Architect Richard Meier 'Steps Back'; Bechtel Shifts Nuclear Execs

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Richard Meier & Partners Architects, New York City, said Oct. 9 it has pro-moted Bernhard Karpf to managing principal. A principal design partner at the 75-person firm who joined in 1988, he takes the new role as founder Richard Meier, 83, "will step back from day-to-day activities and support the leadership transition," the company said. Meier, who founded the firm in 1963, has been on a leave of absence since spring amid allegations by several female former employees and others of sexual misconduct and harassment, according to a New York Times report in March.