Dan Baxter Joins Stantec as Chief Systems Engineer
Dan Baxter, PE, has joined Stantec’s Denver office as Chief Systems Engineer and Intelligent Transportation Systems Manager. With more than 33 years of transportation design and construction experience, Baxter will help expand the firm’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) services in Colorado and across North America. Baxter’s primary focus is the application of emerging technology to highway transportation. As an award-winning member of the National Academy of Sciences Transportat...
Evac Group Appoints Claes Rudling as Business Area President, Offshore and Merchant
Evac Group has appointed Claes Rudling as global Business Area President, Offshore and Merchant, effective January 23, 2017. Claes will continue as CEO of Uson Marine, which was acquired by Evac Group in December 2016. Claes is a member of the Evac Group Management Team. He is based in Stockholm and reports to Tomi Gardemeister, President and CEO of Evac Group. Evac Group is the world’s leading provider of integrated waste, wastewater, and water management systems for the marine, offshore,...
Former Ammann & Whitney CEO Edward Cohen Leaves a Lasting Structural Engineering Legacy
MORRISTOWN, New Jersey — Edward Cohen, former CEO of Ammann & Whitney, passed away Saturday, January 28 at the age of 96. He was interred Monday, January 30 at New Montefiore Cemetery in West Babylon, New York. Between 1977 and 1996, Cohen served as the CEO for Ammann & Whitney, established by renowned New York long-span bridge designer Othmar Ammann. Cohen started at the firm in 1949 as an associate engineer, before becoming a partner, senior partner, managing partner, director and exec...
Stantec Welcomes Jacqui McFarland to Calgary’s Interior Design Team
Stantec’s Architecture team in Calgary welcomes Jacqui McFarland to its Interior Design practice. With over 25 years of experience in southern Alberta, Jacqui brings her passion for design, creativity, and collaboration to Stantec’s Alberta South Buildings team. “We are very excited to welcome Jacqui to our team,” says Todd Hartley, senior principal, Buildings, Stantec. “Jacqui is a talented designer who can inspire and mentor our team while expanding our Interior Design portfolio. Jacqui’s r...
Chad Hill Joins HDR as Wastewater Client Development Director
Chad Hill has joined HDR as client development director for the wastewater market sector, based in the firm's Englewood, Colorado office. His responsibilities include working with regional client development leaders to advance strategic initiatives, expand and deepen service relationships and grow market share. Prior to joining HDR, Hill was a water business market leader for CH2M. He has more than 30 years of business development and program/project management experience for leading engineer...
David Cerione to Provide Aviation Engineering Leadership in WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff's Orlando Office
ORLANDO, FL — David Cerione has been named aviation technical director in the Orlando office of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, a global engineering and professional services organization. In his new position, Mr. Cerione will manage business development as well as design and construction activities for airport infrastructure programs. He will help build WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff’s aviation practice, focusing on program management and construction management services. Mr. Cerione has extensi...
Michelle Lucas Joins MARS Company
OCALA, Fla. - MARS Company, a global leader in water meter testing and technology solutions, announces that Michelle Lucas has recently joined the company as its Director of Customer Support and R&D. Over the last 12 years, Ms. Lucas has held leadership roles in Customer Support and Software Research & Development and excelled in blending support and development functions. Her background and experience which in delivering exceptional Customer Service will benefit instrumental to MARS and our...
Ruth Lehmann Named New Executive Director at PCI West
CHICAGO —The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) announced that Ruth Lehmann, PE, PMP, LEED Green Associate, has been named as the new executive director of PCI West, serving the states of California and Nevada. Lehmann has more than 20 years of experience as a professional engineer and manager with expertise in transportation and materials engineering. Ms. Lehmann’s experiences span the technical, management, and educational sides of the industry including her most recent position a...
Michael Baker International Appoints Russell Anderson, P.E., CFM, to Grow the Firm’s Presence in Western Colorado
Pittsburgh (January 31, 2017) – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Russell Anderson has joined the firm as a water resources engineer and will extend the firm’s presence and expertise in water, transportation, planning and aviation to clients located in the Rocky Mountain and Western regions of Colorado. In his new role, Mr. Anderson will support efforts around Michael Baker’s new contract to provide on-call...
ENR Selects Mortenson Team Members for Top Young Professionals Award
Three Mortenson team members were selected by Engineering News-Record (ENR) for their 2017 Top Young Professionals in the Mountain States region. This award recognizes individuals in the construction, architecture, and engineering industries who have built extraordinary portfolios early in their career and who dedicate significant amounts of time and expertise to serve their communities. Joanna Slominski, Construction Executive Joanna provides oversight for more than $500 million of work tha...