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MeMbers in the news On The Move Thomopulos Named President-Elect of FIDIC A ACEC Senior Vice Chairman Gregs Thomopulos CEC Senior Vice Chairman Gregs Thomopulos has been elected president-elect of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), the worldwide organization representing the consulting engineering industry. Thomopulos, who is chairman and CEO of Stanley Consultants, Inc. in Muscatine, Iowa, will assume the FIDIC presidency in September 2009. FIDIC’s membership includes associations from 75 countries, including ACEC, the largest member. Thomopulos has been on the FIDIC executive committee since 2004 and has served as the organization’s vice president. He will be the fourth American to be FIDIC president following Bill Moore (Dames & Moore), 1970– 1972; Wilson Binger (TAMS), 1981–1983; and Bill Lewis (ASL Consulting Engineers), 1995–1997. All three served as ACEC chairmen. “As the global voice of the engineering industry, FIDIC has taken the lead in advocating the use of QualificationsBased Selection (QBS) by foreign governments and the multilateral development banks,” said Thomopulos. “In my leadership role in FIDIC, I plan to continue working on acceptance of QBS and to make advocacy a top issue in the same manner that ACEC has been so effective in the United States.” “Since ACEC joined FIDIC almost 50 years ago, we have used the organization to establish best practices in the international market,” said ACEC President Dave Raymond. “Gregs Thomopulos’ ascension to the FIDIC presidency will give us new opportunities in this important organization.” NOW! Our best-selling EJCDC contract documents are 10% off regular price Nov. 1 through Dec. 31. Save on full sets, individual documents, guides, commentaries and references. For complete descriptions and to place an order, go to www.acec.org and click on Contract Documents. Documents are available for immediate download or on CDs. 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005-2605 Construction Set (C-990) Owner-Engineer Set (E-990) Engineer-Subcontractor Set (E-991) Environmental Remediation Set (R-990) Procurement Set (P-990) Funding Agency (Government) Editions Set (F-990) The Design-Build Documents Set (D-990) A Joint Venture Agreement (E-580) A Peer Review Agreement (E-581) Buy and download the contracts you need and save 10% on EJCDC documents Nov. 1 through Dec. 31. Why create contracts from scratch when you can get time-tested documents by industry experts? The Engineers Joint Contract Documents Committee (EJCDC) develops and updates fair and objective standard documents that represent the latest and best thinking in contractual relations among all parties involved in engineering design and construction projects. For complete descriptions and to order documents go to www.acec.org and click on Contract Documents. For more information, contact Jackie Pysarchuk at 202-682-4327 or jpysarchuk@acec.org. 36 enGineerinG inC. noveMber / DeCeMber 2008 http://www.acec.org http://www.acec.org http://www.acec.org

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