Daphne Faulkner has been named project manager for the special services group, which had been tested in the market last year. The DPR team also is heralding a tilt-wall specialty group, the second in the contractor's bevy of offices in 16 US cities and Singapore. John Jaffe will lead the team, with Winston Beam acting as general superintendent.

DPR's seven-year-old Austin office is simply getting ready for a surge in activity that is sure to return to the state capital, says Jaffe and Faulkner. In the past four years, the DPR Austin team has averaged $120 million annually in contracts with its 175-member administrative and field teams, often crossing in San Antonio and trekking to Houston for clients' projects.

The two divisions will provide dedicated teams for the specialty work. Faulkner's group totals 17 and Jaffe's, close to 35. The divisions will be marketed hand-in-hand.