Author: Professor, Dr. Dietrich Stein - TrenchlessOnline

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Interplastic Names CFO
Interplastic Corp. CEO Jim Wallenfelsz recently announced
that Steven Dittel has been appointed chief financial officer.Dittel
will be responsible for overseeing the management
of the financial and information technology departments.
Dittel brings more than 20 years of financial experience
having served as chief financial officer/director of operations
for Circle C Foods, vice president of finance/director
of operations for Stafford Blaine Designs and vice president
of finance/human resources/information systems for
Addco Inc.
Dittel, a certified public accountant, earned a bachelor’s
of science degree in business from the University of
Minnesota and a master’s degree in management and public
administration from Hamline University.
Barsoom Joins PB
Joseph Barsoom has been named senior principal
engineer in the Denver office of PB, a global infrastructure
consulting, engineering and construction management
organization.
Barsoom has more than 43 years of experience in civil
engineering, and planning, design and construction management
of public works projects. Prior to joining PB, he
served as director of engineering for the wastewater management
division of the City and County of Denver. He
supervised planning, design and construction of flood control,
sanitary and storm sewer systems.
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He earned a master of science degree in civil engineering
from the University of Colorado and a bachelor of science
degree in mining engineering from Assuit
University in Egypt. He is a member of the
American Society of Civil Engineers, the
American Public Works Association and ASTM
International.
Founded in 1885, PB provides strategic
consulting, program management, planning,
engineering and construction management
Barsoom
services for transporation, power, building
and environmental projects.
Herrenknecht AG Appoints N.A. Sales Mgr.
Herrenknecht AG,a global manufacturer of TBM,shield and
mixshield tunneling machines, microtunneling
systems,shaft dinking machines and horizontal
directional drilling rigs recently announcement
the appointment of Julian O’Connell
as its new North American sales manager,
For the past four and half years O’Connell
has worked with the James Fowler Co. of
O’Connell
Dallas and Oregon, in the capacity of tunneling
manager. In his new role with
Herrenknecht, O’Connell’s responsibilities will cover the
whole of North America, including the United States,
Canada and the Caribbean,for the range of equipment with
the company’s Business Unit Utility Tunneling (BU-UT).
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