ESIG Expands Leadership Team to Support Strategic Growth
Reston, Va. – Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), the leading source of global expertise for energy systems integration and operations, today announced the expansion of its leadership team with three key additions. Debra Lew joins ESIG as Associate Director and Ryan Willis will serve as the Director of Marketing and Operations. Additionally, Mark O’Malley, on secondment from University College Dublin, has been named Chief Scientist. “Debbie, Mark and Ryan have years of involvement w...
McMaster and Stusrud join HNTB in new national Advisory practice
New practice group serves as lead commercial advisor on complex projects and programs, working with clients’ executive-level management to provide strategic and commercial advice WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sean McMaster and Katherine Stusrud both joined HNTB Corporation as national practice consultants in the firm’s new national Advisory practice. Based in HNTB’s Washington, D.C. office, they serve clients nationwide as infrastructure strategic consulting executives, focusing on the transportation se...
ARTBA Safety Program Surpasses 500 Credential Holders
(WASHINGTON)— Catherine Hejl, a civil engineer manager at HNTB, has become the 500th industry professional to earn the Safety Certification for Transportation Project Professionals™ (SCTPP) credential, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation announced Dec.15. “At HNTB, we want every one of our employees to go home each evening. Preparing for and getting this safety certification reinvigorated my commitment to myself and my team that safety is our number one...
Sam Tso to Lead HDR’s West Region Transportation Program in the U.S.
MAHA, Neb. — HDR has promoted Sam Tso, P.E., to serve as West Region transportation director. As director, Tso will be responsible for a region that spans the western United States from Montana, Utah and New Mexico to the Pacific coast, as well as Alaska and Hawaii. Backed by more than 40 years of experience, Tso will provide strategic leadership for the continued diversification of our aviation, highways and bridges, transit, freight rail and maritime practice areas and the expansion of the...
AASHTO Makes Committee Leadership Appointments
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed three new chairs for three of its committees and a vice chair for the Council on Aviation. NJDOT’s Gutierrez-Scaccetti Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation, will serves as chair of AASHTO’s Committee on Transportation Communications – known as TransComm – for a two-year term. Confirmed as New Jersey DOT commissioner in June 2018, Gutierrez-Scaccetti has publ...
HNTB’s Tom Schnetzer recognized as WTS Puget Sound Man of the Year
Award recognizes contributions toward advancement of women and minorities in the transportation field SEATTLE – HNTB Northwest Division delivery officer Tom Schnetzer was recently recognized by WTS Puget Sound, receiving the Honorable Ray LaHood Award, also known as its annual Man of the Year award. The award recognizes male leaders in transportation who actively lead by example in seeking opportunities to further the WTS mission, which is to strengthen the transportation industry throug...
HDR’s Tim Ward Named to Top 40 Under 40 by Airport Business Magazine
OMAHA, Neb. — HDR’s Pennsylvania/Ohio/West Virginia Aviation Lead Tim Ward has been selected for Airport Business magazine’s annual Top 40 Under 40 recognition. The list showcases the top talent and leading thinkers in the aviation industry who are driving success and innovations for the future. Winners were selected based on their innovation, outstanding attributes, and commitment and involvement in the industry. Ward’s honor continues HDR’s recognition by the aviation industry as a leading...
Surendra P. Shah Makes Donation to Establish New ACI Foundation Fellowship
Community Invited to Donate to Fully Fund Fellowship FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – In commemoration of a recent $50,000 donation from Surendra P. Shah., Ph.D., Hon. MACI, the ACI Foundation is pleased to announce the formation of the new S.P. Shah Fellowship. This new fellowship will be open for Ph.D. student applicants in mid-2021 for the ACI Foundation’s 2022-2023 awards cycle. Surendra P. Shah Surendra P. Shah currently serves as the Presidential Distinguished Professor, Univer...
Kristina Harvey Joins Stantec’s Landscape Architecture Practice
CHARLESTON, SC- NYSE, TSX:STN: Leading global design firm Stantec has hired Kristina Harvey as a Landscape Architect in the firm’s Charleston office. In her role, she is responsible for conducting preliminary site studies and creating design documents, together with conceptual and final landscape designs, renderings, cost estimates, scope of work specifications, and other construction documents. Harvey brings over 15 years of professional experience, most recently at a local civil engineering...
Fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship Opens for Submissions
Students can win up to $10,000 USD in global competition Columbia, MD (December 2, 2020)—Global design and BIM software provider Vectorworks, Inc. announces its fifth Vectorworks Design Scholarship. This global competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students in major disciplines related to architecture, landscape architecture, landscape design, entertainment and interior design who can now submit either new or old projects for a chance to win up to $10,000 USD. “This y...