Tyler P. Jones to Lead WSP USA’s Water National Business Line
Will guide the firm’s rapidly growing Water business, bringing 27 years of professional consulting experience, plus senior leadership and operations expertise, to an executive role. AUSTIN — Tyler P. Jones has been named Water national business line executive at WSP USA, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy. Jones will assume his leadership position on Jan. 1, 2023. In his new role, Jones will direct the development and implementation of WSP’s U.S....
DFI Educational Trust Awards Stanley Merjan and George J. Tamaro Civil Engineering Scholarships
Hawthorne, N.J.: Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) Educational Trust, the charitable arm of DFI, recently awarded scholarships from the Stanley Merjan City College of New York (CCNY) Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund and the George J. Tamaro Manhattan College Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund. The students were recognized at the 15th DFI Educational Trust Gala in New York on November 3. Five CCNY Grove School of Engineering students each received $5,000 awards from the Stanley Merjan City C...
Shalonda A. Baldwin Named Senior Director for WSP USA Advisory Enterprise Management and Strategy Team
Former LA Metro executive officer brings more than two decades of experience guiding strategy, pragmatic solutions and promoting inclusive infrastructure and mobility. SAN FRANCISCO — WSP USA, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy, welcomes Shalonda A. Baldwin as senior director for the Advisory Enterprise Management and Strategy team. In her new role, Baldwin is collaborating with public and private transportation leadership teams across the U.S....
Kristina Rogers Joins Thornton Tomasetti as Senior Associate in Portland, Maine
Kristina Rogers has been brought on board as a Senior Associate in Thornton Tomasetti’s Portland, Maine office to help expand the firm’s mass timber capabilities. Kristina has more than 10 years of professional experience, with an extensive background in mass timber design and analysis and embodied carbon reduction strategies. Working with the firm’s structural engineering and sustainability practices, she will provide technical support for mass timber projects from the concept phase through con...
Urban Atelier Group (UAG) Elevates Six Key Figures, Strengthening Ranks of Firm Leadership in New York City
The NYC-based construction management firm strengthens team through employee advancement NEW YORK, NY – Construction management firm Urban Atelier Group (UAG) announced today promotions for six team members. Among those promoted includes TC Neuhs, VP, Financial Operations Manager; Danielle Acciari, Controller; George Rodriguez, Director, Cost; Jack Logan, Director, Preconstruction; Marc Pio, Director, Safety; and Matthew Liebel, Project Director. "These six promotions speak to UAG’s...
Superior Construction Launches ‘Superior Women in Construction' Initiative
Members of the Superior Women in Construction pilot program attend their first meeting November 2, 2022. Credit: Renee Parenteau Photography The pilot program is designed to support, empower and advance women in the historically male-dominated industry JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Superior Construction, an American family-owned infrastructure contractor, is launching an internal pilot program intended to identify motivated women in the construction industry and offer them essential tools for...
Thomas Scarangello of Thornton Tomasetti Appointed to Manhattan College Board of Trustees
Thomas Scarangello, executive chairman of Thornton Tomasetti, a New-York based engineering consulting firm, has been selected as the newest member of the Manhattan College Board of Trustees. Scarangello, a ’79 graduate of Manhattan College, has more than 40 years of experience in structural engineering working on many different projects, ranging from sports and entertainment arenas and stadiums to high-rise commercial and mixed-use buildings. “As a proud Jasper, I am honored to join the...
Mayer Brown expands digital infrastructure capabilities with addition of three-lawyer team led by Emily Naughton in DC
Mayer Brown announced today that Emily Naughton has joined the firm as a partner in its Real Estate Markets practice and Projects & Infrastructure team in Washington DC, along with associates Whitney Smith and Sarah Mernin. They join from Greenberg Traurig, LLP. “Structuring and negotiating transactions to support real estate matters, including the specific issues related to digital infrastructure, require a thorough understanding of highly technical issues and operational complexities,” said...
Joel Sheets Elected as Chair of National Precast Concrete Association
Tindall Infrastructure Vice President of Operations JOEL SHEETS was elected Saturday, Nov. 5, as Chair of the Board for the National Precast Concrete Association during its 57th Annual Convention in Amelia Island, Fla. Sheet’s will serve a one-year term. Sheets has worked at Tindall since graduating from Clemson University in 2002, starting as a project manager. In 2020, he led the design and construction of Tindall’s new $30 million Spartanburg, S.C., facility, which he now oversees. Tind...
Simpson Strong-Tie Engineer Rachel Holland to Co-Host 12 Episodes of The Structural Engineering Channel
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has announced that US Southwest Engineering Supervisor Rachel Holland has been selected to co-host twelve 12 episodes of The Structural Engineering Channel podcast. Published by the Engineering Management Institute, the podcast offers informative episodes on structural engineering and construction resiliency topics with professional industry leaders, system manufacturers, innovators...