Charlotte, NC and River Falls, WI Students Connect with Tsunami-Affected Japanese Schools Through Books
Charlotte, NC – Students from Charlotte, North Carolina and River Falls, Wisconsin delivered over 1,500 books to fellow learners in Hirono, a town in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, trying to rebuild from the devastating effects of a magnitude 9 earthquake on March 11, 2011. Residents of Hirono, the closest habitable town on the south side of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant were forced to evacuate the town immediately following the nuclear accident. They are now allowed to return to th...
Cat Brown to Serve on APTI Board
Cat Brown, Assoc. AIA, LEED GA, architectural project coordinator in the Denver architecture studio, has been elected to the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) Rocky Mountain Chapter's board. APTI is a cross-disciplinary membership organization dedicated to promoting the best technology for conserving historic structures and their settings. Members, who are preservationists, architects, engineers, conservators, consultants, contractors, craftspersons, curators, develop...
Dewberry's Dmitry Smirnov Appointed to National Emergency Management Association Work Group
Dewberry is proud to announce the appointment of Dmitry Smirnov, Ph.D., to the National Emergency Management Association's (NEMA) Extreme Weather Adaptation work group. The group is tasked with creating an extreme weather adaptation plan for NEMA. Smirnov, a meteorologist with Dewberry in the Denver, Colorado, office, will help develop better practices for the management of severe and frequent natural disasters for state directors across the nation who are responsible for preparing and mitiga...
MMFX Steel Corporation Appoints Vice President of Sales and Marketing to Support Industry Growth and Market Potential
IRVINE, Calif. — MMFX® Steel Corporation of America (www.mmfx.com) has appointed Sherry Sweitzer as the new Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Sherry is responsible for growing sales through the effective management of the company’s North American sales team, as well as educating customers on the benefits of MMFX products through strategic marketing and communication efforts. “Sherry’s experience in the engineering and construction fields and her knowledge of effective sales managem...
McKim & Creed Growing in Charlotte
Charlotte—The national engineering, surveying and planning firm of McKim & Creed, Inc. has added six engineering and geomatics professionals to its Charlotte office. This brings the company’s local staff size to more than 50, offering a wide array of engineering, surveying and land planning services. The new employees include Adam Mills and Alfred Arce, mechanical designers; Clayton Blackwell and Jennie Casanova, engineering interns; and Casey McClain and Michel Muanzamina, geomatics crew mem...
Gannett Fleming Names Vaghti Corporate Sustainability Officer
As part of the firm’s commitment to providing sustainable outcomes, Gannett Fleming has appointed Stewart S. Vaghti, PE, CFM, LEED® AP, Corporate Sustainability Officer (CSO). Based in the Phoenix, Arizona, office, he also serves as a senior project manager and project engineer. As CSO and a leader of the firm’s Corporate Sustainability Team, Vaghti will work to advance Gannett Fleming’s sustainable initiatives and practices. The firm has a goal of having 100 employees registered to take the...
George Nowak Recognized for Achievements in Aviation
Recognized for his leadership and successes in airfield pavement design and construction, George Nowak, Hatch’s deputy aviation practice manager, has received the Airfield Pavement Practitioner Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). Given by the ASCE Transportation and Development Institute, the award, established in 2009, honors practicing engineers for achievements in the airfield pavement engineering profession. George has 43 years of experience in developing connect...
Structural Engineers Association of Illinois Announces 2016-2017 Officers and New Board of Directors
Chicago, IL: The Structural Engineers Association of Illinois (SEAOI), the leading association representing the structural engineering community of Illinois, is pleased to announce its 2016-2017 Officers and Board of Directors. The 2016-2017 Board Officers are: President: Salvatore DiBernardo, Executive Vice President, Ciorba Group President-Elect: Tony Shkurti, Principal Engineer, HNTB Corporation Treasurer: David Nickell, Senior Structural Engineer, TGRWA, LLC Secretary: Christ...
HNTB Names Thomas J. Spearing, III Metropolitan New York Office Leader
NEW YORK, April 7, 2016—HNTB Corporation announces Thomas J. Spearing, III as metropolitan New York office leader and senior vice president, based in the firm’s New York City office located in the Empire State Building. Spearing has more than 25 years of project management experience throughout the United States and Latin America. HNTB’s New York office has grown more than 200 percent since 2013 and is the largest office in the firm. More than 280 multidisciplinary transportation professional...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
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