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R. G. Miller Engineers Announces Management Staff Promotions
R. G. Miller Engineers, a Houston-based civil engineering consulting firm, has announced two management staff promotions.
Jason Johnson has been promoted to manager of the Land Development & Utility District Services Department, where he will specialize in engineering planning and design, construction management, municipal utility district management and coordination of master planned land development projects. He has many years of professional civil engineering experience
in managing and coordinating the components for planned communities, municipalities and the design of water systems.
Chris Forrest has been promoted to senior project manager, where he will be responsible for managing engineering projects within the Land Development and Site Development Department, including design and construction permitting of single-family residential, industrial, multi- family residential, commercial projects and utility districts throughout Harris, Fort
Bend, Brazoria and Montgomery counties. Forrest’s background includes supervising, planning, design and quality control/quality assurance for a wide variety of civil engineering projects.
Weyerhaeuser Named to Sustainability Index
Timber REIT Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI). The company, based in the state of Washington, was one of only eight companies that focus on building materials to be included in the world index.
Out of the largest 2,500 companies in the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index, the Sustainability Index tracks the top 10 percent in terms of sustainability. It bases its ratings on companies economic, environmental and social performance. The Sustainability Index makes a determination based on reviewing factors such as corporate governance, risk management, customer relationships, climate change strategy and labor practices.
Weyerhaeuser has been on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America since 2005. However, Shari Brown, director of environment and sustainability for the company, said this is only the second time the company has been listed on the world index.
"This is exciting and a pretty prestigious recognition," Brown said. "The seeds of Weyerhaeuser’s sustainability program were
planted when the company was created in 1900. We like to think that we’ve been doing sustainability since our founding she said. Our product takes 40 to 50 years to mature."
Dan Fulton, president and chief executive officer, said, "Weyerhaeuser works to incorporate all aspects of sustainability into the company’s practices. Third-party recognition, such as the DJSI, helps affirm that we are effectively managing sustainability risk and opportunities to deliver long-term results to our stakeholders."
So far some of the things that Weyerhaeuser has done include ensuring that 95 percent of its timberlands worldwide are certified to sustainable standards, certifying and labeling all of its forest products to sustainable forestry standards and adopting green building standards for new company-owned manufacturing sites and office buildings.
In 2011, Weyerhaeuser has also focused on making progress toward other goals such as integrating components of the sustainability strategy into business systems and planning, engaging and educating employees about the new strategy and finalizing its product stewardship policy.
In addition, Weyerhaeuser was also named the most admired forest products company in the world by Fortune magazine in June 2011.
Jeanne Conger Joins J Forrest Group as National Sales Coach
J Forrest Group, one of the nation’s leading new home sales training companies, is pleased to announce that Jeanne Conger has joined the firm as national sales coach. Based in Houston, Conger will partner one-on-one with new home sales professionals and leaders to solve the challenges that come with an ever- changing housing market. Jeanne
will focus on turning around laggard communities, helping sales professionals generate traffic, providing hiring consulting for sales managers, and coaching design center teams.
“At J Forrest Group, we hire people who coach and train from application and experience rather than theory,” says Jason Forrest, chief sales officer and owner at J Forrest Group, “Ms. Conger is in the top one percent of sales leaders I have ever worked with and has turned around teams in the toughest of circumstances."
In her role, Conger will expand J Forrest Group’s Leadership Selling program to design center sales teams. She will also supervise reports, systems, compensation and diagnostic tools. Conger will also focus on bolstering sales and sales processes at troubled communities.
“I bring a ‘boots on the ground’ perspective to solving the challenges that face homebuilders today,” says Conger, “The J Forrest Group business model allows us transform the builders
22 NOVEMBER 2011 | HOUSTON BUILDER | GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION – BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
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