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HOK N.Y. expands management team

"To coincide with the recent growth of its N.Y. office, HOK, one of the nation's largest and leading architecture and design firm's, has inducted three new members into its executive committee.  The promotions of Jim Berge, Chris Korsh and Christopher Laul," said Kenneth Drucker, director of Design for HOK New York, during the last quarter of 2007."We are excited to be adding Jim, Chris and Christopher to our executive committee," said Drucker.  "The addition of these three leaders to the committee has been met with nothing but positive feedback. They have proven themselves as assets to our company, and we are sure that with this well-deserved promotion they will bring significant new insights and strategies to achieve design excellence, increase our market share in our varied building types and to strengthen our desire to be the firm of choice to both employees and clients."
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