HNTB Adds Transportation Planning Professionals to Firm’s Operations in Austin and San Antonio
AUSTIN – Janelle Carey and Jason Rodriguez have joined HNTB Corporation, enhancing the firm’s transportation planning expertise in Central and South Texas. Janelle Carey “Janelle and Jason are both valuable additions to our team. They each bring experience developing creative and efficient solutions to our clients as they work to improve our region’s multimodal transportation network,” said Michelle Dippel, HNTB Central and South Texas office leader and vice president. Carey has 11 ye...
Recreation and Water Quality Expert Brian McRae Joins Cardno's Reno Office
RENO, NV - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Brian McRae, PE, QSD/QSP has joined the firm as a Senior Consultant in the company’s Reno, NV, USA, office. Brian has 22 years of experience as a civil engineer, specializing in recreation, water quality, and infrastructure projects throughout California and Nevada. Brian’s previous work includes support for the design and planning of over a dozen miles of bike trails in Northern Nevada and California. His project expertise includes constr...
Edmond Hunter, Construction Management Expert, Joins HNTB
BOSTON – Edmond Hunter, CCM, joined HNTB Corporation as a senior transit and rail project manager. Based in the firm’s Chelmsford office, Hunter plays a key role in helping HNTB’s transit and rail clients effectively plan and implement critical programs that provide vital passenger services. “Ed is a highly respected leader in the transportation community here in Massachusetts. He is recognized for his expertise in managing complex programs that enable transit systems to build infrastructur...
Profile Products Hires Northeast Market Development Manager
BUFFALO GROVE, Ill. (February 28, 2018) — Profile Products is pleased to announce the hiring of Clint McAfoos as Northeast market development manager. “Clint’s strong sales background and knowledge of erosion control and vegetation will fit right in with Profile’s team of industry-leading experts,” said Michael Schupp, national sales manager at Profile. McAfoos will add more than 15 years of sales experience to the Profile team. His career has focused in erosion control, storm water, geosy...
President Names Pirkle to Chair Committee on Traffic Engineering
Association President John Schroer has appointed the Meg Pirkle from the Georgia Department of Transportation to chair AASHTO's Committee on Traffic Engineering. Pirkle has been GDOT's chief engineer since Jan. 1, 2015. Her appointment is for a two-year term that would run until the end of the 2020 AASHTO Annual Meeting. The committee assesses the effectiveness of traffic control strategies and devices for the efficient and safe operation of the nation's highway system.
Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration Named Employer of the Year
The Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), a national organization dedicated to advancing women’s careers in the transportation industry, has named the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) Employer of the Year. The recognition came at the January 16 annual meeting and awards ceremony for the WTS Baltimore Chapter. In the male-dominated field of transportation, women make up 25 percent of the MDOT SHA senior management team. Over the years, two MDOT SHA sen...
Jonathan Humble Named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Jonathan Humble, FAIA, NCARB, LEED BD+C, Regional Director of Construction Codes and Standards for the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), has been named to the College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Recipients of this designation are selected by the AIA’s Jury of Fellows for their notable contributions to the advancement of the profession of architecture. Humble will be recognized in June during the investiture ceremony at St. Patrick’s Cathed...
MDOT Engineer Named Woman Of Year
LUTHERVILLE-TIMONIUM, MD - From Maryland Department of Transportation: An organization dedicated to advancing women's careers in transportation has named Sutapa Samanta, Assistant District Engineer for the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA), as Woman of the Year. At its January 16 Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, WTS (Women's Transportation Seminar) recognized Samanta as "a mentor and a beacon of inspiration to many young aspiring women in her field....
Jim Dray Joins Thornton Tomasetti as Chief Information Officer
(New York, New York ) – Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, announces that Jim Dray has joined the firm as Chief Information Officer. He has more than 30 years of information technology experience in in the architecture, engineering and construction, environmental and energy development industries in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to joining Thornton Tomasetti, Dray was a corporate vice president of information technology at AECOM, where he oversaw the strategic use of technol...
Commissioner Burman of New York to Lead NARUC Committee on Gas
WASHINGTON—Commissioner Diane X. Burman, of the New York State Public Service Commission, has been appointed as chairman of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on Gas. Burman served previously as co-vice chair. In addition to the Committee on Gas, Burman is a member of the NARUC Board of Directors, the Committee on Critical Infrastructure and NARUC’s Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety. She also serves on the Gas Technology Institute Public Interest Advisory Com...
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