•Harza Engineering of the US has named Frank Dickerson (pictured) as chairman of the board of Harza Engineering Company International.

•Stone Construction Equipment of the US has been named company of the year 2000 by the New Jersey/New York ESOP Association, while Ronald Smith has been appointed as senior vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff Con-struction Services.

•The UK’s Con-struction Industry Research and Infor-mation Association has elected Peter Brooks, Hugh Speed and Jim Moriarty to the council.

•Global technology company ABB has reported continued growth in the first half of 2000. Net income rose by 16% compared with results from the same period last year.