News

July 29, 2007

Scott Loureiro Promoted To Project Executive by Torcon

Red Bank, NJ (July 29, 2007) – Torcon, Inc., one of the largest construction management firms in the country, announced that D. Scott Loureiro has been promoted to the position of Project Executive.  

Since joining Torcon in 1999 as a Project Manager, Mr. Loureiro has been actively involved in a variety of R&D, pharmaceutical and biotech projects. His management experience includes the construction of a pharmaceutical/biotech incubator facility in North Brunswick, NJ, for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and for the International Center for Public Health (ICPH), a $50 million lab facility developed by NJEDA at Newark’s University Heights Science Park. ICPH is home to the Public Health Research Institute, the UMDNJ New Jersey Medical School National Tuberculosis Center and the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, and was recognized by R&D Magazine in its annual Lab of the Year competition. He most recently completed two cGMP manufacturing facilities for Bristol-Myers Squibb. Scott is currently project executive for several biopharm projects, including a new inhalable insulin manufacturing plant for MannKind Corporation in Connecticut.

“Scott’s expertise and talent continue to make him an invaluable asset to the Torcon team,” noted Joseph A. Torcivia, Co-President of Torcon. “His experience and innate managerial skills, especially within the highly‑specialized pharmaceutical construction sector, are highlighted by several critically important client projects, including leadership on two Bristol‑Myers Squibb manufacturing facility projects, in New Brunswick, NJ and in Puerto Rico.”

Overall, Mr. Loureiro has more than 25 years of field-oriented management experience with extensive major project assignments and preconstruction responsibility. His projects encompass a variety of facilities, including high-end corporate interiors and headquarters, as well as technical centers such as research and specialty labs, process installations, trading floors and recording studios.

Mr. Loureiro received a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Technology from Farleigh Dickinson University. 

Torcon is a privately-held construction firm headquartered in Red Bank, NJ, with full-service operations offices in Philadelphia, PA and Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. Torcon provides construction management and general contracting services to leading corporations and private institutions.  Founded in 1965, Torcon is one of the most active construction management firms in the Mid-Atlantic states, as well as one of Puerto Rico’s leading pharmaceutical construction specialists. The company has completed more than $4 billion of aggregate construction work over the past decade. Torcon is ranked among the nation’s 40 largest at-risk CMs according to Engineering News-Record, the industry’s leading publication.