Stephen DeSimone, president and chief executive officer of DeSimone Consulting Engineers, has been presented with the Humanitarian Fellow Award from the Concrete Industry Foundation (CIF) and Concrete Industry Board (CIB).
The 2020 winner of the foundation’s James Anderson
Distinguished Service Award is Peter Scalamandre, president of Peter
Scalamandre and Sons, Inc.
The two men would normally be honored at the annual “Salute
the Finest” Awards dinner hosted by the groups, an event that has been
postponed by the coronavirus pandemic.
“Unfortunately we cannot at this time gather as a group to
celebrate these accomplishments, but we will do so as soon as the global crisis
has eased, the virus ceases to be a threat, and we can safely go about the
business and responsibility of hosting such an event. The safety of our members, families, students
and all remain our primary concern and that is what will drive our decision on
selecting a time to reschedule,” said Carmine Attanasio, chairman of CIF and
Michael Marchese, president of CIB, in a joint statement.
Stephen DeSimone joined DeSimone Consulting in 1988 and is an active member of the engineering community; founding member of the Structural Engineers Association of New York (SEAoNY) and sat on the Steering Committee of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s Seventh World Congress. He is also an active member of the New York Concrete Industry Board and the American Concrete Institute.
Peter Scalamandre has served as president of his company since 2002 and is a past president of the Concrete Contractors Association and longtime member of the Nassau Suffolk Contractors Association Board of Directors. In 2001 he was part of the feasibility study to establish a Christian Brothers school within the Diocese of Rockville Centre, NY. In 2002, the De La Salle School opened its doors with Peter serving as a founding board member, a role he continues to serve today.
The two groups also announced they were continuing the
process of selecting winners for the annual Alfred Gerosa Scholarship Awards
programs for college students and interns.
The Scholarship Awards Committee is currently reviewing the
entries for 12 awards. These scholarships are awarded at the
graduate, undergraduate, technical college, and apprentice levels to students
who are preparing to become engineers, architects, inspectors, technicians or
instructors. The CIF has awarded more
than $400,000 in scholarships since establishment of the program in 1993.
“We remain committed to gathering with our members to
celebrate the award and scholarship winners but will not do so until we know
that it is safe and the responsible thing to do. We will continue to be guided by federal and
state guidelines and follow all mitigation protocols that have or will be
established,” said CIF president, Jerry Parnes.
Comprised of members from across the United States, the
Concrete Industry Foundation is an educational fund that fosters excellence in
design and construction through scholarship, internship and grant programs for
study in the concrete built environment.
The foundation has provided more than $500,000 in such scholarships and
grants.
The Concrete Industry Board fosters the highest quality
design and construction of concrete structures through education, exchange and
debate. It is dedicated to the practice
of the highest professional ethical standards in all elements of the concrete
construction industry.
