HNTB Celebrates 50 Years of Shaping Infrastructure in Illinois
CHICAGO – HNTB today celebrated its 50th business anniversary of providing infrastructure solutions in Illinois. HNTB first established a Chicago office in 1967, and since then, has played a key role in planning, design and construction for many of the region’s most impactful transportation infrastructure projects. This includes design for the Chicago Transit Authority’s Wilson Station reconstruction; program management for the Illinois Tollway’s $14 billion Move Illinois program; planning an...
University of California, Davis, to Expand Campus Housing Offerings with West Village and Orchard Park Developments
As one of the first major steps in creating its two newest student housing facilities, the University of California, Davis, (UC Davis) has selected its project teams to develop and design the West Village and Orchard Park apartment sites, which will add room for more than 2,700 students. University Student Living was selected as the lead developer from among six developers previously vetted through the UC Student Housing Initiative. Design firm Stantec was selected to provide lead architectural,...
IMI’s Inaugural Joan B. Calambokidis Innovation in Masonry Design Competition Rethinks the Future of Masonry in Design and Construction
Bowie, MD – The International Masonry Institute is pleased to announce the creation of the Joan B. Calambokidis Innovation in Masonry Design Competition, which challenges architects and engineers to imagine the future of masonry design and construction. Thirty-thousand dollars in prizes will be awarded to winners across three categories: students; young architects and engineers (under 40); as well as firms, multidisciplinary teams, and individual architects and engineers. The competition is n...
FHWA Awards More than $15 Million to Six States for Exploring New Ways to Pay for Highways
WASHINGTON – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $15.5 million in Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) grants to six states that are exploring new ways to fund highway and bridge projects. Alternatives to conventional financing are seen as imperative, FHWA officials said, due to the Highway Trust Fund’s gradual inability to keep pace with increasing construction and repair costs nationwide. “To ensure the U.S. road system is the best in the world, w...
Western Specialty Contractors Promotes Kevin Rogers to Branch Manager of its Chicago Facades Branch
(St. Louis, MO) Western Specialty Contractors has promoted Kevin Rogers of Deer Park, IL to Branch Manager of its Chicago Facades Branch. Rogers, who started with Western in 2013, previously held the position of Sales/Project Manager at the branch. Rogers brings 37+ years of exterior building restoration experience and has a successful record of managing many multi-million dollar projects during his career. "He has been involved in numerous, highly sophisticated masonry, waterproofing and co...
HNTB’s Diana Mendes Named Chair of APTA Legislative Committee and Member of APTA’s Executive Committee
ARLINGTON, Va. – Diana Mendes, AICP, HNTB Corporation Mid-Atlantic Division president, transit/rail practice leader and senior vice president, has been named chair of the American Public Transportation Association Legislative Committee and appointed to APTA’s Executive Committee. The 2017-2018 slate of officers was voted on during the APTA Annual Meeting in Atlanta on October 7. “HNTB has a long and successful history with APTA. I am honored to be elected by APTA’s diverse membership to suppo...
Autodesk Publishes Civil Infrastructure Industry Foresight
As the global population increases and a demographic shift sends more people to urban areas, so too will the demand for adequate and more resilient infrastructure, including clean water and utility infrastructure, transportation, and other critical assets supporting life and the movement of people and goods. Globally we face a $57 trillion infrastructure challenge, which can be overcome through improved design, construction, operations and maintenance of our civil infrastructure assets. ...
Education Construction Starts Could Soon Accelerate
Current market conditions suggest that the reluctant recovery in education construction could be poised to accelerate. Numerous bond passages over the last several years have secured billions of dollars for school construction projects and, after years of neglect in the aftermath of the Great Recession, the need for new school facilities and modernization for existing buildings remains agonizingly high. So far, however, the recovery in education construction has struggled to take hold. After pea...
Construction Begins on New Hospital in Central Nebraska
Grand Island, Nebraska, community members declared their broad support of the new Grand Island Regional Hospital last week with approximately 250 people attending the groundbreaking ceremony. The 64-bed hospital, which is being designed by HDR, represents a culmination of years of planning to create a facility that focuses on the community and the healthcare needs of the region. The new four-story, 174,000-square-foot full-service community hospital is about caring for patients, supporting th...
BSC Companies, Inc. Names Sean P. O’Brien, PE as Chief Executive Officer
Boston, MA – Sean P. O’Brien, PE, is named Chief Executive Officer of BSC Companies, Inc., a leading engineering, planning, science, and custom software solutions firm comprised of BSC Group, Inc. and Geonetics, Inc. O’Brien succeeds current CEO David N. Hayes, PE, LEED AP who remains President of BSC Companies until his retirement in 2018. Reporting to the firm’s Board of Directors, O’Brien begins his role today having immediate responsibility for the operational and financial management of BSC...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
