s top award to Stanley Consultants , Muscatine, Iowa, President and CEO Gregs Thomopulos recently at AARP’s awards reception and dinner at Chicago’s Drake Hotel, where Stanley Consultants was honored as the country’s Best Employer for Workers Over 50.

Jerrold M. Dinkels, P.E. , has joined STV, Inc. , New York, as vice president and eastern region manager of projects for STV’s Buildings and Facilities Division. In this role, he will be a key member of the firm’s senior management team and will have overall responsibility for project/program management and delivery of all phases of architectural/engineering services in the region.

MKK Consulting Engineers, Inc. , Denver, announced the rollout of its new corporate identity reflecting an energy and corporate focus that build on the strengths of its 45-year heritage.The new logo will be launched officially in January.

Peter Basso Assocs. , Troy, Mich., has hired Daniel Harper as a mechanical engineer in its K-12 Market Sector Group, where he will be responsible for the technical production of a project’s mechanical design. The K-12 group also gained Chuck McKale , P.E., as an associate. McKale will participate in the production of mechanical systems design for a project, and be responsible for managing the work of other engineers, designers, and CAD production personnel assigned to the team.