ACI Hires Additional Resource Center Manager, Announces Opening Programs in Southern California
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. – The American Concrete Institute (ACI) Resource Center will open on May 1, 2021, in San Bernardino, CA, USA. To carry out and facilitate programming and further access to ACI knowledge, the Institute recently hired Sarah Mauri as Resource Center Manager. Mauri will lead the effort at the Southern California Resource Center, offering regularly scheduled and on-demand certification programs, educational seminars, and hands-on training. Mauri is a former examiner for sev...
Woolpert Welcomes GIS, Aviation Specialist Prateek Sharma as Geospatial Project Manager
Sharma describes himself as a ‘Jack of all trades’ when it comes to providing GIS solutions for airports. ORLANDO, Fla.— Woolpert has hired GIS and airport expert Prateek Sharma as an aviation geospatial project manager. Sharma has extensive experience in creating, managing and leveraging geospatial databases and new technologies to improve asset management and operations at busy airports. Sharma comes to Woolpert after serving as an embedded consultant and GIS manager for the Greater Orla...
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Welcomes New Principal Carlos E. Ospina
Based in Houston, Ospina specializes in marine infrastructure projects in Texas, the Gulf of Mexico, Latin America, and the Caribbean Carlos E. Ospina, Ph.D., P.E., FACI, joined Simpson Gumpertz & Heger as a Principal based in the firm’s Houston, Texas, office. Ospina’s experience includes analyzing, designing, and providing construction support for marine structures in container, liquid/solid bulk handling, multipurpose, and cruise terminals in more than twenty countries. His technical pract...
Stantec bolsters Commercial and Federal Ports and Marine Terminals team with the addition M.R. Hasan
TAMPA, FL - TSX, NYSE:STN: Leading global design firm Stantec has expanded its Ports and Marine Terminals practice with the addition of project manager and structural engineer, M.R. Hasan, P.E. to its office in Tampa, Florida. In this role, he will support projects for the firm’s federal, defense ports, and commercial clients throughout the US Gulf and Southeast region, and Puerto Rico. Hasan brings 10 years of professional and academic research experience in structural engineering with a fo...
IMAGINiT Employees Recognized for Outstanding Professional Services and Providing Sales Leadership
BALTIMORE, MD — Earning recognition in two award categories at Autodesk’s One Team Conference (OTC), two members of IMAGINiT Technologies’ leadership team received the Partner Outstanding Professional Services Representative Award and the Partner Sales Leadership Representative Award. Autodesk bestowed these awards on these IMAGINiT employees in recognition of their continued excellence in delivering outstanding value to customers by leading their teams to pinpoint each customer’s specific busin...
ASME’s Engineering for Change Research Fellowship Program Cohort Doubles with Autodesk Foundation Support
NEW YORK — In a unique collaboration between two nonprofit organizations, Autodesk Foundation has invested in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)’s Engineering for Change (E4C) Research Fellowship Program, doubling the 2021 cohort from 25 to 50 fellows and expanding the reach and impact of Autodesk Foundation’s Impact Internship Program. Autodesk Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Autodesk, Inc., a global developer of design software for the architecture, engineering, cons...
Dr. Jeffrey R. Keaton Receives Prestigious Ivan B. Rahn Education Award
The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) Rahn Award Committee has selected long-time SME member Dr. Jeffrey R. Keaton as the 2021 recipient of the prestigious Ivan B. Rahn Education Award. He was acknowledged on SME’s virtual awards video during the Society’s March 1-5, 2021 MINEXCHANGE Annual Conference & Expo. The Rahn Award is administered by SME’s Council of Education & Accreditation under the direction of the SME Board of Directors. The award recognizes members (not necessa...
Eric Guizzetti Joins UMC as Reality Capture Operations Manager
Seattle/Mukilteo, WA – Eric Guizzetti has joined UMC as Reality Capture Operations Manager for the new Reality Capture + Equipment line of business. In his role, he manages the Reality Capture group. He is responsible for scanning projects and selling Leica products. UMC is an authorized reseller of Leica equipment. Guizzetti has more than 12 years of scanning experience, four of those in Leica Direct scanning. He also has experience in Leica in-house BETA testing. With 30 years in the constr...
District of Columbia PSC Chairman Willie Phillips to Lead the NARUC Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity
WASHINGTON (April 6, 2021) — National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Paul Kjellander has appointed DC Public Service Commission Chairman Willie L. Phillips as the new chairman of the Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity. The Select Committee promotes inclusion and prudent, competitive procurement practices to advance opportunities for women, minority and service-disabled veteran-owned businesses in utility supply markets. The Select Committee also a...
Brian Presnell Joins UMC to Help Build Reality Capture Business
Seattle/Mukilteo, WA – Brian Presnell has joined UMC as Senior Business Development Representative for the company’s new Reality Capture + Equipment line of business. He will charter relationships and communications that expand the company’s reach and demand for reality capture services and solutions by pairing Leica’s scanning and positioning technology to construction eco-systems that require virtual representations of physical assets. Presnell has 20 years of delivering leading-edge emergi...
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