Esri’s Keith Ryden Honored with Prestigious Award from Open Geospatial Consortium
REDLANDS, California–October 31, 2025—At the 133rd Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) member meeting, the OGC recognized Keith Ryden, director of software development—operations and standards at Esri, with the Kenneth D. Gardels Award. Each year, the award is presented to an individual who has made exemplary contributions to OGC’s consensus standards process. Ryden has been a longtime member of OGC and has actively contributed to the creation and adoption of several OGC standards over the past...
Arcadis Appoints Robyn Kaiser as Principal in Workplace Design Studio
Kaiser will help drive global client solutions, advancing innovative and sustainable workplaces for clients worldwide October 30, 2025 – Novi, MI — Arcadis, a global leader in sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy for natural and built environments, is proud to announce the appointment of Robyn Kaiser as Principal in its Workplace Architecture Studio. With more than 25 years of international experience leading workplace strategy and real estate innovation for Fortune 100 organ...
HKS Denver Welcomes Designer Rob Cleary
HKS's Denver office has hired Robert Cleary as a Designer. With a background spanning media, film, and architectural photography, Cleary brings a distinctive passion for visual storytelling to the design process, crafting architecture that is not only beautiful but also responsive to today’s environmental and social challenges. Before entering the architecture field, Cleary directed commercial films and photography projects for major brands such as Apple, Volkswagen, Zillow, and Taco Bell...
Former Ankrom Moisan President Dave Heater Steps Into New Role as Vice President of Business Development
Dave Heater, Courtesy of Ankrom Moisan After guiding the firm for a decade, Heater now leads strategic development across markets and studios SAN FRANCISCO — October 28, 2025 –– Ankrom Moisan, a leading architecture, interior design, brand, and planning firm, announces a new chapter in its leadership: former President Dave Heater has stepped into the role of Vice President of Business Development, as well as Chairman of the Board of Directors. Building on decades of leadership at the...
American Concrete Institute Announces 2025 Award Recipients to Be Honored at ACI Concrete Convention
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) has announced the recipients of its Fall 2025 awards, recognizing individuals for their outstanding contributions, research, and service to ACI and the concrete industry. The awardees will be honored at the ACI Concrete Convention, scheduled for October 26–29, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Attendees can register at aciconvention.org The 2025 ACI honorees include recipients of the following medals and awards for exemplary achievement, groundbreaking res...
Anna Lynn Smith Rejoins HDR as Intercity & High-Speed Rail Lead
Anna Lynn Smith, AICP, has returned to HDR to lead the firm’s intercity and high-speed rail practice. Based in Philadelphia, Smith will oversee strategy, client engagement and market position for intercity and high-speed rail across rail and transit markets. Her work will primarily be focused on the United States and Canada. “The interest in and demand for passenger rail continues to grow,” Smith said. “We are at a critical point in leveraging this momentum to advance a multitude of projects...
Tsurumi America Welcomes Chris Ingles as New Mid-Atlantic Regional Sales Manager
With more than 15 years of experience in the fluid solutions industry, Ingles brings a strong technical background and customer-oriented mindset to his new role. Tsurumi America is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Ingles as its newest Regional Sales Manager, serving the Mid-Atlantic. Throughout his career, Ingles has extensive experience designing and managing temporary bypass systems in the municipal wastewater market. His expertise with pumps, coupled with his commitment to customer...
Advisory Board Announced for Geo Week 2026
Geo Week Advisory Board is set to help deliver critical insights to geospatial and built world professionals. Portland, Maine – USA, October 15, 2025 – Organizers of Geo Week, the premier conference and tradeshow that brings together geospatial and mapping professionals, have announced an impressive list of influential leaders who will be participating on the 2026 Advisory Board. The Advisory Board is responsible for recommending conference topics and speakers, consulting on the program, and...
Urban Engineers Appoints Ronald Swerdon as Senior Project Manager for Transit
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Oct. 14, 2025) – Urban Engineers, Inc. (Urban) is pleased to announce that Ronald Swerdon, PMP, CQPA, has joined the firm as a senior project manager for transit. In this role, Swerdon will lead major infrastructure initiatives across the firm’s public transit portfolio, overseeing quality and cost management programs and supporting strategic growth initiatives. His work will build on Urban’s longstanding success in providing Program Management Oversight (PMO) services for the...
Mexican Landscape Architect Mario Schjetnan and Grupo de Diseño Urbano Win 2025 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize
Photo by Barrett Doherty, courtesy The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Members of Grupo de Diseño Urbano pictured in 2025. From left to right: Marco A. González, senior associate; Ana Schjetnan, partner; Mario Schjetnan. founding partner and director; Manuel Peniche, senior associate. Schjetnan’s guiding principle: “We have a human right to open space” Biennial prize includes a $100,000 award and two years of public engagement activities October 14, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – The...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
Santa Barbara County North Branch Jail Expansion
February Issue 2026
