Charren Shepherd Named Marketing Director for HNTB’s Mid-Atlantic Division
ARLINGTON, VA. – Charren Shepherd was appointed director of marketing for HNTB Corporation’s Mid-Atlantic Division. She is based in Arlington. Shepherd will coordinate with division leaders to develop, execute and monitor overall marketing strategy and lead a department of more than a dozen marketing professionals supporting nine offices to provide comprehensive marketing communications services across the division. Shepherd brings nearly two decades of engineering and construction marketin...
HNTB’s Craig Denson Named CFO of the Year by EFCG
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Craig Denson, CPA, CFO HNTB Corporation, was named CFO of the Year by the Environmental Financial Consulting Group (EFCG) during its 19th annual CFO conference in New York City on May 9. Denson, a senior vice president, has been with HNTB for 18 years in various roles, including corporate controller, corporate treasurer and corporate secretary. Appointed as CFO in 2018, he oversees approximately 60 professionals who support the corporate financial operation. EFCG’s CFO c...
HNTB’s Shahram Vahdat appointed president of American Council of Engineering Companies – Los Angeles County chapter
LOS ANGELES – Shahram Vahdat, PE, group transportation director and vice president for HNTB Corporation, has been appointed president of the board of directors of American Council of Engineering Companies – Los Angeles County chapter. He has been a member of the board of directors since 1999, holding numerous executive positions. This will be the second time Vahdat is serving as president. “I am honored to serve in a leadership capacity for our Los Angeles chapter, which is comprised of over...
AISC Remembers Ground-breaking Architect I.M. Pei
CHICAGO - The American Institute of Steel Construction Friday remembered legendary architect I.M. Pei, who died early Thursday at the age of 102. "I.M. Pei leaves a physical and intellectual legacy of constant innovation, much of which featured steel as the structural medium," AISC President Charles J. Carter, SE, PE, PhD, said. "His many iconic structures will inspire generations of architects to push the boundaries and bring new ideas to life, and we look forward to being part of that celebra...
John Bailey, Former Prospect Steel President and AISC Board Member, Dies at 66
John William Bailey, president of Prospect Steel, a division of Lexicon, Inc., in Little Rock, Ark., and an AISC Board Member, passed away Sunday, May 19, at the age of 66 after a brief fight with cancer. John was born on November 15, 1952, in Jackson, Tenn., to parents William Hampton and Norreen M. Cassidy Bailey. He earned two degrees from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville—a bachelor's degree in civil engineering in 1975 and a master's degree in structural engineering in 1977—before rec...
ARTBA Foundation Announces Financial Assistance to 16 Children of Fallen Highway Workers
WASHINGTON) - Sixteen children of highway workers who were killed or permanently disabled on the job will receive post-high school financial assistance for the 2019-20 school year from the American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation’s (ARTBA-TDF) “Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship” fund. Now in its 20th year, the program was established with a gift from two Roanoke, Virginia, highway contracto...
U.S. Department of Transportation Highlights Transit Workforce Training for Innovative Technologies of the Future
THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Acting Administrator K. Jane Williams today joined SunLine Transit Agency officials and other local partners to highlight transit workforce training for innovative technologies of the future, including zero-emission transit buses. "Workforce development is a key priority for this Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation," said FTA Acting Administrator Williams. "The Administra...
ASCE Names Dr. Thomas Walski As Recipient of 2019 Julian Hinds Award
Exton, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, today announced that Bentley colleague, Thomas Walski, Ph.D. P.E., F. ASCE, has been named the 2019 recipient of the Julian Hinds Award, by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The Julian Hinds Award recognizes the author or authors of a paper which makes the most important contributio...
Karl Frank Wins Roebling Award for Bridge Engineering
Congratulations to Karl Frank, PE, PhD, for winning the Roebling Award. This award is presented annually by the Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania and recognizes major lifetime achievements in bridge engineering. Karl Frank, a Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Austin and current consultant to NSBA, will receive his award at the International Bridge Conference in Maryland this June.
New Members Appointed to the Drone Advisory Committee
WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today formally announced new appointments to the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Drone Advisory Committee (DAC). The DAC is a broad-based, long-term federal advisory committee that provides the FAA advice on key unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) integration issues by helping to identify challenges and prioritize improvements. The committee helps to create broad support for an overall integration strategy and vision....
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
