Sovereign Claims LLC Taps Insurance Industry Veterans John Humphreys and Neal Conolly to Spearhead Strategic Growth
NEW YORK- Sovereign Claims LLC, a leading insurance risk management consultancy serving underwriters to the real estate development, general contracting and construction industries, announces today the appointment of John Humphreys and Neal Conolly to its executive team. Humphreys steps into the newly created role of chief claims officer, while Conolly joins as president. Founder Timothy Gallagher, who previously served as president, will now serve as chief operating officer. Humphreys’ and C...
Woolpert Welcomes Matt Churches as Project Manager for Energy Market
HOUSTON, Texas — Woolpert has hired Matt Churches as a project manager to support the firm’s new and existing clients in the energy industry. Churches has more than 17 years of experience working in energy, including five years managing geospatial operations and services for electric and gas utilities. A University of Nevada graduate, Churches has served in a variety of professional roles for different companies, from business development manager to director of operations and sales. His expe...
IECA Region One Aligns Association Structure with Strategic Plan
Denver, CO – With the reunification of the International Erosion Control Association (IECA) Region One and Region Two, the board of directors are making structural changes to support incoming members and create a solid backbone for the future. Structural changes include: The board promoted Samantha Roe, IOM, to Chief Executive Officer of the association. Members from Region Two will retain their membership structure during the acquisition and the immediate future. Staff will b...
Environmental Engineer, Ali Sharif, Joins Cardno's Glendale, CA, Office
Glendale, CA - Cardno, an international professional infrastructure and environmental services firm, is pleased to announce that Ali Sharif, PhD, PE has joined the firm as a Project Engineer in the company’s Glendale, CA, USA, office. Ali has 12 years of civil, water resources, and environmental engineering experience on flood control, land development, and coastal engineering projects. Ali is a licensed professional engineer and has performed a number of services including flood risk and unc...
AISC Remembers Legendary SE Les Robertson
HICAGO - The steel design community suffered a huge loss Thursday when Leslie E. Robertson, whose career came to be defined by his work on the World Trade Center, died following a diagnosis of blood cancer. "Les had such a cordial influence on others, including for me personally,” said Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD, president of the American Institute of Steel Construction. "I first met him as an undergraduate student when he agreed to meet for a morning to discuss his recently completed Ban...
Auburn professor’s research project tasked with broadening value of coastal infrastructure design
AUBURN, Ala. – Making the world a better place through improved infrastructure has become a passion project for Auburn University Assistant Professor Rob Holmes. Holmes—who teaches in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture in the College of Architecture, Design and Construction, or CADC—is continuing a collaborative project to help improve the design, function and efficacy of coastal infrastructure nationally. Buoyed by a renewed grant from the U.S. Army Corps of Engi...
Three Visionary Finalists Selected to Present Their Ideas at Live Forge Prize Event
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction has selected three finalists for The Forge Prize, which celebrates emerging architects who create visionary designs that embrace steel as the primary structural component while exploring ways to increase project speed. They will each work with a steel fabricator before presenting their final concepts to the judges during a live YouTube event in late March. "The Forge Prize competition gives younger architects a unique opportunity to deve...
Environmental Project Manager, David Johnson, Joins Cardno's Tampa, FL Office
Tampa, FL - Cardno, an international professional infrastructure and environmental services firm, is pleased to announce that David Johnson has joined the firm as an Operations Manager in the company’s Tampa, FL., USA, office. David has more than 20 years of restoration and invasive vegetation management experience in Florida’s natural areas, canals, lakes, and rights-of-way. David has provided restoration oversight using herbicides, mechanical and biological control methods throughout his ca...
Mack Conachen Joins Thornton Tomasetti as Vice President and San Diego Office Director
(New York, N.Y. ) – Thornton Tomasetti announces that Mack Conachen, P.E., S.E., R.A. has joined the firm as vice president and San Diego office director. Conachen has more than 15 years of experience in structural design, analysis, and project management. His work spans a wide range of project types, including education, healthcare, biotech and laboratory design, architecturally exposed structures, renovation and rehabilitation projects and seismic retrofits. “We are thrilled that Mack ha...
Cornell University, California and Washington Students Earn Top Honors in Annual Transportation Video Contest
WASHINGTON — A Cornell University student, a high schooler from California, a college student at the University of Southern California (USC) and a high schooler from Washington state are the winners of the 10th annual American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) “Student Transportation Video Contest.” Sponsored by ARTBA’s Research & Education Division (RED), the competition aims to raise awareness about infrastructure issues by challenging students to develop a brief video e...
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