• The Jacksonville-based RS&H facilities and infrastructure consulting firm elected Lisa Robert as vice president of transportation. She joined RS&H in 2010 as the transportation leader in RS&H’s Jacksonville office and has more than 20 years of experience in design and construction management projects throughout the Southeast.
• Volunteers for Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library will hold a book warehouse sale to benefit the library Thursday-Sunday and Dec. 10 that will be larger than the June and September sales. It will be at the Book Warehouse at the University Park Library at 3435 University Blvd. N. The Sunday bargain allows buyers to purchase all the books they can stuff into a paper grocery bag for $10. That bargain continues Dec. 10. Thursday hours are 5-8 p.m. for Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library members only. The sale will be 5-8 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday; and 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 10. For information, visit www.fjpl.org.
• Stuart Klein, executive director of the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, is scheduled as the keynote speaker Thursday at the JAX Chamber Health Council lunch meeting at Brighton Bay Resort Style Retirement Living. For information, visit www.opportunityjacksonville.com.
• Look for Pom’s Signature Restaurant at 9822 Tapestry Park Circle, No. 107. The City issued a construction permit and a notice of commencement.
• Carl Kraus, senior vice president of finance for Jacksonville-based Rayonier, will present at the Bank of America/Merrill Lynch 2011 Industrials Conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday in New York. Rayonier, an international forest products company, owns, leases or manages 2.7 million acres of timber and land in the United States and New Zealand. Its Performance Fibers business produces specialty cellulose fibers, which are used in products such as filters, pharmaceuticals and LCD screens.