{"id":1004138146,"date":"2016-03-02T07:22:30","date_gmt":"2016-03-02T15:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004138146"},"modified":"2020-05-11T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T06:46:06","slug":"skanska-usa-appoints-mehmet-akinci-as-manager-vice-president-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/skanska-usa-appoints-mehmet-akinci-as-manager-vice-president-in-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"Skanska USA Appoints Mehmet Akinci as Manager &#038; Vice President in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Pittsburgh<\/strong>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usa.skanska.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Skanska USA<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s leading construction and development companies, has announced the hire of Mehmet Akinci as new area manager and vice president of operations for infrastructure construction in its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/qa-with-geoff-murken-and-dino-persichetti-vps-of-new-skanska-usa-location\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh<\/a> office.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004138148\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/Mehmet-Akinci.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004138148\" data-attachment-id=\"1004138148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/skanska-usa-appoints-mehmet-akinci-as-manager-vice-president-in-pittsburgh\/mehmet-akinci\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/Mehmet-Akinci.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mehmet Akinci\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Mehmet Akinci&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Mehmet Akinci&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/Mehmet-Akinci.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004138148 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/Mehmet-Akinci.jpg\" alt=\"Mehmet Akinci\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/Mehmet-Akinci.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/Mehmet-Akinci.jpg?resize=240,300 240w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2016\/03\/Mehmet-Akinci.jpg?resize=768,960 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004138148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mehmet Akinci<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Akinci joins Dino Persichetti, vice president of building construction, in growing the Skanska presence in this region. Together they will pursue opportunities in the healthcare, life sciences, education, infrastructure, and power and industrial market sectors.<\/p>\n<p>A Pittsburgh resident and industry veteran, Akinci brings more than 20 years of diverse experience in infrastructure construction. Prior to Skanska, he spent 14 years working as a general manager and project executive with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pjdick.com\/tpjwebsite.nsf\/Trumbull\/Home?openDocument\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Trumbull Construction<\/a>, where he oversaw and managed projects in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Akinci also brings global experience to Skanska, having worked in Turkey, Cypress, the United Kingdom and various cities in the United States. Akinci has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pittsburgh construction market is seeing a resurgence in infrastructure projects, particularly new highway construction, water treatment facilities and power plants,\u201d Mike Viggiano, executive vice president overseeing Skanska\u2019s civil infrastructure work in the Northeast, said in prepared remarks. \u201cMehmet\u2019s extensive national and international experience, paired with his local contacts and market expertise, will help us grow in this region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Skanska\u2019s roots in Pennsylvania date back to 1913. The company built the Nicholas and Athena Karabots Pavilion at The Franklin Institute science museum in Philadelphia, which now houses an expanded education center and gallery space. Other projects in the Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley region include an expansion of the existing Nemours\/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del.; as well as the Indian River Inlet Bridge project in Sussex County, Del.,\u2013a three-span cable-stayed bridge\u2013featuring a pedestrian walkway with the ability to withstand a Category 5 hurricane. Skanska also expanded Terminal A at Philadelphia International Airport and renovated the University of Delaware Harrington Residence Hall in Newark, Del.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Skanska USA <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akinci is bringing more than 20 years of experience in infrastructure construction to his new role with the leading construction and development company. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1269,"featured_media":1004138148,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,10,21744,1602],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004138146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-northeast","category-people","category-pittsburgh"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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