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Three RICS Members Upgraded to Fellowship
January 13, 2012

NEW YORK – RICS Americas is pleased to announce the upgrade of three qualified Members (MRICS) to RICS Fellowship (FRICS) status. Most MRICS are eligible to apply for Fellowship as soon as they are elected. The next deadline for Fellowship applications is February 15, 2012.

To find out more about the Fellowship application process and eligibility, please visit www.ricsamericas.org/fellowship.

Congratulations to RICS Americas' newest Fellows:

• James P. Leahy, United States, Sole Proprietor
• Michael Robert Rowland, United States, CBRE, Inc.
• Robert James Cimasi, United States, Health Capital Consultants, LLC

Philip Nixon appointed Associate for BTY Group’s Toronto office
January 10, 2012

BTY Group is pleased to announce the appointment of Philip Nixon, PQS, MRICS, as an Associate of the firm on November 10, 2011. A Professional Quantity Surveyor with 12 years of cost consulting experience, Philip leads the Cost Management Group in the firm’s Toronto office. Philip’s areas of expertise also include Independent Certifier (IC) and Lenders’ Technical Advisor (LTA) services. He is BTY Group’s IC Team Leader for Halton Healthcare Services New Oakville Hospital project, the Niagara Health System Complex and the Bridgepoint Hospital Redevelopment project. He is also the LTA Team Leader on the Women’s College Hospital project. Philip’s growing list of successfully completed Public-Private Partnership projects also includes the North Bay Regional Health Centre and the Ontario Archives and York Research Tower.

BTY Group is one of Canada’s leading consultancies for Cost Management, Project Monitoring and Public-Private Partnership Advisory services. The firm has seven regional offices across Canada and has been in business for over 33 years. To learn more, please visit www.bty.com.

Randy Scheidt MAI CCIM FRICS Appointed Chair of the Commercial Committee of the NAR
December 2, 2011

Don R. “Randy” Scheidt MAI CCIM FRICS has been appointed Chair of the Commercial Committee of the National Association of REALTORS® for 2012. He also serves as a Federal Political Coordinator for NAR and was elected to serve through 2012 on NAR’s Board of Directors.

Randy has been in the real estate profession since August of 1972. He is President of Don R. Scheidt & Co., Inc., which has offices in Indianapolis, Columbus and Lafayette, Indiana.
The firm specializes in valuations, consulting and market studies, as well as other services throughout the Midwest. Commercial brokerage and property management services to date have been concentrated in central and south central Indiana.

Greenfield Advisors and Georgia Institute of Technology to Evaluate the NIST MEP
November 15, 2011

ATLANTA, GA –The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), a program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), is a nationwide network of manufacturing extension centers that provide services to small and mid-sized manufacturers to increase their competitiveness and productivity. Since 1989, the MEP has worked with manufacturers to provide cost-effective expertise and assistance to improve their manufacturing processes, to provide workforce training, and to implement new technologies. The MEP also focuses on supply chains, providing growth and innovation services to firms. Approximately 7500 client firms are served annually.

Many stakeholders view the primary mission of the MEP as materially improving the long-term viability of US manufacturing. To meet this mission, MEP must demonstrate persistent, long-term improvement in client performance. In addition, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has asked federal programs to make decisions regarding assessments of program performance based on evidence. Recently, the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded Greenfield Advisors and the Georgia Institute of Technology $249,000 to evaluate the effects of the MEP program. In this work, we will be evaluating the economic performance and survival of U.S. manufacturing firms, comparing the outcomes of MEP clients to nonclients, controlling for other factors. Our focus will be on establishments that received MEP services between 1997 and 2007. We will estimate the effect of different levels and types of MEP services on output and productivity growth over this period. The novelty of our approach is the econometric methods we will use to find the determinants of economic performance and survival of MEP clients while adequately controlling for selection bias.

Greenfield Advisors’ partner in this research is the Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Jan Youtie, Manager of Policy Services and Principal Research Associate at Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, commented “the MEP is an important program targeted specifically for manufacturing. We are excited to work with Greenfield Advisors on this important evaluation of the effect of program services on manufacturing performance and survival.”

The MEP evaluation will take approximately 1 year to complete. Greenfield has assembled a blue-ribbon Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to consult on the development of the research and provide guidance as necessary. Members of the TAG include former and current chief economists within the U.S. Department of Commerce as well as other well-known economists at the U.S. Census Bureau and the University of Texas at Austin. You can learn more about the MEP at http://www.nist/gov/mep.

John A. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., FRICS
www.greenfieldadvisors.com

Eight RICS Members Upgraded to Fellowship as of May 2011
August 4, 2011

NEW YORK – RICS Americas is pleased to announce the upgrade of eight qualified Members (MRICS) to RICS Fellowship (FRICS) status since May. Most MRICS are eligible to apply for Fellowship as soon as they are elected. The next deadline for Fellowship applications is September 19, 2011.

To find out more about the Fellowship application process and eligibility, please visit www.ricsamericas.org/fellowship.

Congratulations to RICS Americas' newest Fellows:

• Richard W. Latella, United States, Cushman & Wakefield, Inc.
• Paul John Pring, United States, Mott MacDonald Inc.
• Owen George Grant, Jamaica, Owen Grant Associates Limited
• Sean Gibbs, Bahamas, Hanscomb Intercontinental Ltd.
• John A. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., United States, Greenfield Advisors LLC
• Christopher William Bailey, United States, Lend Lease Ltd.
• Rodrigo Lacombe Abbud, Brazil, VBI Real Estate
• Mark D. Hinkins, United States, Grubb & Ellis Company

Randy A. Williams FRICS, SW/WA, MAI Elected IRWA International President
July 13, 2011

The International Right of Way Association (IRWA) elected Randy A. Williams, SR/WA, MAI, FRICS as its 2011-2012 International President.

With 30 years of real estate valuation experience, Randy serves as Managing Director for Integra Realty Resources-Austin, where he leverages his expertise in appraisal, expert testimony and eminent domain for a diverse client base in both the private and public sectors. As leader of IRWA’s International Executive Committee and Board of Directors, Randy has an integral role in overseeing the policies and strategic planning of the nearly 10,000 member Association. As President, he serves as the chief elected officer and is granted the powers and duties of management usually vested in the office of president of a corporation.

IRWA has become recognized internationally as the central authority for right of way educational programs and professional services, and its diverse base of members perform a fundamental role in overseeing the many phases of infrastructure projects across North America. The highways we drive on, the utilities in our homes and the cell towers we rely on all exist because of the unique expertise that right of way professionals bring to these projects.

Eric Lehmayer MRICS Appointed by Pennsylvania Governor to State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers
June 30, 2011

Eric M. Lehmayer MRICS High Associates Ltd., Director of Appraisal Services was recently appointed by Governor Corbett and confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate to serve a four-year term on the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers. The function of the board is to regulate the certification of real estate appraisers and assessors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and establish and uphold standards of professional appraisal practice.

Mr. Lehmayer, a resident of Spring Garden Township in York County, has 25 years of experience in the real estate industry and has been with High Associates for 13 years. He holds the MAI designation from the Appraisal Institute, is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, and is a LEED AP. Mr. Lehmayer is also certified as a general appraiser in Pennsylvania and is a licensed Associate Broker member of the National Association of Realtors® and its state and local affiliates.

Mr. Lehmayer can be contacted at the High Real Estate Group at T +1 800-638-4414.

Rob Nahigian FRICS Named To Massachusetts Real Estate Licensing Commission Education Subcommittee
April 30, 2011

The Massachusetts Real Estate Licensing Commission has appointed Rob Nahigian FRICS SIOR CRE and Principal of Auburndale Realty Co., Newton, Mass. to its Education Subcommittee.

The Education Subcommittee reviews and recommends to the State’s Executive Director and Associate Executive Director the educational requirements to become a real estate licensed salesperson and broker. The Ed Subcommittee also submits recommendations for new CE licensing courses, hours required for educational requirements for all licensing issues, and approves any new courses submitted by the public for review. They make recommendations regarding the course content and outline format both for residential and commercial real estate licensing practitioners.

Rob will be serving as the representative solely involved in commercial real estate. He has been periodically working with the Ed Subcommittee since 1998 and in the last two years has presented approximately 28 CE course submissions. A number of these commercial courses have been approved by the state for CE course offerings, including Green & Sustainability, Advanced Industrial Logistics, Commercial Real Estate Transactions, Commercial Loan Packages, the Anatomy of a Commercial Product, Commercial Real Estate Ethics, Basic Industrial Real Estate, etc. Some of these courses were jointly developed by Rob and CBA, and CoreNet, and has been a collaboration of other commercial real estate organizations.

Rob has 39 years of real estate experience with 29 years exclusively in commercial and industrial as a developer, advisor, expert witness and broker of approximately $4.9 billion of real estate totaling 39 million square feet. He is recognized as a national leader in his industry; a frequent speaker; and invited columnist to newspapers.

He provides brokerage/advisory and expert trial witness services to public agencies, investment portfolio groups and corporations in New England, Missouri, Ohio, California and Florida. He was appointed to the Mass. Highway Real Estate Appraisal Review Board by Gov. Patrick. He serves on the Advisory Acquisitions Committee for a publicly-listed real estate investment firm on the AMEX exchange (NERA).

Mr. Nahigian Was Also Appointed as National 2011 Editor-In-Chief of the National CRE Publication, The Counselor.
January 25, 2011

This national publication is published 4-6 times per year for its 1200 plus members and guests and provides timely and thought-provoking information on a wide range of real estate issues and topics. The newsletter showcases CRE activities and events including reviews of the national convention programming, chapter activities, new member and current member announcements, book reviews, Market Monitor of the US macro economics and real estate industry trends.

As the Editor-in-Chief, Rob’s role is to review all contributing articles for relevancy and appropriateness in the newsletter and to write/submit a “Message from the Editor”, for each issue. Rob is currently adding a new section on a “point-counter point” of topical real estate issues for each quarter. The CRE membership will be asked to contribute to a Question of the Quarter and eight contributing CRE opinions will be published.

Currently, Rob also serves as Chapter Chair for the New England/Upstate NY Chapter and has served in many other leadership capacities including National Chair, CRE Communications Committee; National Vice-Chair of Chapter Activities Committee; Member of the National Board of Directors and Chair of the Chapter’s Board of Directors. Rob was also awarded in 2009, the “James Felt Creative Counseling Award,” which recognizes the most innovative and creative counseling on complex real estate issues in an ethical, objective and expert manner. He is the only New England Chapter CRE member to have been the recipient of this coveted award. The Counselors of Real Estate is an affiliate of the National Association of Realtors that comprises the most elite real estate advisors in the U.S. that are accepted by invitation only.

Rob can be contacted at:

Auburndale Realty Co.
335 Auburn Street
PO Box 66125
NEWTON
Tel: +1 617 332 6900
E-mail: rob@siorcre.com

Calvin Speight Jr. MRICS CCC PMP Elected 2011-2012 Treasurer for (AACEI)-National Capital Section, the DC Chapter.
April 14, 2011

The Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACEI) has elected Calvin Speight Jr. MRICS as 2011-2012 Treasurer.

Calvin is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and a member of AACE International since 2008. He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from Rutgers University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Pittsburgh.

As Treasurer, National Capital Section, AACE International, Calvin will be responsible for the funds of the local section. Upon authorization from the Section Board, he will distribute funds and report the financial status to the board as required.

Calvin is an Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, where he handles Analytics Capability, Civil Market, Energy, Transportation and Environment Accounts. His client delivery for Booz Allen includes applied economic analysis and quantitative management controls in Washington, DC. Calvin has been a Project Management Professional since 2008, and became a Certified Cost Consultant in 2010. His professional background includes 20 years of experience that integrates finance with project management and Lean Six Sigma. Prior to Calvin's current job at Booz Allen, he developed expertise in the Energy & Utilities sector.

Calvin notes that those experiences have reinforced a sophisticated understanding of an organization's triple bottom-line, measured by financial, environmental sustainability, and social responsibility goals (economy, ecology, and equity).

Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm that has been at the forefront of strategy and technology consulting since 1914, has become a corporate sponsor of the AACEI.

Calvin can be contacted at:

Booz Allen Hamilton
8283 Greensboro Drive
McLean, Virginia 22101
Tel: (703) 902-5000
Mobile: (703) 254-9538
E-mail: speightjr_calvin@bah.com

Eight RICS Members Upgraded to Fellowship

April 1, 2011

NEW YORK -- RICS Americas is pleased to announce the upgrade of eight qualified Members (MRICS) to RICS Fellowship (FRICS) status as of April 1, 2011. The next deadline for applications is May 16, 2011.

To find out more about the Fellowship application process and eligibility, please visit www.ricsamericas.org/fellowship.

Congratulations to RICS Americas' newest Fellows:

• Ardeane M. Maharaj, Canada, Advicas Group Consultants, Inc.
• Ernest A. Demba, United States, Demba Valuation Services, LLC
• Matthew C. Mondanile, United States, Cushman and Wakefield, Inc.
• Charles P. T. Johnstone, Canada, AEC International, Inc.
• Timothy A. Gifford, United States, Aguirre Newman America
• Joseph J. Calvanico, United States, Crowe Horwath, LLP
• Richard W. Gilmore, United States
• Peter J. Hopkin, Bermuda, Government of Bermuda

Eleven RICS Members Upgraded to Fellowship in FY2011

February 7, 2011

NEW YORK – RICS Americas is pleased to announce the upgrade of eleven qualified Members (MRICS) to RICS Fellowship (FRICS) status since August 1. Most MRICS are eligible to apply for Fellowship as soon as they are elected. The next deadlines for Fellowship applications are February 15 and May 16, 2011.

To find out more about the Fellowship application process and eligibility, please visit www.ricsamericas.org/fellowship.

Congratulations to RICS Americas' newest Fellows:

• James Arrow, United States, Kellogg Brown & Root
• Narendra Chande, Canada, Altus Group
• Paul Griffith, United States, Integra Realty Resources – Pittsburgh
• Richard Knitter, United States, Great Realty Advisors
• Randall Kopfer, United States, Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA)
• G. Patrick Lester, United States, M & T Bank
• Alexia Nalewaik, United States, QS Requin Corporation
• Richard Parli, United States, Parli Appraisal, Inc.
• Afra Raymond ,Trinidad & Tobago, Raymond & Pierre Limited
• Graham Roy, United States, Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey
• Craig Smith, United States, Integra Realty Resources

Afra M. Raymond MRICS Appointed New President of the Joint Consultative Council for the Construction Industry (JCC)
Jan 13, 2011

Afra M. Raymond MRICS has joined The Joint Consultative Council for the Construction Industry (JCC), as its new President.

Afra is a Chartered Surveyor and Managing Director of Raymond & Pierre Limited. He holds a B.Sc. in Land Administration and is also a Professional Member of the RICS with specializations in Valuation, Planning & Development, and Property Finance.

With qualifications in Advanced Alternative Dispute Resolution, Afra’s experience spans the fields of property valuation, project appraisal and management, program management and advanced planning for the long-term and large-scale redevelopment of housing estates and commercial complexes.

He has served on a number of Boards in various positions including Executive Member of the Federation of Black Housing Organizations (FBHO) in London, Board member of the Trinidad Building & Loan Association (TBLA), Director of EPL Properties Limited (EPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastern Credit Union (ECU) and Immediate Past-President of the Institute of Surveyors of Trinidad & Tobago (ISTT) http://www.instituteofsurveyors.com/. Afra is also a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute - http://www.transparency.org.tt/.

Afra is a well known commentator, with regular columns in the Business Guardian and Sunday Guardian, and he has also contributed to the T&T Review. He has written the 'Property Matters' column in The Business Guardian from January 2004 to present. In addition to professional commentary, Afra has written extensively on white collar crime, good governance, national development and financial matters, in particular, the CL Financial fiasco. Indeed, he has participated in several discussions on these matters on both television and radio. His commentaries can be accessed and comments made at: www.afraraymond.com.

A compilation of the ‘Property Matters’ series of articles was published in 2005. Afra has also authored a number of reports - Central London Office Floorspace Review (CLOR)1987; Property in the UK Economy 1986; ‘Make Quality part of the test’ in Voluntary Housing in October 1994; ‘Risky Business – Risk is something you can’t gamble on’ in Inside Housing of July 1995.

Afra can be contacted at:

Joint Consultative Council for the Construction Industry
The Professional Centre Bldg., 1st Floor Unit B202,
11-13 Fitzblackman Drive, Wrightson Rd. Ext.,
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Tel: (868) 623-9396
Fax: (868) 623-2949
E-mail: jcctt1@gmail.com
www.raymondandpierre.com

James G. Zack, Jr. FRICS FACCE CMAA PMI CCM CFCC Appointed Executive Director of Construction Disputes Forum at Navigant Consulting, Inc.
January 6, 2011

James G. Zack, Jr. FRICS has joined Navigant Consulting, Inc. Global Construction Practice, as Executive Director of the firm’s newly created Construction Disputes Forum.

Jim was formerly the Executive Director, Corporate Claims Management for Fluor Corporation, a $20 billion/year engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance contractor with offices and projects worldwide. Jim possesses almost 40 years of deep industry experience in construction management and dispute resolution services. He has been involved in more than 5,000 claims, both public and private, throughout his career and has been designated as an expert witness in mediation, arbitration and litigation. His disputes experience spans the globe, having worked on claims in Canada, Egypt, China, Germany, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, The Russian Federation, and Trinidad & Tobago, as well as throughout the United States.

In the construction disputes field, Jim is a recognized and well published expert in mitigation, analysis and resolution, or defense of construction disputes. He is a nationally known author, speaker and trainer concerning the management, mitigation and resolution of construction claims and disputes and has testified as an expert witness. Jim is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, International (FAACEI) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (FRICS). He is also a member of the Construction Management Association of America (CMAA) and the Project Management Institute (PMI). He is a Certified Construction Manager (CCM); a Certified Forensic Claims Consultant (CFCC); and a Project Management Professional (PMP). Jim is also a Past President of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering, International (AACEI).

Navigant Consulting has one of the world's largest and most respected teams of consulting professionals serving the construction industry. Many of the firm’s professionals hold advanced degrees and professional licenses and certifications, and have specialized knowledge and hands-on expertise in real estate, project management, architecture, engineering, CPM scheduling, cost estimating, construction accounting, claims pricing, and economic damages.

Navigant’s Global Construction Practice provides a full range of training, planning, oversight, and review services that enable clients to more effectively control their programs and address problems as they arise, and ultimately to avoid many problems and claims completely. When disputes or challenges arise, our clients rely on us for insightful analysis of technical, schedule and cost issues, standards of practice, and effective expert testimony and litigation support services.

Jim can be contacted at:

Navigant Consulting, Inc.
4 Park Plaza, Suite 1050
Irvine, CA 92614

Tel: 949.660.8232 Mobile
E-mail: jimzack@navigantconsulting.com
www.navigantconsulting.com

J. Kevin Donahue MRICS, CMC Appointed Senior Managing Director, Research, Valuation and Advisory Practice, Altus Group Limited, Toronto, Canada
December 20, 2010

Kevin Donahue, MRICS, CMC has joined Altus Group Limited as a Senior Director, Research, Valuation and Advisory effective November 29, 2010. In his new role, Kevin will bring specialized real estate advisory expertise to the Government Services Group based in Toronto, and will be working closely with Philip Smith FRICS, AACI, PLE, to expand this practice area across Canada.

Kevin has acted as a senior real estate strategist and advisor to corporate space users, financial institutions, the real estate development industry, and government for over thirty years. His career in real estate has focused on facilitating executive decision making through services such as: project feasibility & market demand analysis, assessment of enterprise space requirements, site selection; highest and best use analysis, as well as business case preparation supporting acquisition, reorganization, expansion, down-sizing and divestment strategies.

He has also provided expert witness testimony concerning market and economic issues at various Municipal Councils, Planning Advisory Committees and the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB).

Kevin is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Canadian Association of Management Consultants (CMC), National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP) and International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

Altus Group is the leading multidisciplinary provider of independent real estate consulting and professional advisory services worldwide. With a staff of over 1,600, Altus Group has a network of over 60 offices in 14 countries worldwide, including Canada, UK, Australia, Asia and the United States. We operate four interrelated Business Units, bringing years of expertise together into one comprehensive platform: Research, Valuation and Advisory; Cost Consulting and Project Management; Realty Tax Consulting and Geomatics services. Altus' clients include banks, financial institutions, governments, pension funds, asset and fund managers, developers and landlords and companies engaged in the oil and gas industry.

Kevin Donahue can be contacted at:

Altus Group
200 University Avenue, Suite 700
Toronto, ON
M5H 3C6, Canada

Tel: 416.227.7024
Email: Kevin.donahue@altusgroup.com
www.altusgroup.com

Alfred O. Ojejinmi FRICS CPM PCAM Appointed Regional Vice President of IREM
November 3, 2010

Alfred O. Ojejinmi FRICS CPM PCAM is serving a two-year term as regional vice president of the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM®) effective November 1, 2010. He will be overseeing the activities of IREM® chapters in New Jersey, New York, Delaware, and Pennsylvania.

Alfred is an international assessor for RICS and also a member of the Tri-State and New Jersey Sub Chapter committees for RICS Americas. He is the founder, president and chief executive officer of Presbeuo Group, Inc., and Presbeuo Real Estate Services, Inc., a full-service real estate management company headquartered in East Brunswick, New Jersey. He also is the founder and CEO of the Presbeuo Leadership Institute, a leadership consulting, business coaching and mentorship tutoring company. He has more than 22 years of diverse real estate experience, both nationally and internationally, in property management, facilities management, valuations, project management, and feasibility and viability studies.

Alfred O. Ojejinmi can be contacted at:
Presbeuo Real Estate Services Inc
(Property Managers, Project Managers, Chartered Surveyors)
Turnpike Plaza Building
197 Route 18 South Suite 3000 South Wing
P.O. Box 6745
East Brunswick, NJ 08816

Tel: 732-993-3459
Email:aojejinmi@presbeuogroup.com
www.presbeuogroup.com

Guy A. Smith, MBA, MRICS, PQS(F) Named Executive Director, Learning Facilities at Alberta Infrastructure
October 26, 2010

Guy A. Smith has held several different positions with the Government of Alberta during a career spanning over 25 years. As leader of a group of professionals and technologists, he is responsible for project planning and delivery for school boards and post secondary institutions throughout the province. In addition, he leads a team of professionals who deliver social infrastructure using the public-private partnership (P3) procurement approach. The ASAP team, as it is called, has so far completed the P3 procurement of 32 schools, 18 of which opened in Edmonton and Calgary in September 2010, and the remainder of which will open during the 2012 school year. Several other social infrastructure projects are currently in the planning stages.

Mr. Smith can be contacted at: guy.smith@gov.ab.ca.

Lance W. Doré, MAI, FRICS Announces the Opening of The Doré Group
September 29, 2010

Lance W. Doré, MAI, FRICS, seasoned real estate and valuation professional recently established The Doré Group, an international real estate consultation and forensic valuation firm. Mr. Dore provides forensic counseling services that derive solutions for litigation support, disputes and mediation, expert witness testimony, and other legal issues. The firm’s valuation and review services address the most complex and sensitive real estate issues and address client needs including, internal audit, financial risk exposure, and review from outside parties. The niche business is able to navigate through international standards and methodologies to perform valuation and advisory services in Australia, India, Mexico, Russia, Japan, Cyprus, Jamaica, Bahamas, Prague, UK and Central and South America.

Before founding the The Doré Group, Mr. Dore obtained 27 years experience in real estate litigation, appraisal, counseling, publication, and education. He was formerly Vice President at Colliers Valuation and also worked for Cushman Wakefield and Integra Realty Resources.

For further information, contact:

Lance W. Doré MAI, FRICS – President
P: (619) 933-5040 office
E: lwdore@thedoregroup.com
The Royster Building
415 West G Street
San Diego, CA 92101
www.thedoregroup.com

BTY Group Names Two New Equity Partners
September 16, 2010

BTY Group, one of Canada’s leading cost and project management consultancies, is pleased to announce the naming of two new equity Partners: Ross Templeton, PQS, MRICS; and Eldon Lau, PQS, MRICS, LEED AP.

Ross brings more than 10 years of experience providing advisory services on capital investments in the UK, Australia and Canada. Since joining BTY Group he has contributed significantly to the firm’s burgeoning growth. Ross has been a key driver to the development and expansion of BTY Group’s PPP/PFI Technical Advisory and Independent Certifier services to domestic and global lenders, consortia and various levels of government across Canada.

Eldon, also named as a member of BTY Group’s leadership board, brings more than 20 years of experience working in senior roles advising on Social and Transportation Infrastructure in the UK, Australia, Hong Kong, China and Canada. Eldon’s appointment as leader of BTY Group’s Cost and Project Management Group underscores the firm’s commitment to expanding its core service offerings in all regions of Canada.

Both are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and the Canadian Institute of Quantity Surveyors. Eldon is also a member of the Canada Green Building Council.

Ross and Eldon can be reached at BTY Group’s Vancouver office.

2288 Manitoba Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V5Y 4B5
Tel: 604-734-3126
RossTempleton@bty.com
EldonLau@bty.com

Turner & Townsend to merge Canadian Operations with cm2r
April 15, 2010

Turner & Townsend, the Global provider of professional services to the construction industry has today announced the merger of its Canadian operations with cm2r, a Toronto based construction consulting firm which operates throughout Canada, as well as North America, providing cost management, project management, loan monitoring and consulting services.

The merger follows the rapid expansion of Turner & Townsend in Canada, where it has had a presence since 2004, providing project management services to motor manufacturer Nissan, and cost management services to a wide range of clients, particularly in the mining sector, including Barrick Gold and Pebble Limited Partnership. More recently the company has advised clients such as EllisDon, Fengate Capital Management and other international lenders on P3 projects. cm2r is currently engaged in a number of significant key frameworks and public private partnerships including the development of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

The merged company will be called Turner & Townsend cm2r and have offices in Toronto and Calgary with plans to expand into other locations in due course. As a combined force the Directors believe the company will be well placed to grow significantly with the added level of experience in management consultancy, facilities management, PPP/P3 and related cost and project management services.

Commenting today, Vince Clancy, Chief Executive Officer of Turner & Townsend said: "We have, for some time, recognised Canada as one of the most exciting growth markets in the world and, together with cm2r, who share our business culture and ambition, we are now very well positioned to build a significant business using our combined skills, knowledge and experience."

Gerard McCabe MRICS, Managing Director of cm2r added, “The merger gives us an immediate critical mass with access to an enormous level of international experience and the opportunity to secure an increasing number of larger projects, particularly in the infrastructure and natural resources sectors in Canada, while at the same time creating a bigger business which is better able to grow internationally.”

For further information please contact:

Turner & Townsend plc
Ali El Moghraby 020 7544 4000

Pelham Bell Pottinger
Alex Walters/Francesca Tuckett 020 7337 1500

About Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend is a global business focused on providing high-quality construction consultancy, programme and project management, cost management and management consultancy services from a network of 63 offices around the world.

Our clients are involved in large construction and infrastructure projects and the operation of major assets. They benefit from our consultancy and management expertise in assisting them to deliver such projects with certainty of time and cost. The Group operates as a single, wholly-owned integrated global business organised across seven geographical regions.

About cm2r
Since 2000, cm2r has been helping clients achieve substantial and sustainable results in the built environment, providing construction and management consulting services to a broad range of clients including financial institutions, developers, knowledge based institutions, the design community and all levels of government.

Through its offices across Canada, they work with clients on their most critical challenge today: to reduce risk in a turbulent world and deliver value in the development, construction, expansion, renovation and use of built assets. More than just cost consulting, our expertise covers design, engineering, construction, and property acquisition. That translates into a broad range of services in Cost Management, Project Loan Monitoring, Project Management and Management Consulting.

BTY Group Expands National PPP Advisory Team

BTY Group has announced the appointment of Joanne Henson, PQS, MRICS, LEED AP as practice leader of its regional office in Toronto.

Joanne brings BTY Group - one of Canada’s leading cost and project management consultancies - more than 20 years of professional experience working in senior project and development management roles in the United Kingdom and Canada.

Since joining the firm, Joanne has taken a senior leadership role in providing technical due diligence services to global capital lenders participating in the Canadian P3 market, for which BTY Group has been providing advisory services for 15 years.

Integrating her expertise across the multiple elements of a P3 transaction, she advises public and private sector clients on contractual, finance, design and planning, project management, facilities management, capital and life cycle and operational issues.

Joanne will help spearhead BTY Group’s expansion in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province. The Vancouver headquartered company first established its presence in Ontario more than a decade ago with an office in St. Catharines, about one hour south of Toronto. BTY Group opened its second Ontario office – in the downtown centre – just under a year ago. That new office is already working flat out to meet demand.

“I’m very excited about the growth potential for BTY Group in Ontario,” she said. “The firm is at the front of the game for providing advisory services on major projects and is particularly strong in the rapidly growing P3 market. Over the past 30 years, BTY Group has developed the expertise and in-house data to provide the robust and timely intelligence this market increasingly demands. It’s very satisfying to be a leader on such an accomplished and ambitious team.”

Prior to taking the position in Toronto, Joanne worked in BTY Group’s office in Vancouver, where the company provided advisory services on multiple venues for the 2010 Winter Olympics.

“That success was very inspiring,” she says. “We’re always looking to be at the forefront of proving the best professional services in the industry and continue to strive at being market leaders.”
RICS membership has been and will be an important element in continued success for Joanne and BTY Group.

“The RICS standard communicates creditability -- and it is internationally recognized.” she said. “BTY Group encourages a RICS membership program for students and graduate employees working towards their full RICS accreditation. BTY Group has always been very supportive of RICS and our clients are increasingly aware of the value of the credential.”

Joanne Henson can be contacted at:
BTY Group, 119 Spadina Ave, Suite 305, Toronto, MSV 2L1
Email: joannehenson@bty.com
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Gary Evans MRICS Announces Launch of GPE Facility Consulting LLC
New Building Surveying and Facility Management Consulting Firm Based In Washington DC Area

March 19, 2010 -- Gary Evans, the RICS Americas representative for global Building Surveying and Facility Management professional groups, has launched one of the first RICS-affiliated Building Surveying and Facility Management Consulting companies in the United States.

Launched on March 1, 2010, GPE Facility Consulting LLC quickly landed its first major contract supporting a facility management automation study for the International Monetary Fund. Based in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, GPE Facility Consulting LLC is well situated to provide capital planning and maintenance optimization services to major U.S. national organizations and the U.S. Federal Government.

According to Evans “the need for these services is only going to rise as organizations try to more efficiently manage and maintain aging buildings with fewer resources.”

Before founding GPE Facility Consulting LLC, Evans provided facility management consulting services for numerous U.S. government agencies, including GSA Office of Governmentwide Policy, Department of State, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and the Architect of the Capitol. He also reviewed entire U.S. Federal Real Property Profile (FRPP) database of more than 1.2 million facility assets (buildings, structures and land), analyzed and interpreted results and recently presented findings to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

In the past few years, he also created, developed and tested an innovative, ground-breaking condition assessment modeling technique that allows organizations to easily record and track real-time facility conditions.

Evans moved to the United States in May 2000 following an introduction to a U.S.-based engineering firm at the Building Surveying Christmas party in Bristol, United Kingdom, demonstrating that getting involved in local RICS chapter events opens doors and creates opportunities.

You can reach his website by going to www.gpefacility.com.

CB Richard Ellis’ Catherine House Elected 2010 President of CREW-SF

(From dBusiness News) SAN FRANCISCO – January 06, 2010 – Catherine House CCIM, FRICS, an investment broker in the San Francisco office of CB Richard Ellis, was elected president of Commercial Real Estate Women – San Francisco (CREW-SF). House succeeds Dena Cruz, senior counsel with Holme Roberts & Owen, LLP. Kim Havens, project manager at Wilson Meany Sullivan will serve as president-elect. As president, House will work closely with the board of directors to further elevate the organization’s position within the commercial real estate industry while continuing to provide existing and potential members with valuable educational and professional development resources and programs. Read more...