ENR New England People Showcase
Photos of people working in New England'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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Lewis McKenzie
Lewis McKenzie joins 1898 & Co. to lead the Oracle Primavera business line for the business, technology and security solutions consultancy. With 20-plus years of digital transformation experience, he has supported large tech projects within the architecture, engineering and construction industries. Lewis’ technical knowledge, communication skills and creativity in problem-solving form a strong foundation for helping clients digitally transform their assets, optimize processes and manage risk.
Wednesday, November 11, 2020
Eric Ohanian
Eric Ohanian, structural project engineer at Tighe & Bond Inc., was named a 2020 Young Professional of the Year by ACEC/MA. Eric has been a key contributor to the successful rise of Tighe & Bond’s bridge-design and assessment practice. His extensive volunteerism has led him to hold many leadership and committee roles with professional organizations and create charity events to benefit organizations like the Greater Boston Food Bank.
Thursday, November 19, 2020
Robert Cunningham, CIPD, CPE
Syska Hennessy has promoted Robert Cunningham, CIPD, CPE, to associate principal. Mr. Cunningham, who joined Syska in 2018, oversees the Boston office, cultivates new business, and manages client relationships. He also draws on his 25 years of experience in the life science and pharmaceutical industry to advise colleagues on project execution and team engagement.
Thursday, October 29, 2020
Daniel Rukakoski
Vice President and Board Member Daniel Rukakoski has been appointed as the leader of Tighe & Bond’s Environmental Consulting services. Rukakoski has 25 years of experience in environmental consulting, including environmental and energy permitting, wetland delineation, sediment evaluations, regulatory negotiations, site assessment, and environmental construction observation. He regularly leads environmental permitting efforts for municipal, commercial, and public utility projects.
Monday, October 5, 2020
Jim Swanski
Jim Swanski has been promoted to director at 1898 & Co. — a business, technology and security solutions consultancy, part of Burns & McDonnell. In this role, he is responsible for leading a team of professionals delivering technology consulting projects throughout the eastern U.S. With more than 20 years of technology consulting and project management experience, Jim has served in a wide range of roles and supervised more than $100 million in technology delivery.
Monday, April 20, 2020
Jason Cabral
Jason Cabral, regional manager of the Transmission & Distribution (T&D) Group in the Northeast for Burns & McDonnell, has been promoted to vice president. His team of more than 100 project managers, engineers and technical professionals support a wide range of transmission, distribution, substation and network design nationwide. Under his leadership, the regional T&D team has grown by nearly 100%. Jason also serves as the firm’s executive in charge for the rapidly expanding offshore wind market.
Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Larry B. Page, LEP, CHMM, CPESC
Larry B. Page, LEP, CHMM, CPESC, joins Burns & McDonnell in Wallingford, Connecticut, to lead remediation projects across the Northeast. He has more than fifteen years of experience in environmental consulting management, site investigation and remediation, permitting, regulatory compliance, waste management, and air quality evaluations. Larry has served public and private sector clients in New England, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio.
Monday, February 17, 2020
Kent Herzog
Kent Herzog has been promoted to managing director in the Northeast U.S. for 1898 & Co., a business, technology and security solutions consultancy, part of Burns & McDonnell. He leads a team providing business optimization, strategic asset planning, digital transformation, software solution development and security and compliance services. Kent has nearly two decades of advisory, engineering and construction experience developing, directing and consulting on more than $1 billion in projects.
Monday, December 9, 2019
Kevin Knueven
Kevin Knueven joins Burns & McDonnell in Morristown, New Jersey, to lead the firm’s growing commissioning team in the Northeast. An accomplished engineer with more than three decades of experience across a wide variety of markets and projects, Kevin has skillfully delivered building commissioning services including retro-commissioning, continuous commissioning, building analytics and energy auditing for the past 15 years.
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Jacob Blanton
Burns & McDonnell has named Jacob Blanton principal, a prestigious leadership position at Burns & McDonnell. Since joining Burns & McDonnell as a transmission engineer in 2006, Jacob has risen to become regional operations manager in the firm’s Wallingford, Connecticut office for its Transmission & Distribution division. He oversees multiple engineering teams working on network, integration and automation (NIA), overhead and underground transmission, and substation projects.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Steven Carty
Steven Carty joins Burns & McDonnell to lead engineer-procure-construct (EPC) and terminal/pipeline projects across the Northeast. He has more than 20 years of experience supporting a wide range of projects with a focus on liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure. He also has experience in interstate transmission, midstream development, local distribution systems and other downstream applications including propane and compressed natural gas (CNG).
Friday, July 26, 2019
Tony Appleton
Tony Appleton joins Burns & McDonnell to lead the firm’s rapidly expanding offshore wind initiatives and team of professionals. Tony has spent the last 15 years leading organizations and teams in the offshore renewables and interconnection global markets, supporting more than 20 offshore wind farms across the globe. He has more than two decades of conventional thermal power, gas and nuclear generation experience.
Friday, June 7, 2019
Robert Coffman
Robert Coffman recently joined Gaston Electrical as a Senior Project Manager after moving to Boston from the West Coast. In his new role, Robert will oversee the day-to-day operations and progress of large-scale projects including communication with construction partners, material equipment buyouts, schedules, manpower, and safety coordination.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Brian Stack
Graham Waste Services, one of the leading trash and recycling service providers in the Greater Boston area, has hired Brian Stack as Director of Business Development. Stack will be based out of the company’s Cohasset and Brockton offices, and will largely focus on catering to large contractor’s needs for construction and Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) waste disposal.
Stack, a certified LEED Green Associate, has worked in the construction and asbestos abatement industry since 2000.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Christopher Finley
Christopher Finley joins Burns & McDonnell in Morristown, New Jersey, to support clients’ complex environmental and site remediation project needs. Christopher has nearly 30 years of consulting, engineering and project management experience, working with Fortune 500 companies across the U.S. He’s successfully built and managed two environmental, engineering and construction firms, as well as numerous multimillion-dollar environmental projects and portfolios.
Friday, March 29, 2019
Robert Schugmann
Robert Schugmann joins Burns & McDonnell in Morristown, New Jersey, to provide engineering leadership for electrical transmission projects, including the onshore facilities necessary for offshore wind generation. Robert has nearly two decades of engineering, project and construction management experience. Throughout his career, he’s supported more than 50 projects across the Northeast. He specializes in power generation and the design and construction of electric transmission substations.
Friday, March 29, 2019
Louis Ragozzino, PE
Louis Ragozzino, PE, joined Wright-Pierce as Regional Group Leader in the firm’s Providence, RI office. Lou has more than 34 years’ experience in water quality and wastewater engineering for municipal clients. He has managed public and private sector projects in more than 40 states, with project construction values exceeding $100 million. Wright-Pierce is an environmental/civil infrastructure engineering firm with offices throughout New England and Florida.
Friday, March 8, 2019
Mark R. Knight
Mark R. Knight has joined Burns & McDonnell, where he will serve as highly strategic industry adviser for the energy and utility industries. With more than 30 years of experience, Mark brings a deep background as a U.K. and U.S. utility employee and as a consultant for utilities and other clients. Mark’s diverse background, strong technical acumen and in-depth industry knowledge will help him develop holistic, comprehensive strategies for clients during this time of utility transformation.
Monday, March 4, 2019
Farhad Panthaki, PE
TranSystems promotes Farhad Panthaki, PE, of the firm’s Boston, Mass., office to assistant vice president and senior professional. Farhad has over 26 years of bridge engineering experience with load rating, inspection, design and rehabilitation of various types of simple and complex highway, transit and rail bridges. He has served as a project manager, project engineer or structural engineer on projects for a variety of clients nationwide.
Monday, December 17, 2018
Kevin Walsh
Kevin Walsh, a seasoned environmental expert with proven success guiding large-scale transportation projects through the project delivery process, has joined Stantec as a Principal in Transportation. Based in Boston, Walsh holds nearly 30 years of experience with a focus on state- and federal-level environmental compliance for highway projects. Walsh joins Stantec from the USDOT Volpe Center where he served as an Environmental Project Manager overseeing the NEPA process for complex projects.
Wednesday, November 11, 2018
Amanda Ludlow
Stantec’s Transportation practice welcomes a strategic hire to its South Burlington, Vermont office. Amanda Ludlow joins as a principal focused on guiding development of the practice’s local stormwater planning and design group. In this role she will provide technical management for current and future projects, while supporting cross-collaboration between Stantec practice areas. Ludlow has over 20 years' experience in engineered natural systems, low impact development, and ecological services.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Ali Tali, PE
TranSystems Corp., a national transportation consulting firm that provides engineering, architectural, planning and construction solutions, welcomes Ali Tali, PE, as Vice President and Northeast Region Bridge Design Practice Leader. He will work out of the company’s Boston office. Tali has more than 35 years in the design and management of bridge projects in and around Massachusetts. He most recently led the design of the MassDOT Route 1 Viaduct replacement project in Chelsea, MA.
Tuesday, September 4, 2018
Doyle Johnson
Doyle Johnson has joined Stantec as a principal for Science & Technology, within the firm’s Building’s group, to support the growth of the market sector across New England. As a strategic addition to the team, Johnson brings over 30 years of industry experience, with a longstanding specialty in the science and technology sector. Based in Boston, Johnson will focus on leading and implementing the group’s strategic business plan to effectively develop Stantec’s market prominence in the region.
Monday, August 6, 2018
William (Bill) Birney
Construction and power industry veteran William (Bill) Birney has joined Stantec’s Power practice as a Senior Principal and Director of EPC Projects. Based in Scarborough, Maine, Birney will work across the US and Canada to manage project risk, professional standards, and quality assurance of Stantec Power’s growing EPC project portfolio. As an accomplished practitioner with extensive market knowledge, Birney brings 29 years of experience in the power generation and heavy industrial sectors.
Tuesday, July 3, 2018
Dani Letitia, Assoc. AIA, MCPPO
Pinck & Co., Inc. has announced Dani Letitia, Assoc. AIA, MCPPO, has been promoted from assistant project manager to project manager. She focuses on rehabilitation projects in urban communities and has worked on several affordable and senior housing projects. She joined the firm in 2014.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Alicia Toney, CSL, MCPPO
Pinck & Co., Inc. has announced Alicia Toney, CSL, MCPPO, has been promoted from project manager to project director. She oversees projects for the Massachusetts School Building Authority and has managed numerous affordable and senior housing projects as well as community centers and mixed-use commercial facilities. She has been with the firm since 2012.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Tom O’Neil, CSL, LEED AP, MCPPO
Pinck & Co., Inc. has announced Tom O’Neil, CSL, LEED AP, MCPPO, has been promoted from project director to vice president. He has 31 years’ experience as a project manager in both the public and private sectors and has worked on a broad range of projects for academic, government, and housing clients. He joined the firm in 2007.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Andraya Lombardi, CSL, MCPPO
Pinck & Co., Inc. has announced Andraya Lombardi, CSL, MCPPO, has been promoted from project director to vice president. She has 25 years’ experience in engineering and construction management and has led project teams for the firm’s academic and healthcare clients. She joined the firm in 2007.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Paul Giard
Paul Giard has joined Novara GeoSolutions as lead software developer in its Norwell, MA office. He will work with a team to develop and create software solutions utilizing geospatial technology. Paul has extensive experience building reliable and scalable software systems from the database to the user interface. He has provided software and technology solutions for companies that service construction, municipal, corporate, private and public, medical, and financial clients.
Monday, April 16, 2018
Samantha Russ
CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA), a highly diversified, full-service engineering and construction management firm, announces Samantha Russ has joined the firm as an assistant engineer in its Keene, NH office. A former intern, Samantha will be working as part of CHA's highways team.
Samantha earned her bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Roger Williams University in Bristol, RI.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Samuil Valkovski
CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA), a highly diversified, full-service engineering and construction management firm, announces Samuil Valkovski has joined the firm’s highways design group as an assistant project engineer in its Norwell, MA office.
Prior to joining CHA, Samuil served in various civil engineering roles for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for eight years. He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Aaron Gorman
CHA Consulting, Inc. (CHA), a highly diversified, full-service engineering and construction management firm, announces Aaron Gorman has joined the firm as an assistant systems analyst supporting CHA’s electric distribution design services in its Hartford, CT office.
Aaron earned his bachelor’s degree in geographic information systems from Central Connecticut State University in New Britain, CT.
Friday, March 16, 2018
Derek Hug
Stantec continues to strategically expand in Providence, RI with the addition of two seasoned experts to the firm’s New England transportation practice. Derek Hug, PE, PTOE has joined as a senior transportation engineer, supporting comprehensive planning, design, and engineering.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Walter Heller, PE
Stantec continues to strategically expand in Providence, RI with the addition of two seasoned experts to the firm’s New England transportation practice. Walter Heller, PE, a former Massachusetts Department of Transportation official, has joined as a senior associate. In this role, he will manage design and construction programs.
Monday, February 12, 2018
Karri May
Pinck & Co., Inc. has announced Karri May of Suffield, Conn. has joined its Springfield office as senior project manager. May brings to the firm 13 years of design and planning experience with a focus on health care, design for the aging, commercial, and higher education. She also has extensive client management and business development experience and will help grow the firm’s portfolio in Western Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Caitlin Robillard
Pinck & Co., Inc. has announced Caitlin Robillard of Brookline has been hired as project manager to help grow its development consulting program.
Robillard brings to the firm more than 10 years of experience in project and program management, strategic planning, and oversight of multimillion dollar budgets.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Andrew Weesner
Pinck & Co., Inc. has announced Andrew Weesner of South Boston has been hired as senior project manager to help lead its development consulting program. Weesner brings 18 years of analytical development experience in assessing and identifying opportunities for clients’ financial goals and strategy. His expertise includes acquisition feasibility, underwriting, entitlement risk, real estate finance, and construction management.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Lisa Kozol
Pinck & Co. Inc. has announced Lisa Kozol of North Andover has been hired as director of development consulting. Kozol brings to the firm more than 20 years of experience in the private and public sectors, real estate development and management, project and real estate asset management, and securing/using a variety of complex financing sources. In previous roles, she was responsible for project scopes ranging in size from single unit residential dwellings to large commercial projects.
Thursday, December 28, 2017
Muhammad Ammad, PE, LEED AP
TranSystems announces the promotion of Muhammad Ammad, PE, LEED AP, of the firm’s Hartford, Conn., office to assistant vice president and senior professional partner. Ammad is an experienced structural engineer with significant expertise in bridge inspection, bridge load rating analyses, bridge and highway design, and construction inspection of bridges. He has worked on various complex bridges throughout Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
Tuesday, December 15, 2017
Tomas G. Stuopis, PE
TranSystems announces the promotion of Tomas G. Stuopis, PE, of the company’s Boston office to principal and senior vice president. Stuopis has more than 34 years of bridge engineering experience, working in a variety of roles from project manager to quality control engineer. He has specialized expertise with complex bridge structures working on several high-profile bridges in Massachusetts, including Boston's Tobin Memorial Bridge.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Earle Cianchette
Burns & McDonnell has promoted Earle Cianchette to branch office manager in Portland, Maine. Cianchette joined the international construction, engineering, architecture and environmental firm in 2016 as a senior project manager to oversee construction field operations and lead design-build initiatives. Throughout his more than 30-year career in construction management, he’s held a variety of roles including project superintendent, project manager and senior vice president of operations.
Friday, July 28, 2017
Duncan Mellor, PE
The American Lighthouse Foundation (ALF) honored Duncan Mellor, PE with its 2017 Distinguished Lighthouse Community Service Award at its gala in Kennebunkport, ME. on May 7. Every year the organization honors one person who has contributed significantly to the ALF’s mission.
Since 2011, Mellor has donated his engineering and waterfront expertise to upgrade the Whaleback Lighthouse in Kittery, Maine. This project included designing repairs for two granite breakwaters, and a new docking system.
Wednesday, May 24, 2017