Focus on Highway Safety Earns Stokes the AAMVA Lifetime Achievement Award
ITD Chief Deputy Scott Stokes has spent his entire career advocating for highway safety issues, and that focus earned him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). Watch video tribute to Scott. AAMVA presented the award to Stokes during their annual conference, Aug. 23 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Stokes began with ITD in December of 1991 as a staff engineer in the bridge section at ITD headquarters, after some time spent in the...
Simon Kirby Joins Nichols as Associate Senior Advisor
Simon Kirby has joined The Nichols Group as an associate Senior Advisor, reporting to the Board and responsible for Strategic Advice. Simon held previous positions as Chief Operating Officer at Rolls-Royce plc and Cheif Executive at HS2 Ltd. Simon said “Nichols are an industry leading strategic consultancy supporting clients on many iconic projects across the world. I am very proud to join Nichols at an exciting time when they are growing and building a stronger reputation for meeting customer...
Utility Engineering & Surveying Expert Jim Godfrey, PLS, Joins Cardno's Tampa Office
Tampa, FL - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jim Godfrey, PLS has joined the firm as Branch Manager of the company’s Tampa, FL, USA office. With more than 30 years of utility engineering and surveying (UES) experience, Jim has provided mapping and subsurface utility engineering expertise and guidance for public clients throughout Florida, including extensive project experience with the Florida Department of Transportation. Jim’s surveying expertise includes control surveys, desi...
Environmental Compliance & Coastal Infrastructure Specialist Brenton Jenkins, PE, Joins Cardno's Baton Rouge Office
BATON ROUGE, LA - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Brenton Jenkins has joined the firm as a Project Engineer in the company’s Baton Rouge, LA, USA office. Brenton has more than five years of experience performing environmental project management, engineering and construction services, primarily for the oil and gas sector. His specific project management expertise includes due diligence, environmental compliance, and wetland support for a number of coastal infrastructure projec...
WSP’s Marie-Elsie Dowell Elected President of Florida Engineering Society
MIAMI, FL — Marie-Elsie Dowell, a senior technical manager for WSP, a leading engineering and professional services consultancy, has been elected president of the Miami chapter of the Florida Engineering Society (FES). As president, Dowell leads one the largest FES chapters in Florida, with close to 300 members. As treasurer and president-elect, Dowell has had an active role in the chapter and served as mentor in the Future City Competition, a national project-based learning program where s...
Charlie Hales Rejoins HDR as Director for Urban Planning and Design
Charlie Hales, who previously served as HDR’s senior vice president for transit planning before becoming mayor of Portland, Oregon, has rejoined the company as a senior vice president and the firm’s cross-sector director for urban planning and design. His responsibilities include developing strategy for and leading HDR’s cross-sector teams, and helping HDR’s clients master the challenges of rapidly changing cities. Hales is based in Portland. Hales is widely regarded as a national leader in s...
Fleet Advantage COO & CTO James Griffin Selected As A Finalist For The South Florida Business Journal’s 2018 Technology Awards
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL – Fleet Advantage, a leading innovator in truck fleet business analytics, equipment financing, and lifecycle cost management announced today its COO and CTO, James Griffin, has been selected as a finalist for the South Florida Business Journal’s 2018 Technology Awards, honoring chief information officers who lead their organizations in delivering business value and innovative use of IT. He is one of three finalists in the category of private companies over $50 million in reve...
State Water Contractors Announces New Science Manager
Sacramento, CA – The State Water Contractors (SWC) is pleased to announce the hire of Darcy Austin in the organization’s newly created role of Science Manager. As Science Manager, Ms. Austin will oversee the SWC Science Program, including continued partnership with other organizations dedicated to research-based management, engagement in collaborative science activities, and investment in cutting-edge technologies and research approaches to advance our collective knowledge on Delta ecosystems....
Steve Roth Joins HNTB as Group Director in Austin
AUSTIN – Steve Roth, PE, PMP, joined HNTB Corporation as group director – engineering, based in the firm’s Austin office. Roth will work with the firm’s transit clients in Central and South Texas, including Capital Metro in Austin and VIA Metropolitan Transit in San Antonio. Roth has more than 20 years of experience in planning, design and construction of rail, transit, transportation and infrastructure projects. Throughout his career, he has served on a wide range of complex projects in T...
MDOT Names Tony Kratofil New COO and Chief Engineer
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has named longtime leader Tony Kratofil chief operations officer (COO) and chief engineer. He is succeeding Mark Van Port Fleet, who is now MDOT's senior chief deputy director. Kratofil has been with MDOT for 26 years, the last nine as head of MDOT's Metro Region in southeast Michigan, covering Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties. "Tony is held in high regard by his colleagues at MDOT and by our industry partners," MDOT Director Kirk T. Steudle...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
