Zeyad Alkaisi Joins HNTB as Senior Project Manager
NEW YORK – Zeyad Alkaisi, CCM, joined HNTB Corporation as a rail transit senior project manager and associate vice president. Based in the firm’s Empire State Building offices in New York City, he is a member of HNTB’s program management and construction management practice, leading project teams working with key transit clients in the New York and New Jersey region. “Zeyad’s diverse combination of leadership and project experience for complex rail transit projects further strengthens HN...
Atlas Copco Announces Three New Members of the Board of Directors of Epiroc AB
Stockholm, Sweden: The Board of Directors of Atlas Copco AB today announces appointments of three additional members of the Board of Directors of Epiroc AB – the company planned to be listed in 2018. The Board of Epiroc will have eight members including the President and CEO of Epiroc. Atlas Copco has earlier announced five Board members; Ronnie Leten, Chair, Johan Forssell, Anders Ullberg, Ulla Litzén and Lennart Evrell. Today three new members are announced, Jeane Hull, Astrid Skarheim Ons...
Phil Murphy to Appoint Former N.J. Turnpike Boss to Cabinet
Gov.-elect Phil Murphy will announce Wednesday he's nominating former New Jersey Turnpike Authority executive director Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti as commissioner of the state Department of Transportation, NJ Advance Media has learned. Murphy is expected to announce the appointment during an 11 a.m. news conference at the Frank R. Lautenberg Secaucus Junction Train Station, according to two sources with knowledge of the decision. The sources asked for anonymity because they were not authoriz...
Vectorworks Customers Win Several Categories in Two Prestigious Award Competitions
Columbia, MD —Global design and BIM software developer Vectorworks, Inc. congratulates Lindauer Schreinerei & Küchen AG, Adrian Streich Architekten AG, Fontana Landschaftsarchitektur and Maurus Schifferli for winning several accolades in two major Swiss award competitions. “I am deeply impressed by many of the projects our users are planning with Vectorworks,” said Andreas Kling, CEO of ComputerWorks AG. “I am particularly pleased when so many of these architecture and landscape projects are...
Stantec Welcomes Tracie Ferguson to its Acoustics Practice
San Francisco, CA: Tracie Ferguson has joined Stantec as a Senior Acoustical Consultant with 20 years of experience in acoustics. She is responsible for providing acoustic analysis and designs for many different project types, including sound isolation, room acoustics, MEP noise and vibration control, and environmental noise considerations. She will also work to win new acoustics work and help grow the acoustics practice in California and beyond. She is based in the San Francisco office. “Tra...
ARTBA Foundation Announces 2017 Transportation Development Hall of Fame Honorees
(WASHINGTON) - A Massachusetts transportation contractor, a Virginia-based engineer, and the long-time chief of the federal Bureau of Public Roads are the 2017 inductees for the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s “Transportation Development Hall of Fame.” Launched in 2010, the “Hall of Fame” honors individuals or families from the public and private sectors who have made extraordinary contributions to U.S. transportation development during their careers...
Five Top Transportation Planners Join Stantec’s Urban Places Team
BOSTON, MA: A team of experts in urban mobility strategies has joined Stantec’s Urban Places team. The five-person group previously led mobility planning work at Nelson\Nygaard, a premier transportation and transit consulting firm. Together, they have planned and implemented best practices in transportation, transit, and multimodal solutions across North America. Their expertise includes field-leading urban mobility plans, parking strategies, demand-management programs, multimodal corrid...
Design Firm Stantec is Growing Their Transportation Group in Downtown Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec’s Atlanta office made an addition to their growing transportation team with the hire of Joel Mann, AICP as a principal in Stantec’s Urban Places Group. Mann will provide the greater Atlanta community with inventive and safe plans for transportation transit and multi-modal projects. Joel Mann Mann helps cities and the private sector navigate the shift from simply moving cars to balanced systems that keep everyone moving. Skillfully applying national be...
Michael Baker International Grows Architecture Practice in Dallas with Hiring of Peter Darby to Architecture Practice Lead
Dallas – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Peter Darby, AIA, LEED, AP, has joined the firm as the Architecture Practice Lead for the state of Texas. In this role, Mr. Darby is responsible for leading a team of architects to deliver all aspects of building design for clients across the state. “Development in the state of Texas continues at a rapid pace, so the addition of Peter to lead our Architecture Pract...
ARTBA Foundation Announces Key 2018 Scholarship, Awards & Recognition Program Deadlines
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has announced key deadlines for its 2018 scholarship, awards and recognition programs. They include: Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program Established in 1999, this first-of-its-kind scholarship fund provides post-high school financial assistance to the children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the job. More than 125 scholarships h...