Krista Raines Joins Thornton Tomasetti’s Sustainability Practice as Vice President in the San Francisco Office
(San Francisco, Calif. – April 8, 2019) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Krista Raines, LEED AP BD+C, LFA has joined the firm’s San Francisco, Calif. office as vice president. She will provide senior-level support to the firm’s Sustainability practice in the Bay Area and Pacific Northwest region as well as across the U.S. She will also lead the San Francisco Building Analytics team. With more than a dozen years of experience in sustainable design and pr...
AASHTO Appoints Ajegba as Chair of the CRUO Committee
The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has appointed Paul Ajegba, director of the Michigan Department of Transportation, to a two-year term as chair of the Committee on Right of Way, Utilities, and Outdoor Advertising Control, known as CRUO. [Above photo by Michigan DOT.] This committee is tasked with reviewing and recommends changes to laws, rules, regulations, and procedures affecting right of way, utility, and outdoor advertising issues, as well as mainta...
Bethany Frew Elected to Energy Systems Integration Group Board of Directors
Reston, Va. – The Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) announced that Bethany Frew, an engineer in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), was recently elected to the group’s board of directors. Frew was elected during the group’s annual membership meeting at its 2019 Spring Technical Workshop in Albuquerque, N.M. Frew has spent nearly 10 years building and using computational models to analyze the power system, both as a graduate student an...
Cardno's MIles Ballogg Accepts Invitation to Join EPA's Superfund Working Group of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council
TAMPA, FL -- Cardno is pleased to announce that Miles Ballogg has been invited to join the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Superfund Working Group of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC). The NEJAC working group’s objective is to deliver recommendations to the EPA Administrator on ways to advance the effectiveness and efficiency of the Superfund program and how community revitalization can be furthered through reuse of formerly contaminated sites. Miles...
HLW’s John Gering Elevated to the American Institute of Architects’ College of Fellows (FAIA)
NEW YORK, NY — John Gering, Managing Partner at renowned global architecture, interiors, planning, and strategy firm HLW, has been elevated to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA), a select honor awarded to those who have made a significant contribution to the field of architecture. Throughout his career Gering has functioned in a leadership capacity and has been the catalyst for the type of innovation and change sought by technology, multimedia organizations, a...
Design-build Expert Alex Murray Joins HNTB
BOSTON – Alex Murray joined HNTB Corporation as a senior project manager in the firm’s Massachusetts transportation practice. Murray leads multidisciplinary teams working on roadway and bridge transportation projects, including design-build and environmental compliance issues for clients in Massachusetts. “Alex is a respected project manager for transportation projects, especially design-build procurements, which is an increasingly important delivery method by transportation agencies seekin...
Robert Kennah Joins HNTB in Houston as Project Director
HOUSTON – Robert Kennah, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as project director, based in the firm’s Houston office. Kennah has more than 23 years of engineering and project management experience and has served in leadership roles on high-profile transit projects throughout the nation. Kennah is responsible for managing and delivering major projects, nurturing client relationships and working to expand HNTB’s services to its regional transit clients. “Robert has a strong background in deliverin...
CDOT Establishes New Office of Innovative Mobility, Names Leader
DENVER – As part of Governor Polis's focus on expanding multimodal transportation options for Colorado travelers, the Colorado Department of Transportation has established a new Office of Innovative Mobility. The office will elevate the role of the existing Division of Transit and Rail, integrating its functions with other means of expanding mobility options, including through ridesharing, electrification, and emerging technologies. The new office, which reports directly to the Executive Direct...
Rail Transit Expert Thomas Mangold Joins HNTB as Rail Program Manager
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. – Thomas Mangold joined HNTB Corporation as rail program manager in the firm’s King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, office. Mangold, with an accomplished career spanning more than four decades in the region, will support HNTB’s largest and most complex transit and rail infrastructure projects. Mangold comes to HNTB from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority, where he most recently oversaw the power department’s engineering, maintenance and construction groups, as well...
Tooley Named Chairman of AASHTO’s Safety Committee
Michael Tooley (seen above), director of the Montana Department of Transportation, has been appointed to serve a two-year term as chairman of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Committee on Safety. Tooley has served as Montana DOT’s director for nearly six and a half years. Prior to his tenure at the agency, he spent 28 years with the Montana State Highway Patrol, retiring in 2012 as colonel and chief of the organization. Tooley holds a Bachelor of Scien...
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