Burnham & Root were first named consulting architects, but Burnham resigned that position to become head of construction.
Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia appointed a new head of construction for the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, two weeks before athletes arrive for the first test events.
Frank De Martini, the head of construction, also started out in the subgrade, crawling around in piles of rubble as a bomb-damage assessor.
Lloyd Kaplan, the company's spokesman, said that El Ad's head of construction would meet with owners as long as they didn't bring their lawyer.
Alan Bartlett, the company's head of construction and technical design, noted that striking the balance between the theater's ease of assembly and its acoustic properties had posed the greatest challenge.
Mark London, head of construction disputes at Devonshires law firm, said six of the seven authorities that he represents in the Morgan Sindall deal have decided not to go with Lovell.
Stepping off his Falcon jet at Miami International Airport, Riley Bechtel — 47-year-old heir to an estimated $1.5 billion fortune, head of construction giant Bechtel Group — is hardly the picture of a man in charge of a company that was described in a 1988 book as exploiting "friends in high places" to score big deals.
He was head of construction and engineering of the New York State Department of Public Works from 1930 until 1941.
Hauptsturmführer Richard Thomalla, the head of construction, brought in the German Jews because they could speak German.
