Environmental Compliance & Coastal Infrastructure Specialist Brenton Jenkins, PE, Joins Cardno's Baton Rouge Office
BATON ROUGE, LA - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Brenton Jenkins has joined the firm as a Project Engineer in the company’s Baton Rouge, LA, USA office. Brenton has more than five years of experience performing environmental project management, engineering and construction services, primarily for the oil and gas sector. His specific project management expertise includes due diligence, environmental compliance, and wetland support for a number of coastal infrastructure projec...
Thornton Tomasetti Foundation Announces 2018-19 Scholarship and Fellowship Winners
From left, Bowen Plogmann, Sophie Sisson, Joanna Zou, Fei Ding, Longxi Luo and Catherine Wolfe (New York, N.Y. ) – The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation has awarded six college students—Bowen Plogmann, Sophie Sisson, Joanna Zou, Fei Ding, Longxi Luo and Catherine Wolfe —with scholarships and research fellowships for use during the 2018-19 academic year. This year marks the introduction of the Technical Literacy Fellowship, an award given to students graduating from a U.S. university...
Focus on Highway Safety Earns Stokes the AAMVA Lifetime Achievement Award
ITD Chief Deputy Scott Stokes has spent his entire career advocating for highway safety issues, and that focus earned him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). Watch video tribute to Scott. AAMVA presented the award to Stokes during their annual conference, Aug. 23 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stokes began with ITD in December of 1991 as a staff engineer in the bridge section at ITD headquarters, after some time spent in t...
Simon Kirby Joins Nichols as Associate Senior Advisor
Simon Kirby has joined The Nichols Group as an associate Senior Advisor, reporting to the Board and responsible for Strategic Advice. Simon held previous positions as Chief Operating Officer at Rolls-Royce plc and Cheif Executive at HS2 Ltd. Simon said “Nichols are an industry leading strategic consultancy supporting clients on many iconic projects across the world. I am very proud to join Nichols at an exciting time when they are growing and building a stronger reputation for meeting customer...
Utility Engineering & Surveying Expert Jim Godfrey, PLS, Joins Cardno's Tampa Office
Tampa, FL - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jim Godfrey, PLS has joined the firm as Branch Manager of the company’s Tampa, FL, USA office. With more than 30 years of utility engineering and surveying (UES) experience, Jim has provided mapping and subsurface utility engineering expertise and guidance for public clients throughout Florida, including extensive project experience with the Florida Department of Transportation. Jim’s surveying expertise includes control surveys, desi...
Environmental Compliance & Coastal Infrastructure Specialist Brenton Jenkins, PE, Joins Cardno's Baton Rouge Office
BATON ROUGE, LA - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Brenton Jenkins has joined the firm as a Project Engineer in the company’s Baton Rouge, LA, USA office. Brenton has more than five years of experience performing environmental project management, engineering and construction services, primarily for the oil and gas sector. His specific project management expertise includes due diligence, environmental compliance, and wetland support for a number of coastal infrastructure projec...
WSP’s Marie-Elsie Dowell Elected President of Florida Engineering Society
MIAMI, FL — Marie-Elsie Dowell, a senior technical manager for WSP, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has been elected president of the Miami chapter of the Florida Engineering Society (FES). As president, Dowell leads one the largest FES chapters in Florida, with close to 300 members. As treasurer and president-elect, Dowell has had an active role in the chapter and served as mentor in the Future City Competition, a national project-based learning program where s...
Charlie Hales Rejoins HDR as Director for Urban Planning and Design
Charlie Hales, who previously served as HDR’s senior vice president for transit planning before becoming mayor of Portland, Oregon, has rejoined the company as a senior vice president and the firm’s cross-sector director for urban planning and design. His responsibilities include developing strategy for and leading HDR’s cross-sector teams, and helping HDR’s clients master the challenges of rapidly changing cities. Hales is based in Portland. Hales is widely regarded as a national leader in s...
Fleet Advantage COO & CTO James Griffin Selected As A Finalist For The South Florida Business Journal’s 2018 Technology Awards
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing, and lifecycle cost management announced today its COO and CTO, James Griffin, has been selected as a finalist for the South Florida Business Journal’s 2018 Technology Awards, honoring chief information officers who lead their organizations in delivering business value and innovative use of IT. He is one of three finalists in the category of private companies over $50 million in reve...
State Water Contractors Announces New Science Manager
Sacramento, CA – The State Water Contractors (SWC) is pleased to announce the hire of Darcy Austin in the organization’s newly created role of Science Manager. As Science Manager, Ms. Austin will oversee the SWC Science Program, including continued partnership with other organizations dedicated to research-based management, engagement in collaborative science activities, and investment in cutting-edge technologies and research approaches to advance our collective knowledge on Delta ecosystems....