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Putting Their Green to Work!

Four alumni, who recently earned their master's degrees in construction management with an emphasis in sustainable building, have been given signiicant industry opportunities, thanks in part to the LEED work they performed for Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins.

While at Colorado State, all four students were all employees of the CM department's Institute for the Built Environment (IBE), an interdisciplinary research center directed by faculty member Brian Dunbar. The institute performs green building consultation on regional projects, which, in turn, provides educational and career development to graduate students.

In 2002, when the Poudre School District hired the IBE to help the project team document the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating system credits, Katherine Pettit, John Mlade, and Grant French were given the opportunity to learn details of LEED and green building. Each student passed the LEED Accredited Professional exam and subsequently has gone on to related career achievements.

Katherine Pettit, M.S. '03, is a LEED project engineer with Sebesta Putting Their Green to Work! Bloomberg, a national engineering and facilities consulting company. Pettit, assigned to LEED work on the U.S. Pentagon, is assisting in the documentation of LEED for Existing Building Certiication.

John Mlade, M.S. '05, is the National Science and Technology Sustainability Manager for Perkins and Will, an architectural firm with offices in Chicago, Atlanta, and 18 other locations in the United States, Canada, and Asia. Grant French, M.S. '04, is a project engineer with Swinerton Builders at the company's San Francisco headquarters. Swinerton was one of the first large international construction companies to create a green building division within their company.

Josie Plaut, who coordinated the Fossil Ridge High School LEED submission, just completed her graduate studies in sustainable building at CSU. A LEED Accredited Professional, Plaut is working as special projects manager for the IBE, directing graduate student work on eight sustainable building research projects. She also is consulting with Domani, a Denver-based company that specializes in sustainability and green building.

Class Notes

Tyler Schillins, '02, currently is working as a construction engineer for CECO Concrete Construction in Seattle and Hawaii.

Robert E. Daniels, '75, is the executive vice president at Hensel Phelps Construction Co. and will be celebrating his 30th year with the company.

Jerry W. Barnes, '66, received a master's in civil engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a registered professional engineer of Texas and has 37 years of experience with the bridge and road construction industry.

David R. Moll, '92, works at Har- Bro Construction as vice president. He became the officer and principle of Har-Bro Construction in 2000. Ronald R. Young, '79, is the vice president of GC Corp. He has construction offices in California and Mexico.

(John) Derrick Beneville, '86, has been with Hoffman Construction for 18 years and has traveled to Alaska, Oregon, Washington, and California. He has been married to Michele Beneville for 17 years. They have a daughter, Kaitlin, 14, and a son, Blake, 10.

Andy Reichert, '87, currently is employed at Collins Controls Associates, Inc. His job is to support general, mechanical, and electrical contractors and facility owners.