Dr. Kalavacharla Sree Rama Krishna Named 2020 DFI Distinguished Service Award Recipient
Hawthorne, N.J. (July 2, 2020): Kalavacharla Sree (K.S.) Rama Krishna, Ph.D., geotechnical consultant, chair of DFI of India and a member of the DFI Board of Trustees, is the recipient of DFI’s highest award to an individual, the Distinguished Service Award (DSA). This award recognizes individuals who have made exceptionally valuable contributions to the advancement of the deep foundations industry. The award is being presented during DFI’s 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations tentatively...
Woolpert Adds Vice President, Senior Strategic Consultant to ISO/TC 251 Asset Management Advisory Group
Woolpert Senior Strategic Consultant Bob Leitch (left) and Vice President David Feuer were named to the U.S. Technical Advisory Group for the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 251. David Feuer and Bob Leitch are the most recent members of the firm to be named to an International Organization for Standardization committee or group. DENVER (July 2, 2020) — Woolpert Vice President David Feuer and Senior Strategic Consultant Bob Leitch have been named to t...
ACI Foundation is Now Accepting Fellowship and Scholarship Applications
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The ACI Foundation announces that applications are now being accepted from graduate and undergraduate students for the 2021-2022 academic year. Three new fellowships and one new undergraduate scholarship have been added to the program. Additionally, the ACI Middle East Fellowship has been re-named as the ACI Middle East & North Africa Fellowship and is available to students studying in: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordon, Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi...
GSSI Announces Marc Lussier as New VP of Operations
GSSI, the world’s leading manufacturer of ground penetrating radar (GPR) equipment, is pleased to announce the appointment of Marc Lussier as Vice President of Operations. In his new role Marc will lead GSSI’s initiative to build production capacity to meet the growing global demand for their products, while maintaining high levels of customer satisfaction, quality and profitability. “It is with great pleasure that I join GSSI and I’m excited to be part of an organization renowned for its tec...
R&R Engineers - Surveyors, Inc. Adds New Controller to Team
Denver, Colo. - R&R Engineers - Surveyors, Inc., a Denver-based land survey and civil engineering firm operating primarily in the Rocky Mountain Region, announces that Timothy Rees is R&R's new Controller. Rees' duties at R&R include: Responsibility for leading the company's financial reporting; Cost accounting, budget management, A/R, A/P, and forecasting; Growing the overall competence of those involved in financial reporting and analysis; Effectively communicating res...
Melissa Elliott of Colorado takes gavel as AWWA president
Melissa Elliott of Greenwood Village, Colo., began her one-year term as president of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) today during a live-streamed gavel passing ceremony hosted at AWWA’s Denver headquarters. Today’s ceremony is available to view online. The Presidential Gavel Passing Ceremony usually takes place at AWWA’s Annual Conference and Exposition, but it was conducted virtually this year after the conference was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Elliott is director...
Vectorworks, Inc. Offers Discounted Licenses to Graduating Students with student2PRO Program
Higher education graduates are eligible for a 40 percent discount on award-winning design software licenses up to twelve months after graduation Columbia, MD (June 30, 2020)—To help graduating students transition into their professional careers, global design and BIM software provider, Vectorworks, Inc. is offering recent graduates 40 percent off perpetual licenses as part of its student2PRO program. This deal is applicable to any Vectorworks product. “Starting a career after graduati...
Jacob Tompkins OBE, UK Water Executive Joins Waterhound Futures as Board Advisor
DUBLIN - Waterhound Futures Ltd., a leader in water and waste water data analytics, announced today that Jacob Tompkins will join Waterhound Futures Ltd as a Board Advisor. Waterhound Futures provides deep tech software solutions to industry and municipal water and waste water treatment customers, while Jacob will advise on market strategy, growth and building commercial collaborations in the UK market. Jacob is an executive in the UK water industry and brings extensive experience and insight...
Bryan Erler Begins Term as ASME’s 139th President, Three New Members of the Board of Governors Announced
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Effective July 1, 2020, Bryan Erler, P.E., will begin his term as the 139th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced June 16 during its virtual annual meeting. An active member of ASME since 1991, Erler has been an executive and expert in the nuclear power industry for more than 45 years with significant leadership roles and responsibilities in the designing of electric power plants as an owner and senior vice president of Sargent &...
Texas Architect Alfred Vidaurri Jr. Elected as NCARB First Vice President/President-elect
Washington, DC—Alfred Vidaurri Jr., FAIA, NCARB, AICP, of Fort Worth, Texas, was elected first vice president/president-elect of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) at the organization’s 2020 Annual Business Meeting. By virtue of his election, Vidaurri will become the first Latino president of the organization, which facilitates licensure and credentialing for architects in the United States, in June 2021. Over the next two years, Vidaurri plans to focus on furth...