Young Tapped to be Vice Chair of AASHTO’s TC3 Council
Chris Young, workforce development director for the Texas Department of Transportation, began a two-year term as vice chair of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ Transportation Curriculum Coordination Council or TC3 on Oct. 23; a term that will officially wrap up at the end of the 2021 TC3 Annual Meeting. TC3, launched in summer 2000, functions as a partnership among state departments of transportation, government entities, and AASHTO, along with other ind...
U.S. LBM Names John Gorczynski Vice President Of Exterior Products
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. - U.S. LBM Holdings, LLC ("U.S. LBM"), a leading distributor of specialty building materials in the United States, has named John Gorczynski vice president of Exterior Products. In this newly created role, Gorczynski is responsible for developing and leading U.S. LBM's market growth strategy in exterior products. A 34-year veteran of the building materials industry, Gorczynski joins U.S. LBM from GAF, a leading roofing and waterproofing manufacturer in North America, where...
Jacobs Names Executives for Company Strategy, Innovation and Information Technology to Extend Differentiated Leadership and Profitable Growth
DALLAS - Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced three key executive appointments to expand high-margin growth in an evolving professional services sector, including Marietta Hannigan, chief strategy and communications officer; Darren Kraabel, chief technology and innovation officer; and Madhuri Andrews, chief information officer. "Two years ago, we embarked on a strategy to strengthen our culture, transform the core of our business and expand profitable growth. Since then, we have...
Thornton Tomasetti’s Tanya de Hoog Receives University of Wollongong Alumni Award for Professional Excellence
(New York, New York ) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Principal Tanya de Hoog, CEng, FIStrutE, MIEAust, co-founding director of the firm’s London office, has received the Alumni Award for Professional Excellence from University of Wollongong (UOW) in New South Wales, Australia. The award was presented at the university’s Fellowship and Alumni Awards dinner on October 11. The UOW Alumni Award for Professional Excellence recognizes outstanding form...
Georgia Moves 630K Cars, Trucks and Tractors in FY18
Savannah, Ga. - October 25, 2018 - At the Brunswick State of the Port today, Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) Executive Director Griff Lynch detailed Fiscal Year 2018 successes, including 630,000 units of cars, trucks and tractors handled through Georgia terminals. "The Port of Brunswick achieved a solid performance across all cargo categories over the last fiscal year," Lynch said. "As GPA adds new terminal space, we will expand our service area in the Southeast and beyond." During...
Ronald D. Ziemian Wins 2019 T.R. Higgins Award
(Chicago, IL) - The 2019 winner of the $15,000 AISC T.R. Higgins Award is Ronald D. Ziemian, a professor at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pa. Ziemian is recognized worldwide for his expertise in structural stability and his uncanny ability to take an incredibly complex topic and make it understandable to everyone from undergraduates to experienced structural engineers. Get an inside look at his life and career in the May 2016 Steel Profiles podcast episode at www.aisc.org/podcasts, in which he...
Econolite Names Kirk Steudle Senior Vice President
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Econolite today announced it has appointed Kirk Steudle Senior Vice President. In this role, Steudle will lead the company’s Transportation Systems Group, as well as its subsidiary CAVita. “Kirk Steudle is an industry icon with 30 years of industry experience, much of it in application of technologies in transportation. He not only led one of the most progressive State DOTs in the U.S., but has also impacted and shaped the industry through his leadership positions at TRB, AA...
Stantec Welcomes Seasoned Green Infrastructure Expert
South Burlington, VT, NYSE, TSX: STN- Amidst continued growth in the New England region, Stantec’s Transportation practice has welcomed a strategic hire to its South Burlington, Vermont office. Amanda Ludlow has joined as a principal focused on guiding the development of the Transportation practice’s local stormwater planning and design group. In this role she will provide technical management for current and future projects, while also supporting cross-collaboration between Stantec practice are...
HDR Expands Aviation Practice with Promotion, Key Hire
(OMAHA, Neb.) -- HDR is expanding its growing aviation practice with a promotion and key hire. The firm promoted Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Tim Fish, P.E., to East region aviation manager, and Kevin Ashton joined the firm’s transportation architecture practice as an aviation architecture principal based in New York City. Fish will lead development of the firm’s aviation practice focusing on expanding full service capabilities to aviation clients in the region. He will continue to provide p...
Spencer Franklin Selected HNTB Carolinas Office Leader
RALEIGH, N.C. – Spencer Franklin, PE, vice president, was named HNTB Corporation’s Carolinas office leader based in the firm’s Raleigh office. He previously served as HNTB’s mid-Atlantic division delivery officer. “Spencer’s past Carolinas experience as a department manager and leader of HNTB’s service to North Carolina DOT and North Carolina Turnpike Authority affords him a unique ability to understand and address the most challenging mobility needs in the region,” said Diana Mendes, AICP,...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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