Loete Named Illinois-Wisconsin Transportation Area Manager
Former Illinois DOT director of highways will lead and expand WSP USA’s transportation business in key Central U.S. markets. CHICAGO — Paul Loete has been named senior area manager for transportation in the Illinois and Wisconsin region at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. Loete brings 25 years of project engineering experience to his new role at WSP. He will be responsible for driving the strategic direction of the Illinois and Wisconsin manageme...
Stantec Expands Program & Project Management Team in New England
Boston, MA - NYSE, TSX:STN: Leading global design, engineering, and project delivery firm Stantec is expanding its Program & Project Management (P&PM) team with the hire of Rebecca Jablonowski. Based in the firm’s Boston office, this new hire follows on the heels of recent project wins in the New England region, including the hot water conversion of 119 buildings at Dartmouth College, which will help the institution improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Additionally, the...
Subasic To Lead The Masonry Society as 1st Female President
Ms. Christine A. Subasic, consulting architectural engineer in Raleigh, North Carolina became President of The Masonry Society (TMS) following the Society’s November 2019 meetings in Scottsdale, Arizona. Subasic, who has been a Member of TMS for over 25 years, and who has served in numerous leadership roles including Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer, Board Member, Chair of the Sustainability Committee, and Editor of the Society’s Sustainability E-Newsletter, was introduced by TMS Past-Preside...
Cardno Promotes Mike Lancioni to Division President
Walkerton, IN. - Professional infrastructure and environmental services firm Cardno is pleased to announce the promotion of Mike Lancioni to Division President effective December 1, 2019. In his new position, he will lead several business areas within the firm, including natural resources, assessment and remediation, restoration services, and health sciences. He has over 30 years of experience assembling project teams, overseeing client relationships, and coordinating the successful implement...
Debbie Gies joins HNTB Corporation in Boston as transit senior project manager
BOSTON – Debbie Gies joined HNTB Corporation as a senior project manager for program management. Based in the firm’s Boston office, Gies works with transit agencies in the areas of project management, operations coordination, construction staging logistics and public outreach. “Debbie brings an impressive background in transit system operations, having served in nearly every operations capacity for the MBTA’s Green line,” said Gary Bua, PE, HNTB’s Massachusetts office leader and vice presiden...
Sarah Lee joins HNTB as office leader in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sarah Lee, Esq., has been named HNTB Corporation’s office leader for the firm’s Ohio offices in Columbus and Cleveland. She is based in Columbus. Lee, an associate vice president, brings more than 15 years of industry, legal and entrepreneurial experience to the role, and recognized expertise in advancing diversity and inclusion in the public transportation sector. As Ohio office leader, she leads more than 30 multi-disciplinary professionals committed to delivering highway,...
AASHTO Makes Committee Chair Appointments, Reappointments
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed Mark Lowe, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, as the chair of the Special Committee on Research and Innovation for a two-year term. AASHTO also reappointed the chairs of eight other committees as well. Mark Lowe Appointed Iowa DOT’s director on May 26, 2017, Lowe previously served as the agency’s general counsel from 2008 to 2009, and as the director of its Motor Vehicle Division from 2009 to 2...
Stanley Merjan and George J. Tamaro Civil Engineering Scholarships Awarded at DFI Educational Trust Gala Fundraising Dinner
Hawthorne, N.J. : The 14th Annual DFI Educational Trust Gala Fundraising Dinner took place on November 7, 2019, at Terrace On The Park in Corona, New York. The gala was attended by more than 125 guests and raised over $25,000. Proceeds from the event benefit the Stanley Merjan City College of New York (CCNY) Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, George J. Tamaro Manhattan College Civil Engineering Scholarship Fund, and DFI Educational Trust General Fund. At the event, the Merjan family made an a...
HNTB adds Kimberly Proia as vice president and project director in Seattle
Accomplished rail-transit professional will oversee key light rail projects in the Puget Sound area, including the West Seattle and Ballard link extensions. BELLEVUE, Wash. – Kimberly Proia, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as a project director and vice president. Based in the firm’s Bellevue office, she will serve as the deputy project manager for the West Seattle and Ballard Link Extension project, an 11.8-mile extension to the Sound Transit Link light rail system. In this role, she is responsi...
Jim Jasper Joins Stantec’s Healthcare Practice
Leading global design firm Stantec has hired Jim Jasper as a Senior Project Manager in the healthcare practice. Located in the firm’s Pittsburgh office, he will be responsible for growing the healthcare portfolio in Western Pennsylvania and ensuring effective client collaboration to maintain excellence in project design and delivery. With nearly 30 years of professional experience, Jasper has been involved in projects ranging from campus master plans to comprehensive expansions at hospitals,...
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