Bob Hicks Joins Stantec’s Education Practice
BOSTON, MA: NYSE, TSX:STN: Bob Hicks has joined leading global design firm Stantec as a Senior Project Manager in the education practice. Located in the firm’s Boston office, he will be responsible for growing the higher education portfolio in the US Northeast. Hicks brings more than 30 years of professional experience, helping colleges, universities, and other institutional clients understand, plan, and bring to life their project aspirations. He has been involved in numerous high profile pr...
American Concrete Institute Announces Winners of FRP Composites Student Competition
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., USA – The American Concrete Institute announces the winners of its Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Composites Student Competition, held recently at the Concrete Convention and Exposition in Cincinnati, OH, USA. The competition objectives were for students to design, construct, and test a concrete structure reinforced with fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) to achieve the optimal load-to-cost ratio, predict the ultimate load, and predict the load that will result in a pisto...
Trimble Announces CEO Succession
Rob Painter, Current CFO, to Become New CEO Steve Berglund to Transition to Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors Ulf Johansson to Retire as Chairman of the Board SUNNYVALE, Calif.— Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that its Board of Directors has unanimously elected Robert G. Painter to succeed Steven W. Berglund as president and CEO of Trimble effective January 4, 2020, the first day of Trimble's 2020 fiscal year. Painter will also join the Trimble Board of Directors on January 4...
Thornton Tomasetti’s Joel Stout Named LEED Fellow
New York, NY – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Joel Stout, a vice president in the firm’s Sustainability practice, has achieved the rank of LEED Fellow, the highest distinction awarded by the Green Business Certification, Inc. (GBCI). He is one of 29 practitioners and leaders within the green building community to be named to the 2019 class of LEED Fellows. The GCBI administers the LEED professional credentialing and project certification programs. The...
Hasan to Lead WSP USA Mid-Atlantic Region Construction Services Practice
Seasoned program and construction management expert will leverage more than 35 years of experience in the region helping clients deliver critical infrastructure projects. BALTIMORE — Anwer Hasan has been promoted to Mid-Atlantic Region construction services director at WSP USA, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy. Hasan will continue growing WSP’s program management and construction management (PM/CM) services footprint in the region, across markets and infra...
Adam Sheets rejoins HNTB as strategic advisor for firm’s infrastructure clients
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Adam Sheets has rejoined HNTB Corporation as national practice consultant and vice president. He is based in the firm’s Columbus, Ohio, office. He previously served in a similar role with HNTB from 2015 to 2018. Sheets brings extensive legal, policy and project management experience with a focus on toll program development, emerging technologies, alternative delivery, and public-private partnerships. Sheets adds his expertise to the list of advisory services HNTB currentl...
Airports Leader Rejoins Stantec
We are pleased to announce that Architect Rian Burger has rejoined Stantec as a senior principal in our global airport practice. Based in Stantec’s Toronto-Wellington office, Rian brings more than 30 years of industry experience, along with a keen understanding of the airport business and a creative approach to solving operational challenges faced by airport operators. “We’re delighted to welcome Rian back to Stantec and we look forward to his leadership of our Airport team in the Greater Tor...
Class of Your Own Announces School Curriculum Partnership with Bentley Systems
Winners of the 2019 Future Infrastructure Challenge: DEC Hyperloop is the Drummond Community High School Team (Alizah Mughal, Ryan Gordon, Wiktor Rauba, Faye Fulton) with Harj Dhaliwal, Managing Director Middle East & India, Virgin Hyperloop One, who was a member of the judging panel for the event. SINGAPORE – The Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference – Class of Your Own, a UK-headquartered provider of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) curriculum and built environ...
Mark Fricke rejoins HNTB as project director in Southern California
SANTA ANA, Calif. – Mark Fricke, PE, has re-joined HNTB Corporation as project director in Southern California. He brings more than 35 years of experience in highway design for major urban corridors and is based in the firm’s growing Santa Ana office. His duties include roadway design management of the firm’s work on the XpressWest high-speed rail project from Victorville, California, to Las Vegas. This project impacts Interstate 15 and requires significant design coordination with Caltrans Dist...
Stantec bolsters health sector advancement in the Washington, DC and Mid-Atlantic regions with strategic promotion of Allen Whitaker
WASHINGTON, DC (October 23, 2019) NYSE, TSX:STN: Leading global design firm Stantec has promoted Allen Whitaker to Principal in the firm’s health sector practice. In this new position, Whitaker will work closely with regional and global health sector leadership to implement Stantec’s strategic plan focused on growth in the Washington, DC region and beyond. Whitaker has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare design, with a focus on particle therapy centers, academic medical centers, am...