Articles by L.L. Poirier

Completing Sand Island Wastewater Treatment Plant’s advanced secondary treatment upgrade requires conquering a complex site.

A focus on sustainability, clients and carefully selected projects generates results for ENR California’s 2024 Design Firm of the Year.

Over the last 91 years, H2M architects + engineers has steadily expanded across the tristate area from its original Long Island location.

Fueled by employee ownership, a strategic vision and expansive service offerings, Terracon is helping grow the Midwest, thousands of projects at a time.

The Aggie Square project embraces local materials and local workers to help create a highly efficient facility.

Balancing a mass timber-focused design while keeping its end use in mind requires strategic coordination for proper execution.

Each year a group of dynamic and enterprising young professionals under the age of 40 are recognized by ENR California and ENR Northwest for their extraordinary leadership and service. <

The $1.85B complex is the first to use abundant geothermal brine near the Salton Sea to produce lithium for large scale EV battery production

Annual program reveals another group of up-and-coming leaders who are helping the Southwest construction industry address myriad challenges. 

When Ray Kowalik first interviewed with a recruiter at Kansas City, Mo.-based Burns & McDonnell after graduating from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in civil engineering, the concept of employee ownership didn’t bear all that much weight.