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Construction Design & Engineering
Posted: March 18, 2016
PROCON leadership changes
Jon Samenfeld, PROCON
Lance Bennett, PROCON
James Loft, PROCON
Manchester, NH John Samenfeld has been promoted to vice chairman of PROCON. Samenfeld has 40 years with the company, most recently as president. He has been involved in many of PROCON’s major projects from concept to completion. His experience has been an invaluable asset in providing consistent guidance throughout all phases of the design and construction process. Under Samenfeld’s leadership PROCON has grown into a $200 million fully-integrated design and construction management firm with projects throughout northeastern U.S.
PROCON has appointed Lance Bennett as co-president of the company. Bennett has 31 years of experience with PROCON, lately as executive vice president of construction operations. His oversight of the company’s construction management professionals has been a strategic part of the company’s successful progression into more complex and sophisticated projects throughout the northeast.
PROCON has appointed James Loft, AIA as co-president of the company. He has been with PROCON for 20 years, most recently at executive vice president of architecture and engineering. His leadership has spearheaded the department’s explosive growth from four to 50 professionals and has allowed PROCON play an integral role in redefining the industry’s design-build paradigm.
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