Design Firm Stantec is Growing Their Transportation Group in Downtown Atlanta
ATLANTA, GA, NYSE, TSX:STN: Stantec’s Atlanta office made an addition to their growing transportation team with the hire of Joel Mann, AICP as a principal in Stantec’s Urban Places Group. Mann will provide the greater Atlanta community with inventive and safe plans for transportation transit and multi-modal projects. Joel Mann Mann helps cities and the private sector navigate the shift from simply moving cars to balanced systems that keep everyone moving. Skillfully applying national best...
Michael Baker International Grows Architecture Practice in Dallas with Hiring of Peter Darby to Architecture Practice Lead
Dallas – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Peter Darby, AIA, LEED, AP, has joined the firm as the Architecture Practice Lead for the state of Texas. In this role, Mr. Darby is responsible for leading a team of architects to deliver all aspects of building design for clients across the state. “Development in the state of Texas continues at a rapid pace, so the addition of Peter to lead our Architecture Pract...
ARTBA Foundation Announces Key 2018 Scholarship, Awards & Recognition Program Deadlines
(WASHINGTON) - The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) has announced key deadlines for its 2018 scholarship, awards and recognition programs. They include: Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program Established in 1999, this first-of-its-kind scholarship fund provides post-high school financial assistance to the children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled on the job. More than 125 scholarships h...
Michael Baker International Strengthens Operations in Houston, Texas, with Appointment of Cory Wilder as Office Executive
Houston – Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, today announced that Cory Wilder has been appointed to Senior Vice President and Office Executive of the Houston, Texas, office. To meet the increased infrastructure demands throughout the state of Texas, Mr. Wilder will position the Houston office for growth by leveraging his extensive background in oil and gas as well as his diverse experience in other areas, such as highways. With...
Bechtel Names Project Director for Construction and Startup of World’s Most Complex Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, construction, and project management, today announced that Brian Reilly, a 35+ year veteran of nuclear construction, will become the next project director for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant project at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state. Reilly will guide completion, startup, and commissioning of WTP’s first phase: the seven-story, sports arena-sized Low Activity Waste Facility and its associated sup...
Gannett Fleming Names Tulumello as Northeast Region Facilities Business Line Leader
(Harrisburg, Pa.): Giuseppe (Joe) Tulumello, AIA, LEED® Green Associate, has been named leader of Gannett Fleming’s Northeast Region Facilities Business Line. In this role, Tulumello will oversee business strategy and planning, project delivery, and operational growth of Gannett Fleming’s facilities practice across Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.“There are tremendous opportunities in the northeast facilities markets, including tr...
Joe North Joins HNTB in Tallahassee as Senior GIS Analyst
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Joe North joined HNTB Corporation as senior geographic information systems analyst, based in the firm’s growing Tallahassee office. He is responsible for providing direction to HNTB’s West Florida team on the most effective GIS technology to improve the project life-cycle process, from planning to design, construction, maintenance, and most recently, to emergency management pre-event planning and post-event recovery. North has more than 20 years of experience in geospatial...
APTA Board Chooses Skoutelas as Transit Group’s Next CEO
The board of the American Public Transportation Association said it has chosen transit industry veteran Paul Skoutelas to become its new president and CEO effective Jan. 8. Skoutelas, who currently resides in Pittsburgh, will relocate to Washington, D.C., where the association is based, APTA said. "Skoutelas has been a highly successful and respected national leader in the public transportation industry for more than 40 years," the announcement said. It noted that he has headed transit sys...
Gov. Cuomo Taps Consultant Karas to Head NYSDOT
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that he has appointed infrastructure consultant and former Chicago public works commissioner Paul Karas to be commissioner of the state Department of Transportation. In the same personnel announcement, Cuomo also said he appointed Cathy Calhoun, who had been acting NYSDOT commissioner since August, to serve as director of state operations. The governor said that Karas most recently worked for four years as vice president and manager of RS&H Inc., a tra...
Gov. Hickenlooper Names Lewis CEO of Colorado DOT as Bhatt Leaves for ITSA
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper named Michael Lewis to take over as executive director at the state Department of Transportation, as agency CEO Shailen Bhatt exits to head the Washington, D.C.-based trade association Intelligent Transportation Society of America. Lewis has been CDOT's deputy executive director and chief operating officer since 2015, and was formerly director of the Rhode Island DOT from 2008 until early 2015. He had also been president in 2012-13 of the American Assoc...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
