Scott E. Bergstrom has joined Blach Construction Co. in Santa Clara as a project executive leading its growing health-care team. A seasoned construction professional with nearly 20 years of experience in the industry, Bergstrom has served in project leadership roles with some of the region’s most notable construction firms, including Turner, Hathaway Dinwiddie and Rudolph & Sletten. Chief among his many construction achievements are the $300-million Valley Medical Center replacement hospital, an $80-million renovation of Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, and the $7-million Britannia Oyster Point office park. He has worked on numerous other projects for clients such as El Camino Hospital, Johnson & Johnson, Alza Pharmaceuticals, Stanford University, Intel, and Genencor.
Paul Menaker , PhD, was recently hired by Stantec as senior principal in the company’s transportation practice. With more than 30 years of transportation industry experience in both the public agency and land development arenas, Menaker will be bringing to bear his extensive planning and infrastructure background in the roadway and transit sectors to support the company’s transportation practice goals. Menaker takes up his new position at the company’s San Francisco office. The highly-qualified executive and self-described creative problem solver earned his bachelor’s degree in systems engineering before going on to receive both a master’s degree and a doctorate in transportation planning and traffic engineering from the Polytechnic University.