GPR Planners Collaborative Inc., a lab design consulting firm, has had a name change reflecting its ownership by Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. The firm is now known as Jacobs Consultancy, and will operate for an interim period under the name Jacobs Consultancy/GPR. Formerly based in Purchase, N.Y., the New York office’s address is now 303 S. Broadway, Suite G20, Tarrytown, NY 10591. Contact numbers are 914-333-1110 (phone) and 914-333-1109 (fax). Jacobs Consultancy also operates lab consulting offices at 70 Wood Ave., 4th Floor, Iselin, NJ 08830 (732-452-9200); and 5665 Plaza Drive, Suite 200, Cypress, CA 90630 (714-503-3400). Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Atlanta, has hired Walter Broner, RA, CSI, as a principal in the Science Studio. Broner, previously an associate principal with Princeton, N.J. A/E firm Hillier, specializes in lab planning and design, including academic and pharmaceutical research labs, animal facilities, and clinical labs. The firm has also promoted Warren L. Williams, AIA, to principal in the Science Studio. Williams has been with Lord, Aeck & Sargent since 1991; his current projects include the Georgia Public Health Laboratory, Waycross, and the Florida State Univ. Life Sciences Teaching and Research Building, Tallahassee. In addition, the firm has recently received the American Institute of Architects’ Award for Excellence in Professional Continuing Education (medium firm provider category). The award recognizes leading providers of continuing education to A/E firms. Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, St. Louis, has been honored with the 2006 Organizational Excellence award in the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership Awards program. The award recognizes the A/E firm’s 15-year track record of achievement in the green building movement. Newcomb & Boyd, Atlanta, has announced the following promotions and licensures. Stephen R. Wiggins has been promoted to associate partner. C. Donald Latham Jr., RCDD, CPP; James D. Stephney III, PE; C. Walter Tanner, CIPE; and Justin L. Ziegler, PE, have become senior associates. Jonathan A. Bair, Joshua J. Brisbane, Phillip W. Bumgarner, PE, Matthew B. Eason, Van Johnson, Michael J. Lodge, Kasey P. Mitchell, Julia C. Neville, LC, and R. Max Shirle, RCDD, CTS, have become associates in the firm. In addition, Jason M. Conner has achieved PE licensure; Steven L. Tonker has become an LC (lighting certified specialist); and Josef H. Henschen has achieved the rank of CTS (certified technology specialist). Richard O. Dozier has become a LEED AP. Newcomb & Boyd is a multi-discipline consulting and engineering firm for multiple markets, including science and R&D. KlingStubbins, Philadelphia, has appointed Ellen Sisle, AIA, as director of the firm’s Laboratory Planning Group. Sisle will lead and coordinate the firm’s national and international lab planning and programming practice in support of all offices. KlingStubbins was recently formed through the merger of Kling and the Cambridge, Mass.-based firm The Stubbins Associates; science construction has been a significant market sector for both companies.