Borglum Joins WSP as National Underground Storage Market Sector Lead
Former South Dakota lawmaker brings valuable petroleum and geological engineering experience to new leadership role with firm’s U.S. Energy team. RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, June 22, 2021 — Former South Dakota state representative Scyller Borglum has joined WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, as the national underground storage market sector leader for the firm’s Energy business. In her new role, Borglum will pursue work and build relationships with current...
Mahantesh Hiremath Begins Term as ASME’s 140th President, Three New Members of the Board of Governors Announced
NEW YORK – Effective immediately,Mahantesh Hiremath, Ph.D., P.E., FASME, will begin his term as the 140th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Society announced today during its virtual annual meeting. Hiremath, an ASME Fellow, has been an active member of ASME since 1997. He has served as a member of the ASME Board of Governors since 2015. With a distinguished career spanning more than 30 years, he is one of only a few engineers in the world to have desi...
Woolpert Welcomes Aviation, Geospatial Specialist Dejan Damjanovic as Project Manager
The licensed commercial pilot and GIS expert will help expand the firm’s NextGen and AAM offerings. DENVER (June 22, 2021) — Woolpert has hired aviation and geospatial visionary Dejan Damjanovic as an aviation geospatial project manager. Damjanovic has more than 25 years of industry experience and has elevated the fields of Aeronautical Information Management, Navigational Data Provision, Synthetic Vision Systems and remote sensing. He will work out of Woolpert’s new Denver office. Damjano...
Dr. Sreenivas Alampalli joins Stantec’s Bridge Sector as a Structural Health Monitoring and Testing Lead
Industry veteran to focus on asset management for clients in the Bridge Sector ALBANY, NY - NYSE, TSX:STN- Dr. Sreenivas Alampalli has joined leading global design firm Stantec as a Senior Principal in the Transportation Practice. Based in the firm’s Albany office, he will focus on asset management in the Bridge Sector, including structural health monitoring (SHM) and nondestructive evaluation services. Dr. Alampalli brings 30 years of experience working for the New York State Department o...
SmithGroup Hires Jen Riedl to Lead Business Development in Denver
DENVER – SmithGroup, one of the nation’s leading integrated design firms, has hired Jennifer (Jen) Riedl as a director of business development in the firm’s Denver office. Riedl will work to enhance the firm’s presence in the Rocky Mountain region by connecting clients requiring design strategy and solutions with SmithGroup’s healthcare and higher education experts. “Jen is focused on building relationships and understanding each client’s long-term needs,” says Brad Woodman, director of Smith...
Leading national contractor Jacobsen Construction names two chief officers
SALT LAKE CITY — Leading general contractor Jacobsen Construction Company is pleased to announce two new appointments in executive company leadership as part of the company’s efforts to accommodate strong growth in the building industry's booming economic recovery. In a unanimous decision of the Jacobsen Board of Directors, Matt Radke has been appointed as Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Dennis Cigana has been named the company’s Chief Development Officer (CDO). Both appointments became ef...
WTS International names Stantec Employer of the Year for 2021
From left to right: Tyler McLeete, Angela Bolstad, Theresa Maahs, Molly Weismantel, Jared Weismantel Award recognizes firm’s commitment to advancing careers and opportunities for women in the transportation industry Edmonton, AB TSX, NYSE:STN Leading global design firm Stantec has been named Employer of the Year by WTS International, an international organization dedicated to building the future of transportation through the advancement of women. The Employer of the Year distinction...
WSP USA’s Gary Hamilton Elected to National Society of Black Engineers’ Leadership Role
Motivated by disparities in COVID-19’s impact on communities of color, WSP USA senior vice president will serve as deputy director for nonprofit’s national healthcare innovation board. WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2021 — The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) has elected WSP USA’s Gary Hamilton to serve as deputy director of its Healthcare Innovation Special Interest Group (HISIG) board. Hamilton, senior vice president and Northeast region healthcare practice lead at WSP, a leading e...
Christopher Griffith Promoted to President of KCI
Sparks, Maryland - KCI Technologies Inc., a multi-disciplined engineering firm with offices throughout the United States, is pleased to announce the promotion of Chief Operating Officer Christopher J. Griffith, PE, CCM, to president. The promotion follows Griffith’s exemplary career of over two decades of leadership for KCI’s core business units. Under his new post, he will retain the role of COO. KCI’s board of directors and Nathan J. Beil, PE, D.WRE, who became president in 2006 and chief e...
SEVEN GENERATIONS A+E HIRES NEW SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER
Kalamazoo, MI – Seven Generations Architecture + Engineering (7GAE), the Kalamazoo based, tribally-owned A+E firm, is bringing on David Martin as the newest Senior Project Manager. David Martin (M. Arch, LEED AP BD+C) brings more than 35 years of architectural experience to 7GAE. Previously serving as a Principal and Client Services Director at Kingscott Associates, Inc., Martin is known in the AEC industry as an experienced professional committed to listening and understanding varied perspec...