HOK NY promotes three executives: Korsh, Laul and Vandezande

HOK NY has promoted three executives: * Christopher Korsh was promoted to senior principal. Korsh is the regional healthcare practice leader in HOK's N.Y. office. He is responsible for the management and marketing for N.Y.'s healthcare practice, as well as the operations for all practices in N.Y. * Christopher Laul was promoted to senior principal. At age 39, he becomes the youngest senior principal in the history of HOK NY. Laul is responsible for the strategic direction of all marketing, business development, and public relations activity for the N.Y. metropolitan region. * James Vandezande was promoted to principal. He is the firm-wide director of HOK's buildingSMART practice, HOK's service group that oversees the implementation and advanced use of building information modeling (BIM), which coupled with other powerful new software tools, allows HOK to deliver projects better and faster than ever. He is the author of Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 and is a thought leader in building technology software. HOK is a global provider of planning, design and delivery solutions for the built environment. Since the firm's founding in 1955, HOK has developed into one of the world's largest, most diverse and respected design practices. We employ more than 1,800 professionals linked across a global network of 25 offices on three continents. Industry surveys consistently rank HOK among the leading firms in numerous building types, specialties and regions, and we have earned many awards and honors for our projects, people and practice.