This article first appeared in the 200901
issue of BD+C.
 Mark Konchar, 38 |
VP, business acquisition Balfour Beatty, Fairfax, Va. EDUCATION BAE, PhD, architectural engineering, Pennsylvania State University PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS LEED AP ACCOMPLISHMENTS Leads 35-person Business Acquisition group at the firm (2007 total billings: $2.33 billion, according to BD+C's Giants 300). Group's billings: $700 million. Oversees preconstruction/estimating, purchasing, and marketing, as well as integrated project groups, which he started in 2003. Leading design-build advocate, researcher. Heading up firm's BIM initiatives. RECENT PROJECTS Pentagon Memorial, Arlington, Va. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (joint venture), Bethesda, Md. EXTRACURRICULAR Co-founder, Project Delivery Institute. Organization designs, develops educational materials and seminars focused on project delivery. Co-author, Selecting Project Delivery Systems (1999). Past chair, Design-Build Institute of America's education committee. OFF THE CLOCK Favorite vacation: skiing in Chamonix, France. Coaches girls' youth ice hockey team. SECRET LIFE Played in Canada's World Pond Hockey Championship (2007, 2008). |
