AASHTO Makes Two Committee Appointments
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently made appointments to its Committee on Human Resources and Committee on Civil Rights. The organization re-appointed Lee Wilkinson (above left), director of the operations and finance division at the Iowa Department of Transportation, to a new two-year term as chair of the Committee on Human Resources, which researches, recommends, and shares best practices and policy initiatives to enable the human resource functio...
KAI Build Project Superintendent Cardin “Dean” Rackley Inducted in Boys & Girls Club of Greater St. Louis Alumni Hall of Honor
(St. Louis, MO) Growing up in St. Louis City, a young Cardin “Dean” Rackley would attend summer programs at the Herbert Hoover Boys & Girls Club at 2901 North Grand Avenue. Playing basketball and swimming at the club were his favorite activities, he fondly remembers. But even more than playing sports, Rackley remembers the sense of pride, respect for others, sportsmanship, academics and teambuilding that the club’s dedicated staff and directors instilled on his impressionable, young mind duri...
Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) Announces Newly Formed Advisory Council
The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) is pleased to announce the members of the inaugural ESIG Advisory Council. The diverse energy experts on the council will provide their strategic insights and advice to encourage greater collaboration, interaction, education and joint activities for the wide range of organizations and entities in our evolving integrated energy systems. “Thoughtful collaboration has never been more important,” noted Mark Ahlstrom, President of the ESIG Board of Direc...
HNTB’s Program and Construction Management Practice Continues Growth with the Addition of Mark Pagliettini in New York
NEW YORK – Mark Pagliettini, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as a program management and construction management project director and associate vice president in the firm’s New York offices, located in the Empire State Building. With more than 33 years of experience with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Pagliettini most recently served as assistant director for major capital programs. In that role, he was responsible for general management of many critical infrastructure projects, i...
Stantec Hires Kelley Coyner as Mobility Innovation Leader to Bring Smart Mobility Projects to Life
Arlington, VA (June 19, 2019) NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec has announced that Kelley Coyner, a widely recognized pioneer in smart mobility, has joined the firm as Mobility Innovation Leader. This new global position will guide Stantec’s growing smart mobility business, focusing on partnerships and products needed to launch new smart mobility strategies, programs, and deployments. Coyner is the former Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Transportation, Commission, Senate-confirmed CEO for Re...
Roger Prince, Program Management Expert, Joins HNTB in New York
NEW YORK – Roger Prince joined HNTB Corporation as a project director and associate vice president in the firm’s program management and construction management practice. He is based in HNTB’s New York City office in the Empire State Building. Prince comes to HNTB with more than 33 years with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He most recently served as deputy director for operations and capital delivery in the Tunnels, Bridges and Terminals Department. In that role, he was respons...
Trogdon Tapped to be AASHTO Rail Council Chair
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed James Trogdon III (seen above) – secretary of North Carolina Department of Transportation – to a two-year term as chair of the Council on Rail Transportation. [Above photo by the NCDOT.] Trogdon, appointed secretary of the North Carolina DOT in January 2017, is a registered professional engineer with more than 30 years of experience in the transportation industry alongside three decades of military service...
AASHTO Releases Annual Transportation Salary Survey
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has issued its annual job classifications and salary information survey for state transportation departments. Developed by AASHTO’s Committee on Human Resources, the survey is viewed as a “tool” intended for human resource administrators and others whose work involves studying and analyzing job classifications, writing job descriptions, and developing/designing pay structures unique to departments of transportation....
Six Western State DOTs Win Prestigious Awards for Projects that Strengthen Communities and Improve Lives
GLENDALE, AZ—Eight transportation projects from six western state departments of transportation today received top honors in the regional America’s Transportation Awards competition. Some of today’s winning projects are credited with improving safety for schoolchildren, protecting wildlife habitats and restoring access to communities after massive mudslides. “For 12 years, the America’s Transportation Awards have recognized state DOT projects for making communities safer, less congested and b...
HNTB Names Chris Price President of Central Division
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chris Price, PE, has been named president of HNTB Corporation’s Central Division. He oversees operations, project delivery and client service in nine states including Texas, Louisiana, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, Arkansas and Mississippi. Price leads approximately 600 professionals who provide aviation, highway, bridge, transit and rail, toll and construction management projects to improve mobility. Price is based in the firm’s downtown Kansas City, Missou...