The article “Walsh-Granite Lawsuit Against HDR Cited Standard of Care and Quantities” (ENR 2-6/13, p. 24-25) by Richard Korman contains false and misleading statements regarding me and my firm, O’Connell & Lawrence Inc.

For the team executing the $450-milllion Hubbard Center addition at Children’s Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha, it was all about connections—from innovative interior and exterior lighting design linking facilities and users, to the state's first use of a more collaborative team delivery approach that saved $50 million.

With the project team performing under a national spotlight, collaboration proved key to the rapid restoration of collapsed span, a critical local crossing.

The design for the Anacortes water treatment plant resiliency project called for a 42-in.-dia welded steel pipeline to be extended underneath the Skagit River.

To transform a 130-year-old manufacturing plant into a modern industrial headquarters, the team had to decipher how to harmonize 18 additions from different eras that featured a variety of building materials and methods.

Built as part of the $1.5-billion Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program, the project team delivered the area’s first dual, divided freeway.<

The CSX Florida Improvement Plan Bridges Project replaced three railroad swing bridges with upgrades to bridge operation systems, mechanical systems and machinery.

The project involved building a 1-million-sq-ft-plus outpatient hospital on Virginia Commonwealth University’s health campus in Richmond.

In 2021, slowdowns in the regional oil and gas market as well as global supply chain delays impacted A/E companies doing business in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas.

Updates on projects and companies in the Mountain States region.