ENR California People Showcase
Photos of people working in California's A/E/C industry. These photos can be of personnel appointments and promotions, workers in action on a job site -- or otherwise caught doing their jobs!
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Barbra Calantas
Barbra Calantas, Biological Resources Director at Environmental Science Associates’ Southern Calif. region, has founded the Environmental Professional Diversity Collective (EPDC), a San Diego–based program to address the lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the environmental consulting, architecture, and engineering industries. Since its launch, EPDC has provided programs and events to educate local youth from diverse backgrounds on career opportunities within the environmental industry.
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Gwendolen Gray
Gwendolen Gray joined HNTB Corporation as project controls director and vice president. She focuses on project controls for the firm’s current and future complex infrastructure work, as well as community relations and engagement in the firm’s West Division and is based in HNTB’s downtown Los Angeles office.
Thursday, March 25, 2021
Melissa Gross
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental consulting firm, announces that Melissa Gross has taken the helm of the firm’s coast-to-coast business services team. This critical position creates consistent, efficient, and effective upgrades to ESA’s business operations, workflows, and systems. Over this last year in particular, Gross has been an important member of both ESA’s internal COVID-19 Response Team and the Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Task Force.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Chad Pinarija
Chad Pinarija joins 1898 & Co., part of Burns & McDonnell, as a technology consultant, assisting utility, aviation, municipality and construction clients in risk management for infrastructure projects as well as asset management, capital planning, cybersecurity, data analytics, system integration and software development. From regulatory compliance to integrating new technologies, Chad has experience in delivering innovative solutions.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Diana Mendes, AICP
Diana Mendes, AICP, has been named HNTB’s corporate president of infrastructure and mobility equity, a new position responsible for shaping transportation and mobility equity policy through collaboration with federal, state and local agency leaders. With more than 35 years in the industry, including five years with HNTB, Mendes has held numerous significant leadership positions.
Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Jean-Christophe (JC) Dick
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental consulting, engineering, and planning firm, welcomes Senior Airports Planner Jean-Christophe (JC) Dick to the firm’s Airports practice. Based in Southern Calif., JC possesses more than 15 years of experience as a multidisciplinary airport consultant and will work with ESA’s aviation professionals throughout the West Coast and across the country to deliver integrated planning and environmental solutions for clients.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Sam Mahdavian
Syska Hennessy has promoted Sam Mahdavian to associate partner. Mr. Mahdavian, who joined the firm in its Los Angeles office in 2017, has more than 20 years of experience in electrical systems and project management. At Syska, he has served as a project manager and led the electrical design on several large, complex projects.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Marianne Goldsborough
Burns & McDonnell, a 100% employee-owned engineering, architecture and construction firm, promoted Marianne Goldsborough to lead the company’s team in San Diego. She is responsible for overseeing the overall office success, sales and business development. Marianne plays a key role in attracting and retaining talent for delivering critical infrastructure projects. She has more than three decades of experience in the electrical utility sector, delivering reliable power to communities.
Thursday, March 11, 2021
Melissa Logue
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) welcomes Melissa Logue as Transportation Director for the firm’s Northern California region. With nearly two decades of experience in delivering public transportation and related infrastructure projects throughout California, Logue will be based in ESA’s Sacramento office and will be responsible for overseeing transportation projects throughout Northern California as well as working collaboratively with transportation professionals throughout the company.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Graham Christie, PE
Graham Christie, PE, HNTB associate vice president and Southern California rail leader, is heading the Orange County Transportation Authority’s Laguna Niguel-San Juan Capistrano Passing Siding project which is set to be completed this year. Designed by HNTB, the project adds 1.8 miles of new passing siding railroad track between the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo Metrolink Station and Trabuco Creek in San Juan Capistrano.
Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Felipe Chuang
Burns & McDonnell hires Felipe Chuang as a senior project manager. Felipe will lead the pre-construction teams to deliver a variety of critical infrastructure projects for aviation, manufacturing, life sciences and utility clients across California. He has more than 20 years of experience, working on projects at Los Angeles International Airport, universities, federal facilities and more. Felipe is a certified professional by the Design-Build Institute of America.
Monday, February 8, 2021
Gary Ralls
Alston Construction is excited to announce the promotion of Gary Ralls to Vice President/General Manager of Northern California. Gary joined Alston Construction as Regional Operations Manager 2 years ago; during this time, he has helped grow and improve the performance of the Sacramento office. Gary brings over 25 years of hands-on experience in the construction industry and has a proven record of success in leading high-performance teams.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
Brian Weinstein
Brian Weinstein has joined Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—as senior principal and leader of the firm’s defense ports and maritime practice. Weinstein will work from Stantec’s Honolulu office, overseeing major Federal and Commercial programs and projects across the Asia Pacific region and North America. Weinstein’s hire demonstrates Stantec's commitment to building a strong Federal and Commercial leadership team in the Asia Pacific region and Western US.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Ted Mekuria
Ted Mekuria, senior project manager for HNTB Corporation, has been named to the Valley Industry & Commerce Association’s board of directors for 2021. With input and guidance from its members, VICA maintains a regular presence at all levels of government to represent San Fernando Valley businesses effectively. He joins distinguished members from various Southern California public agencies and businesses.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Jim Roldan, PE
Jim Roldan, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as associate vice president and project director for HNTB's Traffic Engineering and Operations group in Orange County, California. He is based in the firm’s Santa Ana office. Jim Roldan, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as associate vice president and project director for HNTB's Traffic Engineering and Operations group in Orange County, California. He is based in the firm’s Santa Ana office.
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Adam Maleitzke, AICP
Adam Maleitzke, AICP, has joined Stantec—a global architecture, planning, and engineering firm—as an urban design and planning lead. Maleitzke will work from the firm’s Downtown Los Angeles office and lead the growth and expansion of Stantec’s Urban Places—the firm’s interdisciplinary team of urban planning, design, mobility, and resilience experts—in the LA region and the West Coast.
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Shannon Willits, PE
Shannon Willits, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as project director, based in the firm’s Santa Ana office. His duties will include management, planning, design and construction of major highways and local roadways in Southern California. Willits brings 30 years of experience in highway and local roadway project development and construction and has advanced and delivered numerous projects for state and local agencies.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Ryan Mitry, PE
Ryan Mitry, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as senior project manager, based in the firm’s Santa Ana office. In his new role, he is engaged in highway projects in the Southern California transportation market and supports clients throughout the West region. Mitry has 14 years of experience in transportation specializing in highway design from conceptual design to plans, specifications and estimates and complex maintenance of traffic strategies.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Jennifer Ekrami, PE
Jennifer Ekrami, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as senior project engineer, based in the firm’s Santa Ana office. She is engaged in project pursuits in the Southern California transportation market as well as throughout the Western United States. She also supports the firm’s work, including the Brightline West project, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority projects, and several Caltrans task orders.
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Avygail Sanchez
Avygail Sanchez has re-joined HNTB Corporation as business development officer, based in the firm’s Los Angeles office. She will lead market business development strategy and activities to support the delivery of key client programs including Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Los Angeles World Airports, Metrolink, City of Los Angeles and Caltrans.
Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Jessica Brown
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) presents Jessica Brown with its inaugural ESA Scholarship Program grant, established to provide financial assistance to individuals from underrepresented groups pursuing careers in the many fields represented at ESA. Brown is an undergraduate at the University of Southern California and is studying Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Building Science. ESA sponsored the grant through the Los Angeles Chapter of Women in Transportation (WTS-LA).
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Sierra Red Bow
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) presents Sierra Red Bow with its inaugural ESA Scholarship Program grant, established to provide financial assistance to individuals from underrepresented groups pursuing careers in the many fields represented at ESA. Red Bow is majoring in Indigenous Studies and Environmental Science at the University of Washington. ESA sponsored the grant through the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS).
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Gail Farber, PE
The Orange County Business Journal recognized Gail Farber, PE, HNTB Orange County office leader and vice president, at its 2020 Annual Women in Business Awards Luncheon and Program, held virtually this year. The program celebrated Orange County’s extraordinary businesswomen and highlighted their accomplishments. Farber is based in the firm’s Santa Ana office and serves as Inland Empire office leader as well.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
Rashmi Menon
Burns & McDonnell, a 100% employee-owned engineering, architecture and construction firm, names Rashmi Menon leader of the firm’s California offices. Rashmi will lead the team to deliver critical infrastructure projects in the energy, aviation, mission-critical, manufacturing, federal, construction, environmental and technology industries. Rashmi has more than 20 years of experience in leading diverse engineering and construction teams to deliver innovative solutions for clients.
Monday, November 2, 2020
Kim Scott
Blach Construction, a full-service and award-winning commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey, congratulates Vice President Kim Scott on three well-deserved recognitions – as an ENR National Top 20 under 40, ENR CA Top Young Professional and Silicon Valley Business Journal (SVBJ) Woman of Influence. Scott stands out for the strategic, creative and technically astute insight she brings to clients, colleagues and California’s construction industry.
Friday, October 30, 2020
John Mathias
Blach Construction, a full-service and award-winning commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey, has elevated longtime employee John Mathias to general superintendent. As a key member of the company’s newly formed Field Operations Management Team, Mathias oversees all of Blach’s superintendents. Aside from being extraordinarily experienced and technically astute, his leadership is marked by an innate talent for building team-wide rapport and a natural sense of mentorship.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Michelle Baratta
Syska Hennessy has promoted Michelle Baratta to associate principal. Ms. Baratta, a qualified elevator inspector who joined Syska in 2014, has extensive experience in vertical transportation. Her work includes project management, system analysis, design and construction consulting for equipment, preparation of applications and contract documents, maintenance evaluations, due diligence studies, and administration of services for building systems.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Sean Marcel, PE
Syska Hennessy has promoted Sean Marcel, PE, to principal. Mr. Marcel serves as the managing director of the firm's San Diego office, and he also oversees and provides technical direction for regional and national projects. Recent examples include the Federal Inspection Station at San Diego International Airport, Long Beach Civic Center, and the Maintenance & Operations Complex at Palomar Community College in San Marcos, CA.
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Richard (Rick) Bottcher, PE
Richard (Rick) Bottcher, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as project director, based in the firm’s San Diego office. He has specialized expertise in transportation drainage system design and alternative delivery methods and supports work on XpressWest and other projects in Southern California. Bottcher has 37 years of experience serving as a program and project manager.
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
John Mathias
A 45-year construction veteran, Mathias joined San Jose-based Blach Construction in 2012 as a superintendent with a diverse portfolio of innovative, complex projects. Now, as general superintendent and a key member of the company’s newly formed Field Operations Management Team, Mathias oversees all of Blach’s superintendents while bringing an incredible wealth of technical experience and a natural sense for mentorship to his new role.
Monday, September 28, 2020
Andy McColl
Andy McColl is now Preconstruction Executive in Los Angeles. Formerly Senior Preconstruction Manager, Andy has worked closely with marketing and business development departments to grow PENTA’s presence in healthcare and higher education sectors for projects spanning across Southern California.
Monday, September 14, 2020
Jay Gaudlitz, PG, PMP, CCM
Jay Gaudlitz, PG, PMP, CCM, has joined Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—as senior principal leading the Federal Program across California, Hawaii, and the Asia Pacific region. Gaudlitz will work from Stantec’s Honolulu office to provide regional leadership and support for critical Federal programs, while strengthening the firm’s relationships with Federal clients.
Friday, September 11, 2020
Chu Foxlin
Chu Foxlin has joined global design firm, Stantec, as a principal in the firm's San Francisco office. Foxlin has worked on some of the largest Healthcare design projects domestically and internationally, including the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital, the Duke University Cancer Center, the Boston Children’s Hospital Two Brookline Place, the Hong Kong Sanatorium Hospital, and the National Cancer Center of Singapore. Her work has won both local and national design awards.
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Boon Lim
Boon Lim has joined global design firm, Stantec, as a principal in its growing Los Angeles office. Throughout Lim’s 30-plus year career in Healthcare and bio-medical architecture, he has provided critical leadership and creative solutions for public, institutional, and corporate clients, both domestic and abroad. He has led overall project management—including scheduling, staffing, budgeting, and receivables—on some of the largest Healthcare projects in California and around the globe.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Brandon Kluzniak, PE
Brandon Kluzniak, PE, was named project manager II for HNTB Corporation. He is based in the firm’s downtown Los Angeles office and focuses on managing geotechnical field work and design delivery for the firm’s current work on the XpressWest project in Southern California, which includes over 130 miles of new high-speed passenger rail.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Hadi Samii, PE
Hadi Samii, PE, was named project director for HNTB Corporation. He is based in the firm’s San Diego office and provides senior technical oversight on many of the firm’s largest infrastructure projects in Southern California. In his current position, he is responsible for supporting SANDAG, LA Metro and Orange County Transportation Authority projects.
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
Pablo L. Lorenzo
Pablo L. Lorenzo leads the regional Global Facilities team for Burns & McDonnell, designing, commissioning and constructing complex facilities for mission-critical, manufacturing, commercial, life sciences, healthcare, and foods and consumer clients. With nearly 20 years of experience, Pablo focuses on growing the business regionwide, leading large programs currently being executed.
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Shane Burkhardt, AICP
ESA welcomes principal planner and Southern California community planning program manager Shane Burkhardt, AICP. Burkhardt has more than two decades of experience in land use planning, economic development, public engagement, and urban design. His career has spanned both the university setting and private sector. Burkhardt served as an adjunct professor and research fellow, and was the leader of the Community Planning and Urban Design Team at Michael Baker International, before joining ESA.
Friday, May 22, 2020
Jenny Manansala, IIDA, LEED AP
Jenny Manansala, IIDA, LEED AP, has joined Stantec—a global integrated design firm—as senior interior designer for its Buildings team in Honolulu. With more than 20 years of experience focusing on healthcare and commercial interiors, Manansala joins the firm’s growing design team. Manansala has worked across multiple industries in conceptual design, space planning, and client leadership. She is working on projects for Sutter Health, Hawaii Pacific Health, and Straub Clinic and Hospital.
Thursday, May 7, 2020
Terry Nash, PE
Terry Nash, PE, has been named West Division sales officer for HNTB. He brings more than two decades of experience in transportation engineering and planning, most recently serving as HNTB’s project manager on the Gold Line Eastside LRT Extension Phase 2 for LA Metro, and the OC Streetcar for the Orange County Transportation Authority. In his new role, Nash collaborates with division leadership, marketing and sales teams to leading the West Division's drive to achieve annual sales goals.
Monday, May 4, 2020
Mark Schoeman
Mark Schoeman joins Anderson Brulé Architects as design principal, with 35+ years of project and firm leadership experience. Schoeman will lead design excellence, enrich ABA’s strategic and holistic philosophies, and expand the firm’s specialties in education, community, and health and wellness. Schoeman has created a wide variety of spaces for K-12 and higher education, health care, residential and community clients. Before joining ABA, Schoeman was a principal at HMC Architects.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Matt Rossie
San Francisco-based general contractor Webcor elevated longtime company leader Matt Rossie to chief operating officer and member of the Board of Directors. As COO, Rossie leads Webcor's executive management and operational functions. Rossie has served in numerous executive leadership roles at Webcor since joining in 2001, most recently as senior vice president and member of the executive team. Rossie has successfully overseen some of Webcor's largest and most complex projects.
Friday, May 1, 2020
Joel Williams
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA), a leading planning and design firm serving Northern California’s education sector, has named Joel Williams to head its Pleasanton office as project manager and studio lead. His 15 years of experience — including over a decade specializing in high-performance public and private school projects — range in scale from university master plans to small classroom renovations, integrating recycled and renewable resource strategies with innovative structural solutions.
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Greg Muth
Greg Muth has joined Stantec—a Top 10 global integrated design firm—as senior project manager and planner in the firm’s growing Science & Technology team in San Francisco, California. He has more than 30 years of experience focused on S&T, university, and corporate projects. He is a LEED AP designer, the founding president of the Boston chapter of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories and a founding board member of I2SL Northern California.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Kandice Lee
Kandice Lee has joined Stantec—a Top 10 global integrated design firm—as sector development leader in the firm’s growing Science & Technology team in San Francisco, California. Lee will lead business development strategy while providing account management to ensure design excellence and delivery for the firm’s laboratory and technology work. She has more than 18 years of experience in strategic planning and leading high-level business development initiatives and account management.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Anthony Bauer, PE
HNTB Corporation announced a new leadership role on its national tunnel and underground team. Anthony Bauer, PE, was named tunnel practice lead for the West Region. Bauer is based in Los Angeles and serves clients throughout the West. He joined the firm in 2019, previously serving as national tunnel practice operations manager-West. Bauer is experienced in conventional and mechanical tunneling methods for transportation projects in highly congested urban areas.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Namrata Bhasin
Namrata Bhasin has joined Stantec—a global integrated design firm—as senior project manager in its healthcare buildings team in San Francisco. With a resume spanning more than 20 years and experience leading the design of some of California’s largest healthcare facilities, she has managed large-scale academic medical centers, county and community hospitals, corporate headquarters, and hospitality projects. Bhasin is a graduate of the Sushant School of Art & Architecture in New Delhi, India.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Shannon Bottenberg
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading community planning and environmental consulting firm, welcomes Shannon Bottenberg to its Northern California team as Senior Project Manager. Bottenberg’s project management experience is centered in the energy market, specifically in developing energy generation projects across the United States in both the public and private sectors.
Wednesday, April, 1, 2020
Meghan Johnson
Blach Construction Senior Human Resources Manager Meghan Johnson has been selected to receive a Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) Award from the YWCA Silicon Valley. Johnson led the charge in growing Blach’s HR team to best serve the company as it grew and ensure policies and programs were in place to attract and retain top talent. Her achievements have included developing a robust compensation and benefits program -leading programs as a strong advocate for both Blach and its employees.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Katie Ellington
Blach Construction Project Manager Katie Ellington has been selected to receive a Tribute to Women in Industry (TWIN) Award from the YWCA Silicon Valley. Ellington was recognized as an "Emerging Leader", joining Blach after shifting her career path from equity research analyst to construction field, and guiding the builder's launch of the prefabricated building solution Folia. Utilizing her diverse skill set, she currently serves as project manager of one of Blach’s top education clients.
Friday, March 13, 2020
Mark Quattrocchi
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects’ (QKA) Founding Principal Mark Quattrocchi has been elevated to the American Institute of Architects' (AIA) College of Fellows, earning the prestigious FAIA designation. Fellowship is the AIA’s highest membership honor, reserved for those who have made significant contributions to the profession and society and who exemplify architectural excellence. Currently, only three percent of national AIA members have been inducted into the College of Fellows.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Brian Azzopardi
Blach Construction Project Manager Brian Azzopardi was appointed to the Associated General Contractors of California state board of directors. Azzopardi has been with Blach Construction for ten years, managing projects from mixed-use and workplace to K-12 and higher education. His highly collaborative, communicative and solutions-oriented approach has earned high accolades from peers, clients and subcontractors, alike. Azzopardi also serves as district chairman of AGC CA’s Santa Clara District.
Friday, March 6, 2020
Leslie Moulton-Post
Environmental Science Associates' (ESA) President and CEO Leslie Moulton-Post joins the Water Education Foundation as one of its newest board members. As ESA’s former California Water Practice leader, Moulton-Post has worked on water, wastewater, recycled water, floodwater, and now one-water projects across the state. The Foundation produces news, maps, publications, workshops, school programs, and tours to raise awareness of water issues in California and across the Colorado River Basin.
Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Russell Rocker, AIA
Russell Rocker, AIA, has joined Stantec as a healthcare architect in the firm’s Sacramento, California, office. He has 20 years of California design experience with a recent focus on healthcare. Rocker has been an integral part on a variety of healthcare projects in the Sacramento region, including acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, and medical offices. He is providing key support relative to project design development and construction documents.
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Anna Felver
Dahlin Group Architecture Planning designer Anna Felver has been installed as a member of the board of directors of the Building Industry Association’s Bay Area chapter, a non-profit dedicated to creating an adequate supply of homes for people of every income level. Felver provides support to push legislation, research and other initiatives that permit home development in the Bay Area region. Her position comes as part of her role as 2020 President of the Professional Women in Building Council.
Monday, March 2, 2020
Susan Martinovich, PE
Susan Martinovich, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as transportation practice consultant for the West Region and vice president. In this role, Martinovich serves as a strategic advisor to HNTB project delivery teams throughout the Western U.S. As part of HNTB’s leadership team, she also provides mentoring and coaching for project, office and division leadership teams. She also supports HNTB’s national DOT and toll market teams in building and fostering relationships with clients across the country.
Thursday, February 27, 2020
Eugenio Bonet
Eugenio Bonet, HNTB West/Northwest Divisions operations officer and associate vice president, has been named to the corporate advisory committee for Latinos in Transit. As a non-profit, membership-based organization, LIT is committed to promoting the advancement of Latinos and other minorities in the transportation sector. Bonet joins other industry professionals to serve on the newly created corporate advisory committee which supports the board of directors with key initiative implementation.
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Stefanee Kershner
ISEC, Inc. has named Mrs. Stefanee Kershner to Regional Manager for the San Diego area office of ISEC, Inc. Mrs. Kershner has over 20 years of construction experience, starting first in ISEC’s Southern California office, eventually transitioning to working in the San Diego Region’s Hawaii office, most recently as Operations Manager. As Regional Manager, Stefanee will oversee the sales, estimating, purchasing, and operations in both San Diego and Hawaii.
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Renita Mollman
Renita Mollman has been promoted to serve as chief administrative officer for Burns & McDonnell. Starting her career at the firm as a civil engineer in the 1980s, she provided aviation design and construction services nationwide. In 2009, she was promoted to general manager of the California region and in 2011, to vice president. Under her leadership, the California team grew to more than 250 professionals, the firm was named a best place to work regionally and revenue nearly quadrupled.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Mike Blach
At its annual Installation and Awards Gala on Jan. 31 in San Francisco, the Associated General Contractors of California (AGC CA) installed Mike Blach, chairman of Blach Construction, as its newest president. Blach will serve a one-year term in the position during its milestone Centennial year. Chairman since late 2017, Mike Blach continues to provide strategic oversight, while leading the firm’s involvement in key industry associations such as AGC CA.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Chris Plue
Webcor has unveiled a new specialty contracting unit, Webcor Craft, with Chris Plue, 20-year Webcor veteran, at the helm. As senior vice president and Webcor Craft’s general manager, Plue brings extensive executive-level experience coupled with niche expertise in the intricacies of building and serving in specialty contractor capacities. Plue led the development of a rapid floor cycle delivery model that brings collaboration to high-rise construction emphasizing safety, speed and savings.
Friday, February 14, 2020
Desiree Pool
Dahlin Group Architecture Planning announces the elevation of Desiree Pool to Director of Information Technology. A longstanding member of DAHLIN since 2003, Pool's role spans across offices, and she is responsible for design technology tools, facilities operations and both internal and external communication support. She works with the firm’s sector leaders and directors to vet and deploy proper software solutions to maintain efficient operations with while consistently improving productivity.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Jaclyn Anderson
Dahlin Group Architecture Planning announces the elevation of Jaclyn Anderson to Director of Administration in its Pleasanton office. Anderson oversees business operations firmwide. A 17-year veteran of the firm, she leads administrative teams and works directly with clients on areas involving contract, legal and insurance matters. Internally, Anderson leads teams toward best practices with trainings that build skills and leadership that uphold the firm’s high-performance standards.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Vanessa Pelletier
Dahlin Group Architecture Planning announces the addition of Vanessa Pelletier as Director of Branding in its Pleasanton office. With more than 15 years of experience, Pelletier leads firm-wide strategy of integrated brand communications across all channels of marketing, business development and cultural activities. A member of DAHLIN’s leadership team, Pelletier oversees the marketing and graphics teams to drive brand awareness, visibility, client acquisition and retention.
Friday, February 7, 2020
Kevin McKay
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. announces the promotion of Kevin McKay, of the firm’s San Francisco office to Vice President, Operations. McKay has been with McCarthy for 13 years, holding responsibility for McCarthy’s preconstruction and construction services, ensuring the strategic allocation of company resources to meet project needs. He has been instrumental in the development of the Fresno area, leading pursuits of several projects. McKay is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Ann Poppen
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. announces the promotion of Ann Poppen, of the firm’s Sacramento office to Vice President of Operations. Poppen has more than 26 years of experience in design phase services and project execution and touts nearly $2B worth of high-profile and challenging projects in the public and private sectors. Her specialty is preconstruction design phase services planning. Poppen is LEED AP certified and a member of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA).
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Brooke Knight
Interior designer Brooke Knight joins QKA from MEI Architects and brings 13 years of design experience in a range of industries including health care.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Debra McGuire
Director of Practice Debra McGuire brings to her new position four decades of experience, including extensive knowledge of building code compliance and Division of State Architect (DSA) requirements.
Thursday, February 6, 2020
Rob Filary
In his more-than-20-year career, Director of Design Rob Filary has designed a variety of building types, including retail, hospitality and residential as well as education.
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Gary J. Goodemote
Gary J. Goodemote joins Burns & McDonnell as an environmental project manager. In his role, he will lead a team to provide environmental restoration and remediation services for federal, commercial, industrial and energy clients. With more than 30 years of experience, Gary has a full understanding of site conditions, contaminants and regulatory drivers to deliver comprehensive solutions from initial investigations and risk assessments to implementation and completion of selected remedies.
Monday, February 3, 2020
Lynne Marie Whately, AICP
TranSystems announces the promotion of Lynne Marie Whately, AICP, of the firm’s Berkeley, Calif., office to Vice President and Senior Associate. Whately has held a range of leadership roles within the company and her work spans multiple regions and offices. She helped build our planning and environmental capabilities both in Florida and in Northern California during two different stints with the company.
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Shruti Ramaker
Shruti Ramaker has joined global consulting firm Stantec as a principal environmental planner and permitting specialist in its Santa Barbara, California, office. She has over 20 years of California experience on impact analyses, agency permitting, and management of multiple CEQA/NEPA environmental documents. Ramaker’s experience has centered on utility projects, renewable energy projects, power generation, water resources, infrastructure, and oil and gas related remediation projects.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Bob Valenti
Bob Valenti joined HNTB Corporation’s national tunnel practice as principal project engineer. He is based in the firm’s Oakland office and serves as an accomplished resource to the firm’s clients and projects across the nation. With more than 30 years of experience, Valenti brings extensive expertise as an engineering consultant, leading and managing planning, design and construction of tunnels and below grade structures.
Monday, January 6, 2020
Paul Ruwe
Paul Ruwe has joined 1898 & Co., part of Burns & McDonnell, as a director to lead transaction advisory services. With 40 years of experience as an energy consultant in refining, gas processing and power generation, he has assisted clients with transaction due diligence, project feasibility, business strategy, market assessments, asset valuations and independent technical consulting. Ruwe has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from California State University-Long Beach.
Thursday, December 5, 2019
Rob Volpentest
Volpentest drives Webcor’s business in the tenant improvement market and fosters successful project outcomes and client partnerships. With many real estate buildouts for Fortune 500s on his resume, Volpentest is a trusted, long-standing ally to clients. His career of 30+ years includes operations and business development experience focused on corporate interiors in the finance, tech, science, and pharmaceutical industries throughout California, including San Francisco and Silicon Valley.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
Jon Foad
Rudolph and Sletten, Inc. today announced that Jon Foad, previously Sr. Vice President, Operations for Northern California, has been named President. Jon succeeds Martin Sisemore, who continues to serve as CEO.
Foad brings to his position 31 years of construction management experience at R&S, including 12 years in executive leadership roles. Prior to his current position, Foad led the company’s growth and development in the Greater Sacramento region and San Francisco Bay Area.
Friday, November 1, 2019
Jeff Walker
ISEC, Inc. announces the promotion of Jeff Walker to Senior Vice President of ISEC, Inc. Mr. Walker has been with ISEC for 24 years, most recently as the Vice President and Regional Manager of the San Diego Region. Jeff played a key role in the expansion of ISEC’s California Construction Division. Jeff continually drives the philanthropic efforts of the ISEC Foundation where he serves as President. As Senior Vice President, Jeff will oversee Southern California, San Diego and Hawaii.
Friday, October 11, 2019
Mary Laux
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) welcomes Mary Laux back to its Northern California team as Principal Planner. Laux began her consulting career at ESA, and has spent the last 16 years with AECOM as an Associate Principal/Planner managing large, multidisciplinary projects. She has worked on planning projects for public and private sector clients, ranging in size from small infill projects to the master planning of sites spanning hundreds of thousands acres, both in the U.S. and abroad.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Benjamin Mahaffay
Benjamin Mahaffay joins Burns & McDonnell in California as a senior civil engineer, specializing in heavy civil pavement design. In this role, he provides design, engineering and construction services for commercial and federal aviation clients’ airfield pavements. Benjamin is a registered professional engineer and project management professional. He received his master’s and bachelor’s degrees in civil engineering from North Carolina State University and Arizona State University.
Friday, October 4, 2019
Martin Engelmann, PE
Martin Engelmann, PE, has joined Stantec as a senior transportation planning manager in the firm’s Walnut Creek, California, office. Engelmann has 35-plus years of transportation planning, engineering, policy and programming experience in California. At Stantec, he will serve as part of the leadership team for the Pacific Region Transportation Group focusing on growing the local transportation market. Engelmann comes to Stantec from the Contra Costa Transportation Authority.
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Matt Rossie
Webcor has elevated Matt Rossie to senior vice president and member of its Executive Team. Rossie has led some of Webcor’s largest and most complex projects since joining the commercial contractor in 2001, including public-private partnerships and design-build contracts. He oversees builds from concept phase through completion for a variety of project types, including university residential housing, research laboratories, academic buildings, office buildings, museums and civic buildings.
Tuesday, October 1, 2019
Tama Snow
Tama Snow has joined Stantec as a senior principal and water area manager in the firm’s San Diego, California, office. Snow will apply her nearly three decades of experience in water resources planning and infrastructure to the firm’s Southern California-based water practice. Snow is a professional engineer specializing in the planning, design, and construction of water-related facilities—water delivery, recycled water, and wastewater, with a focus on planning and conveyance projects.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Greg Thiebaut
Congratulations to HNTB Project Manager Greg Thiebaut, who was named the 2019 Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Private Sector by the San Francisco section of the American Society of Civil Engineers Sept. 12.
Thiebaut works on roadway, rail, utility, drainage system and structure design efforts as a project manager on a number of transit efforts for HNTB where he manages and integrates a variety of teams.
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
John Friel, PE
John Friel, PE, has been named president, Western Region, United States for HNTB Corporation and leads the Western Region, which includes the firm’s Northwest and West Divisions, a 13-state region, including western Canada. Friel has served in many significant roles of responsibility in his 26 years with HNTB. He now is in charge of all of HNTB’s business lines in the Western Region, concentrating on the aviation, highway, transit, tolls and architecture practices.
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Keith Law
Webcor has elevated Keith Law to director of business development in Southern California. Law began his career with Webcor on the project side, most recently serving as senior project manager, while also moving into lead project pursuits of various sizes and industry sectors like the Hollywood Park Retail District and award-winning Metropolis in downtown Los Angeles. Combining field, technical and client relations expertise, Law is a trusted ally with clients.
Friday, September 6, 2019
Beverly Choi
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental consulting and planning firm, is pleased to welcome Beverly Choi as Community Planning Program Manager in its Northern California region. Recognized as one of the California Top 20 Under 40 Professionals by Engineering News Record in 2016, Choi’s experience on a number of high-profile local and international, multi-disciplinary projects will add a new dimension to ESA's growing Community Planning practice in Northern California.
Friday, September 6, 2019
Amy Bartak
Amy Bartak has been promoted to lead the Networks, Integration & Automation department in California, providing consulting and engineering services for technology and telecommunications projects, including utility grid modernization, digital transformation and information technology/operational technology integration. She received her master’s and bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer engineering, respectively, from Kansas State University.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
Carol Cole
DAHLIN Group Architecture Planning (DAHLIN), a full-service architecture and planning firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Interior Designer Carol Cole. Cole's role as an interior designer is one that is new to the firm and a differentiator for DAHLIN. Her addition elevates the firm’s interior design offerings across several key sectors in the healthcare, senior living, commercial and civic arenas. She's based in the firm’s San Diego office and will service clients across all offices.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Clarke Forrest
DAHLIN Group Architecture Planning (DAHLIN), a full-service architecture and planning firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Project Manager Clarke Forrest to the team. Forrest adds depth to the team supporting K-12 and higher education projects. He comes to DAHLIN as an experienced designer skilled in all facets of design, sketch and digital drafting with advance software solutions. He is based in the firm’s San Diego office and will service clients across all the offices.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Murali Hariharan, PE, GE
Murali Hariharan, PE, GE, has been appointed senior tunnel engineer for the national tunnel practice of HNTB Corporation. He continues working on the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project in Los Angeles as lead engineer for construction support services and has undertaken geotechnical tasks on XpressWest High Speed Rail project from Victorville, California, to Las Vegas, Nevada, being provided at an accelerated schedule. He is based in HNTB’s downtown Los Angeles office.
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Kim Scott
Blach Construction, a full-service and award-winning commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey, congratulates Vice President, Business Development and Marketing Kim Scott on her recognition as a 2019 Silicon Valley Business Journal “40 Under 40” honoree. Dedicating her 15-year career to Blach, Scott oversees project pursuits in the education, mixed-use, institutional and workplace sectors, leveraging expertise that spans a variety of project types and delivery methods.
Monday, July 29, 2019
Kyle Beebe
Burns & McDonnell has named Kyle Beebe principal, a prestigious leadership position at Burns & McDonnell. As regional construction manager in the firm’s Southern California office, Kyle focuses on providing construction/design-build services for clients ranging from airports and utilities to transit agencies and seaports. He has 20 years’ experience specializing in electrification, emergency generation, solar, thermal and cogeneration power systems, and underground utilities.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Eddie Van Slambrouck
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects has promoted Eddie Van Slambrouck from project architect to project manager. Van Slambrouck is highly involved in several large-scale education projects, including the new Lila Bringhurst Elementary School in Fremont and a new classroom building, gymnasium and engineering lab for Los Altos High School. Well-versed in digital media and 3D modeling, he works closely with clients to accurately visualize and approve projects prior to the start of construction.
Thursday, July 25, 2019
Jitendra Pahilajani
After opening a San Jose office last year, Webcor has elevated Jitendra Pahilajani to senior VP of South Bay operations. Since joining Webcor in 2004, Pahilajani has served in multiple roles and divisions, most recently as VP of preconstruction and estimating for Northern California. His considerable work in Silicon Valley has resulted in excellent project outcomes and client relationships, and his leadership with building teams and internal training will help grow Webcor's newest office.
Monday, July 8, 2019
Kenneth Golovko, P.E., LEED AP BD+C
Kenneth Golovko, P.E., LEED AP BD+C, a seasoned engineering leader with a reputation for shaping the industry’s approach to architecture and engineering integration, has joined national design firm HED. Serving as the firm’s new National Engineering Practice Lead, the move represents a focus on deepening the firm’s commitment to integrated engineering and architectural services to provide greater design excellence in both form and function.
Monday, June 24, 2019
Kevin McIntosh
Blach Construction (Blach), a full-service and award-winning commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey since 1970, announces that Kevin McIntosh has been promoted from senior project manager to project executive. McIntosh will oversee all of Blach’s Monterey Coast-based projects, working closely with the firm’s business development team. His portfolio of work in the region includes the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Bechtel Family Center for Ocean Education and Leadership.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Peter Aarons
Peter Aarons joins Burns & McDonnell in California, leading a multidisciplinary team to plan, design and construct facilities and aviation infrastructure at airports in the West. With nearly three decades of experience, Peter has managed more than $1 billion in projects, including on-site management and oversight for master plans and capital improvement programs for the Los Angeles World Airports, San Diego International Airport and San Francisco International Airport.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Jingang (George) Li
Jingang (George) Li recently joined Stantec’s Power team in San Diego as lead project engineer, transmission. Li comes to Stantec and the San Diego area from Salt Lake City, Utah, where he served as a senior transmission line engineer/technical lead, working on the design and analysis of transmission projects utilizing lattice towers, steel, concrete, and wood poles. Prior to that, Li worked for MWH Global, which was acquired by Stantec in 2016, as a transmission engineer.
Friday, May 17, 2019
David Quezada
David Quezada recently joined Stantec in San Diego as the firm’s new Power services manager for the Southern California region. Quezada, who will focus as program manager on all major Power projects, has more than 22 years of experience. Most recently Quezada acted in the capacity of a utility consultant providing professional services for San Diego Gas and Electric as a program manager and senior project manager on the PRiME Program and FiRM Program.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Maria Ionescu
Maria Ionescu has joined Stantec as senior medical planner and senior project manager in its healthcare buildings team in Los Angeles. Ionescu has built a reputation for transformational healthcare planning and design, helping large stakeholder groups identify their needs and priorities. Ionescu’s hire comes on the heels of Stantec’s hiring of healthcare principal Scott Reed, demonstrating the firm’s continued commitment to strengthening its healthcare expertise across greater Los Angeles.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Damon Aldrich
Damon Aldrich joins Burns & McDonnell to continue expanding the firm’s transportation electrification services. He will support electric utilities, transit agencies, municipalities, airports, seaports and automobile OEMs in the design, construction and installation of electric vehicle infrastructure systems and the development of zero-emissions roadmaps. With nearly three decades of experience, Aldrich has experience leading multidisciplinary teams in implementing electrification solutions.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Jim Larrieu
Jim Larrieu has been promoted to Vice President and Sacramento Regional Director for Sundt Construction’s Building Group. As Vice President and Regional Director, Larrieu will oversee the day-to-day processes for all construction, project management and project administration activities in Northern California. Larrieu has over 40 years of experience in the construction industry, including nearly 12 years at Sundt as a construction and preconstruction project manager.
Friday, May 10, 2019
Jacob Tsimanis, PE, WELL AP, LEED AP, CPMP, BCxP
Jacob Tsimanis, PE, WELL AP, LEED AP, CPMP, BCxP, has rejoined Syska Hennessy’s Los Angeles office, where he serves as an associate partner and technical manager for the Western region.
Mr. Tsimanis is a registered mechanical engineer with over 30 years of experience working on healthcare, central energy plants, science and technology, laboratories, and higher education projects.
His previous tenure at Syska spanned 2007 to 2011.
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Mark Weber
Mark Weber, San Diego group director, shared HNTB’s national expertise and local knowledge at a gathering of International Chinese Transportation Professionals Association, Southern California chapter. Weber focused his presentation on transit, tunneling, congestion pricing and emerging technology capabilities. HNTB has a long-time relationship with ICTPA, which has six U.S. chapters and one in Hong Kong.
Monday, April 29, 2019
Jamey Dye
Jamey Dye joins Burns & McDonnell in California as a project manager, providing services for federal clients including the modernization of military facilities, development of utility master plans and support for airfield pavement projects. He has more than three decades of experience in civil engineering, project management and construction contract administration, designing military campuses and developing greenfield and brownfield campuses.
Monday, April 29, 2019
Nicole Johnson
Blach Construction, a full-service and award-winning commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey since 1970, congratulates Senior Estimator Nicole Johnson on her Tribute to Women & Industry (TWIN) Award from the YWCA Silicon Valley. Johnson was recognized at an 800-person gala event on April 25th alongside other leading women for their accomplishments, creativity, innovation and dedication to excellence in their fields.
Friday, April 26, 2019
Linda Peters
Linda Peters joins Environmental Science Associates as Principal Associate to the Northern CA region’s growing team. Recognized as one of the Most Influential Women in Business in 2018 by the San Francisco Business Times, Peters will work on some of ESA's highest priority initiatives including growing the firm's tech client portfolio and assist in the continued growth ESA's newest San Jose office. Previously, Peters worked for AECOM where she directed its San Francisco Bay Area Cities Program.
Thursday, April 4, 2019
Shaun Sleeth
McCarthy Building Cos. announces the addition of Shaun Sleeth as Senior Vice President of the Northern Pacific Region and Business Unit Leader of the Roseville office, where he is based. Sleeth is focused on understanding client project goals, ensuring the proper allocation of resources and identifying innovative solutions for efficiency and productivity. A veteran of the industry, he's a well-versed practitioner of the modalities of Lean Construction and Integrated Project Delivery.
Wednesday, April 3, 2019
John Bourgeois
John Bourgeois joins ESA as Restoration and Ecology Program Manager in the Bay Area and will lead ESA's newest San Jose office. John Bourgeois brings to ESA more than two decades of dedicated ecosystem protection and restoration experience. Most recently, he served as executive project manager for South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project and is well-versed in navigating the complexities surrounding the implementation of large-scale land use and restoration projects.
Friday, March 29, 2019
Keith Craw
Blach Construction (Blach), a full-service and award-winning commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey since 1970, is pleased to announce that Keith Craw has been named vice president of operations. Joining Blach in 2006, and most recently serving as project executive, Craw now also sits on the firm’s Leadership Team and has played a pivotal role in the firm’s operations, overseeing client relations and development efforts.
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Raji Khouri, PE
Syska Hennessy has promoted Raji Khouri, PE, Ceng, from senior associate to associate partner. He is a project manager/mechanical engineer in the firm's Los Angeles office.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Mark Weber, PE
HNTB Corporation, a national infrastructure solutions firm with eight offices in California, has appointed Mark Weber, PE, to the San Diego region engineer in charge/group director. He most recently served as delivery manager and senior project manager for HNTB’s Southern California region. In his new role, Weber is responsible for direction and supervision of multiple technical groups and oversees the client and project development processes.
Monday, March 18, 2019
Joshua Englander
Joshua Englander, Associate Vice President and Director Government Affairs, West Division at HNTB Corporation, attended an event celebrating Women's History Month at Getty House. The Getty House Foundation kicked off the second Women’s Leadership Series, of which HNTB is a sponsor. Englander serves on the Getty House Foundation board of directors. The event program highlighted the accomplishments the Garcetti administration has made with respect to gender equity.
Saturday, March 16, 2019
David H. Pohl, PhD, PE, LEED AP
Pohl joins Burns & McDonnell to lead design-build and environmental services projects, delivering multi-benefit water resources and water quality compliance solutions for municipal and industrial clients. He has more than 30 years of experience with a focus on stormwater resource management, environmental engineering, stormwater permit compliance, green infrastructure, and creek and wetland restoration. He received his doctorate in geo-environmental engineering from Drexel University.
Wednesday, March 13, 2019
John Friel, PE
HNTB Corporation has named John Friel, PE, president Western Region. Responding to ongoing growth and a robust U.S. transportation market, HNTB Corporation added a new region and a new operating division. Friel leads the Western Region, which includes the firm’s Northwest and West Divisions. He has served in many significant roles of responsibility in his 25 years with HNTB and most recently led the firm’s Design Build unit, coordinating with offices and project teams throughout the firm.
Wednesday, February 20, 2019
John Engstrom
Bechtel, an engineering, construction, and project management company, has appointed John Engstrom as project manager. In this role, he will lead a team supporting the Riverside County Transportation Commission to deliver the extensive capital works program. Engstrom has more than twenty years’ experience managing infrastructure projects in California and around the globe.
Monday, February 11, 2019
Spencer Mains
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental science and planning firm with offices on the West and Gulf Coasts, adds Spencer Mains as director of information technology. Based in San Francisco, Mains brings more than two decades of experience directing information technology and knowledge management for major consulting, branding, and merchandise firms, including 16 years with Landor, a global branding firm.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Dave Ralston, CPD
Dave Ralston, CPD, an expert in the design of plumbing and fire protection systems, has joined Syska Hennessy Group as a senior associate in the firm's Los Angeles office. In his new role, Mr. Ralston will lead the plumbing design team locally, working closely with Syska's plumbing experts nationwide. Previously, he served as a senior plumbing designer in the San Francisco office of Interface Engineering.
Thursday, February 7, 2019
Anthony Bauer, PE
Anthony Bauer, PE, joined HNTB Corporation’s national tunnel group as national tunnel practice operations manager-West. He is based in Los Angeles and will support tunneling projects throughout the West Coast and nationally. Bauer serves as an accomplished resource to the firm’s clients and projects across the nation.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Bruce A. Webber
Bruce A. Webber has joined Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—as a Senior Project Manager in its growing transportation team in Fresno, California. Webber will provide leadership and focus on growing Stantec’s transportation practice in the Central Valley. Webber has more than 34 years of experience working across a wide variety of projects in both the public and private sectors as well as with Valley counties and Caltrans.
Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Art Hadnett
Art Hadnett, senior vice president, regional growth manager at HNTB Corporation, spoke at the public celebration of the opening of the SR 99 tunnel in Seattle. Serving as lead designer and engineer of record for the complex project, HNTB was responsible for design of the 2-mile-long bored mega-tunnel.
Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Studio Director Alex Anamos, AIA, LEED AP
R&A Architecture + Design, whose extensive breadth of work includes commercial, hospitality, residential, and mixed-use projects, welcomes new Studio Director Alex Anamos, AIA, LEED AP. Anamos, recently elected to AIA|LA’s esteemed Board of Directors, brings more than 20 years of expertise to the rapidly expanding firm.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Mark Gudenas
Mark Gudenas has been named principal of Hard Hat Marketing, a full-service marketing & communications firm serving the AEC industry.
Previously, Gudenas held the posts of Vice President of Corporate Communications with Jordan Foster Construction and National Marketing Director with Swinerton Builders. Industry awards include back-to-back Best Publication trophies from the Construction Writers of America. Gudenas earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in English from Southern Illinois University.
Friday, February 1, 2019
Steve Zielinski
Steve Zielinski joins Burns & McDonnell as an IT project manager to support aviation and federal clients across the U.S., providing digital system design and IT process optimization services. He has nearly two decades of experience in integrating IT platforms for airports, seaports and federal projects. In addition, Zielinski has supported nearly 50 special system projects, including aviation security, passenger and flight display, airside, airport IT and baggage handling screening systems.
Thursday, January 30, 2019
Matt Acton
Matt Acton leads the Network, Integration & Automation department at Burns & McDonnell, helping clients develop strategies for private telecommunications networks, grid modernization, digital transformation and IT/OT convergence. He provides engineering, strategy and operational efficiency solutions for technology and telecommunication projects. With more than a decade of experience, Acton has managed $100 million in utility telecommunications network investments and operating budgets.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Milad Arouni
Milad Arouni provides consulting and engineering services on wind, solar, electrification and energy storage projects, helping clients transition technologies and business models to the next-generation electric grid. With more than a decade of experience, Arouni has managed nearly $50 million in projects across industry sectors, including renewable energy, smart grid, power generation, distributed generation and grid edge for electric vehicle manufacturers, utilities and developers.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Abder Elandaloussi
As the distribution modernization manager in California, Abder Elandaloussi leads projects related to modernization of the distribution grid for the utility industry. His work — which includes integrating various technologies into the grid — helps energy clients improve power reliability, efficiency and resiliency. Abder has technical experience in Volt/VAR optimization, data analytics, optimization, distribution automation, microgrids and adaptive protection.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Marianne Goldsborough
Marianne Goldsborough oversees design, construction and engineering services for transmission and distribution projects, assisting clients in delivering safe, reliable and affordable power to communities. With more than 30 years of experience, Goldsborough has managed more than 100 projects, specializing in the electrical utility sector. She has technical knowledge in high-voltage direct current as well as experience in delivering complex engineering-procurement-construction projects.
Monday, January 28, 2019
Eric Newman, PE, SE
TranSystems announces the promotion of Eric Newman, PE, SE, of the firm’s Santa Ana, Calif., office to assistant vice president and senior professional. Newman has more than ten years of experience in both waterfront structural engineering and building structural engineering projects. Newman has taken on multiple roles within the firm and currently serves as the project manager.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Andrew Stanevicius
TranSystems announces the promotion of Andrew Stanevicius of the firm’s San Diego, Calif., office to assistant vice president and associate. Stanevicius has more than 22 years of consulting experience. Since joining TranSystems, he has held a wide range of leadership roles from project manager to San Diego area manager. He and his team develop simulation and analytical solutions that assist clients in strategic operational decision making.
Tuesday, December 18, 2018
Christopher Blackadder
FORGE, an architectural and interior design firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Christopher Blackadder as a managing director.
Blackadder’s professional accomplishments include the creation and launch of multiple Americas practices for international architectural firms and the development and implementation of a design strategy approach to deliver evidence-based solutions to corporate client workplaces.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Jimmy Vuong, PE
TranSystems promotes Jimmy Vuong, PE, of the firm’s Santa Ana, Calif., office to assistant vice president, senior professional partner. Jimmy Vuong has over 19 years of experience in planning, design, and construction management of major transportation improvement projects. He has been a key team member on several large-scale local freeway improvements. He currently is the senior roadway design manager on the I-5 Widening Segment 2, from Oso Parkway to Alicia Parkway, in south Orange County.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Lynne Marie Whately, AICP
TranSystems promotes Lynne Marie Whately, AICP, of the firm’s Berkeley, Calif., office to assistant vice president and associate. Whately has held a range of leadership roles with the company. She helped build our planning and environmental capabilities both in Florida and in Northern California. Her primary area of responsibility is to provide professional planning expertise on a variety of the firm’s transportation, land-use, and environmental management projects.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Trevor Joseph
Trevor Joseph has joined global engineering, consulting, and architecture firm Stantec as the Hydrogeology Practice Lead for California, strengthening the firm’s groundwater service capabilities across California and the West. Based in Sacramento, Joseph will spearhead Stantec’s groundwater services strategy. Joseph has more than 20 years of experience working across a wide variety of high-profile project types within the water sector and previously worked at the Department of Water Resources.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Greg Chauhan
Webcor, a leading California general and specialty contractor, has promoted Greg Chauhan to senior vice president. Chauhan joins the company’s Executive Team and leads its Safety Department and overall field operations. A 19-year Webcor veteran, Chauhan has played a primary role in improving its safety standards, incident rates and best-practices through data-driven models, training, technology tools and focus on increased communication.
Thursday, November 29, 2018
Teri Jones
Teri Jones has been promoted to President of the Building Group for Sundt Construction, Inc.
Jones brings nearly 40 years of experience in the construction industry to her new position. She joined Sundt in 2000 as a Principal in Charge for the Sacramento Region, and today she is the company’s highest-ranking female executive. In 2006 she was promoted to Business Development Manager for California, and in 2016, was promoted to Senior Vice President, Building Group Manager, a group that has flourished under her leadership. The Building Group is responsible for more than $800 million of work this year across California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Under her leadership the company’s building revenue grew by over 50 percent.
Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Dr. Eric Vogler
Dr. Eric Vogler has joined Stantec—a global engineering, architecture, and consulting firm—as a principal in its growing environmental services team in Pasadena, Calif. Vogler will apply his more than two decades of experience to serve and expand the firm’s hydrogeology and water resources engineering practice. With experience working across a wide variety of project types, Vogler will focus on delivering exceptional projects and further developing the firm’s relationships with key clients.
Monday, November 12, 2018
William (Bill) Reifsteck II
The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) has named William (Bill) Reifsteck II, director of preconstruction at Webcor in Los Angeles, one of 20 industry leaders chosen as the 2018 inaugural class of DBIA Fellows. The designated Design-Build Professional™ Fellow status is the highest level of DBIA certification and acknowledges the achievements of the nation’s most accomplished design-build professionals.
Thursday, November 8, 2018
Wesley Ramirez
Wesley Ramirez has joined global architecture, engineering, and consulting firm Stantec as a senior architectural team member, strengthening the healthcare buildings team in Sacramento. Ramirez joins a growing healthcare practice team focused on projects in California and beyond. Specializing in acute hospital projects, Ramirez previously served as a healthcare practice leader, and has extensive experience working with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD).
Monday, November 5, 2018
Will Kempton
Will Kempton, Statewide expert on transportation finance, former Executive Director of the California Transportation Commission and former Caltrans Director, will be speaking at The Leonard Transportation Center Regional Mobility Dialogues entitled: “The Future of Transportation Funding – Gas Tax, Per Mile Fees and Other Ideas”. Transportation experts from HNTB will facilitate this discussion and will bring their experience and expertise to benefit the dialogue.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Charles Smith
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental science and planning firm, adds Charles Smith as principal associate in S. California. In this role, Smith will work across disciplines to provide environmental analysis, natural resources planning, and permitting services for large public works and infrastructure development projects. Smith most recently served as senior vp and project director for global consulting company ICF in its Environment and Planning Division.
Thursday, October 18, 2018
C. Yoga Chandran, PhD, PE, GE
C. Yoga Chandran, PhD, PE, GE, has joined HNTB Corporation in Southern California as project director and vice president. Based in HNTB’s Santa Ana office, Chandran is supporting the firm’s work on some of the most complex infrastructure projects throughout the region. A registered geotechnical engineer, Chandran brings more than 30 years of experience in a broad range of technically challenging engineering projects.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Kevin Fennimore
Kevin Fennimore brings over 45 years of experience in cost estimating, scheduling and construction management in the California market. He represents clients in cost planning as a construction advisor and expert witness in a wide range of building and heavy engineering projects. He has been recently awarded the distinguished title of Fellow Certified Professional Estimator with the American Society of Professional Estimators for his contribution in helping Owners, Architects & GC.'s.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Khalil Saba
Khalil Saba has joined EXP as sector leader, transportation, based in Southern California, lending his considerable expertise to all transportation projects in southern California. Reporting to Mark Dvorak, president and COO, he will lend his considerable expertise to all transportation projects in Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, and the Inland Empire.
Monday, October 15, 2018
Sean Marcel, PE
Syska Hennessy has promoted Sean Marcel, PE, to associate managing director. Mr. Marcel is based in Syska's San Diego office.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Ryan Shropshire, PE
Ryan Shropshire, PE, was named as a “Top 40 Under 40” award recipient by Airport Business magazine. The annual award recognizes 40 aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. His primary role is in aviation design and construction services at more than a dozen general aviation and commercial service airports throughout the U.S.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
Eric Haase
Environmental Science Associates (ESA), a leading environmental science and planning firm with offices on the West and Gulf Coasts, adds Eric Haase as chief operating officer. Based in San Francisco, Haase brings more than two decades of operational experience across a diverse range of business lines for the building, engineering, and environmental industries. He joins ESA after a tenure serving as a director of operations at AECOM.
Monday, October 1, 2018
Sundeep Amin
Sundeep Amin has joined Burns & McDonnell to help grow and expand the firm’s services and capabilities in establishing conservation banks. As a senior environmental scientist, Amin will focus on moving conservation banking projects through entitlement efforts, including land acquisition, property analysis and baseline data establishment. He brings more than 14 years of experience working as a biologist, restoration ecologist, environmental compliance specialist and project manager.
Thursday, September 27, 2018
Goran Sparrman, PE
Goran Sparrman, PE, has joined HNTB Corporation as business development officer and vice president. Sparrman brings more than three decades of private- and public-sector experience to the firm. In this newly created position, Sparrman will work with office and division leadership to discover new clients and markets as well as enhance client relationships to understand priorities and deliver effective solutions that will improve mobility for all.
Thursday, September 20, 2018
Gilberto (Gil) Ruiz
Gilberto (Gil) Ruiz has joined global design firm Stantec as principal environmental planner, joining the Environmental Services team in Los Angeles, Calif. Ruiz will manage the firm’s preparation of environmental compliance documents and focus on growing Stantec’s transportation and water sector practices in Southern California. Ruiz has an advanced knowledge of both National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) documentation.
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Domingo Miranda
Domingo Miranda joins Burns & McDonnell in California to lead efforts related to electric vehicle transformation strategy. Domingo has more than 20 years of consulting, project management and planning experience. He has worked alongside electric vehicle infrastructure companies throughout the U.S. In his new role, he will partner with clients to implement strategies that enable their transition to transportation electrification.
Monday, September 10, 2018
Pablo Lorenzo
Pablo Lorenzo joins Burns & McDonnell’s Aviation & Federal Group in California as a mechanical and commissioning section manager, providing commissioning and design services for the region. Pablo has nearly two decades of project management, development, design, commissioning and optimization experience, completing nearly $500 million in projects for federal, defense, nuclear, industrial, mission critical, transportation, commercial, wastewater, education and retail facilities.
Thursday, September 6, 2018
Patrick Tennant
Patrick Tennant joined Environmental Science Associates (ESA) as environmental environmental mitigation compliance director.
Tennant has more than 20 yrs experience in environmental permitting and compliance, as well as habitat restoration and mitigation. Prior to joining ESA, he served as senior manager of mitigation and restoration for Southern California Edison where he oversaw compliance for the Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project aiming to bring clean renewable power to the LA Basin.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Jon Waggoner
Jon Waggoner joined Environmental Science Associates (ESA) as environmental compliance program manager. Waggoner is located in Sacramento and brings 30 yrs of experience in managing large-scale compliance programs. Most recently, he served as the environmental compliance manager for the California High Speed Rail Program where he was responsible for the design and implementation of environmental compliance policies and reporting structure for the 520-mile project.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Walead Atiyeh
Walead Atiyeh joined HNTB Corporation’s national rail systems team as project manager. He is based in the firm’s Santa Ana office and currently supports the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Atiyeh has more than 17 years of experience in construction and engineering projects, focused on transit and rail systems. His diverse skill set includes strategic management, planning, estimating, sourcing and project implementation.
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Jeffery C. Bingham
Jeffery C. Bingham joined HNTB Corporation as a senior environmental program manager. His role is strategic adviser and senior quality assurance/quality control reviewer on National Environmental Policy Act and California Environmental Quality Act projects, programs and pursuits. He offices in Santa Ana and currently is working on the South County Mobility Project in Orange County, California, for Transportation Corridor Agencies. Bingham has four decades of experience in transportation.
Monday, April 24, 2017
John Barton, PE
John Barton, PE, HNTB Corporation DOT market sector leader and senior vice president, has been appointed by Intelligent Transportation Society of America to co-chair its Smart Infrastructure Task Force. As co-chair, Barton will lead the committee in developing strategy for deploying new technology to move larger numbers of people and goods safely and securely through the country’s existing roads, bridges, ports and terminals.
Friday, August 3, 2018
Michelle Tovar
Michelle Tovar has joined global design firm Stantec as a principal biologist and will support the firm’s Northern California environmental services team. Tovar has more than 14 years of experience working on federal, state and local infrastructure; passenger rail; renewable energy; habitat conservation; and private development projects. Tovar worked as a senior biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for more than eight years.
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Andy Dale
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA), a premier master planning, design and construction administration services firm for K-12 education facilities, has elevated Andy Dale to the position of associate from project manager. Dale will manage QKA’s Construction Administration Department. With almost two decades of construction administration experience, Dale has managed a wide range of design and building projects, including school renovations and new construction and commercial and public works.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Sameer Shah
Sameer Shah joins Burns & McDonnell as the company strengthens its environmental team and expands its service offerings in California. As a project manager, Sameer brings 12 years of experience in environmental engineering, particularly air quality permitting and compliance, remediation and process optimization. Shah’s experience spans multiple industry sectors, including manufacturing, oil and gas, power generation and heavy metals.
Tuesday, July 31, 2018
Robert Bonar
Robert Bonar has been promoted to principal, a prestigious leadership position at Burns & McDonnell.
Robert, global mission critical practice lead for Burns & McDonnell in the San Francisco office, has more than 25 years of experience managing design, construction, commissioning and operations. Robert came to Burns & McDonnell in 2016 with experience in managing programs and projects for large tech clients.
Friday, July 27, 2018
Erik Hanson
Erik Hanson has joined global architecture, engineering, consulting, and construction firm Stantec as principal, joining the Buildings Group leadership team in the San Francisco office. Hanson will be leading the firm’s pursuit strategies for major healthcare and science and technology clients while also leading the development of strategy behind the growth of Stantec’s healthcare practice across California. He has more than 25 years of experience working across a wide variety of project types.
Monday, July 23, 2018
Thomas Ionta, PE
TranSystems Corp., a national transportation consulting firm that provides engineering, architectural and planning solutions, welcomes Thomas Ionta, PE, as Vice President and Senior Project Manager in the company’s Santa Ana, Calif., office. Thomas brings more than 38 years of experience managing, planning and designing highway and infrastructure improvement projects. He has worked on highway and roadway projects for some of the largest state and municipal organizations in Southern California.
Friday, July 20, 2018
Stacie McConnell
ISEC, Inc. has named Ms. Stacie McConnell to Senior Operations Manager for the Northern California office of ISEC, Inc. Stacie began her career with ISEC as a Project Coordinator, quickly moving up the ranks, eventually becoming an Operations Manager where she worked on many of the regions high profile projects. In addition to her work with ISEC, Stacie is a current board member of WiOPs (Women in Construction Operations) Northern California.
Thursday, July 12, 2018
David Tiberi, PE, PMP
David Tiberi, PE, PMP, CCM, rejoined HNTB Corporation as construction program manager and vice president for its expanding West Division transportation infrastructure practice. He is based in HNTB’s Los Angeles office. Tiberi is responsible for the firm’s growing highway and bridge planning, design and construction practices and supporting the firm’s project and construction management team on the I-10 Express Lanes Design-Build project for the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority.
Monday, June 18, 2018
Kim Scott
Blach Construction, a full-service commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey for nearly five decades, has elevated Kim Scott to vice president of business development and marketing. Previously director of education services, Scott now oversees all markets and joins the firm’s executive leadership team. She brings a thorough and strategic understanding of construction and delivery methods, combined with dedication to client service to her new role.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Josh Hunter
Blach Construction, a full-service commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey for nearly five decades, announces the promotion of Josh Hunter to director of information systems. Previously senior manager of technology and special projects, Hunter has successfully overseen the implementation of invaluable new technology for the company, including CMiC and the new Blach intranet.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Alan Jacobs
Blach Construction, a full-service commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey for nearly five decades, has elevated Alan Jacobs to principal estimator from senior estimator. With more than 42 years of experience in preconstruction and estimating in the construction industry, Jacobs’ possesses sharpened cost estimating skills and a keen ability to identify cost-saving alternatives.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Tony Mirenda
Blach Construction, a full-service commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey for nearly five decades, announces the promotion of Tony Mirenda to development executive. The newest member of the business development team, Mirenda's 36-year career in San Jose has helped secure and successfully build a number of projects across the spectrum of public and private industries, including higher education, civic, mixed use and corporate offices.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Kevin Brady
Blach Construction, a full-service commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey for nearly five decades, has elevated Kevin Brady to preconstruction director from senior estimator. Possessing four decades of experience in the industry, Brady has managed preconstruction and estimating for some of the largest projects in the Bay Area and is highly adept at managing design-build teams through the preconstruction process, specifically with value engineering and subcontractor bidding.
Friday, June 8, 2018
James Woodbury
Blach Construction, a full-service commercial builder serving the Greater Bay Area and Monterey for nearly five decades, announces the promotion of James Woodbury to senior project manager. Previously a project executive, Woodbury has managed complex projects and cross-functional teams of all sizes. With a large resume of experience in the technology industry, he has an extensive understanding of design-build construction, green building and sustainability requirements.
Friday, June 8, 2018
Curt Ingraham, PE
Curt Ingraham, PE, joins Burns & McDonnell as a section manager for the Aviation & Federal Group. Curt brings 32 years of experience as a civil engineer specializing in large pavement and infrastructure projects. He focuses on general and public works projects, and his experience encompasses both private sector work as well as federal. Curt specializes in airfield design and construction management for general, commercial airport and federal aviation clients.
Monday, June 4, 2018
Michael G. Betz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C
Michael G. Betz, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, joins Burns & McDonnell as a project manager for the Aviation & Federal Group, adding depth to a team focused on the design and construction of military facilities. His 32 years of experience includes design and construction specialization of Department of Defense and aerospace facilities throughout the U.S. and Guam. Additionally, he spent five years in the Middle East and has extensive experience in both traditional and design-build project delivery methods.
Monday, June 4, 2018
Ed Segovia
Ed Segovia has advanced into a new role at Sundt Construction as Vice President and Sacramento Regional Director for the general contractor’s Building Group, California District.
Friday, June 1, 2018
James Banks, PE, ENV SP
With nearly a decade of experience, James Banks, PE, ENV SP, joins Burns & McDonnell as a pipeline engineer in California. Specializing in natural gas and liquid pipeline projects, he supports a range of clients across the region. He recently served as project manager on eight gas transmission pipeline replacement projects for a major California utility company.
Friday, May 18, 2018
David Slavin, PE
David Slavin, PE, joins Burns & McDonnell in California to serve as a project engineer. David specializes in natural gas pipeline facility project engineering, design and management. Throughout his career, he’s supported more than 50 projects and presented at industry conferences across the U.S., including the American Gas Association Conference.
Friday, May 18, 2018
Kimberly Slaughter
Kimberly Slaughter, transit/rail market sector leader for HNTB Corporation, was appointed senior vice president of the firm. Slaughter has more than 30 years of comprehensive experience in transportation and public transit. She works with transit and rail clients throughout the U.S. and is responsible for collaborating with HNTB regional, division and office leadership on strategic planning, implementation, industry representation, business development, service delivery and client satisfaction.
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Tom Ellis, PE
Tom Ellis, PE, has been named HNTB Corporation’s Southern California office leader, based in the firm’s downtown Los Angeles office. A senior vice president, Ellis brings more than three decades of transportation planning and design experience for both the public and private sectors in this growing region. As Southern California office leader, Ellis leads more than 100 multidisciplinary transportation infrastructure and architecture professionals in the firm’s five Southern California locations.
Thursday, May 17, 2018
Laura Mohr
HNTB Corporation’s Laura Mohr has been recognized by L.A. Biz as a 2018 Woman of Influence. Mohr joined HNTB in 2015 as vice president and rail and transit group director in the Los Angeles office. With 30 years of industry experience in the planning, design and construction of public transportation projects, Mohr continues to build on her impressive career with engineering achievements globally and locally.
Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Ben Tripousis
Ben Tripousis has joined HNTB Corporation as associate vice president and senior program manager. Recognized throughout his career as a leader in public policy and transportation, he has worked on transportation policy with the last three mayors of San Jose, Northern California’s largest city. In his new position, Tripousis will provide leadership for HNTB’s work with VTA and other South Bay clients.
Friday, April 20, 2018
Helene Kornblatt
Helene Kornblatt joined HNTB Corporation as senior environmental sciences and planning director and Southern California practice leader. She also is an associate vice president of the firm. She brings 30 years of experience in transportation and public transit. In this position, she is responsible for project delivery and business development for the firm’s growing environmental practice throughout California. She is based in Los Angeles.
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Randall D. Berg, A.A.E.
As a founding partner at Aeroplex Group Partners, veteran airport executive Randall D. Berg, A.A.E. has become an active member of the firm. Berg's career encompasses more than 40 years of comprehensive experience in airport executive management and aviation advocacy, including leadership expertise from small municipal to large-hub international airports. Berg will provide a wide range of consulting services for the firm's airport and aviation clients across the country.
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Kevin Chapin
Kevin Chapin has been elevated to associate at education design firm Quattrocchi Kwok Architects. Chapin has overseen several large-scale projects which include the Santa Rosa Charter School for the Arts new construction and modernization and Bond Measure M projects for the Sonoma Valley Unified School District. With expertise in developing and improving educational facilities, he managed the facility master plans for numerous Bay Area unified school districts.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Eve Eppard
Education design firm Quattrocchi Kwok Architects has promoted Eve Eppard to project manager. She has managed numerous K-12 and higher education, new construction, modernization and facilities assessment projects. Her latest projects include the new Lila Bringhurst Elementary School in Fremont, Calif. and Laurel Dell Elementary School’s renovation and new campus construction, in San Rafael, Calif.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
John Dybczak
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects, a master planning, design and construction administration services firm for K-12 education facilities, has elevated John Dybczak to principal. As the fifth principal in the firm's 32-year history, Dybczak joins the firm’s executive team. With nearly 25 years of education design experience, Dybczak brings strong leadership to his teams and his projects, achieving success by incorporating clients’ goals into responsive and cost-effective design solutions.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Avian Soupholphakdy
Avian Soupholphakdy was promoted to project manager at education design firm Quattrocchi Kwok Architects. Soupholphakdy is currently managing Liberty Union High School District’s Measure U projects, including new construction and modernization at Liberty High School in Brentwood, Calif., as well as a new two-story classroom building using QKA’s Folia pre-engineered building for Cupertino High School in Cupertino, Calif.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Lyanne Schuster
Quattrocchi Kwok Architects has elevated Lyanne Schuster to project manager. Her design work includes American Canyon High School in American Canyon, Calif., which is heralded as the “greenest school in America.” Currently, Schuster is managing projects for Kentfield School District and Novato Unified School District. Schuster is certified as an Accredited Learning Environment Planner (ALEP) by the Association for Learning Environments (A4LE).
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Maya Wahyudharma
Maya Wahyudharma has rejoined Stantec as workplace design leader in its interior architecture practice. With more than 15 years of experience, she will support the commercial market sector in Northern California. She is tasked with expanding Stantec’s interior commercial market presence throughout the San Francisco bay area. She will work closely with clients, contractors, and architectural teams to provide a seamless, comprehensive experience from conceptual design through construction.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
Jason Chambers
Jason Chambers joined Stantec in Irvine as a project manager. With 17 years of experience, he will manage multidisciplinary teams on projects for the US West buildings group. A registered architect, Chambers has worked in a variety of markets: commercial, education, mixed-use, and multifamily residential. At a prior post, Chambers worked on the Rose Bowl 100th Anniversary Pressbox Addition, where he helped develop the design and was the on-site architect during the construction phase.
Thursday, March 29, 2018
Steven Gillman
Steven Gillman has joined HNTB Corporation as senior resident engineer. He brings over 24 years of experience in the construction industry as a senior project manager on high-profile regional programs. Gillman is based in HNTB’s Ontario office and supports the firm’s work on the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority I-10 Corridor project. In his new role, Gillman supervises and manages delivery of HNTB’s construction management work in a quality, profitable, safe and timely manner.
Tuesday, February 20, 2018
Eric Peterson
Stantec welcomes Eric Peterson to its Sacramento office as a senior project manager in the firm’s architecture practice. With 20 years in the industry, he will be responsible for overseeing healthcare projects in the western US. He brings extensive experience in integrated project delivery (IPD) and implementation of lean construction principles. He has worked in both the public and private sectors, including healthcare, education, commercial, civic, and residential projects
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Mark Ramsey
Mark Ramsey was named West Division tunnel practice construction management and delivery leader and vice president at HNTB Corporation. Ramsey has 25 years of experience that includes tunnel engineering, construction engineering and management, planning, scheduling, cost control and cost projections. He will maintain his role as implementation manager for the program management team on the Bay Area Rapid Transit Silicon Valley Phase II project.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Gordon Clark, PE
Gordon Clark, PE, vice president, was named West Division tunnel practice leader at HNTB Corporation. Previously, Clark served as HNTB’s technical director-tunnels and complex underground structures. He will continue leading complex designs, technical investigations, innovations, analyses, and construction of tunnels and underground facilities.
Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Sharmila Badkar
Sharmila Badkar has rejoined Stantec as a project manager in San Francisco. With 15 years of experience, Badkar supports the healthcare architecture market in the Northern California. Badkar focuses on leading projects towards successful outcomes with designs that provide the highest achievable level of care for patients. Her strength lies in her ability to create a balance between design development and the practicality of usage while providing the best possible architectural delivery.
Monday, February 5, 2018
Nathan Baker
Nathan Baker joined Stantec as a project manager in its Information Communications & Technology (ICT) group. With 15 years of experience in information technology, he is responsible for managing small and medium size projects in healthcare, data center and aviation markets. He works in the San Diego office. Baker is certified through Building Industry Consulting Services, International (BICSI) as a Registered Communication Distribution Designer (RCDD) and a Data Center Design Consultant (DCDC).
Monday, February 5, 2018
Andrew Biggs
ISEC, Inc. has named Mr. Andrew Biggs to Regional Manager for the Los Angeles area office of ISEC, Inc. Mr. Biggs has over 13 years of construction experience, from estimating and business development and more recently as Operations Manager. As Regional Manager, Andrew will oversee the sales, estimating, purchasing, and operations in Southern California.
Friday, February 2, 2018
Craig Denson, CPA
Craig Denson, CPA, has been named CFO of HNTB. Denson, a senior vice president, has been with the firm for almost 17 years in various roles, most recently as corporate treasurer. He has been responsible for all aspects of accounting and finance functions at HNTB, including long-range capital planning, banking and treasury management, retirement plan administration, shareholder relations, annual share price valuation, corporate taxes and all corporate accounting and financial reporting.
Monday, January 29, 2018
Parul Chandra
Parul Chandra has joined Stantec as a principal and will lead the firm’s Sustainable Supply Chain Program. For the past 15 years, Chandra’s work has focused on the responsible sourcing of consumer products on a global scale. Chandra will work closely with Stantec’s manufacturing and commercial clients to advise on best practices, implement strategies to elevate supplier performance, and collaborate with thought leaders to tackle issues such as modern slavery and forced labor.
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Mark Mandarelli
Mark Mandarelli has been appointed Sprig Electric's new President and will continue to serve as Chief Information Officer (CIO).
Tuesday, January 23, 2017
Stephen Shea
Stephen Shea joins Stantec as a principal in its Information and Communication Technology (ICT) group. With more than 19 years of experience, he will lead Stantec’s audiovisual (AV) design and consulting team in the western US and provide overall leadership for all ICT services within the Bay Area and northern California. He will be responsible for staff and business development, client relationships, and leadership on major ICT projects. Shea is based in the San Francisco office.
Friday, January 12, 2018
Bob Maxwell
Bob Maxwell has joined the Layton Construction as the Executive Vice President for Business Development. Maxwell will use his expertise and experience to expand opportunities for Layton Construction within California, growing the Northern California region as well as focusing on Southern California and the Los Angeles/Irvine/San Diego area. Layton Construction, one of the largest general contractors in the U.S., has completed projects in 40 states.
Thursday, January 11, 2018
Patricia Llamas
Patricia Llamas has been named bond operations manager at Van Pelt Construction Services (VPCS), supporting the firm’s program management work for the San Rafael City School District. In this capacity, Ms. Llamas will oversee logistics, accounting and all action items that require board approval for the $269 million bond program.
Tuesday, January 16, 2018
Ezra Becker
FORGE, a full-service architectural and interior design firm based in San Francisco, is pleased to announce the addition of Operations Manager Ezra Becker to the team. He will be responsible for in-house operations and will serve as part of the firm’s business execution team.
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Tracie Ferguson
Tracie Ferguson joins Stantec in San Francisco as a Senior Acoustical Consultant. With 20 years of experience, she provides acoustic analysis and designs for many project types, including sound isolation, room acoustics, noise and vibration control, and environmental noise control. She is helping build the acoustics practice in CA. Ferguson is working on UC Davis student housing projects, Dignity Health Neuroscience Tower, renovation work for Kaiser, and PLACE St Louis Park in Minneapolis, MN.
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Jerome de Verrier, PE
TranSystems announces the promotion of Jerome de Verrier, PE, of the firm’s Berkeley, Calif., office to assistant vice president and senior professional partner because of his specialized technical skills and knowledge. Mr. de Verrier has served more than 11 years as project manager and project engineer for numerous projects throughout Northern California predominantly in roadway design, flood control, and site development.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Diana Mendes
Diana Mendes, HNTB Mid-Atlantic Division president and transit/rail market sector leader, has authored a new HNTB Corporation Viewpoint: “A great start: Connecting transit agencies and transportation network companies.” Mendes discusses ways transit agencies and transportation network companies can work together to improve mobility, and future considerations for transit agencies regarding passenger experience and vehicle automation.
Friday, November 10, 2017
Antoinette Harris-White
Antoinette Harris-White has joined HNTB as a document controls specialist III and will be responsible for administering and managing document processes and systems to ensure control and availability. Harris-White has more than 27 years of experience performing a variety of team support duties on multi-million-dollar construction projects in the private and public sectors.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Shawn Murphy, PE
Shawn Murphy, PE, was named as a “Top 40 Under 40” award recipient by Airport Business magazine. The annual award recognizes 40 aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. Murphy joined HNTB in 2005. In his current role as HNTB project manager, Murphy is responsible for delivery of construction phase services on all contracts of the Runway 9C-27C program, the final major runway project of the O’Hare Modernization Program.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Lynette Mellett, PE
Lynette Mellett, PE, was named as a “Top 40 Under 40” award recipient by Airport Business magazine. The annual award recognizes 40 aviation industry professionals under the age of 40 for their academic, professional and community achievements. Mellett joined HNTB as a project engineer in 2003 and is responsible for delivery of all civil aviation projects from HNTB’s Kansas City office, ensuring quality, maintaining budgets, schedules and exceeding clients’ expectations.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Todd Ballew
Todd Ballew joined HNTB Corporation’s sports architecture practice as associate vice president and sports director. He is part of the leadership team focused on serving the professional and collegiate sports markets. Ballew brings 25 years of industry experience including client management, sports facility planning, event management, operations and capital improvements.
Friday, November 3, 2017
Jeffrey Long
Stantec hired Jeffrey Long as a designer in its architectural practice. A graduate of California College of Arts with a master’s degree in architecture, Long is supporting Kaiser Inpatient Pharmacy Upgrades and a midrise, mixed-use commercial building. Long is “Materials Matter” chair for American Institute of Architects Central Valley (AIACV) and is leading an initiative to understand the impacts of material health and sustainability in the building industry. He is also a member of AIACV COTE.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Vida Mannings
Vida (Covington) Mannings has joined Stantec as a Transit Advisory Sector Leader for the US West. For the past 25 years, she has worked for public sector transit agencies. She has played an integral role on teams that have built and developed some of the most progressive transit systems in the US. Mannings will assist Stantec’s transportation clients throughout North America with transit system planning and design, program implementation, operations, maintenance, public outreach, and staffing.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Laddie Irion
Laddie Irion, HNTB Corporation’s national aviation market sector leader and senior vice president, was elected to chair the 2018 board of directors for Airports Council International - North America, World Business Partners and Associates. The election results were announced during a special reception at the 2017 ACI-NA Annual Conference and Exhibition on Sept. 19. The ACI-NA’s WBP/Associates board represents the ACI-NA members that are business organizations that support the airport industry.
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
Kevin Hoeflich, PE
Majority of Americans are willing to pay more to rebuild and grow transportation infrastructure according Kevin Hoeflich, PE, HNTB toll services chairman and senior vice president. As federal and state lawmakers continue to search for solutions to fund and finance critically needed transportation infrastructure, HNTB's latest America THINKS national public opinion survey finds Americans with definitive views on how that funding should be generated.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017
James Smathers
Stantec hired James Smathers as project manager supporting its architectural practice in the Irvine, CA office. With more than 30 years of experience, he is responsible for municipal research as it relates to project specific site constraints, CAD (computer-aided design) background drawings, and coordination with consulting engineers. Currently, Smathers is working on AutoNation USA projects in Fremont, California, Dulles Sterling, Virginia, Vista, California, and Irvine, California.
Friday, September 15, 2017
Nessa Williams
Nessa Williams has joined HNTB as Project Manager I, Program Management, specializing in program planning and management. She is based in the firm’s Ontario office and will help expand HNTB’s operation in the Inland Empire. Williams has over 15 years of transportation related experience in contract, project, and program management and joins HNTB after spending more than 8 years at San Bernardino County Transportation Authority working as a management analyst in the transit and rail department.
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Kathy Caswell, CPSM
The Orange County Chapter of the Society of Marketing Professional Services (SMPS) elected Kathy Caswell, CPSM, as its president. Caswell, who serves as the marketing manager for civil engineering firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN), will oversee the chapter’s affairs and officers. She will be responsible for providing value to the chapter’s members through programs and project tours, educational seminars, workshops, and events.
Tuesday, September 5, 2017
Thomas J. Spearing, III
Thomas J. Spearing, III, has been named national transit program management/construction management practice leader of HNTB Corporation. Spearing joined HNTB in 2016 as New York office leader and senior vice president. A recognized leader in PM/CM for the transit sector, Spearing’s background includes the development of best practices in project management oversight standards for the Federal Transit Administration.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Chris Dragman
Stantec hired Chris Dragman as a senior lighting designer in its San Diego Towne Centre Drive office. With 20 years of lighting design experience, he is supporting the lighting design practice growth initiatives locally and nationally. Dragman is lighting certified (LC) from the National Council on Qualifications for the Lighting Professions. He is a past president of the San Diego chapter of IES (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America).
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Dr. Nick Johnson
Stantec’s Dr. Nick Johnson recently received an Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award from the Engineers’ Council, a nationwide organization with strong roots in the aerospace industry. Johnson, a principal hydrogeologist based in Walnut Creek, was nominated for the award by The Boeing Company for his work on the former Santa Susana Field Laboratory site in Ventura County, California. Johnson provided a comprehensive analysis of the hydrogeology of the Santa Susana site.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Nichole Ataizi
Nichole Ataizi joined Stantec in Van Nuys, CA as a project manager in its architecture practice. With 12 years of experience, primarily in healthcare and corporate interiors, she is responsible for client relations, project team leadership, and project delivery. Ataizi's role supports growth initiatives in the Southern California healthcare market. Currently, she is working with the Sacramento and Irvine offices on a project for Kaiser Permanente in Northern California.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Kyle Beebe
With nearly 20 years of project management and prime contract experience, Kyle Beebe has joined Burns & McDonnell to lead its construction/design-build team in Southern California. Beebe has worked on projects across the U.S., specializing in solar, emergency generation, thermal and cogeneration power systems and underground utilities and treatment facilities.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Michael Barbour, PE
Michael Barbour, PE, joined HNTB Corporation’s growing Southern California team as senior project director and associate vice president. His focus is the California High-Speed Rail Construction Package 4 project, where he oversees project and construction management of technical and management staff. Barbour has more than three decades of experience in rail and highway design and construction management working with local agencies, contractors, military and consultants.
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Mani A. Farhadi
Taylor Design, an employee-owned architectural, interior design, and strategies firm, has expanded its education design practice with the addition of Mani A. Farhadi. With more than three decades of experience in the architecture profession, primarily focusing on higher education and school projects, Farhadi will serve as Project Director / Senior Education Planner in the firm's San Francisco office.
Thursday, August 3, 2017
Kara Lentz, PE
Kara Lentz, PE, CCM, LEED AP, senior program manager and vice president of HNTB Corporation, has been named to the Construction Manager Certification Institute Board of Governors. Her three-year term will begin at the Construction Management Association of America’s National Conference & Trade Show on October 7, 2017, in Washington, D.C.
Sunday, July 30, 2017
Kia Gillette
Kia Gillette has joined HNTB Corporation as an environmental project manager. Her role is strategic adviser on National Environmental Policy Act projects, programs and pursuits. Gillette has 17 years of experience in the environmental and transportation sectors. Her experience includes preparing and conducting quality audits on NEPA documents, project management, and delivering complex projects on aggressive schedules.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Katie Nees, PE
HNTB’s Katie Nees, PE, national P3 and strategic advisory practice leader and senior vice president, moderated a panel titled “Eyes Wide Open: Airport Owner P3 Preparedness,” addressing the unique issues facing airports when preparing for public-private partnerships. The P3 Airport Summit conference was held in San Diego and focused on public-private partnership development, project management and networking for airport owners, operators and industry professionals.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Tom Rossbach, AIA
Tom Rossbach, AIA, HNTB aviation architecture market sector leader and vice president, moderated a panel titled “Eyes Wide Open: Airport Owner P3 Preparedness,” addressing the unique issues facing airports when preparing for public-private partnerships. The P3 Airport Summit conference was held in San Diego and focused on public-private partnership development, project management and networking for airport owners, operators and industry professionals.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Gay M. Knipper
Gay M. Knipper joined HNTB as senior program manager and vice president, specializing in program and construction management. Knipper has more than three decades of infrastructure experience and has been responsible for all aspects of management, administration and financial control on several multibillion-dollar PM/CM programs. She will play a key role in serving HNTB’s clients throughout the country.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Mark Lobel, IIDA
Mark Lobel, IIDA, has joined HNTB Corporation as senior project manager for aviation architecture. Lobel works with clients nationwide, initially focusing on the firm’s work designing two concourse expansions at Denver International Airport. Lobel has worked on high-profile projects at large airports, both in the United States and internationally, to help improve the travel experience for passengers while seeking creative ways for airports to generate additional non-aviation revenues.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Myat Ohn
HNTB Corporation’s Myat Ohn was honored by Progressive Railroading magazine as a “Rising Star” of the rail industry. Ohn, a project manager in HNTB’s Oakland office, has earned praise for delivering high-quality design to a variety of public rail agencies throughout her career. Her track-design projects for clients include the California High Speed Rail Authority, Bay Area Rapid Transit, Caltrain, Los Angeles Metro and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Alana Lopez
Alana Lopez has joined Stantec as a senior project designer in its commercial buildings architectural practice. With more than 12 years of experience, Lopez is an award-winning architect with a comprehensive background in architecture, interior design, and branding. As a new senior project designer, Lopez will not only focus on workplace, hospitality, and mixed-use projects, but she has also been tasked with building Stantec’s commercial market presence throughout the San Francisco bay area.
Monday, July 17, 2017
Pedro Velasco
Pedro Velasco has joined Stantec’s Camarillo office as a senior project manager. Velasco will manage the Camarillo and Lancaster offices, providing senior level project management and quality control for civil engineering projects. Prior to joining Stantec, Velasco spent 26 years at Walt Disney Imagineering, where he led the development of projects in France, China, Japan, and the United States. He served as Vice President for Environmental Design and Engineering for the Shanghai Disney Resort.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Matthew Winegar
Matthew Winegar has joined Stantec’s Camarillo office as a senior project manager. He will help develop the local planning practice, focusing primarily on western Ventura County and expanding the firm’s Southern California reach. Winegar joins Stantec after spending 37 years working for the City of Oxnard, serving as the Development Services Director for 20-plus years. He has been responsible for planning and project coordination of numerous residential, commercial, and industrial projects.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Joshua Englander
Joshua Englander, West Division government relations director for HNTB Corporation, has been appointed to the board of directors for the Getty House Foundation. A 21-member board implements the foundation’s mission and oversees its civic and educational programming. The Getty House Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to civic education, community engagement and the preservation of Getty House, the official residence of the Mayor of Los Angeles.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Mala Ciancia, PG
Mala Ciancia, PG, joined HNTB Corporation as principal tunnel geologist. She will work with clients nationwide. Ciancia has more than 40 years of experience in engineering geology, subsurface characterization, rock laboratory testing, slope stability, applied hydrogeology and quality assurance. As a trusted advisor, Ciancia has directed and provided technical recommendations to public agencies and private clients for investigations.
Thursday, July 6, 2017
Michael Inabinet
Responding to ongoing growth, HNTB Corporation named new presidents to its leadership. Michael Inabinet now oversees the Great Lakes, Central and West divisions. Most recently as HNTB’s Southeast division president, Inabinet achieved success in advancing that division into the largest and fastest-growing of all divisions of the firm. Having begun his career with HNTB in 2005 in Austin, Texas, as a project manager, Inabinet has progressed through a number of leadership and operational roles.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Michael Haverstick
HNTB Corporation continues to expand its PTC and rail systems expertise and operations in the West division. Michael Haverstick was hired as PTC systems project engineer with more than 26 years of experience in transit and rail communication systems. His experience includes communication system design, specification development, project management, communication system installations, and maintenance management of large scale integrated communications systems.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Michael Bogonovich
HNTB Corporation continues to expand its PTC and rail systems expertise and operations in the West division. Michael Bogonovich has been hired as senior systems project engineer with more than three decades of experience delivering transportation projects. He specializes in the design, integration, manufacture, commissioning, operations and maintenance of rail transit vehicles, control and security systems and electrical systems for facilities.
Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Paul Ruig
C.W. Driver Cos., a premier builder providing general contracting, construction management and design-build services to the Western US, has promoted project executive Paul Ruig to vice president of the Greater Los Angeles region. Ruig will work with owners and architects to oversee construction projects from preconstruction and planning phases to final project delivery, and develop new business opportunities, with a focus on hospitality, commercial, education, entertainment and studio work.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Corky Silva
C.W. Driver Cos., a builder providing general contracting, construction management and design-build services to the Western United States, has hired Corky Silva as project executive. Silva will oversee Northern California project teams including the Hillsdale Shopping Ctr. Redevelopment – one of the largest enclosed centers in the SF Bay Area, work with owners to ensure projects meet expectations and generate new business opportunities in the high-rise & hospitality markets.
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
Paul Yarossi
HNTB Corporation Executive Vice President Paul Yarossi was named the new chairman of the ARTBA Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Board of Trustees. Yarossi has been a volunteer ARTBA leader for nearly two decades, serving as 2011 chairman and as ARTBA-TDF vice chair since June 2014. Yarossi joined HNTB in 1973 and he has been involved with nearly every aspect of the firm, including president of HNTB Holdings Ltd., CEO and chief operating officer of HNTB Corporation.
Saturday, May 27, 2017
Ananth Prasad, PE
The National Council for Public-Private Partnerships has announced that HNTB's Ananth Prasad, PE, senior vice president, has been named to its inaugural list of the Top 10 P3 Transportation Infrastructure Pioneers. As secretary of the Florida Dept of Transportation from 2011 to 2015, he played a key role in the development of Florida’s P3 program including the precedent-setting I-4 Ultimate, the largest P3 in state history.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Sam Saghafi, PE
Sam Saghafi, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as principal engineer in the Inland Empire. He will play a major role in supporting the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority program management and construction management contract for the Interstate 10 Corridor Express Lanes project. Additionally, he will support the firm’s work with Caltrans District 8 & other transportation clients. “I am pleased to welcome Sam to HNTB,” said Khalil Saba, HNTB Inland Empire office leader and vice president.
Monday, May 15, 2017
Rick Cramer
Rick Cramer joins Burns & McDonnell as environmental services manager. With more than 30 years of experience providing strategic planning and technical direction for multidisciplinary environmental projects, Cramer will focus on developing geology-based groundwater Conceptual Site Models (CSMs) for complex sites. He developed the practice of Environmental Sequence Stratigraphy, a geology-based groundwater remediation method considered an emerging best practice by EPA.
Friday, May 12, 2017
Jack McMackin
Jack McMackin recently joined Rudolph and Sletten as Business Development Executive in Irvine. He comes to the firm with 39 years of experience developing new business opportunities for project owners and builders, primarily in healthcare, life sciences, education, entertainment and hospitality market sectors. In his new position, McMackin will use his expertise from both an owner and contractor’s perspective to better understand and meet the unique objectives of Rudolph and Sletten’s clients.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Ray Polidoro
Ray Polidoro recently joined Rudolph and Sletten as Vice President in Los Angeles. Bringing nearly three decades of architecture and construction industry leadership experience to his new position, Polidoro will help increase the firm’s market share in the greater Los Angeles area by bringing Rudolph and Sletten’s full spectrum of building services to clients throughout Southern California.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Rene Olivo
Rene Olivo was recently promoted to Senior Vice President of Operations in Southern California for Rudolph and Sletten. Olivo previously served as Vice President of Operations for Rudolph and Sletten’s San Diego office. In his new role, he will work from the firm’s Irvine office, providing additional oversight for projects throughout the other areas of Southern California, primarily focusing on supporting each project team to ensure high standards and optimal value for project owners.
Thursday, May 11, 2017
Kathy Caswell, CPSM
Kathy Caswell, CPSM, joins planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) as a marketing manager. In this role, Caswell will implement the firm’s marketing initiatives and activities in California. Caswell has more than 20 years of marketing experience in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry in southern California. She is currently the president-elect of Society of Marketing Professionals (SMPS) Orange County Chapter.
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
David Speirs, PE
David Speirs, PE, joined HNTB Corp’s growing Southern California team as project director, based in Santa Ana. He directs the SR 241 Toll Road Extension environmental documents process for Transportation Corridor Agencies, & plays a key role in expanding the firm’s growing transportation practice. Speirs has more than three decades of experience in transportation, including major highway improvement projects located in the counties of Orange, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Bernardino & Riverside.
Friday, April 21, 2017
Francesco Cantatore, PE
Francesco Cantatore, PE, joined HNTB Corporation as senior program director, rail systems. He is a technical resource for the firm, based in Los Angeles, who works with public- and private-sector clients across the United States. Cantatore is an expert in rolling stock, rail systems, including traditional and high-speed rail systems, with more than two decades of experience in operations, engineering, supply chain management, procurement and project delivery.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
Timothy Bond, PE
Timothy Bond, PE, has joined HNTB Corporation as senior aviation program manager and vice president. Bond works with aviation clients nationwide.
Bond is well-known in the aviation industry, both internationally and in the United States, bringing more than 34 years of experience in planning, design, construction management and program management. He has experience in a variety of project delivery methods, including design-build.
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
John D. Kenyon, P.E.
T.Y. Lin International announces that John D. Kenyon, P.E., has been hired as Bay Area Unit Manager and Associate Vice President. In his role, Kenyon will be responsible for leading business development efforts and managing day-to-day operations for TYLI’s unit based in Oakland, California, with offices throughout the Bay Area. He will also serve as a Senior Project Manager on Surface Transportation and other special projects in Northern California.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Director of Design Brooks Atwood, IDSA, IIDA
R&A Architecture + Design, whose extensive breadth of work includes commercial, hospitality, residential, and mixed-use projects, welcomes Director of Design Brooks Atwood, IDSA, IIDA. Atwood, who’s attained international acclaim in the fields of architecture and industrial environments, will devote his experimental design approach to the rapidly expanding firm.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Principal Shawn Gehle
R&A Architecture + Design, whose extensive breadth of work includes commercial, hospitality, residential, and mixed-use projects, welcomes Principal Shawn Gehle. As a nationally-recognized design and thought leader, Gehle brings to the firm his track record of success specializing in projects that include creative workplace, educational institutions, and large-scale commercial developments.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Kary H. Witt, PE
Kary H. Witt, PE, has joined HNTB Corporation as national toll market practice leader & vice president. Witt works with toll clients nationwide.
Witt is well-known in the transportation industry, bringing more than 27 years of diverse experience, most recently as manager of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, an internationally recognized landmark that’s regarded as one of the greatest civil engineering achievements of the 20th century. He provided both technical & executive level leadership.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Samantha Soules
Samantha Soules has joined HNTB Corporation’s growing West Division toll team as deputy practice leader for the toll market and associate vice president. Soules has a dozen years of experience implementing tolls as a consultant for project delivery, program and policy development, technology selection and strategic planning. She will play a key role in serving HNTB’s clients, particularly in the areas of toll and express lanes program/project management, technology, & operations implementation.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
Peter Bahruth
Peter Bahruth has been promoted to Managing Director at Clune Construction. Bahruth heads up the company’s field operations in Los Angeles and San Francisco as well as their national safety program. Clune is a national general contractor and managed more than $900 million last year.
Friday, April 7, 2017
Scott Oppelt, CPESC
Scott Oppelt, CPESC, has joined Stantec’s San Francisco office as a senior project manager and principal in the firm’s growing Environmental Services practice. He has more than 22 years of experience permitting complex utility projects, mostly in Northern California. Oppelt will lead environmental permitting business development and project delivery efforts focused on utility clients. He has a bachelor’s degree in integrative biology from University of California, Berkeley.
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Diana Mendes, AICP
Diana Mendes, AICP, HNTB Corp. transit/rail practice leader & senior vice president, was named 2017 Training Professional of the Year by the National Transit Institute. The award was presented at the NTI 2017 Transit Trainer’s Workshop in Nashville, TN. Mendes has provided training nationwide for the NTI & the Federal Transit Administration for over 15 years. She helped transit agencies, state departments of transportation & metropolitan planning organizations to manage environmental reviews.
Saturday, April 1, 2017
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN)
Planning, engineering and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) is expanding its infrastructure services in California.
To help with this expansion, LAN added four key hires. M. Cenk Yavas, P.E., D.WRE, joins the firm as vice president and water resources team leader. Frederick Wickman, P.E., joins the firm as a senior project manager. Mark Vargas and Brian Robertson, P.E., will serve as senior project coordinator and project engineer, respectively.
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Daniel Louis, PE
HNTB Corporation participated in the 2017 “Meet the Primes” networking event hosted by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority in downtown Los Angeles. Daniel Louis, PE, HNTB vice president and southern California PM/CM director and tunnel practice director (West), said, "This event provides an excellent opportunity for disadvantaged and small businesses to meet with prime contractors, share their areas of expertise and learn about current and future contracting opportunities."
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Portia Gonzalez, PE
Portia Gonzalez, PE, joined HNTB Corporation’s growing Southern California team as project manager. She supports the Interstate 405 Improvement Project, & plays a key role to help grow the firm’s transportation practice. Gonzalez has over 25 years of experience in transportation engineering, mainly in drainage design, hydrologic & hydraulic modeling, & storm water management. Her expertise includes river modeling, floodplain delineation studies, water resource planning, & project management.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Karl Vaillancourt
Karl Vaillancourt has been promoted to serve as the CEO of Precision Building Group. Over the last two years Karl has been instrumental in establishing Precision as the contractor of choice for innovative and challenging construction projects, including new Hyperloop infrastructure. While continuing to advance the Company’s estimating and construction services, Karl is leading the charge to develop Precision’s Hyperloop R&D team.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Taiwo Jaiyeoba
HNTB continues its work with the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials to support opportunities and maximize participation in the transportation industry for minority individuals, businesses and communities of color. As a 2017 Industry Partner, HNTB will support COMTO’s ongoing activity in advocacy, information sharing, training, education and professional development. Taiwo Jaiyeoba, will serve as HNTB’s COMTO ambassador to maximize chapter involvement and support programs nationwide.
Monday, March 6, 2017
Alesha Arp
Alesha Arp is Taylor Design’s new senior strategist. In this role, Arp utilizes her extensive experience in user research methods and processes to conduct client end-user research. Her findings are then used by Taylor Design’s project managers to guide the project’s design strategy and deliver a user-focused space that deliberately contributes to the client’s business initiatives.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Todd Yamanouchi, AIA
Todd Yamanouchi, AIA, has joined Taylor Design as architect. Based in the firm’s Irvine office, Yamanouchi is an exacting architect with a technical eye for detail. He has 25 years of experience in high-performance design with a focus on developing exterior design solutions for domestic and international projects. In his new role, Yamanouchi is responsible for integrating building systems and reinforcing design concepts through the entire project process.
Friday, March 3, 2017
John Gresko, RA, LEED AP
Taylor Design recently hired John Gresko, RA, LEED AP, as senior project manager in its Irvine office. An integrative design specialist with extensive experience in the firm’s core markets of healthcare, education and science and technology, Gresko excels in the design of purpose-driven, people-centered spaces. Gresko will help propel Taylor Design forward in its pursuit of design excellence by focusing on design quality and integrating user-based research into built environment projects.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Robert Coibion
Robert Coibion, McCarthy chief estimator of Parking in the firm’s Northern Pacific Division, has been named president of the Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange for 2017. The Sacramento Regional Builders Exchange is the construction industry’s oldest and largest association in the region and provides education programs, safety programs, bidding information, political advocacy, networking opportunities, and other related information and events for the construction industry.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Greg Krueger
Greg Krueger, HNTB Corporation program director for emerging technologies and associate vice president, has been appointed by the Transportation Research Board to chair its Committee on Intelligent Transportation Systems. Bringing more than two decades of industry experience, Krueger joins the distinguished group of transportation professionals for a three-year term. He has been active in TRB for more than 10 years.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Matthew Click, AICP
Matthew Click, AICP, HNTB Corporation national director of priced managed lanes and vice president, has been appointed by the Transportation Research Board to its Standing Committee on Managed Lanes. Bringing more than two decades of industry experience, Click joins the distinguished group of transportation professionals for a three-year term. Click has been active in TRB for more than 12 years. “I’m pleased to enhance my involvement with TRB in my new role,” Click said.
Tuesday, February, 28, 2017
Omar Merheb
Omar Merheb joined HNTB Corporation’s growing Southern California team as transportation director. He will support the Interstate 405 Improvement Project, and will play a key role on future opportunities to help grow the transportation practice. Merheb has over 27 years of experience in transportation engineering, predominately in project management, design-build projects, urban transportation master planning, traffic engineering, transit and rail planning, and transportation research.
Monday, February 20, 2017
Peter Gertler, AICP
Peter Gertler, AICP, rejoined HNTB Corporation as a senior vice president in a corporate and national strategic business development role. He is a nationally recognized rail and transit expert who brings three decades of infrastructure leadership to the firm’s clients across the country. He is based in Oakland, California. Gertler previously worked at HNTB from 2004 to 2014 as rail and transit market service leader and principal project manager.
Friday, February 17, 2017
Jeff Watson
Jeff Watson of HNTB Corporation has been appointed to a two-year term on the California Transportation Foundation’s board of directors. He will serve on committees for CTF’s Annual Education Symposium, Transportation Awards, and Injured and Fallen Workers Fund. Watson is a vice president and Northern California operations manager for HNTB.
Friday, February 17, 2017
Hiep Bui, PE
Hiep Bui, PE, joined HNTB Corporation’s expanding Southern California team as engineering manager for the Inland Empire. He will play a major role in the management of the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority program management/construction management contract for the Interstate 10 Corridor Express Lanes project. Additionally, he will support the firm’s work with Caltrans District 8 and Inland Empire clients’ infrastructure projects. Bui is based in the firm’s new Ontario office.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Gordon Clark, PE
Gordon Clark, PE, joined HNTB Corp. as technical director, tunnels & complex underground structures & vice president, to work with clients nationwide. He has more than 30 years experience as an engineering consultant, leading & managing planning, design & construction of large, multidisciplinary civil infrastructure projects. He has technical & managerial experience on multi billion-dollar mega projects with experience in the planning & design of large-diameter tunnels & underground structures.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Daniel Louis, PE
HNTB-led PL3 Partners hosted a tunneling and underground workshop for Los Angeles small businesses. HNTB vice president Daniel Louis, PE, said the seminar serves as resource for disadvantaged business enterprises seeking participation in large-scale infrastructure projects, including Metro’s Purple Line Extension Section 3. Attendees had the opportunity to learn from PL3 Partners’ tunneling and mega-project engineers about challenging projects both within Los Angeles and other regions.
Monday, January 30, 2017
Mandy McMillen
Mandy McMillen has been working for Operating Engineers Local 3 for 11 years as the managing editor for their publication, "Engineers News". Each year has been devoted to gathering, presenting, editing and archiving the brotherhood of Local 3. Mandy has put countless hours on the open road collecting interviews and photos from innumerable job sites across California and neighboring states. Despite her repertoire of academic skills, Mandy's charisma and charm always win her interviewees over.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Terence Pao
HNTB Corporation continued its industry leadership and involvement at the American Society of Civil Engineers Western regional conference held recently in L.A. by co-hosting an offsite event for ASCE attendees. The event provided an opportunity for attendees to learn about and tour the HNTB-designed Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement project, the largest bridge project in the history of Los Angeles led by the City of Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering, said Terence Pao, HNTB project manager.
Friday, January 27, 2017
Jack Allen
Jack Allen, HNTB National Environmental Planning Leader co-authored a Transportation Point Extra article entitled Expediting Environmental Reviews Under the FAST Act. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act provides several important program refinements and initiatives that, when taken together, will help project sponsors accelerate delivery of capital projects through improved planning, expedited environmental reviews and decision-making.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Robert J. Slimp, PE
Robert J. Slimp, PE, has been named chairman, president and CEO of HNTB Holdings Ltd. Slimp has held a number of leadership roles within HNTB since joining the firm in 2005. He continues to serve in his role as chief executive officer for HNTB Corporation, a post he has held since 2013.
“Under Rob’s leadership, HNTB continues to grow and prosper,” said Harvey Hammond, chairman of HNTB’s Holding Company.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Laura Mohr, PE
Laura Mohr, PE, HNTB vice president and SPARK LA program director, celebrated the partnership between HNTB & the L.A. Board of Public Works to support GALA, LAUSD's first all-girls middle school that focuses on a STEM curriculum to attract more girls to engineering, construction & maintenance careers. “We are honored to play a key role in the education of young girls by sharing our passion for engineering, architecture & planning with meaningful, hands-on experiences through our SPARK program.
Monday, January 23, 2017
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman has joined Burns & McDonnell to lead national mitigation bank acquisition and planning — to preserve, enhance, restore or create a conservation within the environment to compensate for unavoidable impacts of development. Based in Brea, Calif., he is responsible for project acquisition and coordinating large-scale restoration initiatives. Sherman has more than 20 years of experience with managing complex acquisition, land use entitlement and construction projects.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Hillary Gitelman
Hillary Gitelman has joined Environmental Science Associates, a leading environmental science and planning firm with offices on the West and Gulf Coasts, as community development director of environmental planning for its San Francisco Bay Area region. Gitelman brings nearly 30 years of community planning, development and environmental review experience to her new role and most recently served as director of planning for the City of Palo Alto.
Monday, August 13, 2018
Sierra Red Bow
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) presents Sierra Red Bow with its inaugural ESA Scholarship Program grant, established to provide financial assistance to individuals from underrepresented groups pursuing careers in the many fields represented at ESA. Red Bow is majoring in Indigenous Studies and Environmental Science at the University of Washington. ESA sponsored the grant through the Native American Fish and Wildlife Society (NAFWS).
Tuesday, November 17, 2020