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THE TOP 25 NEWSMAKERS OF 2006
Mike Crawford  

California regulators' forthcoming rules to reduce statewide off-road diesel emissions by 85% have many contractors worried that the need to replace millions of dollars of old, polluting equipment would put them out of business. Instead of waiting to find out, Mike Crawford, CEO of Santa Ana-based Sukut Construction Inc., is proving that contractors can profit from cleaner air.

Tudor Hampton
Visible fumes spew from the scraper on the right, which has an original 1980 engine. The scraper on the left was repowered last year.

Crawford empowered the company's equipment managers to tap into public grant funds and spend millions of its own profit “repowering” vintage earthmoving machines with cleaner-burning engines. The team also engineered its own “field kits” that allow technicians to take machines out of production, re-power them in a few days, and put them back into service. The same process would take dealers weeks and significantly hamper project schedules. As a result, Crawford's firm has set a positive example for contractors around the country, by keeping a step ahead of regulators and helping to rid California of harmful emissions.


The Newsmakers, by name:
(click on a name to go directly to that person's profile)
  1. Bill Baker
    Partner at Chicago-based architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
  2. Anna Mann
    Internal Communications Manager at London-based Halcrow Group
  3. Timothy P. Seel
    Engineering manager at Radiant Aviation Services, Inc., Niagara Falls, NY
  4. David L. Kelly
    Vice president, Meadow Burke Products, Sacramento, Calif.
  5. Rosemarie S. Andolino
    Executive director of Chicago's O'Hare Modernization Program
  6. Mike Crawford
    CEO of Santa Ana-based Sukut Construction Inc.
  7. Jeff York
    President of Signal-Rite LLC, San Leandro, Calif.
  8. Ronald O. Hamburger
    Principal in the San Francisco office of Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
  9. Derek Cunz
    Director of project development, M.A. Mortenson Co.
  10. Matt Griffin
    Managing director of Pine Street Group LLC
  11. Jon Peterka
    Vice president of Cermak Peterka Petersen Inc., Fort Collins, Colo.
  12. Steven Tipping
    President of Tipping + Marr Associates, Berkeley, Calif.
  13. Bill Hammack
    5R Constructors
  14. W. Denney Pate
    Principal engineer, Figg Engineering
  15. Peter Gipps
    Transportation consultant
  16. Bill Murphy
    Project manager, Peter Kiewit's Sons
  17. John Rothnie
    Port of Seattle project manager for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
  18. Jane Williams
    Safety Consultant
  19. Ed Link
    Civil engineering professor, University of Maryland
  20. Robert S. Boh
    President, Boh Bros. Construction
  21. Mike Spruill
    President and CEO, Gulf Coast Pre-Stress, Pass Christian, Miss.,
  22. Stuart Bowen
    Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
  23. James A. Williams
    General President, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
  24. Don Holmstrom
    Investigator, U.S. Chemical Safety Board
  25. William Hochul
    Assistant U.S. Attorney

 


 
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