Engineering Design & Construction Expert Frank Cantrell, PE, Joins Cardno's Charlotte Office
Charlotte, NC - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Frank Cantrell, PE, has joined the firm as Senior Project Manager in the company’s Charlotte, NC, USA office. With nearly 40 years of professional engineering experience, Frank has provided comprehensive project management for dozens of major road, water, sewer infrastructure, and storm projects throughout the Southeast. Frank’s experience leading teams of engineers and inspectors benefits Cardno’s clients seeking support and guid...
Michael Baker International Hires Peter Quintanilla to Lead Urban Design Studio in Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh - Michael Baker International, a global leader in engineering, planning and consulting services, announced today that Peter J. Quintanilla has joined the firm as the Urban Design Studio (UDS) Lead for the Pennsylvania Headquarters Region. Michael Baker’s UDS is a national multidisciplinary team of planners, landscape architects, architects and engineers, solely devoted to projects that improve the physical and social environments of communities. Based in the firm’s Moon Towns...
Land Development and Subsurface Utility Engineering Expert Jim Herbert, PE, Joins Cardno's Austin Office
Austin, TX - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Jim Herbert, PE, has joined the firm as Senior Project Manager in the company’s Austin (Round Rock), TX, USA office. With more than 15 years of professional engineering experience, Jim has an extensive project background in public and private land development, specifically vertical mixed-use projects. Jim has a range of expertise in projects at state, county, and municipal levels including preliminary engineering, feasibility analysi...
New HRC Report: Oil and Gas Companies Continue to Improve on LGBTQ Equality in the Workplace
WASHINGTON - Oil and gas companies continue to underperform on LGBTQ workplace equality and inclusion, according to the 2018 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) issued today by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation, the educational arm of the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) civil rights organization. With a record-breaking 609 businesses nationwide earning 100-point scores in the CEI, five companies -- Chevron Corp., Air Products & Chemicals Inc., BP Ame...
Water Systems Council Names David Rutz and Donna Weller to Board of Directors
WASHINGTON - David Rutz of Xylem Inc. and Donna Weller of Baker Manufacturing, LLC, have been named to the Water Systems Council (WSC) board of directors. Rutz is Director of North American Sales–Residential and Agriculture, Xylem. He has worked in Xylem's Applied Water Systems business unit for five years and has extensive experience in residential, industrial and agricultural pumps. Rutz holds a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universit...
Stantec’s Adam Leggett Among Top Young Native American Leaders
Anchorage, AK (November 8, 2017) NYSE, TSX:STN: Adam Leggett, Stantec’s Alaska Native Program Manager in Anchorage, was recently selected one of the top young Native American leaders by the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED). Leggett was named a 2017 Native American 40 Under 40 award recipient by the non-profit organization. The award recognizes those in the Native American communities who demonstrate leadership, initiative, and dedication, making signifi...
INDOT Offers Scholarships, Jobs to Engineers in Training
INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Department of Transportation is offering civil engineering students scholarships of up to $3,125 per semester, and paid employment during summer breaks and upon graduation. Students must be accepted or enrolled full time in one of Indiana’s certified civil engineering schools and apply using the form at www.INDOTScholarship.IN.gov. Applications for the 2018-2019 school year must be submitted by December 31, 2017. INDOT’s scholarship program uses federal funds to...
Lance Donnelly Joins HNTB as Senior Project Engineer
PHILADELPHIA – Lance Donnelly, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as a senior project engineer for traction power systems. Based in the firm’s Philadelphia office, Donnelly leads teams of engineers who design electrical traction systems used to power passenger trains. “The growth of HNTB’s team of rail systems and operations experts supports our clients in providing critical transit services throughout the Philadelphia region,” said Joseph Guzzi, PMP, HNTB’s Pennsylvania office leader and vice pres...
Subsurface Utility Engineering Expert Neil Eppig Joins Cardno's Tampa Office
Tampa, FL - Cardno, Inc., is pleased to announce that Neil Eppig has joined the firm as Senior Project Manager, SUE Operations in the company’s Tampa, FL, USA office. With more than 43 years of professional experience, Neil brings exceptional client and project management skills along with technical expertise in land surveying and subsurface utility engineering (SUE). Neil was previously a director of SUE services for a private consultant, where he supported federal, state, and municipal...
HNTB Aviation Experts Honored with Airport Business Magazine “Top 40 Under 40” Award
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Two of HNTB Corporation’s aviation experts — Lynette Mellett, PE, and Shawn J. Murphy, PE — were named as “Top 40 Under 40” award recipients by Airport Business magazine. The annual award recognizes 40 aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. Lynette Mellett Mellett joined HNTB as a project engineer in 2003 after graduation from Iowa State University and worked on a variety of civil projects while pr...