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Marr Scaffolding Company announces the promotion of Thomas McCafferty to vice president and sales manager, Aerial Lifts Division. McCafferty served as sales manager for the past eight years. The company, located in Boston, Mass., engages in the rental, sales and servicing of nationally marketed

Ferd Construction, Inc. of Hollis, N.H., has named Joe Gaukstern as president. With 16 years' experience in managing commercial, industrial and residential projects, Gaukstern is responsible for the overall management of the company and will work closely with clients and subcontractors. Starting 45 years ago, as a general contractor-construction management firm, the company is involved in commercial, industrial, institutional, and residential projects in New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

Kamco Supply Corp. of New England has promoted Mark Gluhosky to the position of regional manager. With over 25 years' experience in the building supply industry, Gluhosky will cover the company's Wallingford and East Hartford, Conn., locations. The company is a distributor of building materials, including lumber, insulation, steel studs, acoustical products, drywall, and doors.

North Branch Construction Inc. , Henniker, N.H., has named Kenneth Holmes as president of the corporation. Joining the firm as a project manager, Holmes has been general manager of the company since 1996. Robert Smith , who recently celebrated his 30th anniversary with the company, will continue to serve as chief executive officer. North Branch has been serving New Hampshire's commercial, institutional and residential building needs since 1958.

Valerie Richardson has been appointed to the newly created position of vice president, strategic marketing and business development for Leica Geosystems Inc. Richardson assumes responsibility in all marketing areas including product marketing, software development, web tools, communications, customer care, order entry, channel marketing, management of partners programs, sales and marketing training, and intelligence for North America and South America. The company, located in Norcross, Georgia, provides solutions for positioning and data capture for surveying, civil engineering, construction, and mining industry segments.

Bob Sanderson has been named by BOMAG Americas as northeast territory manager for HYPAC products. He will also be responsible for overseeing the sales and marketing of Bomag asphalt products and Marini milling products at select distributors in the northeastern United States. The firm is a manufacturer and marketer of light and heavy compaction equipment, asphalt recyclers/soil stabilizers, asphalt pavers, milling machines, and refuse compactors.

Joseph Cunningham has been appointed vice president, marketing and sales, for Stone Construction Equipment Inc. of Honeoye, New York. Cunningham's responsibilities include the overall management of the marketing and domestic sales divisions of the corporation. The company designs, manufactures and markets construction equipment including concrete and mortar mixers, hand-held compaction equipment, ride-on asphalt and dirt rollers, trench compactors, power trowels, concrete/pavement and masonry block saws, material handling equipment, and concrete vibrators and screeds.

Stow Construction Equipment and Multiquip announce that Tom Roe was named sales director for Stow Construction Equipment in Carson, California, and Kevin Day was named director of the company's concrete and masonry technologies division.