Carrie Rocha Selected as HNTB Atlanta Office Leader
ATLANTA, Ga. – Carrie Rocha, PE, vice president, was named HNTB Corporation’s Atlanta office leader. She previously served in a similar role for HNTB’s Connecticut operation. With her move to Atlanta, Rocha brings 20 years of experience in transportation infrastructure project and construction management, contract administration and engineering for highways, bridges, tunnels, transit/rail, aviation and related facilities. She fills the office leader vacancy left by Jeff Parker who became MART...
ARTBA Honors Texas A&M Professor & Retired ORAFOL Leader with Prestigious Highway Safety Award
(WASHINGTON) - Gene Hawkins, a professor in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University, and retired ORAFOL Americas leader Tom Flaherty, are the respective public and private sector recipients of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) 2018 “Jake Landen Memorial Safety Award.” Established in 1979 by ARTBA’s Traffic Safety Industry Division (TSID), the Landen Award is presented annually to those individuals who have “made significant and lasti...
HNTB Names Phil Collin and Doug Champlin to Northeast Division Management Team
New York – HNTB Corporation promoted Phil Collin, PE, to the position of Northeast Division Sales Officer, and named Doug Champlin as Northeast Division Program and Construction Management Director. Based in the firm’s New York City office, both Collin and Champlin are HNTB vice presidents. Phil Collin, PE Collin will lead the firm’s sales and marketing efforts throughout the northeast – accounting for the firm’s largest workforce of nearly 850 professionals in nine offices who serve more...
Amin Alsaden Appointed as the Director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial
Amin Alsaden has been appointed the Director of the Sharjah Architecture Triennial, the first major platform dedicated to architecture and urbanism in the Middle East, East and North Africa, and South Asia. Bringing a depth of experience to the position as an architectural scholar and practitioner, Alsaden will contribute to the organization's growth, sustainability, long-term mission, and launch one of the Triennial's core initiatives: a research program. Alsaden will work closely with the...
The Transportation Impact of Justice Kennedy’s Supreme Court Tenure
On June 27, Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he would be retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court effective July 31, 2018; wrapping up a 30-year tenure that included several major legal decisions that directly affected the transportation industry. According to research by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Justice Kennedy participated in 15 transportation-focused legal decisions after President Ronald Reagan appointed him to the nation's highest court in...
Lisa Sargent-Davis Joins HNTB in Chicago as Public Involvement Manager
CHICAGO – Lisa Sargent-Davis joined HNTB Corporation as public involvement manager, based in the firm’s Chicago office. Sargent-Davis works with HNTB’s clients to develop strategic plans for public involvement, diversity outreach, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise partnerships, and more. Sargent-Davis has more than 20 years of experience developing and implementing workforce and education programs in the metropolitan area. Her extensive public outreach background includes building collaborati...
Energy Industry Leader Javier Cavada Named CEO and President of Highview Power
London: Highview Power, the true long-duration energy storage specialist, today announces that Dr Javier Cavada Camino (42) PhD (Eng.) is to join the company as its Chief Executive Officer and President. Mr. Cavada will drive the international deployment of Highview Power’s proprietary liquid air energy storage (LAES) technology and execute the company’s ambitious 10-year global expansion strategy. He will lead a team across the company’s United Kingdom headquarters in London and United States o...
Western Specialty Contractors Promotes Tim Braico to Branch Manager of its Ridgefield, NJ Facades Division
(St. Louis, MO) – Western Specialty Contractors has promoted Tim Braico of Hopewell Junction, NY to Branch Manager of its Facades Division in Ridgefield, NJ. Braico was previously a Superintendent at the Facades Division. Braico will be responsible for running the branch office, which will include marketing, sales, estimating, oversight of operations and administrative functions, safety of all branch employees, and productivity of office staff and field crews. Additionally, he will be respons...
WSP Bolsters Industry-Leading Connected and Automated Vehicle Team
NEW YORK, NY – WSP, formerly WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff, strengthened its industry-leading connected and automated vehicle (C/AV) team with the appointment of policy and technical leaders, Sahar Shirazi and Frank Perry. Sahar Shirazi “Our success is driven by our people and we are committed to augmenting our team which is already at the forefront of the development and testing of transportation infrastructure for connected and automated vehicles,” said John D. Porcari, president of advisor...
HNTB’s Joseph Lawton Earns Designated Design-Build Professional Certification from DBIA
ARLINGTON, Va. – Joseph Lawton, AIA, CCM, FCMAA, DBIA, CM national practice leader, program management consultant, and senior vice president for HNTB Corporation, earned a certified Design-Build Professional designation from the Design-Build Institute of America. It is the design-build industry’s highest professional designation. Lawton is based in HNTB’s Arlington, Virginia, office and joined the firm in 2012. Lawton is a recognized specialist in construction with more than 40 years of exte...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
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February Issue 2026
