Western Energy Alliance Expands Policy Team
(DENVER) - Western Energy Alliance announced today that Stuart Siffring has joined its staff as a regulatory analyst. Siffring is a mechanical engineer with experience as a permit engineer at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. His background in air permitting across six western states and tribal lands will strengthen the Alliance’s leadership on western air quality issues. Besides his detailed technical experience, Siffring...
AASHTO’s Executive Director Announces Retirement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials announces that Executive Director Frederick G. “Bud” Wright has notified the AASHTO Board of Directors that he intends to retire at the end of 2018. “AASHTO is a wonderful place to work,” said Wright in announcing his retirement. “In my experience- and that experience working in transportation now spans more than 43 years - you will at some point feel the moment. And I am feeling that moment ...This is v...
HDR’s Nick Burdette Discusses Accelerated Bridge Construction in Latest ‘Experts Talk’ Interview
(OMAHA, Neb.) - Continuing on the theme of bridges, the latest entry in HDR’s “Experts Talk” interview series introduces Senior Bridge Engineer Nick Burdette, who discusses accelerated bridge construction. A native of Philadelphia, he entered the industry in the United Kingdom before joining HDR’s Pittsburgh office 10 years ago. Since then, he has contributed to ABC designs for projects such as the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in New York and the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in the Outer Banks of Nort...
Casey Morgan Elevated to Sr. Business Development at the Vortex Companies and Will Relocate to Florida
HOUSTON - The Vortex Companies recently announced the promotion of Casey Morgan to Sr. Business Development Manager, who will relocate to Tampa, Florida to fill a void in the Southeast region. "With our recent expansion into this region, we needed to add a proven resource to help grow our business," said Mike Vellano, CEO of the Vortex Companies. "Casey did an outstanding job developing the Midwest region and I'm confident she will repeat that success in Florida," he added. Ms. Morgan has bee...
Brown and Caldwell Promotes Wendy Broley to One Water Leader
WALNUT CREEK, Calif., May 29, 2018 — Brown and Caldwell, a leading environmental engineering and construction firm, today announced the promotion of Wendy Broley, P.E., to vice president and One Water leader responsible for setting the strategy and managing the firm’s growing One Water team. Moving through a cycle of human and ecosystem use and reuse, water is an essential yet finite resource. The One Water approach views all water – drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, groundwater, and...
Mark Holmes Joins HNTB as Construction Services Deputy Director
BELLEVUE, Wash. – Mark Holmes, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as construction services deputy director for the Northwest District. Holmes is based in HNTB’s Bellevue office and manages construction projects with the City of Seattle and other clients. Throughout his career, Holmes has demonstrated exceptional skills and experience in project management for the design and construction of interchanges, arterials and local roads, utility improvements, site grading and more. “Mark’s experience mak...
Carpenter Contractor Trust Sponsors Yonkers Students at National Competition
EDISON, N.J. - A critical issue facing the American construction industry is the availability of skilled labor and the narrow pipeline of students opting into construction trades. That’s why the Carpenter Contractor Trust (CCT) is investing in local high school students. In April, CCT underwrote four high school juniors and seniors to participate in the New York State SkillsUSA Leadership and Skills Championships. The four were among thousands of teenagers at the three-day event in Syracuse,...
ARTBA Foundation Announces Financial Assistance to 13 Children of Fallen Highway Workers
(WASHINGTON)— Thirteen children of highway workers who were killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive post-high school financial assistance for the 2018-19 school year from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation’s (ARTBA-TDF) “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship” fund. The scholarship program was established in 1999 with a gift from two Roanoke, Virginia, highway contractor...
HDR Taps Josh Greenfield to Lead High Performance Design
HDR has hired Josh Greenfield, PE, as the Director of High Performance Design. In this newly created position, Greenfield will apply his nearly 16 years of experience in energy consulting and sustainable design to spearhead the firm’s 100% energy modeling initiative. This effort includes high performance system thinking and visioning with project teams, firm-wide energy modeling leadership and coordination, and the creation of tools and training for the energy analysis group. Greenfield joins...
Drake Gets Committee Approval for FTA Post
The Senate Banking Committee approved the nomination of former Rep. Thelma Drake to be administrator of the Federal Transit Administration in a 24-1 vote on May 15. The lone opposing vote came from Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., who sparred with Drake [seen below] during her April 17 nomination hearing over issues related to the proposed series of Gateway passenger rail projects into New York City. At the time Menendez claimed Drake had "changed her answers" from what she said in a meeting with h...
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