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38 Features 2015 CONVENTION WRAP-UP 8 New business opportunities in the spotlight at the ACEC Annual Convention in Washington, D.C. NOW YOU’RE CONNECTING 38 How Member Firms use social media to build an audience and promote their brand. 12 PUTTING MINORITY STUDENTS ON ENGINEERING TRACK 44 Cover Feature Hanson’s “Grow Our Own” initiative is helping minority students in Springfield, Illinois, 2015 ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARDS 12 discover the thrill of an engineering career. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span by T.Y. Lin International and Moffatt & Nichol heads ACEC/PAC HONOR ROLL 50 list of top engineering achievements. ACEC/PAC continues record pace. Departments FROM ACEC TO YOU 2 GUEST COLUMN 58 MEMBERS IN THE NEWS 62 Citizen lobbyists advance industry Value of bringing outside Stamatis to become Louis Berger agenda at Annual Convention. directors to your board. CEO; Koelliker appointed president of Beaudin Ganze; Ambrose named LEGISLATIVE ACTION 4 BUSINESS INSIGHTS 60 president/CEO of Baxter & Woodman. Extending MAP-21—short or long term; Learn how to serve as an expert Council seeks expanded flexibility for witness; capture planning guide MERGERS AND unmanned aircraft operations. for land development firms. ACQUISITIONS 64 How engineering firm divestitures MARKET WATCH 6 can be a win-win. New opportunities for environmental services.

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The articles and editorials appearing in this magazine do not represent an official ACEC position or policy unless specifically identified as doing so. From ACEC to You ENGINEERING INC. THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES AMERICAN COUNCIL OF ENGINEERING COMPANIES Council Legislative Agenda Gets CHAIRMAN Ralph W. Christie, Jr. PRESIDENT & CEO David A. Raymond Boost From Strong “Citizen VICE PRESIDENT, Mary Ann Emely OPERATIONS Lobbyist” Campaign VICE PRESIDENT, Steven Hall GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENT, Marie Ternieden record turnout of 1,400 at ACEC’s Annual Convention in BUSINESS RESOURCES AND EDUCATION Washington, D.C.—including almost 100 first-time attendees and DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS Alan D. Crockett A emerging leaders—bolstered the Council’s legislative and business AND MEDIA efforts. STAFF EDITOR Andrea Keeney More than 500 citizen lobbyists conducted over 300 visits with congres- [email protected] sional offices on critical industry issues, such as reauthorization of MAP-21, 202-682-4347 SENIOR COMMUNICATIONS Gerry Donohue energy policy, and procurement reforms. WRITER The Convention also saw record support for ACEC/PAC, continuing the PAC’s strong 2015 fundraising pace to meet a strategic goal of raising ACEC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND $1 million by the end of the calendar year. An Honor Roll of the 2014 con- EDITORIAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE tributors to ACEC/PAC appears on page 50. CHAIRMAN James Blake The Engineering Excellence Awards Gala celebrated extraordinary Mem- McMURRY/TMG, LLC ber Firm projects, with top honors going to the joint venture of T.Y. Lin MANAGING EDITOR Christopher Brandon and Moffatt & Nichol for the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East ART DIRECTOR Jeff Kibler Span. A showcase of all winners begins on page 12. PROJECT MANAGER Amy Stephenson Fabbri Also featured in this issue is a groundbreaking initiative to encourage minority youth to choose engineering, led by ACEC Member Firm Hanson ADVERTISING SALES Professional Services. (See page 44.) Leo Hoch ACEC All ACEC programs are enjoying high levels of participation, reflecting 1015 15th Street, NW, 8th Floor the great value members find in Council services. Our goal is to continue to Washington, D.C. 20005-2605 meet and exceed your expectations. 202-682-4341 [email protected]

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Extending MAP-21—Short ACEC Seeks Expanded or Long Term Flexibility for Unmanned Aircraft Operations ongress is expected to pass shorter extension without the a short-term extension need to transfer money from the n comments filed with the Federal Aviation Admin- of federal highway and General Fund. A longer exten- istration regarding proposed rules involving C unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), ACEC highlighted transit programs under MAP-21 sion to the end of the fiscal year I in advance of a May 31 deadline, or the end of the calendar year the industry’s eagerness to use UAS in a variety of engi- although the length of the exten- would require another infusion neering, surveying, inspection and related tasks. sion has not yet been settled. to the Trust Fund. ACEC also expressed concern with two proposed In visits with lawmakers during ACEC has made clear that any restrictions. The requirement for line-of-sight operation the recent Annual Convention, extension should be undertaken and the prohibi- ACEC member firm leaders with a view toward enacting a tion against oper- pushed for a long-term solution long-term bill. ating above peo- on transportation funding. The extension should include ple on the ground Council members emphasized “an explicit timeline detailing would severely that the current series of short- when the tax committees and the limit the potential term patches is irresponsible full Congress will act to generate for engineering because continued uncertainty the revenues needed to stabilize and construction- is forcing states to cancel or and grow highway and transit related applica- tions, including

postpone projects. By contrast, investment,” ACEC and other IMAGES PHOTOGRAPHY/GETTY DOXIEONE sustainable long-term investment stakeholders in the Transporta- bridge inspections would foster economic growth tion Construction Coalition and construction-site monitoring. The Council asked by addressing safety, congestion wrote in a letter to congressional for greater flexibility and discretion for UAS operators and repair needs before they leaders. “The simple fact is Con- to assess potential risks to people and property on the worsen. ACEC has identified gress has had nearly 10 months ground. a wide range of solutions for and all the necessary information The Council urged the agency to finalize its regula- addressing the revenue shortfall to finalize a long-term solution tory framework as soon as possible to establish a com- in the Highway Trust Fund. to the Highway Trust Fund and mon set of operational standards that will hasten the The Trust Fund is projected yet we are right back to the same use of new technologies and commercial applications. to be solvent into late July or scenario, with the same rhetoric, Congress has set a September 2015 deadline for the early August. One option under and, potentially, the same ‘solu- FAA to establish UAS rules and standards, but most consideration in Congress is a tion’ as took place last July.” experts expect the final rule to be delayed.

Design-Build Reform Moves Forward ep. Sam Graves tects. The measure seeks to money for both the agency and (R-Mo.) has introduced address concerns over the high firms involved. RH.R. 1666, the Design- cost of design-build competi- The measure also limits the Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of tions. At present, contracting use of single-step design-build 2015. The ACEC-backed bill officers have the authority to small projects. seeks to limit the number of to increase the number of ACEC members actively finalists in a two-phase design- finalists beyond the industry lobbied for the bill during build to five, while also limit- standard of five, which leads to the recent Annual Conven- ing the overall use of one-step a decreased likelihood of win- tion, and were successful in design-build in both military ning the work in civil projects. gaining new co-sponsors for Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) and civilian construction. IMAGES BILL CLARK/GETTY By restoring the short list to H.R.1666. Sen. Rob Portman ACEC has worked with including the Associated five firms, the bill ensures that (R-Ohio) is expected to intro- a coalition of organizations General Contractors and the the competitions focus on the duce companion legislation in in developing the legislation, American Institute of Archi- strongest teams, while saving the Senate.

4 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 ISSUES ON THE MOVE WHAT’S NEXT MAP-21 Reauthorization Action expected on an exten- sion in May Commercial Use of UAS Final regulatory announce- ment due in September Export-Import Bank Action expected in June Reauthorization

ACEC Ups Ante as Deadline Senate Finance Committee Looms on Ex-Im Bank Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)

T.J. KIRKPATRICK/GETTY IMAGES KIRKPATRICK/GETTY T.J. CEC launched a grassroots effort in April in support of the reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), Equal Treatment Urged A whose charter expires June 30, emphasizing the critical on Tax Reform role of the Bank in enhancing the competitiveness of engineer- ing firms competing for international projects. “Ex-Im allows ttendees at the ACEC Annual Convention urged Black & Veatch to compete on a level playing field against over- their lawmakers to ensure that any tax reform legisla- seas competitors which receive extensive support from their own Ation considered by Congress must treat all business export credit agencies,” said Paul Weida, Black & Veatch vice structures equally, including C corporations, S corporations, president, government affairs. partnerships and sole proprietorships. Two competing reauthorization The Council The lobbying objective mirrored the tax reform priorities bills have been introduced in the ACEC recently outlined in a letter to the bipartisan work- Senate. The bipartisan Export- continues to lobby ing group of the Senate Finance Committee. In particular, Import Bank Reform and Reauthori- Congress in favor ACEC advocated preserving the cash method of accounting zation Act of 2015 (S. 819), intro- of reauthorization, for engineering firms. The letter also discussed the oppor- duced by Sens. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) emphasizing tunity to pair tax reform with sustainable financing for the and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), the critical role Highway Trust Fund. will extend Ex-Im’s charter for just the Bank plays Separately, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin over four years and lower its lend- Hatch (R-Utah) and House Ways and Means Committee ing cap from $140 billion to $135 in providing Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) solicited tax reform ideas billion. The bill would also raise competitive from ACEC and other organizations that represent firms of the percentage of the agency’s oper- financing for all business structures. The Chairmen specifically requested ations that must go toward sup- engineering firms suggestions for how to treat pass-through businesses if Con- porting small businesses from 20 to competing for gress and the administration can only reach agreement on 25 percent, and remove restrictions international more limited tax reform. The Council is working through on coal-related energy projects the ACEC Tax & Regulatory Affairs Committee to develop imposed by the Obama administra- projects. a response. tion. A similar bill (S.824) intro- duced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) would renew the Bank for seven years and raise its lending cap to $160 billion. House Ways and The House also has two Ex-Im bills under consideration: the Means Committee Reform Exports and Expand the American Economy Act (H.R. Chairman Paul Ryan 597) introduced by Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) and the (R-Wis.) Promoting U.S. Jobs though Exports Act (H.R. 1031) introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.). Both aim to reauthorize the Bank for seven years. The Fincher bill currently has the endorse- ment of 61 Republicans and one Democrat, while H.R. 1031 has the endorsement of 189 Democrats.

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MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 5 MarketWatch BY GERRY DONOHUE Opportunities for Environmental Services Growing, Changing

eaders of environ- bodes well for the rest of the an environmental services says Covert. “We’re seeing a mental firms forecast engineering industry. Envi- firm to be,” says Stephen lot of activity in urban infill, Lstrong growth in the ronmental services—which Browning, senior vice presi- and a lot of those properties segment over the next few include site investigation, dent of Weston Solutions, have existing structures, so years. remediation, regulatory which does about 75 percent we’re doing demolitions and “With the economy heat- compliance, environmental of its environmental services renovations.” ing up, we’re seeing a lot of design and management, and business with federal, state Ironically, one of the increased activity,” says Mike testing—play an early role and local governments. “But primary drivers behind the Covert, corporate director of in many other engineering with the federal government’s growth in the private-sector environmental services at Ter- segments. efforts to transfer increasing market has been the increase racon Consultants in Olathe, levels of risk onto contrac- in public-sector regulation, Kan. “Our environmental Private tors ... we have increasingly including recently released services business was up 14 Market Leading moved into the commercial rules on air emissions and percent in 2014, and we’re the Way space.” water. expecting to be up 15 percent At the same time that the Additionally, as the econ- “Regulatory compliance this year.” environmental services mar- omy has picked up speed, so is pretty hot,” says Covert. Other firm leaders esti- ket is expanding, the client has the private sector’s demand “We’re seeing a lot of national mate growth ranging from 8 mix is changing dramatically. for environmental services. companies seeking compli- to 12 percent over the next “For a long time, the public “We’ve seen a big jump in ance services on a broader few years. Such optimism sector was a healthy place for commercial development,” basis in order to get ahead of

Prior to construction of the new 60-acre Julius M. Kleiner Memorial Park on a former dairy farm in Meridian, Idaho, the site required complete redevelopment including substantial grading and topographic changes. ASHLEY COOPER/GETTY IMAGES COOPER/GETTY ASHLEY

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the curve.” “We’re seeing energy spectrum, its core competencies. “We bit in our human resources Since 2009, a lot of activity Terracon is doing do asbestos-related work group focused on recruit- New Jersey has in urban infill, a lot of “decom- for large, multisite big box ing,” he says. “We partner mandated that missioning and retailers, performing compre- with universities and spon- clean-up of all and a lot of repowering of hensive asbestos surveys and sor career nights in order to contaminated those properties power plants,” remodels of hundreds of their get our name in front of the sites in the state have existing says Covert, stores at a time.” best and the brightest.” The be supervised by structures, so “although it’s Another big challenge, strategy works. In the past a Licensed Site we’re doing mostly decom- according to Langan’s De- three years, five Langan team Remediation demolitions and missioning.” Rose, is bringing new engi- members have been named Professional, says Another strong neers into the segment. “Not ACEC Young Professionals of Nick DeRose, renovations.” market for Ter- enough students are going the Year. MIKE COVERT managing prin- racon is telecom- into the environmental ser- TERRACON CONSULTANTS cipal of Langan. munications. vices fields, and those that Gerry Donohue is ACEC’s “The private sec- “It’s been very do are looking to get into oil senior communications writer. tor is able to respond much hot, performing due diligence and gas. He can be reached at more quickly, so the work and National Environmental “We’ve invested quite a [email protected]. moves forward at a much Policy Act (NEPA) work for more accelerated pace,” he cell towers,” he says. says. Challenges of Strongest Sectors the Sector Firm leaders say many private Like any fast-growing market, markets within environmental the environmental services services are growing rapidly. sector has become increas- “Our brownfields practice ingly competitive, with a lot is very strong,” says DeRose. of the biggest firms in the “And we have been involved industry making incursions. in supporting litigation “Those companies can for water resource issues in offer a full-spectrum suite California, where the drought of services and economies of conditions have created scale,” says Weston’s Brown- greater sensitivity about water ing. “The challenge for the management.” smaller companies in the The energy field is an espe- space is to differentiate your- cially rich vein for environ- self and at the same time be mental work right now. Even cost competitive.” though the price of oil has Browning says his firm cratered, DeRose says, “We’ve looks for niches where it can been focused on supporting be “nimble and innovative,” UNDERWRITING SOLUTIONS FOR natural gas companies that such as hazardous waste reme- YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR PASSION are developing midstream diation. “We do a lot of work pipelines. These projects take identifying concealed waste, Insurance & Risk Management years to put in place, so the using ground-penetrating for Engineers gas companies are continuing radar and custom robotic www.schinnerer.com/design to invest in anticipation of solutions.” better pricing.” Terracon has adopted a At the other end of the similar strategy, focusing on

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 7 Record 1,400 at ACEC’s Annual Convention Lobby Congress and Sharpen Business Acumen

n its spacious new location at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, the ACEC Annual Convention focused on public/ private partnerships, hot Idevelopment markets, workplace diversity, opportunities in “smart” transportation, and scores of other key business topics.

“I brought colleagues to the were very much impressed!” Convention to expose them “I usually attend both confer- to something special and give ences and always like the pre- them a chance to get a higher senters, especially the political level of continuing education,” speakers,” said Dave Peterson Sen. James Inhofe told ACEC’s said Edgar Williams, president/ of Kleinfelder, adding, “This citizen lobbyists they were CEO, Keck & Wood, Inc., Convention is a great place to “a powerful group.” Duluth, Ga. “My colleagues network with your peers.”

8 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 Gen. (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal

General McChrystal Endorses Nontraditional CNN Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper Leadership addresses a jam-packed Convention audience, Drawing on experiences as calling dysfunction in government “the worst I’ve commander of U.S. and allied ever seen.” On the infrastructure debate, he said, forces in Afghanistan, Gen. (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal “No one in Washington disagrees that this is a big told attendees that the key to problem, but at the same time, no one agrees on improving organizational suc- how to fix it.” cess is to “decentralize” and rec- ommended replacing traditional hierarchies with a “network of teams” in which leaders entrust Gayle Roberts, president/CEO of Stanley Consultants (at the podium), leads a panel on increasing diversity in the workforce. Seated from left team members. are: Rear Adm. Kate Gregory, NAVFAC; Kathy Petronchadk, alliantgroup; “It’s not what you do as a and Liz Sepetjian, AECOM. leader,” he said. “It’s what you allow other people to do” that will result in organizational achievement. He urged industry leaders to empower people within their companies by decentralizing the flow of information and the responsibility to act. “As tradi- tional organizations grow, they become prisoners of their own Sen. Inhofe Says ACEC tion is a long-term reauthoriza- a federal gas tax increase complexity,” he said. “In the “Incredibly Influential” tion bill, the larger the better. was unlikely and pointed drive to be efficient, we lose the In Winning Long-Term We’re shooting for six years.” to alternatives such as ability to be nimble.” Transportation Bill Inhofe urged ACEC citizen repatriation of foreign earn- Senate Environment and Public lobbyists to focus their efforts ings and additional general Economic Growth Works Committee Chairman on legislators who voted fund transfers, but said he Expands Private-Client James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told against MAP-21, saying, “You remains optimistic. “We Market Opportunities attendees that he was “growing can be incredibly influential in need to get it done, and Big projects and fast growth were weary” of short-term transporta- getting a bill done. You are a get it done by the August the focus of the Super Session tion bill extensions. powerful group.” recess, and I think we will panel on the $700 billion pri- “The true conservative posi- He acknowledged that do it.” vate-client construction market.

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 9 BST Global EVP Javier Baldor highlighted five technology mega- trends, including the Enjoying Convention exhibits are, from the left: Marvinetta Hartwig, Hartwig rapid expansion of the and Associates; Roseana Richards, ACEC/Georgia chair-elect; and Sam cloud, the confluence of McCachern, Thomas and Hutton. mobile technology and consumerism, the Internet of Things, the far-reaching effects of Big Data and the wide reach of Google.

Related Companies Vice 110,000 people each day. President Michael Samuelian Marriott International Global reported on the $20 billion Design Officer Ron Harrison Hudson Yards project in New forecast that the global travel York City, which he described market will double in size by as the “largest private real estate 2020, with much of that growth project in American history.” coming from China. When the project is complete, Advocate Health Care Vice it will have more than 17 mil- President Albert Manshum said Lean Public Budgets but our funding resources are lion square feet of office, retail he is concentrating primarily on To Boost P3s significantly less than we need,” and residential space and serve modernizing existing buildings The public-private partnership said Andrew Heller, acting assis- and constructing new outpa- (P3) model will become increas- tant commissioner for the GSA’s tient facilities, adding that his ingly common for both hori- Public Buildings Service. “P3s companycompany hhasas $1$1.5.5 billibillionon iinn zontalzontal andand verticalvertical iinfrastruc-nfrastruc- areare an essentessentialial tooltool forfor us inin thisthis activeactive constrconstruction.uction. ture, accordingaccording to panelists.panelists. leanlean budbudgetget environment.environment.”” “The“The GGeneraleneral SServiceservices U.S. Army Corps ofof EnEngi-gi- AdministrationAdministration ((GSA)GSA) hhasas a neers AlternativeAlternative FinancinFinancingg hugehuge need for infrastructure, ProgramProgram ManagerManager Pauline

The Capitol Steps entertain Convention attendees with their special brand of political satire. ACEC President and CEO David A. Raymond (right) with U.S. Deputy Secretary ACEC/PAC Sets Convention Fundraising Record of Transportation Victor Mendez, who addressed attendees on the need for a robust MAP-21 reauthorization to meet the nation’s growing record $238,000 raised at the Annual Convention for ACEC/PAC helps continue an unwavering pace toward transportation demands. Mendez said the Administration’s proposed six- the $1 million goal. year, $478-billion Grow America Act would increase investment in A In the ACEC/PAC Spring Sweepstakes, Hayden Kaiser, Jor- transportation infrastructure (50 percent); highways (29 percent) and dan, Kaiser & Sessions, Natchez, Miss., won the $10,000 Grand transit (76 percent). “We cannot continue to run our transportation Prize. Van Collins, ACEC/Washington, Bellevue, Wash., and system under extensions,” he said. Mark Harms, SCI Engineering, O’Fallon, Ill., each won $5,000 prizes. Winners of the two $2,500 prizes were Alan Estvold, Ackerman-Estvold, Minot, N.D., and John Trimble, C&S Com- panies, Syracuse, N.Y. Winners of the 10 $1,000 prizes were Craig Bagley, Bowen, Collins & Associates, Draper, Utah; Marvin Burns, Janssen & Spaans Engineering, Indianapolis, Ind.; Charles Ezelle, Thomas & Hutton, Savannah, Ga.; Lawrence Fox, OBEC Consulting Engineers, Eugene, Ore.; Evan Griffith, R&M Consultants, Anchorage, Alaska; Gary Grigsby, Western Research & Devel- opment, Cheyenne, Wyo; Michael Hild, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson, Sparks, Md.; Jennifer Howell, Symmes Maini & McKee Associates, Cambridge, Mass.; Greg Jewell, Jewell Associ- ates Engineers, Spring Green, Wis.; and Daniel Meckes, Craw- ford, Murphy & Tilly, St. Louis, Mo.

Thorndike said the Corps uses exponential growth of smart P3s both to accelerate delivery transportation” will be a boon of new infrastructure and to for engineering firms as they transfer project risk from the participate in all aspects of the federal government to the pri- new foundational infrastructure vate sector. and work with utilities to make Parsons Brinckerhoff Senior the grid more robust. Vice President Sallye Perrin One new area, for example, 2014-2015 ACEC Chairman warned that “lots of P3 agree- will be specialized fueling sta- Dick Wells addresses the Ralph Christie assumed the role ments try to pass risk down to tions with Toyota’s planned Board of Directors. of 2015 —2016 ACEC Chairman. the engineer. You need to be launch of the Mirai—one of the very well-versed in contracts to first zero-emission, hydrogen Leadership Transition protect yourself.” fuel-cell vehicles to be sold com- Merrick & Company Chairman Ralph Christie became ACEC’s mercially. “We plan 3,000 Mirai new chairman, succeeding Dick Wells of Kleinfelder. Five new Engineering Opportunities to be in the U.S. by 2017,” said members joined the Executive Committee: Chair-elect Peter Strub, To Flourish With Growth Robert Wimmer, Toyota’s direc- senior vice president, TranSystems Corp.; Lee Cammack, president/ of Smart Transportation tor of energy and environmental CEO, J-U-B Engineers; Philip Houser, principal, Alfred Benesch & Richard Azer, director, smart research. “But success depends Company; and Gregg Spagnolo, vice president, AECOM. ACEC/ integrated infrastructure, Black on having the necessary infra- Virginia Executive Director Nancy Israel will serve as the NAECE & Veatch, predicted that “the structure component.” representative. Special Thanks to Our 2015 Annual Convention Sponsors CONVENTION GOLD SPONSORS CONVENTION SILVER SPONSORS ACEC/PAC GOLD SPONSOR ARC Document Solutions ACEC Business Insurance Trust Pennoni Associates BST Global ACEC Retirement Trust Chartwell alliantgroup ACEC/PAC SILVER SPONSORS Sopris Systems Bentley Systems alliantgroup Black & Veatch Kleinfelder designDATA Strand Associates ExactSource Ingenium Design Professional unit of XL Group

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 11 2015 GRAND CONCEPTOR The 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards AWARD Gala—known as the “Academy Awards” of the engineering industry—showcased EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2015 AWARD ACEC ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE 170 ACEC Member Firm achievements from the United States and throughout the worl d. A panel of 31 judges from across the nation representing a wide spectrum of built environment

disciplines selected Dennis Jang, senior vice president of T.Y. Lin International, addresses the Gala audience after his firm’s joint venture with Moffatt & 24 projects for top Nichol on the new San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span was named the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement. awards—16 Honor In the background at the far right is U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Victor Mendez, who shared in the celebration. Awards, eight Grand Awards, and the Grand Conceptor Award for the year’s most outstanding engineering achievement. Comedian Rex Havens hosted the black-tie extravaganza, which was attended by 600 members, guests and dignitaries.

12 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge New East Span Oakland, Calif. T.Y. Lin International/Moffatt & Nichol (Joint Venture), San Francisco, Calif.

Pioneering structural design enables the world’s longest, single-tower, self- anchored suspension bridge to withstand even the most powerful earthquakes. The 2.2-mile superstructure includes a world-record 258-foot-wide deck. A 525-foot-tall tower with four steel legs is engineered to move independently during an earthquake, like giant shock absorbers, preventing major damage to the bridge structure. The project also includes a 1.2-mile-long, twin-viaduct Skyway that ascends to the Oakland shoreline, a 4,229-foot-long connection from the Skyway to Interstate 80, and a 1,542-foot-long connection to Yerba Buena Island. The visually striking new bridge has become an iconic landmark and ensures the safety of more than 300,000 vehicles each day. CREDIT TK GRANDAWARDS > Barium/Radium Removal Pre-treatment System Village of Gilberts, Ill. Baxter & Woodman, Inc. Crystal Lake, Ill. A revolutionary treatment process can effectively and economically remove both barium and radium from wastewater. The patent-pending “Harman Barium/Radium Removal Process” is a regeneration waste pre-treatment system that separates barium and radium from the wastewater before it is discharged to the backwash tank and sanitary system. The process pretreats the ion-exchange softener discharge, removing soluble barium and radium from regeneration waste while still in a concentrated form. The new process makes it possible for treatment plants to dispose of smaller quantities of radioactive material at local landfills instead of in costly radioactive EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2015 AWARD ACEC ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE disposal sites. Pilot testing at the Village of Gilberts, Illinois, demonstrates the new process will save the village $250,000 every three to five years in disposal costs of contaminated sludge. > Designing a City for Zero Stormwater Discharge Inver Grove Heights, Minn. Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc. Oakdale, Minn. Imaginative engineering has resulted in an alternative to typical “pipe and pump” stormwater management. To address a strict zero-stormwater- runoff policy in a Twin Cities suburb, the project team developed a Low- Impact Development (LID) system that incorporates more natural elements while providing substantial savings. The LID combined rain gardens, ribbon curbs, curb cuts, porous pavement areas, permeable paver intersections, vegetated swales, and infiltration basins. It reduced the area’s initial capital cost for stormwater infrastructure by $18 million, and helped retain many of the site’s natural characteristics while adding several green streets and open spaces. The innovations have turned the suburb into a national model of how LIDs can provide flood control, water quality protection, drinking water recharge, and zero stormwater discharge.

14 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 World Trade Center 7: Collapse Analysis and Assessment > New York, N.Y. Weidlinger Associates, Inc., New York, N.Y. A groundbreaking forensic study confirmed that the destruction of the World Trade Center 7 building resulted from the collapse of the adjacent North and South Towers, and not from errors in design or construction. The project team’s analysis included nonlinear dynamic thermo- mechanical computational assessments, combined with photos, videos and eyewitness accounts, to analyze and understand the physics behind the WTC 7 collapse. Results established that the most plausible cause was the shower of debris from the North Tower, which destroyed WTC 7’s structural components while also igniting fires that raged throughout the day. This undermined the building’s steelwork, leading to a downward

cascade of floors and the buckling of interior columns. The study’s conclusions validate the relative safety of modern office buildings designed

to current codes and standards. >

Division 9 Irrigation Enhancement Project Manteca, Calif. Stantec, Rancho Cordova, Calif. Innovative irrigation design now provides farmers with individualized, automated irrigation through an easy- to-use web interface. Growing irrigation demands and severe droughts outpaced the production from century-old gravity- based canal and pipeline systems. The project team responded by developing one of the most water-efficient delivery approaches ever used. It includes a 19-mile network of pipelines offering flexible pressurization and delivery rates, a 56-acre-foot water storage basin, and a 1,225-horsepower pumping station. Solar energy powers all aspects of the system’s customer connections. Farmers are able to access online tools for irrigation management, including weather and real-time field moisture levels. The highly efficient system saves over 12,000 acre feet of water per year, and has reduced on-farm water use while increasing crop yields, both by 30 percent.

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 15 GRANDAWARDS > Denver Union Station Transit Center Improvements Denver, Colo. AECOM, Denver, Colo. Striking renovations to a 120-year-old downtown transit station transformed a once-blighted 42-acre rail yard into a new standard for 21st-century multimodal facilities. The project team’s innovative design allows riders to easily transition between bus and rail through a modern eight-train hall, a new light rail station and a 22-bay underground bus concourse. A bustling, two-block pedestrian promenade links the commuter rail hall to the light rail station, while a network of pathways and public plazas provides a seamless conduit into downtown Denver and nearby neighborhoods. The visually striking facility is highlighted by an 875-ton, 500-foot-long web-like canopy made of tensioned fabric identical to Denver International Airport’s iconic main terminal roof. Triggered by this revitalization, more than $1.5 billion in new commercial, retail and residential development is underway in the immediate area. EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2015 AWARD ACEC ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE

Fulton Center New York, N.Y. > Arup, New York, N.Y. The gleaming new transit complex blends six separate subway lines into a contemporary transportation hub that greatly enhances the travel experience at one of the world’s busiest subway stations. The project team developed its own modeling software to address the center’s operational and site challenges. Replacement of switchback ramps and column constraints with wide, column-free linear passageways ensures continuous pedestrian flows. Multiple staircases, elevators and escalators relieve platform congestion. Creative structural support installation helped maintain passenger routes and limited service disruptions during construction. The center’s soaring oculus and spiraled dome, lined with 952 diamond-shaped reflective panels, called the Sky Reflector Net, hang above and draw sunlight into the station two flights below street level. The $1.4 billion project includes the new transit center building and the renovated historical-landmark Corbin Building, and serves more than 300,000 travelers every day.

16 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 Niagara Tunnel Niagara Falls, Ontario > Hatch Mott MacDonald Mississauga, Ontario More than six miles long and 43 feet in diameter, the new Niagara Tunnel is the largest renewable energy project in the world. Providing much-needed power for the city of Niagara Falls, it is located deep beneath the city and is more than one and a half times wider than the English Channel Tunnel. The shaft provides 17,600 cubic feet per second of water from the Canadian Niagara Falls to the generating station. Among the project’s firsts was use of the world’s largest hard-rock boring machine, with cutter heads each weighing about 60 metric tons, and the largest non- reinforced concrete tunnel liner. This water tunnel will produce enough power to supply 160,000 homes, and is an integral part of Ontario’s green-energy plan to close all the province’s coal-fired generating plants.

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 17 ACEC 2015 ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS HONOR 18 regional economic growth. travel times andenhance traffic accidents, improve congestion, reduce and corridor ease traffic vehicles daily, thebridge capacity to carry 55,000 roadway lanemiles. With and approximately 76 6,500 feet of structure Interchange, totaling and theMissouri North and realignment of I-70 a tri-level interchange, included construction of Musial, theproject also Fame sluggerStan Louis Cardinal Hallof Named inhonorof St. Illinois andMissouri. Mississippi River between passageway over the effort to build a modern collaborative multi-state U.S.—stemmed from a stayed bridgeinthe third-largest cable- cable-stayed bridge—the A majestic 1,500-foot Kansas City, Mo. Tilly, Inc. Crawford, Murphy & Services, Inc./ AECOM/exp U.S. HNTB Corporation/ St. Louis, Mo. Bridge &Corridor Mississippi River New I-70

ENGINEERING INC.MAY /JUNE2015 > unimpeded traffic flow. unsightly rail lines from view, reducing train noise andre-establishing development. The project improves theneighborhoodby removing the foundation for aplaza andpublicspace of thatispart anew office concrete platform over therail corridor. The platform willserve as tension pre-cast bridgetechnology to builda2.6-acre, state-of-the-art exposed 16busy commuter rail lines below. The design team used post- development impededby a240-foot-wide, 65-foot-deep openingthat York’s Penn Station. For decades, theneighborhoodwas dividedand constructed over agapingholeabove therail approach to New vibrant Hudson Yards District hasacenterpiece plaza thatwas A 7-million-square-foot development atthegateway of Manhattan’s Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers, New York, N.Y. New York, N.Y. Manhattan W > AWARDS est’s Platform over theW est Side Rail Yard >

One World Trade Center New York, N.Y. Jaros, Baum & Bolles New York, N.Y. The 104-story One World Trade Center in Manhattan—the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere—sets a gleaming new standard for sustainability. Resourceful engineering provides state-of-the-art heating, cooling and energy systems, with innovations including the capture, filter and reuse of rainwater from the building’s main roof areas, plaza and sidewalks. Waste heat is captured and reused for both perimeter heating and domestic hot water. Interior lighting is equipped with dimmers that automatically lower on sunny days, and floor air conditioning units have filters for mitigation of biological and chemical contamination. A recipient of LEED Gold certification, One World Trade Center is one of the most environmentally sustainable buildings of its size in the world. > Milton-Madison Bridge Replacement Milton, Ind. Buckland & Taylor, Ltd. (COWI) Vancouver, British Columbia An antiquated bridge was replaced with a newer, wider version by sliding the replacement structure over the original’s rehabilitated support piers, in what constitutes the longest truss slide in North American history. Built in 1929, the old Milton-Madison Bridge had deteriorated and become functionally obsolete for today’s transportation demands. Nevertheless, it remained a vital transportation link to nearby communities as the only crossing in a 72-mile stretch of the Ohio River. The project team rehabilitated the bridge’s existing support piers while keeping the structure open to traffic, and constructed a new bridge superstructure alongside temporary piers. Using strand jacks and a computerized, displacement-monitoring control system, the new 2,430-foot-long truss was slid 55 feet to its new position.

Southwest University Park El Paso, Texas > Walter P Moore, Austin, Texas Visionary engineering overcame extreme site limitations to build a new 7,500- seat baseball stadium that is a national jewel of innovative urban design. At just under six acres, the downtown El Paso site was constrained by the nearby Bataan Memorial trainway and the Union Pacific Railroad on which freight trains rumble an average of 48 times every day just 160 feet from home plate. The project team designed portions of the ballpark concourse to cantilever over the trainway to create more space. They relocated major electrical and telecommunication lines and water infrastructure, and designed a European- styled pedestrian area called a “living street.” The new Chihuahuas’ ballpark is a prime example of clever engineering that has resuscitated a decaying area while creating a valuable and sustainable community asset.

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 19 HONOR AWARDS > Agua Nueva Water Reclamation Facility Tucson, Ariz. CH2M HILL, Tempe, Ariz. One of the world’s most advanced wastewater treatment facilities prevents nutrient discharges to the Santa Cruz River while resolving a long-standing odor issue for nearby residents. To meet new stringent discharge requirements, the project team designed a compact 32-million-gallon-per-day facility that produces Class A+ reclaimed water and dramatically reduces chemical usage and the resulting odor, in addition to energy consumption and lifecycle costs. The facility’s output is used to irrigate parks, golf courses and other turf facilities, conserving the region’s water resources. The remaining reclaimed water is released into the Santa Cruz River. The facility’s small footprint, innovative treatment process, and flexible design save ratepayers more than $2 million a year in operation costs, and will meet the needs of the region’s growing population to 2030.

West Side Diversion Tunnel > Davenport, Iowa Stanley Consultants, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa Leading-edge engineering has made flooded basements after heavy rainfall a thing of the past for EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2015 AWARD ACEC ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Davenport, Iowa residents. A new 3.1-mile-long sanitary sewer line serves the dual functions of relieving stress on the aging sewer system and opening up nearly 10,000 acres for future development. The project team used a tunnel boring machine for up to 140-foot-deep construction of 60-inch gravity sewer. This project also includes innovative flow velocity controls to route wastewater in circles to avoid the release of odorous and corrosive hydrogen sulfide. The project helps protect Mississippi River water quality while creating new opportunities for regional industrial and commercial development. > Port of Miami Tunnel Miami, Fla. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. Morristown, N.J. Florida’s first-ever bored transportation tunnel provides quick and efficient access to the Port of Miami, while eliminating major cargo vehicle and bus congestion on downtown streets. For decades, access to the Port was only possible through narrow streets, causing traffic congestion and limiting the Port’s ability to move people and goods efficiently. The project team designed two new 4,200-linear- foot concrete-lined vehicle tunnels constructed with a 42-foot diameter tunnel boring machine capable of operating in South Florida’s challenging geologic conditions. The project also included reconstruction of the surrounding Port roadway system and widening of the MacArthur Bridge. Innovative fire and life safety features were added, such as massive flood gates for hurricane protection. The extensive subsurface investigation and innovative design solutions greatly advanced the knowledge of tunnel boring in highly variable and permeable geologic locations such as South Florida.

20 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 > Washington Route 530 Emergency Roadway Reconstruction Oso, Wash. Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc./ GeoEngineers, Inc./Site Development Associates, Bellevue, Wash. Unique geotechnical engineering reopened an important travel corridor that had been closed for months after the deadliest landslide in U.S. history. The March 2014 tragedy killed 43 people, obliterated dozens of homes and spread 10 million cubic yards of mud, trees and debris over a half-mile area in the Stillaguamish River Valley. It also demolished a one-mile section of Washington Route 530, leaving a string of rural Cascade Mountain Range communities isolated and economically paralyzed for four months. The project team incorporated geotechnical innovations including slope stabilization that allowed portions of the new road to be constructed over the soft, unstable landslide deposits. The road was Sava Bridge and Approach Roads completed with unprecedented speed, opening just Belgrade, Serbia > 13 weeks after construction began and exactly six Louis Berger, Las Vegas, Nev. months from the day of the devastating landslide. Belgrade’s first new bridge in 40 years is a vital transportation link for a growing city, and a potent symbol of renewal after the 1990s armed conflict in the Serbian capital. The asymmetrical single-pylon cable-stayed bridge features 40 pairs of steel stay cables that creatively run inside the lanes of vehicular traffic to meet city leaders’ desire to preserve scenic views of the city and the Sava River. The advanced design also features a 1,200-foot main span of lightweight structural steel, while a shorter back span is made of concrete to balance the load and maintain adequate tension. Visible from all parts of the city, the 650-foot-tall pylon is the largest structure in Belgrade. The 150-foot-wide bridge carries six lanes of traffic and features pedestrian and bike paths and represents one of the largest bridge projects in Europe and one of Serbia’s first megaprojects since the 1990s.

Superstorm Sandy Repair & Rehabilitation–Montague Tunnel > New York, N.Y. Parsons Brinckerhoff/Parsons Transportation Group New York, N.Y. Innovative engineering helped restore a ruined transit tunnel that had been devastated by 20 feet of flood water from Superstorm Sandy. The October 2012 storm left the nearly century-old Montague Tunnel filled almost to the ceiling with 27 million gallons of salt water. Virtually everything—tracks and switches, signals and controls, power and communications systems—was destroyed. The project team had to demolish and reconstruct 30,000 feet of concrete duct banks and 90 manholes containing over 78,000 feet of cables. More than 11,000 feet of track and associated equipment were replaced because of severe corrosion damage. Installation of three new pumps with capacity of more than 1,900 gallons per minute, along with 8,000 feet of dry discharge lines, adds protection against future flooding. Service was restored to a far more weather-resilient station in September 2014.

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Provo Temple Underpinning > Provo, Utah GEI Consultants, Inc., Woburn, Mass. Innovation allows the rebirth of a century-old historic landmark after it was damaged by a massive fire. Nearly beyond salvageable in 2010, the 1890s- era Provo Tabernacle is now being completely renovated. The project team employed a daring combination of underpinning and bracing to lift and hold the brick shell structure off its existing foundation for months while enabling construction of a new foundation 35 feet below street level. Excavation was completed in about six weeks, and the concrete foundation mat was completed six weeks later. This was followed by construction of the new foundation walls, which had to be built around needle beams and micropile cross-bracing. The year-long project attracted public attention and showcased engineering technical prowess.

Santa Teresa Terminal > Santa Teresa, N.M. Wilson & Company, Inc. Salina, Kan.

EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2015 AWARD ACEC ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Three separately located rail operations have been consolidated into a massive, centralized and highly efficient terminal facility. Nearly 12 miles long and encompassing 2,200 desert acres in remote New Mexico, the project includes two fueling platforms two miles apart, which facilitate bidirectional train fueling, servicing and inspection, in addition to more than 50 miles of new track and 23 operational support buildings. Construction of 15 miles of new access roads, along with 2.5 miles of electrical, water and sanitary sewer lines, was also required. At full capacity, the new terminal can process 120 trains with up to four locomotives each day. With its size and

complexity, the facility is an extraordinary example of

mechanical and electrical engineering coordination. >

Asymmetric Warfare Training Center Fort A.P. Hill, Va. Mason & Hanger (Div. of Day & Zimmerman), Lexington, Ky. Groundbreaking engineering design has produced the first-of-its-kind military research facility to prepare U.S. forces to meet rapidly evolving threats. In order to accurately simulate the battlefields of today, the Asymmetric Warfare Group, which researches countermeasures against current and emerging dangers, needed a real-world urban “battle laboratory.” The project team had to develop a fully functional small city with corresponding infrastructure that integrated military testing options and venues. The 490-acre center consists of 41 government and residential buildings, an extensive network of roadways, train tracks and an underground subway station with functional subway trains. It also includes a state-of-the-art facility for testing weapons, ammunition and explosives. Techniques and procedures developed at the new “battle laboratory” will help prevent injuries and loss of life to U.S. and allied forces, as well as civilians.

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Spring Skate Park and Dylan Park Houston, Texas Klotz Associates, Inc., Houston, Texas A unique 10-acre inner-city recreation area featuring North America’s largest skate park and an imaginative playground for special-needs children also includes groundbreaking stormwater management. Design elements for the skate park feature a 20-foot-diameter full pipe in a Texas-shaped bowl, backyard-style pools, a sloping snake run and areas for simulated street skating. The special-needs park includes ADA- compliant ramps, tables and playground equipment that expand play options for wheelchair-bound, sight- impaired and autistic children. Engineers also linked nine detention ponds to form a drainage system that carries stormwater off site. Green space is found throughout. The creative design balances championship skateboarding with special-needs accessibility and aesthetics to deliver an attraction that has stimulated inquiries throughout the world.

San Ysidro U.S. Land Port of Entry Modernization > San Ysidro, Calif. Magnusson Klemencic Associates, Inc., Seattle, Wash. The world’s busiest land port is now a model “Port of the Future” that has achieved new standards in efficiency, security, aesthetics and sustainability. The 39-acre facility, which processes 50,000 vehicles and 25,000 pedestrians daily, now also features heightened levels of efficiency, visibility and security. This was achieved by the replacement of 70 support columns with four high-performance pylons, the construction of a 30,000-square-foot primary inspection canopy, a 62,000-square-foot secondary inspection canopy, and 26 vehicle processing lanes with two tandem officer booths per lane. Wait times for border crossings have dropped from over four hours to less than 20 minutes. It is the first government-owned 24-hour/365-day facility to achieve LEED Platinum, NetZero Energy and NetZero Water certifications.

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ACEC/ALABAMA Heath & Lineback Engineers Inc. I-85/Georgia Route-400 Ramps/ Krebs Engineering, Inc. W. Warner Williams Water N. Fork Creekside Trail Resources Complex Keck & Wood, Inc. North Broad Street Redevelopment Sain Associates, Inc. Martin Army Community Hospital ACEC/HAWAII ACEC/ALASKA Wilson Okamoto Corporation Honoapi‘ilani Highway Hanson Alaska (a subsidiary of Alaska’s Tanana River Bridge Realignment, Keawe St. Extension Hanson Professional Services Inc.) to Lahainaluna Rd.

ACEC/ARIZONA ACEC/IDAHO ARCADIS Advanced Oxidation Process Water Parametrix, Inc. Idaho Highway 16 Extension Treatment Facility CH2M HILL Agua Nueva Water Reclamation ACEC/ILLINOIS Facility AECOM/Parsons Brinckerhoff Rehabilitation of Wells Street HDR Engineering Sun Link Tucson Modern Streetcar Bascule Bridge Baxter & Woodman, Inc. Barium/Radium Removal ACEC/CALIFORNIA Pre-treatment System AECOM San Francisco International Airport Civiltech Engineering, Inc. Algonquin Western Bypass Runway Safety Area Program Collins Engineers, Inc./TranSystems I-90/94 at Ohio Street Replacement ARCADIS Whole House Replacement Water & Rehabilitation Program Crawford, Murphy & Tilly, Inc. Morgan Street Bridge Community EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS AWARD ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Degenkolb Engineers/Plant Univ. of California/Berkeley Art Revitalization Construction Company Museum and Pacific Film Archive Hanson Professional Services Inc. Camp Lincoln Headquarters HNTB Corporation San Bruno Grade Separation Project Geothermal System Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Waste Food-to-Energy Program Huff & Huff, Inc./GRAEF Illinois Route 47 Interchange at I-90 P2S Engineering, Inc. Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union Parsons New Hastings Bridge over Stantec Division 9 Irrigation Enhancement Mississippi River ACEC 2015 Project Primera Engineers, LTD El Centro T.Y. Lin International/ San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Strand Associates, Inc. Innovative UV Treatment Saves Moffatt & Nichol (Joint Venture) New East Span Romeoville Well No. 3 T.Y. Lin International, Inc./ I-294/I-57 Interchange Project ACEC/COLORADO Knight E/A, Inc. Phase One AECOM Denver Union Station Transit Thouvenot, Wade & Moerchen, Inc. Belleville Water Reclamation Center Improvements Facility Hatch Mott MacDonald Sterling Water Treatment System TranSystems Corporation/Jane I-90 Rebuilding and Widening, MKK Consulting Engineers Commuter Rail Maintenance Addams Memorial Tollway Western Segment Facility (I-90) West Team Wilson & Company, Inc. Pecos Street over I-70 Bridge Replacement ACEC/INDIANA American Structurepoint, Inc. U.S.-31 Kokomo Corridor ACEC/CONNECTICUT ARCADIS Belmont Advanced Wastewater AI Engineers, Inc. Connecticut Bus Rapid Transit Treatment Plant Upgrades Guideway HNTB Corporation Big Four Pedestrian Bridge

ACEC/DELAWARE ACEC/IOWA AECOM Emergency Repairs to Dual Bridges Stanley Consultants, Inc. Wastewater Treatment Plant over Christina River Expansion Landmark Engineering, Inc. Form + Function Yields Elegant Stanley Consultants, Inc. West Side Diversion Tunnel Pond Retrofit ACEC/KANSAS ACEC/FLORIDA Burns & McDonnell Mobile Source Air Toxics Finley Engineering Group, Inc./The I-35 Brazos River Bridge Burns & McDonnell Wichita Equus Beds Aquifer Storage Lane Construction Corporation and Recovery Project Atkins/Parsons Brinckerhoff I-4/Selmon Expressway Connector Burns & McDonnell Westar Energy Constructed Wetland Treatment System Finley Engineering Group, Inc./ U.S.-281 Bridge over Colorado HNTB Corporation Amelia Earhart Memorial Bridge Archer Western Contractors River over Missouri River HNTB Corporation/The Corradino I-595 Corridor Improvements HNTB Corporation Kansas Route-18 Improvements Group/AECOM/RS&H (Ogden to Manhattan) Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. Port of Miami Tunnel Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Miami-Dade County Advanced ACEC/KENTUCKY Traffic Management System Biagi, Chance, Cummins, U of K Campus Security RS&H Mathews Bridge Emergency Repairs London, Titzer, Inc. Centralization Project RS&H Veterans Memorial Bridge HMB Professional Engineers, Inc. Kentucky Route-22 over the Wantman Group, Inc. Big John Monahan Bridge Licking River Replacement Mason & Hanger (a Div. of Asymmetric Warfare Training Day & Zimmerman) Complex ACEC/GEORGIA Hatch Mott MacDonald Riverwalk – 14th Street Bridge & ACEC/MARYLAND Plaza Rummel, Klepper & Kahl/URS Intercounty Connector Corporation/Parsons Brinckerhoff

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A. Morton Thomas and Green Infrastructure - Greening DC Greenman-Pedersen, Inc. Route 46 over Musconetcong River Associates, Inc. Streets Hardesty & Hanover New Jersey Route 1&9T over St. Sabra, Wang & Associates, Inc. Baltimore Citywide Signal Retiming Paul’s Viaduct Straughan Environmental Inc. Methodology for Pavement Hatch Mott MacDonald Keswick Water Pollution Control Application Using Foam Plant Outfall Stabilized Base Hatch Mott MacDonald Niagara Tunnel Hatch Mott MacDonald Port Mann/Highway 1 ACEC/MASSACHUSETTS Improvement Project - Onshore AKF Group Education First North American Works Headquarters Hatch Mott MacDonald Reconstruction of N.J. Route-10 Fay, Spofford & Thorndike Runway 33L Improvements Bridge over Passaic River GEI Consultants, Inc. Provo Temple Underpinning Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Delair Bridge Span Replacement Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. Be Like Brit Orphanage Louis Berger World Trade Center Redevelopment Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. Suspended Concrete Ceiling Program Demolition Above Mass. Turnpike Michael Baker Jr., Inc. Inundation Mapping of N.J. Turnpike and Garden State ACEC/METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON Parkway AECOM Virginia Route 50/10th Street and Michael Baker Jr., Inc. U.S. Route 1 Adaptive Traffic Signal Courthouse Road Interchanges System Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. moveDC: Multimodal Parsons Brinckerhoff Bear Tavern Road & Jacobs Creek Transportation Plan Road Bridges Louis Berger Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool Parsons Brinckerhoff New Jersey Turnpike Widening Reconstruction Urban Engineers, Inc./AECOM, Walt Whitman Bridge Deck Louis Berger/Hill International Washington Monument Earthquake Inc./URS Corporation Replacement Repair Robert Silman Associates Gallaudet University Living ACEC/NEW MEXICO Learning Residence Hall HDR Engineering City of Aztec Pedestrian Bridge Robert Silman Associates St. Elizabeths East Gateway Pavilion Wilson & Company, Inc. Union Pacific Santa Teresa Terminal Stantec I-595/University Dr. Interchange Reconstruction ACEC/NEW YORK STV Incorporated Crystal City/Potomac Yard ARUP Fulton Center Transitway ARUP Fulton Center Sky Reflector-Net C & S Companies Sunoco Slurry Process System ACEC/MICHIGAN Upgrades Fishbeck, Thompson, West Circle Drive - Phase 3 Concessi Engineering N.Y. Times Building M/E/P Carr & Huber, Inc. Systems Upgrade Parsons I-96/Michigan Route-50 Slide In Erdman Anthony Forest Home Drive Bridge Bridge Replacement Rehabilitation

ACEC/MINNESOTA Viktoria, Seattle, Washington, designed by Cary Kopczynski & Company, Inc., Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc. Designing a City for Zero Stormwater Discharge Bellevue, Washington, is a 2015 EEA National Recognition Award winner. Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. I-494/34th Ave. Diverging Diamond Interchange LHB Greenhouse Gas Regional Indicators Initiative

ACEC/MISSOURI HNTB Corporation/AECOM/ New I-70 Mississippi River Bridge exp U.S. Services, Inc./Crawford, & Corridor Murphy & Tilly, Inc. Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. Sanitary & Combined Sewer Overflow Control Program Parsons Hurricane Deck Bridge Replacement

ACEC/MONTANA HDR Engineering/Morrison Bozeman Hyalite/Sourdough Water Maierle, Inc. Treatment Plant Pioneer Technical Services, Inc. McLaren Tailings Abandoned Mine Site Reclamation

ACEC/NEBRASKA HDR Engineering U.S. 34 Missouri River Bridge

ACEC/NEVADA Louis Berger Sava Bridge and Approach Roads

ACEC/NEW JERSEY Dewberry N.J. Turnpike Widenening Program, Interchange 8, Section 6

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Greeley and Hansen/Hazen and Whale Creek Sludge Dock & Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson Penn’s Landing Redevelopment Sawyer/ARCADIS Vessels Projects Study HNTB Corporation I-84 over Dingle Ridge Road - Urban Engineers, Inc./WRT Paseo Verde Rapid Bridge Replacement URS Corporation Schuylkill Banks Boardwalk - Jaros, Baum & Bolles One World Trade Center Locust Street to South Street Joseph R. Loring & Associates, Inc. Latvian National Library Langan Engineering & New York Police Academy ACEC/SOUTH CAROLINA Environmental Services, Inc. Civil Engineering Consulting Interstate 20 Widening Traffic Mueser Rutledge Consulting Manhattan West’s Platform over the Service, Inc. Control Engineers West Side Rail Yard Thomas & Hutton Colleton Solar Farm Naik Consulting Group, P.C. Fulton Center Sky-Reflector Cable Net ACEC/SOUTH DAKOTA Parsons Brinckerhoff/Parsons Superstorm Sandy Repair & Banner Associates, Inc. Bel Brands USA Wastewater Transportation Group Rehabilitation - Montague Tunnel Pretreatment Facility Robert Silman Associates Theatre for a New Audience HDR Engineering Russell Street Reconstruction Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. Cornell University Bill & Melinda Gates Hall ACEC/TENNESSEE Thornton Tomasetti, Inc. Innovation, Science and Technology LDA Engineering Founders Park Building Ross Bryan Associates Music City Center Weidlinger Associates, Inc. World Trade Center 7: Collapse Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. Wolf River Boulevard Connector Analysis and Assessment ACEC/TEXAS ACEC/NORTH CAROLINA Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc. Houston’s West Side Corridor: McKim & Creed Sea Bright to Manasquan (N.J.) Grand Parkway Segment E Profile Survey Burns & McDonnell EnwaveUSA Biomedical Steam Mulkey Engineers & Consultants UNC Marsico Hall Plant Parsons Brinckerhoff The American Tobacco Trail CDM Smith Sugar Land Surface Water Pedestrian Bridge EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNERS 2015 AWARD ACEC ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE Treatment Plant Withers & Ravenel, Inc. Swine Farm Biogas Renewable CH2M HILL Wilson Creek Regional Wastewater Energy Project Treatment Plant Upgrades Freese and Nichols, Inc. Texoma-to-Wylie (Texas) WTP ACEC/OHIO Pipeline Extension HNTB Corporation I-90 George V. Voinovich Innerbelt Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. Advanced Traffic Management Bridge System HNTB Corporation Opportunity Corridor Reader- Klotz Associates, Inc. Spring Skate Park and Dylan Park Friendly EIS Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, DART Orange Line ms consultants, inc. John R. Doutt Upground Reservoir Inc. (a div. of Leo A. Daly) Stantec 5th Avenue Dam Removal & Surveying And Mapping Occupied Rail Yard Survey for Olentangy River Restoration Union Pacific Unintech Consulting Engineers, Inc. Alamo Stadium ACEC/OKLAHOMA Walter P Moore Southwest University Park Burns & McDonnell Seminole to Muskogee 345-kV Transmission Line ACEC/VIRGINIA Cabbiness Engineering Ponca City - Sanitary Sewer Brierley Associates Twin Vehicular Box Tunnels Rehabilitation Hankins & Anderson Achieving LEED Platinum at the Innovation Center ACEC/OREGON Modjeski and Masters, Inc./ Gilmerton Bridge Replacement Interface Engineering, Inc. Collaborative Life Sciences Bldg. & Gannett Fleming, Inc. Project Skourtes Tower STV Incorporated The Moss Arts Center OBEC Consulting Engineers Interstate 5: Willamette River Bridge Project ACEC/WASHINGTON Buckland & Taylor, Ltd. (COWI) Milton Madison Bridge ACEC/PENNSYLVANIA Replacement Gannett Fleming, Inc. I-81 River Relief Route Emergency Cary Kopczynski & Company, Viktoria Design Work Inc., P.S. Hart Crowser, Inc. King Street Station Restoration HNTB Corporation South Park Bascule Bridge Replacement Jacobs Engineering Group Inc./ Washington Route 530 Emergency GeoEngineers, Inc./Site Roadway Reconstruction Development Associates Magnusson Klemencic San Ysidro U.S. Land Port of Entry Associates, Inc. Modernization

ACEC/WISCONSIN AECOM Innovative Remediation & Brownfield Redevelopment CDM Smith 30th Street Industrial Greenway Corridor Solution 2015 EEA National Recognition Award winner Rehabilitation of Wells TRC Companies, Inc. Beneficial Use of Waupaca Foundry By-Products Street Bascule Bridge, Chicago, Ill., designed by AECOM/Parsons Brinckerhoff, Chicago, Ill.

26 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 ACEC thanks the 2015 Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA) judges and EEA Committee members for their time and dedication to this year’s competition. 2015 EEA JUDGES 2015 EEA COMMITTEE Paul Kovacs Mike Gardner Cecil Scheib Patricia Mosher Stuart D. Monical Chief Judge Bowling Green Municipal Urban Green Council Chair MKK Consulting Engineers Illinois Tollway Utilities New York, N.Y. HNTB Corporation Greenwood Village, Colo. Downers Grove, Ill. Bowling Green, Ky. Kansas City, Mo. Robert Schubert James Aaron Smith, Jr. Fiona M. Allen Gary Hagan Boston Properties, Inc. Judy L. Hricak ACEC/North Carolina Trinity River Authority Consolidated Nuclear New York, N.Y. Vice Chair Raleigh, N.C. of Texas Security, Inc. Gannett Fleming Arlington, Texas Knoxville, Tenn. James Starace Camp Hill, Pa. Daisy P. Nappier The Port Authority of New ACEC Colonel Jeff Anderson Dennis Heckman York & New Jersey Jon M. Beekman Washington, D.C. U.S. Army Corps of Missouri Department of New York, N.Y. Wright-Pierce Engineers—District Transportation Fayette, Maine Engineering Memphis Jefferson City, Mo. Robert Stubbe Memphis, Tenn. City of Omaha Herbert Berg Moujalli C. Hourani Omaha, Neb. M & H Design Associates Michelle Blaise Manhattan College Chicago, Ill. ComEd Riverdale, N.Y. Stephen K. Swinson Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. Thermal Energy Corporation W. Harold Cannon John H. James, Jr. Houston, Texas Cannon & Cannon Brian D. Buchanan Missile Defense Agency Knoxville, Tenn. VIA Metropolitan Transit Fort Belvoir, Va. Brian Tarbuck San Antonio, Texas Greater Augusta Utility Andrew J. Ciancia Dale A. Jans District Langan Engineering & Christi Branscom Jans Corporation Augusta, Maine Environmental Services City of Knoxville Sioux Falls, S.D. New York, N.Y. Knoxville, Tenn. Dennis Truax Joan McDonald Mississippi State University Jeffrey Druckman Lawrence Chiarelli New York State Department Mississippi State, Miss. AMEC Environment & New York University of Transportation Infrastructure Polytechnic School of Albany, N.Y. Mark Vannoy Chicago, Ill. Engineering Maine Public Utilities Brooklyn, N.Y. John McDonald Commission Nancy A. Gruwell PECO Hallowell, Maine HDR Stephen R. DeLoach Philadelphia, Pa. Omaha, Neb. Headquarters U.S. Army Paul N. Wageman Corps of Engineers Mike Owen Winstead PC Dennis M. Kamber Washington, D.C. Nebraska Department of Dallas, Texas ARCADIS Roads Columbia, Md. Michael W. Franke Lincoln, Neb. R. Bruce Williamson AMTRAK University of Tennessee Jackie McCullough Chicago, Ill. Tom Powers (Retired) Institute for Nuclear ACEC/Nebraska Boston Harbor Island Alliance Security Lincoln, Neb. Michael Freiman Newton, Mass. Knoxville, Tenn. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Tom Powers Jackson, Miss. City of Chicago Chicago, Ill. 2015 EEA GALA SPONSORS ACEC wishes to thank the following companies for their generous sponsorship and support of the 2015 EEA Gala:

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n 2014, Kansas City-based firm Burns & McDonnell began sharing pictures on its Facebook page from its long, rich history. Historic photographs of the Old New England Building that served as its original headquarters. Archive pictures of Iemployees using CAD software on early computers. Black and white images of its

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MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 39 They were all part of a still using those channels they were asked to rate the effectiveness of popular trend on social but have added other chan- several social media platforms. media called Throwback nels, including Instagram.” “LinkedIn is a valuable resource for Thursday, or #tbt as it’s There are several reasons finding potential partners, clients and known online. The images why it makes sense for firms employees by building a network of useful presented a stark contrast to to be social. One is to use contacts,” Montgomery says. She recom- today’s vibrant, high-tech social media as the nexus mends that firms, in addition to creating engineering firms, though of communications with a company page on LinkedIn, join and one commenter did remark, targeted audiences, whether participate in LinkedIn Groups, which “I see the ties haven’t “We make it’s customers, business part- are industry-specific areas of LinkedIn. changed much.” a conscious ners, advisors or prospective Montgomery says groups offer “great The posts “serve as a employees. opportunities to demonstrate your exper- reminder of our tradition of decision to “Social media is the tise, connect with other members, and innovation and how we’ve share a mix of online version of network- share your firm’s content to drive relevant contributed to that innova- content focused ing,” says Sylvia Montgom- people to your firm’s website.” tion since our founding in on interesting ery, senior partner at Hinge, Twitter can function as an industry- 1898,” says Amber Carucci, a firm that provides brand- specific micro-blog community, and is the social media manager engineering ing and marketing services a good resource to share blog posts and at Burns & McDonnell. and industry for professional services company updates. On Twitter, firms can “As a result, we’ve seen our breakthroughs, companies. tweet links to news releases, job fairs and engagement levels spike innovations, “Engineering firms can various content such as white papers. on Thursday, especially think of social media as a Engineering firms can also use Twitter to among our employees and job interview tool for taking traditional collaborate with industry thought leaders other community-based tips as well as networking to the online and build business relationships within organizations.” advancements realm,” Montgomery says. the industry. Participating in Facebook in science, “Traditional YouTube has become the campaigns like Throwback networking main online resource for Thursday is just one of technology, through trade sharing multimedia content, many ways engineering engineering, shows, con- such as videos and narrated businesses can tap into the math [STEM] ferences and slide presentations, and is growing phenomenon that educational other events a highly used search tool. is social media. Encompass- is still impor- Engineering firms can share ing a digital blur of posts, programs.” tant. But the video content about its ser- tweets, likes, videos and AMBER CARUCCI rise of social vices to a large audience. other content that’s shared BURNS & McDONNELL media has Videos and images can worldwide, social media has created a new also be “pinned” to another gone way beyond being simply a forum way to connect with other “Social media social media site, Pinterest, for people to make contact with others. professionals and influential is an important to provide an opportunity figures in the engineering platform for to drive more traffic back to Why Be Social? industry.” the firm’s profile. Pinterest is For companies, including engineering and generating a visually oriented commu- design firms, social media offers not just Beyond Facebook thought nity based almost entirely a way to promote products, services or The Internet offers a num- leadership and on posting images. Many membership. It has become embedded in ber of choices when it brand awareness, engineers use Pinterest to virtually every corner of commerce, com- comes to social networks. illustrate completed projects munication and business throughout the Each of these can deliver for educating as well as find inspiration world and presents limitless opportunities benefits for firms, whether the public about from others. to enhance the business. For many, it has it’s for communications, projects and become the cornerstone of image building branding, client engage- soliciting their Strategy First and branding. ment, customer service or Any firm that’s serious about “We use social media for outreach to other areas. feedback, and making social media work clients, employees, media and the general LinkedIn has become one for familiarizing needs to first create a social public,” says Jacqueline Fox, a senior pub- of the top networking plat- people with media strategy, Montgomery lic relations manager at HDR Corporation. forms for professional ser- your company’s says. This should include “We began in 2010 with Twitter, Facebook vices firms. Hinge’s research determining the purpose of and a design blog called BLiNK. Topics study on online marketing culture.” the social media program, range from sustainability issues to gender showed that the site ranked JACQUELINE FOX specifying and researching leadership issues and much more. 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Bob Violino is a business and technology writer based in Massapequa Park, N.Y.

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PUTTING YOUNG MINORITY ACHIEVERS ENGINEERING By George LorenzoTRACK ergio “Satch” Pecori began his career at Hanson Professional Services when he was a high school student employed as a gofer at the firm’s headquarters in his hometown of Springfield, Illinois. At the time, “I had no idea what an engineer was,” he says. Today, more than 40 years later, Pecori is president of Hanson, and he’s making a point of helping other young people discover engineering. His firm, which employs Sabout 400 people in offices nationwide, coordinates a program called “Grow Our Own” that introduces young minority students to education and career opportunities in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) arena. >>

44 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 Grow Our Own participants attend the Engineering Open House at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 45 implement new and excit- ing technologies as well as draw upon cutting-edge developments from other engineering fields that are vital to the constantly changing demands of today’s rail transportation. “We would like to see this expand with more people getting involved from more communities,” says Tyler Dick, RailTEC’s director of education. “I think it would be great for building awareness in these different science, technol- ogy and engineering careers and activities within the state of Illinois and across the country. We are excited to grow this partnership.”

Reaching Out To help achieve the goals of the program, Grow Our From left: Hanson summer interns Harrison Own operates a website Williams, Alexander Diop and Nicholas Moore. to inform and interact with the public. It also hosts annual workshops Grow Our Own is the result of an ing program. RailTEC in Springfield, where local agreement between Hanson, the City of Executive Director Chris- stakeholders have the Springfield and Sangamon County, Illi- topher Barkan says, “The opportunity to nominate nois. Each committed $20,000 annually average person does not students for the program. for an initial two-year plan with the pos- always appreciate the role School principals, guid- sibility of renewal upon completion. of engineering in their ance counselors, teachers Since officially launching in December lives. These neighbor- and representatives from 2013, Grow Our Own has been a huge hoods in Springfield are minority organizations refer success. Through a variety of outreach suddenly confronted high-aptitude minority and education programs, the initiative has with a big construction students enrolled in STEM exposed more than 50 promising young project. Engineering is a “We were courses who could benefit students (with more on the horizon) to tremendous career oppor- looking at how from involvement in the engineering education and careers. tunity, and few students we could engage program. understand that these these younger Participants in the work- Generation Next are careers that would shops identify a wide range “We got involved because we thought allow them to work on people with the of factors crucial to the pro- it was the right thing to do,” Pecori designing, planning and possibility of gram’s success. says. “We were looking at how we could constructing projects such hiring them in They discuss ways to engage these younger people with the as this—literally in their the future. We involve parents so that stu- possibility of hiring them in the future. back yards.” dents remain committed, We were looking at making our company RailTEC conducts were looking and they receive assurances more diverse. We are more diverse in our research and develops at making our that program members will other offices (22 across the country) than advancements in rail company more be supported with transpor- in our office headquarters.” transportation, which is diverse.” tation assistance to attend To generate interest, Pecori enlisted undergoing a technical SERGIO “SATCH” PECORI educational events and that his alma mater, the University of Illinois revolution in the United HANSON PROFESSIONAL any administration fees for at Urbana-Champaign, and RailTEC, States. The nation’s SERVICES Grow Our Own activities its award-winning railroad engineer- railways have begun to will be covered.

46 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 Kevin Seals, chief environmental scientist at Hanson and coordinator of Grow Our Own, says students selected for the program are high-achieving minority students who have an interest in STEM.

Success Factors Hanson has sponsored 47 students from Springfield high schools and middle schools, who attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s annual Engineering Open House in 2014 and again in 2015. “There was a lot of enthusiasm,” says Dick, who helped coordinate the open house. “There are hundreds of displays. Every single engineering and science department has displays set up, and it is largely student-driven. Upper-level undergraduates and graduate students put together these displays with the sup- port of faculty and staff.” Hanson also hired one college-aged Students participate in a student and two high school seniors for concrete testing exhibit at a 2014 summer internship program at the Engineering Open House. its Springfield office with plans to do the

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MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 47 same in 2015. The City of field and beyond. “I believe the Grow Our Own pro- Springfield and the Illinois “We are giving these gram that Hanson has created is truly Department of Transpor- students the opportu- cutting-edge,” Marlin says. “When tation also hired summer nity to work for a major I first heard about the program, I interns participating in the international engineering thought it was a fantastic initiative and Grow Our Own program. firm located right here in something that would benefit all of our One of Hanson’s interns, Springfield,” says former Urban League affiliates. Creating an Harrison Williams, is now Springfield Mayor Mike approach where community leaders are pursuing a bachelor’s degree Houston. “There is a large key stakeholders, in an effort such as in civil engineering at the “Scholastic demand for minority stu- this, takes the concept of community Georgia Institute of Tech- performance dents in the engineering investment to an entirely new level.” nology. “Hanson’s intern- field. They can have a very Seals says minority interest groups ship opportunity allowed can only take good quality of life with- appreciate the opportunities Grow Our me to understand the prac- you so far. To out seeking someplace else Own offers to disadvantaged youth tical applications of things be successful in to live and work.” in the community. “We have gotten a I learned in school,” he anything, you Darlene Marlin, senior lot of accolades in the minority com- says. “I could never imagine director of education and munity in Springfield. Word has spread concepts such as interpola- must also learn youth development for the around town, and it has been very well tion, statistical analysis and from lessons National Urban League, received.” calculus-based applications not written in says she would like to see For engineers at Hanson, the initia- would be so common and books. I learned the Grow Our Own pro- tive has been very gratifying. “We have useful in the real world.” gram adopted by other cit- had the opportunity to observe and to Another high-school an immense ies. She says the Springfield see the excitement from some of them summer intern, Alexander amount initiative parallels with the who said, ‘Wow, this is something I am Diop, is pursuing a bache- throughout my Urban League’s “Project really interested in,’” Pecori says. “We lor’s degree in computer sci- summer with Ready” program, which have opened up some enthusiasm and ence at Tuskegee University. targets African-American passion that probably would not have “Scholastic performance Hanson.” and other urban youth stu- been opened up if they had not got- can only take you so far,” ALEXANDER DIOP dents in grades 8 through ten this opportunity. Not only is that he says. “To be successful 12 and prepares them for a favorable sign for our company, but in anything, you must also learn from college. The program emphasizes aca- I think it really sets a nice tone for the lessons not written in books. I learned an demic progress, cultural enrichment and rest of our people—they have enjoyed immense amount throughout my sum- the development of other important skills, working with these young people as mer with Hanson.” attitudes and aptitudes that will aid their well.” ■ transition from high school and position Community Impact them for post-secondary success. The George Lorenzo is a freelance business, Grow Our Own has generated tremen- Grow Our Own program could be a great education and technology writer based in dous goodwill and attention in Spring- enhancement to Project Ready. Williamsville, N.Y.

In October 2014, Hanson hosted a workshop for minority organizations and local schools to recruit potential candidates for the Grow Our Own Minority Participation Program.

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ACEC/PAC Continues RECORD PACE

Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick (R-Pa(R-Pa.) .) (center)(center), , who sits on the House Committee on Financial ServicesServices, , met with ACEC/Pennsylvania leaders at PennonPennoni i Associates, Inc., headquarters in Philadelphia. Also pictured (left to right): Herb Long, III, Legion Design; Paul Archibald, McCormick Taylor; David Lowdermilk, Parsons Brinckerhoff; Herb Long, Jr., Legion Design; Tony Bartolomeo, Pennoni; James Markham, Pennoni; Gary Snyder, Black & Veatch; and Jim Maloney, Johnson, Mirmiran & Thompson.

CEC members raised $835,000 for ACEC/PAC in 2014—the federal candidate disburse- PAC’s best fundraising year ever. The PAC’s record-setting ments, spending $1,875,000 fundraising pace is continuing in 2015, with over $400,000 in 2013–14, an increase raised in the first four months of the year, toward a target of $1 of nearly $500,000 from million. the previous cycle. ACEC’s political influence was fur- The combined fundraising total for the 2013–14 federal election cycle A ther bolstered by the 98 was $1,630,000, which broke the previous record. According to the Federal congressional events either Election Commission, ACEC/PAC is now the largest federal PAC in the organized or co-hosted by design and construction industry, surpassing the Associated Builders and ACEC/PAC in 2014. Contractors PAC for the first time. The following is a list of the 2014 ACEC/PAC con- The increase in ACEC/ increase over 2013’s 33 New York set a record for tributors. States that made PAC fundraising has been states. Two state organiza- the most funds raised by an their ACEC/PAC fundrais- propelled by Member Orga- tions (ACEC/Florida and individual state in a single ing goal in 2014 are marked nizations meeting their indi- ACEC/Vermont) met their year: $66,000. with an asterisk (*), and vidual state goals. A record respective state goals for ACEC/PAC also estab- state PAC Champions are 37 states made goal—an the first time; and ACEC/ lished a new record for listed in bold.

50 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 ALABAMA * Uday Gandhe Dee Brown Bruce Altstaetter Chidambaram Mike Burns Kenneth Bailey Gnanasambanthan Angie Cooper Bob Barnett Gregory Haggerty Matt Crafton Win Bishop Andrew Haines Andrew Dibble Kevin Blake James Hall Dennis Ford Renee Casillas Bruce Hallsted Jeffrey Geurian Steve Commander Todd Hanke Brad Hammond John Floyd Mark Hartig Brent Massey Alain Gallet Dan Hartig James Montgomery Scott Hutchinson Sandy Herd Herbert Parker Rusty Hyde J. Chuck Hollingsworth Stephen Pawlaczyk Katrina Jarboe Heather Honsberger James Wigley C.A.P. Engineering, Inc. President, Carlos Penin of Coral Gables, Fla. (middle), Sheina Hughes John Jones Daniel Williams meets with Members of Congress. Pictured left to right: Rep. David Joyce Jerry McCarley Paul Iezzi L. Carl Yates H. Dean McClure Fadi Jalaghi (R-Ohio), Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-Fla.), Penin, House Transportation and Jim Meads Larry Johnson CALIFORNIA Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.), and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.). Gary Nevin Michael Johnson Lee Abramson Lance Jones Shahnawaz Ahmad Charles Oligee Brett Stewart Jay Koesters Zafar Alikhan Ceila Rethamel FLORIDA * Heather Page Melvin Sukow Eduardo Latimer Roger Ball R. Greg Roush Kumar Allady John Smith Adam Terronez Joshua Lee Stacy Bartoletti Scott Sammons John Atz Steven Speaks Patrick Teter Robert Lemke Thomas Blackburn William Siegel Rick Baldocchi Stephanie Wagner ALASKA * William Linck Landon Blake Elizabeth Stolfus Douglas Barkley William Wagner Gregg Ten Eyck Tom Barry Ken Ayers Sam Malekooti Gene Bougdanos Jeff Walker Karlene Thomas Donaldson Barton Pete Bellezza James Martin C. Yoga Chandron Donald Weiden Ronald Vasquez Robert Behar Kyle Brennan Stacey McCaleb Rubina Chaudhary Lee Whiteley Craig Watts Mike Bell Aaron Christie Douglas McCants Arvin Chaudhary Steve Wrightson Janet Williams Timothy Brodeur Bret Coburn Scott McKenzie Chad Coleman Kurt Yoshii Shan-Tai Yeh Gail Callaway James Conlon Chris Monrad Tim Corcoran Lydia Zabrycki Eric Young Dave Campbell Floyd Damron Steven Myers Robert DeWitt John Zumwalt Wayne Chalifoux Stafford Glashan Stephen O’Brien Christopher Diaz CONNECTICUT * Andrew Cummings Elizabeth Greer Les Olson Donald Druse COLORADO Franco Balassone Lucius Cushman Paul Hetzel Ahmad Omais Paul Enneking Marc Able H. James Boice Michael Davis Gary Katsion Ramon Padilla Mary Erchul Ray Anderson Charles Booker Kimberlee DeBosier Brian Looney Bruce Paton Tim Fettig Thomas Anzia Angela Boucher Joseph Debs Shaun MacFarlane John Patterson Steve Greenfield Dean Bradley Paul Brady Gary Dejidas Michael Pochop Christopher Patton Ralph Guida Gary Brierley Frederic Clark Fermin Diaz Mike Rabe Doug Peters Donald Hodson Allan Brown Jason Collura Allen Douglas Frank Rast David Peterson Thomas Holdrege Ralph Christie Jeanne Cormier Nancy Faller Brown Charles Riddle Joseph Phillips Ted Hopkins John Clarke James Fuda Stanley Ferreira Matthew Stone Benjamin Porritt Justin Kempton Dave DiFulvio Gerald Gerletz Frederick Ferrin Len Story Pierre Pretorius Francis Kennedy Charles Dwyer Erik Laakso Ryan Forrestel Willem Van Hemert Steven Rex David Kennedy Mark Eberly Jared Maxwell David Gaboury Timothy Vig Darwin Reynolds Eddie Kho Michael Ellsberry Chuck Reynolds Michael Knopf Michael McCarthy Scott Garth Scott Epstein ARIZONA * Jaye Richardson Michael Lane John Miller Charles Geer Lauren Evans Tony Moretti Terrance Glunt John Alcorn Albert Romano Randolph Leptien Robert Felsburg Stephen O’Neill J. Scott Gombar Robert Craig Allison Clare Ross Keith London Greg Fischer Paul Schmidt John Grow James Barr Fran Sanborne Janet McKnight Michael Griffeth James Sherwonit William Hartland Bruce Beenken Michael Schiller Jerry Michael Mark Hamouz Robert Smith Judith Hayden Jennifer Bixby Scot Schlund Stephen Mincey Joseph Hart Kristen Stiff Myron Hayden Janice Burnett Paul Scott John Moossazadeh Marvinetta Hartwig Christopher Wester Christopher Heggen Dawn Cartier Melissa Servin Blake Murillo James Heckman Rob Yirigian David Hoff Geoffrey Child Curtis Slagell Andrew Nickerson Richard Hepworth Jon Hull John Conrad Christy Smigielski Walter Okitusu William Hoffmann DELAWARE * J.W. Hunter Timothy Crall Andrew Smigielski Aaron Oliver David Huelskamp Michael Angelo Phil Hursh Gregg Creaser Joseph Smith Bartlett Patton Richard Huwa David DuPlessis Jerry Ingram Karim Dada Clay Spencer Jason Paul Duane Jansen Bradley Herb Henri Jean Keith Dahlen Rebecca Timmer Walt Plachta Jeffrey Kullman Philip Horsey Nizar Jetha John Derr Stephen Todd Chris Poland Narender Kumar Ted Januszka Brian Kientz Shameem Dewan Robert Wagner Bruce Presser Daniel Markham Stephen Johns Richard Koller Kent Dibble Paul Waung Timothy Psomas John Miggliaccio Bruce Jones Raj Krishnasamy Jeffrey Erickson Chris Williams Kai Ramer Stuart Monical Jennifer Laning Bryan Lawson Len Erie Mark Yalung Lenny Reidling Peter Monroe Scott Rathfon Thuha Lyew Lauren Evans Scott Ziegler Robert Salaber M. Ridley Moorman J. Michael Riemann Bill Lynch David Fabiano Gerry Salontai Jeremy Musson Dwight Walters Philip Mank William Ferris ARKANSAS * Michael Sheehy Steve Ravel Carolann Wicks Jason Matson P. Douglas Folk Nathan Bachelor William Siegel Robert Refvem Ted Williams Stephen McGucken Fernando Galvez Steven Beam Loren Sokolow Marilen Reimer Jon Meadows

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 51 2014 ACEC/PAC HONOR ROLL Mark Mechling Santanu Sinharoy Nick Foster Joseph Crowe David Kennedy Julie Rivera Antoinette Meskel Angela Snyder Jon Gellings John Dabrowski Gaye Kick Robert Rollings Peter Moore Matthew Stringfellow Jack Hand Ilene Dailey David Kimmle Timothy Ross Yassi Myers Michael Sullivan Rex Hansen Byron Danley Mark Kintner Jeff Ruhde Gary Nadeau William Toole Richard Jacobson James Daum Michael Klingner Donald Rutledge Randall Neuhaus Mindy Wall Rich Kinder Gary Davis Gerald Koylass Mohammed Saleem Andy Nichol Charles Welch Brent Knezacek Paul DeBruyne Lisa Kramer Bradley Sanderson Leila Nodarse J. Stephen Willenborg RJ Lake Daniel Dietzler Barry Kravitz Scott Sanford Ali Noorollahi J. Mac Willett Tom Lemanger Leann Dockins Ted Lachus Brad Sayers Mark Owen David Williams Jeff Lowe Steve Donahue Nilesh Lal Greg Schaapveld John Padavich Edgar Williams Tracy Olsen Jeffrey Druckman Mary Lamie Myron Scheibe Carlos Penin Doris Willmer James Porter Mark Dvorak Vicki LaRose George Schober Dow Peters James Willmer John Ringert Darrell Eilers Matthew Larson Bruce Schopp Brian Reed Mia Wilson Jeremy Robbins Corina Farez John Lazzara Jeffrey Schuh Lisa Robert Deborah Wilson William Russell Terry Feldmann Michael Lee Jerrel Shaffer Michael Schackne Jerry Wolverton Ryan Sherman Brett Fetter Sidney LeGrand Dipak Shah William Schafer Taylor Wright Jeff Storti C. Neil Finlen Fred Lin Tooba Siddiqui Ann Schiola J. Brent Wright Steve Waldinger Deborah Finn Jeff Liska Harvind Singh Lawrence Smith David Wright Paul Wasser Kevin Fitzpatrick Warren Lloyd William Sleeman Randy Smith Thomas Ziegler P.J. Fitzpatrick Harry Lochner Dan Small William Stone ILLINOIS * Gregg Foltz Paul Lodewyck Tom Smiles James Sumislaski HAWAII * Tanya Adams Darren Forgy Michael Lucas Daniel Solchenberger Hisham Sunna Roy Abe Don Adams Jeffrey Freeman William Lueking Anand Sridhar Richard Temple Corey Arakaki Marti Ahlgren Brian Frickenstein Diane Lukas Anthony Standish Jonathan Thigpen Terrance Arashiro Joseph Altenhoff Darcie Gabrisko Craig Lukowicz Allen Staron James Thompson David Bills John Ambrose Heather Gaffney Tom Lyon Charles Stenzel Douglas Toth William Bow David Andalcio Louis Gallucci Clarice Lyons Davidson Florence Sterlin Kevin Toye Brian Bowers Rick Anderson Sharah Garrett Christopher Martel Jamie Stetzel Ralph Verrastro John Chen Steven Arahood Ted Georgas Larry Martin Michael Streff Ken Vogel Richard Frey Eric Bachman George Ghareeb Doug Mauntel Brent Studnicka Jason Webber Lester Fukuda Gary Baker Harry Gilmore Toni McDonough Brian Szydzik Thomas Welch Tracy Fukuda Jeffery Ball George Gorrill Laura McGovern David Tallman Rick Welch Ken Hayashida Stephen Baner Marc Grigas Peter Mesha Thomas Talsma Richard Wells Wayne Higuchi Dave Bender Ryan Hanks James Messmore Roland Thouvenot William Wilson Dennis Hirota Jennifer Bennett Stan Hansen John Mick Kyle Troka Eric Wooley Beverly Ishii-Nakayama Reginald Benton Douglas Hansen Joe Mikulecky Jacek Tyszkiewicz Russell Yaffee Jeffrey Kalani Jamie Bents Scott Harding Douglas Milligan Orhan Ulger Kyle Kaneshiro Ryan Best Mark Harms Majid Mobasseri Chris Ulm GEORGIA Ronald Katahara J. Paul Biggers Jerilyn Hassard Ross Monk Jonathan Vana Reza Abree John Katahira James Bishop Joe Havel Bobby Myers Paul VanDuyne Kenneth Anderson Dexter Kubota Jamil Bou-Saab Kevin Hayes Feroz Nathani Janet Wackrow Anita Atkinson Glen Lau Geri Boyer Jamie Headen John Nelson Michael Waldron John Barlow Douglas Lee Elizabeth Braband Paige Hefner Thomas Nutter Peter Wallers Gus Bell Lance Lum Brooks Brestal Harry Hefter Diane O’Keefe Stephen Wavering G. Holmes Bell Janice Marsters Dan Bruckelmeyer Gerald Heimsoth Olufemi Oladeinde Brian Welker Kent Black Raymond Matasci Michael Bryant Thomas Hein Duane O’Laughlin P. Kay Whitlock Marsha Bomar Corey Matsuoka Christopher Burke Bernard Held John O’Neill Sean Widener Gwen Brandon Clayton Mimura Thomas Burke Alicia Hermann Lynn Otte Claire Williams Barry Brown Malcolm Miyashiro David Burroughs Rafael Herrera Paul Parry Leroy Williams Matthew Calak Russell Mori Bruce Bushnell Dean Hiebert Jaymin Patel Amanda Withers James Case June Nakamura John Carrato Richard Hill Douglas Paulus Mark Wylie Tom Cetti Lennox Nishimura Jarrod Cebulski David Hinkston Sergio Pecori James Yuratovac Rodney Chester Jon Nishimura Daniel Cecchi Pat Hogan Jean-Alix Peralte John Zeman Paul Cook Jun Nishioka Antonio Cerda Mark Holwerda Chad Peterson Kenton Zinn Linda Edwards Michael Nojima Matthew Cesario Joseph Hosanna Paula Pienton Charles Ezelle Sheryl Nojima Aaron Chanowitz Philip Houser Joseph Pisula INDIANA * Scott Gero Gary Suzuki Joseph Chiczewski Jon Howaniec Larry Pithan William Bailey Richard Gurney Taryn Takiguchi Mike Cima Claude Hurley Keith Plavec Beth Bauer Chris Haney Tom Tanimura John Clark Mike Hurtubise Patrick Poepping Kenneth Beache Jennifer Head Mark Tawara John Clinnin Gary Hutchison William Pongracz Mark Beck John Heath Ginny Wright Ted Coffey Robert Israel Jason Poppen Philip Beer Daveitta Jenkins Roy Yamashiro Edward Coffey Douglas Jakalski Gary Powell John Brand Robert Lewis Thomas Collins Donald Jakesch Chandra Prasad Keith Bryant Joseph Macrina IDAHO * Greg Cook Mohsen Javadi Aaron Quick Marvin Burns Kevin McOmber Tyler Alan Frederick Coombe Karen Jensen Lori Quigg Walter Charles Emily Meador Doug Camenisch Mary Coombe Bloxdorf Regine Jeune Jennifer Radloff Stephen Christian Andrew Pitman Ralph Christie Ken Cortopassi Charles Juneau Christine Reed Michael Cline Roseana Richards Dustin Commons Charles Craddock Joe Kauzlarich Jeremy Reynolds Willis Conner Douglas Robinson Matthew Fielding Bryan Cross Shuja Kazi Mark Rice Leah Cosgrove Darrell Rochester Bryan Foote Dave Crosson Mark Kazich Sadhu Rikhiraj Cheryl Cunningham

52 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 Michael DeVoy Jayson Thorne Douglas Doerr Rachel Doba Douglas Valmore Brad Fagan Dreama Doolittle Steven Wanders Wayne Feuerborn Michael Eichenauer Bradley Watson Ryan Fleming Steven Fleming Stephen Weintraut Kevin Flynn Peter Flynn Martin Wessler David Gaboury Gabriel Franco Michael Wigger Tyler Glissman Timothy George Randall Gorton U.S. Senator Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) (fifth from left), a member of the Energy Stephen Goddard IOWA * Jon Halbgewachs Joshua Goode Lance Aldrich Leslie Hamilton and Natural Resources; Small Business and Entrepreneur; and Commerce, Robert Gray Harry Allender Christopher Harker Science, and Transportation committees, meets with members of ACEC/ Steven Gress Mark Anderson Michael Hess Colorado. Also pictured (from left to right): Mike Ellsberry, MKE Engineering; Michael Guzik Michelle Bailey Kevin Honomichl ACEC/Colorado National Director Rob Refvem, Felsburg Holt & Ullevig; Gregg William Hall Thomas Bosch W. David Hubbard Ten Eyck, Leonard Rice Engineers; ACEC Chairman Ralph Christie, Merrick & Mary Jo Hamman Doug Bottorff Kristen Leathers Gregory Henneke Bryan Bross Brett Letkowski Company; Dave Merritt, AECOM; ACEC/Colorado Executive Director Marilen Shari Hinds Milton Butzke Cameron McGown Reimer; ACEC/Colorado President Peter Monroe, Monroe & Newell; Mark Ham- Mike Hinton Jeff Clauson Michael McKenna ouz, Alfred Benesch; Greg Roush, Leonard Rice Engineers; and Chris Sherry, Gregory Holden Fouad Daoud Robert Miller Merrick & Company. Robert Holden Michael Davis Clarence Munsch Scott Hornsby Craig Erickson Tom Orazem Craig Campbell Douglas Goldsmith William Smith Paul Hummel Timothy Fehr Douglas Parke Andree Cortez Christopher Griffith Francis Smyth Steven Jones Jonathan Fitch Roger Post David Duplantis Lawrence Hansen Laura Soprano Michael Keeven John Gade Chris Price D. Brad Graff Michael Hild Thomas Sprehe Rodney Kelly Michael Geier Clinton Robinson Joe Harman Scott Hursh Harry Stephen Kashif Khan Eric Hendrickson Timothy Ross Ralph Junius Jerry Jannetti Eileen Straughan Marlin Knowles Keith Hobson Linda Rottinghaus Jerry Lazenby Tammy Jones Raymond Streib Peter Kohut Michael Kammerer Jim Scalora James Ledet Jerome Jurick Stu Taub Jeremy Kosegi Greg Kanz Richard Schlitt Michael McGaugh Patrick Kane Frank Waesche James Kovacs Philip Larson Clifton Speegle Daniel Mobley John Keenan Michael Wiercinski Randall Kriscunas James Lee Thomas Swenson Anthony Mumphrey Dana Knight George Wirth Philip Kuntz Shawn Lueth Todd Thalmann Frank Nicoladis Christine Koski Timothy Wolfe Gary Ladd Kim McKeown Shawn Turner Raymond Reaux James Kovacs Dong Zhao David Lahey Blair Metzger Robert Ubben Steven Robertson Leon Kriebel James Longest John Meyer Wendy Van Dyne Kenneth Smith Michael Lambert MASSACHUSETTS * Jeffrey Mahan David Moeller Richard Worrel William Smith Paul Lee William Ashworth Michael Mang Timothy Monson Rod Young James Spillers Kishore Mahadevia Mark Bartlett Chris Mayfield Sherri Moore Stephen Spohrer Joseph Makar Phil Brake Colleen Merkel Patrick Mullin KENTUCKY * P. Charles Taylor Daniel Maletic Sandra Brock Brad Miller Allen Munsterman Charles Baker Kenneth Marshall Lisa Brothers Andrew Moats Allison Owen Charles Craycraft MAINE Cheryl Martin Todd Brown M. David Mohler Mark Perington Ben Fister John Nelson Antonio Mawry Matt Card Stephanie Morse Scott Renaud Ron Gilkerson Jeffery McBride Dennis Coffey Trent Newport Victor Ritter E. Brad Gregory MARYLAND * Sean McCone David Conway Grant Niemeyer Gayle Roberts Harvey Helm Lyle Aaby Cyrus Mechanic Joseph Cormier Michael Obergfell Russell Schroeder Robert Hench Matt Allen Kurt Miller Judy Eburn Richard Olson David Scott Joe Henry W. Arthur Barrett Walter Miller Nicola Ferzacca Steve Osborn Jean Sheets Warren Iulg Nathan Beil Gary Miller Heather Ford Chester Parsons Jerry Shellberg Andrew Layson Kal Bhatti John Moeller Ileen Gladstone Sanjay Patel Dave Stoklasa David Lindeman James Blake Stacy Morin Joel Goodmonson Hans Peterson Steven Sweet Mark Litkenhus Frederick Braerman Michael Myers Brett Gough Gary Pohl Derek Thomas Shane Lyle Kenneth Briggs Terry Neimeyer Anthony Gouveia Christopher Pope Gregs Thomopulos William Maynard Allison Buytenhuys John Nolan Robin Greenleaf Lise Powers Kevin Trom Richard Miller Judd Carothers Perry Nutter Dean Groves David Richter Steve Troyer Brad Montgomery Daniel Cheng Christopher Overcash William Hadge Felicia Robinson Laurie Twitchell Scott Murray Belinda Connor Richard Pagano Mary Hall Michael Rowe Steve Van Dyke Randall Palmer Paul Crampton Charles Phillips Kevin Hanley Lori Rushin Kyle Van Dyke Ben Quinn Edward Croft Vince Pielli Francis Hoey Todd Schultheis Marlon Vogt Edward Rinehart W. Preston Davis Mike Potter William Howard Paul Shaffer Brian Willham Randolph Scott Maureen Decker Kerry Rexroad Jennifer Howe Brent Siebenthal Jacob Young Robert Smallwood Philip Der Thomas Ritter Ko Ishikura Brian Slagle Mark Sneve James Deriu Stuart Robinson Charles Kalauskas Michael Smith KANSAS * Shawn Washer Kenneth Derrenbacher Michael Rothenheber Beth Larkin Ross Snider Gregory Allison Karen Wood Steve Drumm Ronald Rye Francis Leathers E. Scott Sondles Brian Austin Michael Woolum Mark Dumler Robert Sebastian Tim McCaul Brian Stanoch Michael Berry George Woolwine Harvey Floyd Mark Shafer Scott Miller Tom Struewing Don Breit Anthony Frascarella James Shumaker Rick Moore Shelby Swango Joseph Caldwell LOUISIANA Christopher Fronheiser Vic Siaurusaitis Judith Nitsch Abe Swidan Paul Clark Tuncer Arikol Kunal Gangopadhyay Manpreet Sidhu Abhijit Nobis Dale Tekippe Kirby Demott Lawrence Blanchette Adam Gardner Joseph Siemek Richard O’Brien

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 53 2014 ACEC/PAC HONOR ROLL Cecilio Olivier James Escamilla Thomas Wheat MISSISSIPPI Phill Forbes Eric Obert James Pappas Lawrence Fleis Bruce Wilberding Judy Adams Cara Gavagan Michael Olson Mark Pelletier Daniel Fredendall Robert Wilcox Dax Alexander Katie Goodman John Olsson David Pinsky John Friel Kenneth Wiley Hunter Arnold Michael Grimes Steven Parr Dorri Raposa Paul Galdes Hosam Yaldo David Bowman K.C. Hill Leslie Peterson John Schmid Lawrence Gilbert Tom Bryant Leo Hoch Mark Pohlmann Michael Scipione William Gipson MINNESOTA Scott Burge Wade Irion Nancy Pridal Patricia Steere Richard Grant Ken Adolf William Burle Keith Jensen Daryoush Razavian Elizabeth Tyminski Steven Gravlin John Ahern Ronald Cassada Debbie Johnston William Sharp David Vivilecchia Cheryl Gregory Nance Anders L. David Compton Ryan Jones Jeff Sockel Michael Walsh Rhett Gronevelt Greg Barlow Edwin Dedeaux Andrea Keeney Loren Steenson Susan Wisler Noel Hargrave-Thomas William Bennett David Dennis Kurt Keith Brad Strittmatter Paul Yarossi David Harvey Dwight Benoy W. David Dennis Charles Kim Daniel Thiele David Young John Hennessey Larry Bohrer Jeff Dungan Greg Knopp Matthew Tondl John Hiltz Michael Bratrud Robert Eley Sonya Leckner Mark Westergard METRO Helen Himes Steven Rick Brown Slade Exley William Lloyd Amy Zlotsky WASHINGTON * Kevin Hoppe Jon Carlson Gregory Gearhart La’Creshea Makonnen Philios Angelides Eric Hugger Douglas Cooley Phillip Gibson Dan McCauley NEVADA * Brian Banks Tricia Huneke Jacqueline Corkle Carey Hardin Jason Mercer Ken Ackeret Fredric Berger Timothy Juidici Marie Cote Marcus Hooker Vivian Moeglein Dana Ames David Bohn George Karmo Kevin Cullen C. Hayden Kaiser Robert Morrison Randy Carroll Peter Bonaccorsi Fritz Klingler William Deitner Charles Kaiser III Katharine Mottley Michael Colety Elizabeth Burkhart Manish Kothari John Dillingham Darrell Martinek Scott Murphy Gregory DeSart Hugh Cannon Mark Kramer David Dougherty Blake Mendrop Rachael Ng Jim Dodson Johann Dobak Randall Kriscunas Jaclyn Dylla J. Wayne Morrison Craig Nowak James Duddlesten Endrea Frazier Brian Lieberg Bret Farmer James Nelson Gerald Pavlick Ruedy Edgington David Greenwood Mark Loch Randall Geerdes Randy Neuhaus Keith Pemrick Lisa Freestone Michael Jelen Brenda Longman- Charles Gonderinger Allen Scott Craig Pozega David Frohnen Jerry Kavadias Escamilla Dean Gratz Mark Seymour Tim Ranf Kenneth Hanifan Mike Kirkpatrick Barbara Marczak Matthew Hansen Ricky Simon Matthew Reiffer Wayne Horlacher Manish Kothari Richard Mark Mark Hondo Sharpie Smith Darryl Rensmon Gene Krametbauer Angela Marchetti Roger Marks Jason Hoskins Stanley Spradling Jessica Salmoiraghi Ken Lambert Matthew Martin Alan McComb Mark Jaster Tom Wagner Ken Salo Michael McGettigan Jeffrey Nelson Andrew McCune Dean Johnson Brooks Wallace Jack Schunke Brad Olsen Eric Rehwoldt Timothy McNamara Mike Jones Kyle Wallace Donald Sherman Scott Plummer Michael Retton Dustin Miller George Kluempke Charles Williford John Shoff Russell Rowe Andrea Ryon Bhushan Modi Manish Kothari Douglas Wimberly Gary Simonich Dave Salter Simon Simon Jon Moxey Cameron Kruse Mark Steiner Linda Shields Gregg Spagnolo Tricia Muxlow Daniel Larson MISSOURI Mitchell Stelling Ben Sprague Stephen Walter Todd Myers Craig Lenning Edmond Alizadeh Denice Street Mary Wiedorfer Steve Nagy John Markert Marc Alper Marie Ternieden NEW HAMPSHIRE Michael Wiercinski Jayson Nault Pat McGraw Mike DeBacker Melissa Thompson Darren Blood John Woods Thomas Newhof Mike Minton David Diestelkamp Jessica Torrero Todd Clark Stephen Nichols David Montebello Robert Goodwillie Matt Ulberg Joseph Ducharme MICHIGAN * Stephen Pangori Robert Moore Thomas Gredell Alicia Dunstan Walter Alix Kirk Pietila Randy Morris Joseph Hagerty NEBRASKA * James Errico Sam Awwa Mark Prein Daniel Murphy Gene Hinshaw Kyle Anderson Gary Garfield James Barbaresso Jeff Pugh Lance Newman Dan Israel Terry Atkins Martin Kennedy Douglas Barber Vicki Putala Bridget Osborn Vicki LaRose Jack Baker Pete King Jeffrey Bartlett Gnanadesikan David Oxley Daniel Meckes Fred Beck Brian Kisiel Regine Beauboeuf Ramanujam Matt Pacyna Linda Moen Ryan Beckman Ken Koornneef Kendall Beck Robert Rayl Henry Pfuztenreuter Edward Mulcahy Ron Bottorff Bill Moore Leonard Becker Brian Rice Tim Phenow Randall Perkinson Robert Brigham Chris Mulleavey Steve Benedettini Todd Richter Jon Rippke Timothy Ross Brian Chaffin Frank O’Callaghan Ana Bickley Charles Roarty Matt Ruble Kevin Wallace John Coolidge Jennifer Osgood Ken Bosma Jacqueline Roehl Glenn Schreiner Anthony Dirks Michael Penney Kirk Branson Donald Scherzer Yanak Shagalov MONTANA * Jeff Ford R. Scott Shillaber Scott Buchholz Tom Sereseroz Gene Sieve Christopher Anderson Mike Gorman Barry Buschmann Craig Shumaker Donald Sterna Carl Anderson Craig Hunter NEW JERSEY James Canham Alan Smaka Tom Stoneburner Scott Bell Jeff Jenkins Albert Beninato Richard Chelotti James Smalligan Terrance Swor Maureen Brown Steve Kathol Edward Brady Michael Colvin Rebecca Smits Tim Thoreen Theresia Christanti Brad Korell Michael Brescia Christopher Cook Mark Smolinski Katherine Bob Church Matthew Kruse Thomas Costello Michael Cooper Annette Stroman Toghramadjian Todd Cormier Scott Loos Nick DeNichilo Christopher James Susan Avedis Toghramadjian Nancy Cormier Todd Lorenz Bruce Easterly Cruickshank Keith Swaffar Jeffry Volk Alan Crockett Nate Maniktala Gary Etter Robert Czachorski Amy Trahey Chris Werner Rick Donaldson Jackie McCullough Thomas Howell Phillip Davis Steve Vanden Brink Christine Wiegert Letha Ebelt Stephen Moffitt Craig Johnson Kamal Deddeh Jason Washler Steve Wilson Matt Ekstrom Melissa Newton Gary Johnson Kent Early Matt Wendling Kevin Wold Tim Erickson Thomas Nussrallah Patrick Kane

54 ENGINEERING INC. MAY / JUNE 2015 Glen Kartalis John Cunningham Hannah O’Grady Nicholas Masucci Eugene Daly Fotios Papamichael Robert McAnally Jamie Davis Mark Pawlick Richard McGuire Tina Deale Richard Peters Bernard McNeilly Beth DeAngelo Mark Petranchuk Michael Morgan Frank Delsignore Nicholas Pinto Matthew Murello Anthony Depasquale Jason Pitingaro Sanjay Naik Katherine Dewkett Gina Potfora William Ommundsen Stephen Dolson Robert Radley Anand Paluri Julie D’Orazio John Robson Lee Ecker Karl Rohde NEW MEXICO * Wesley Ecker Lorenzo Rotoli Elizabeth Anderson Mark Edsall Lee Sacket Michael Anderson Robert Eschbacher Elliot Sander Former ACEC/Washington John Andrews Daniel Faust Edward Schiller Benjamin Aragon Cindy Feinberg Samuel Schwartz Executive Director Bill Garrity Chris Baca Bradley Fisher Martin Schwartzberg with Senator Patty Murray Peter Brakenhoff Erin Fitzgerald M. Kamal Shahid (D-Wash.). Brian Burnett Joe Foglietta C. V. Shashikumar Barbara Crockett Charles Franzese Linda Shumaker Christopher Croshaw Charles Gozdziewski Mitch Simpler Valoree Eikinas Paul Smits Dail Hollopeter Michael Dexter Paul Grosser Jay Simson Charles Flowe Carla Starr Ali Jamshidi Lauren Evans D. Guglielmo Chris Sklavounakis Kellie Ford Marty Stone H. Matthew Kairouz Peter Fant Keith Harlock Jeffrey Smith Brian Glidewell Charles Sweitzer Robert Kirkbride Debra Hicks William Hauser Kyle Snyder Larry Goode Bryan Taylor Eric Kistner Paul Karas Steven Hearl Kent Sopris Stephen Greene Anna Teague James Mawhorr Clay Koontz John Hennessy Mark Stier Stephanie Hachem Steven Thomas Mitchell McCoy Michael Malloy Jitendra Hirani David Taillon Gary Hartong Jeff Thompson James Miller Jennifer Martinek- Robert Hoffmann David Tanenbaum Jill Heath John Watson Marc Montgomery House Greg Hutter Mark Torre Scott Hinesley Richard Wells Thomas Mosure David Maxwell A. Jannesari John Trimble Sue Holaday Thomas Wells Scott Peyton Derek Meier Cawsie Jijina Mark Tytka Bill Hood Mark Wilson John Pierko Steven Metro Shelly Johnston Charles Vachris Meredith Houston Lisa Woolfolk C. K. Satyapriya Doug Mize Michael Jones Chester Vogel Montell Irvin Edward Sefcik Christopher Perea Glen Kartalis John Waltz Don Johnson Clifford Shrive Scott Perkins Mark Kastner Patrick Waterman Sam Johnson NORTH DAKOTA * Mark Skellenger Julie Samora Patrick Kenneally Brendan Weiden Brian Johnson Holly Beck Joseph Sullivan Joe Sanchez Dennis Kennelly Greg Jones Dan Brosz David Wiles Jim Smith Howard LaFever NORTH Kraig Kern Alan Estvold Richard Williams Albert Thomas Joseph Lanaro CAROLINA * Nathan Laukka Jennifer Hanley Dawn Tibbetts Mark Lang Chad Abbott Henry Liles Jeffrey LeDoux OKLAHOMA Karl Tonander David Lapping John Kevin Abernethy John Lucey Jeffrey McElwain Rebecca Alvarez David Wilson James Laurita William Alton William Martin John Mercer Keith Angier Janet Wolfe Erica Lavigne Bruce Altstaetter Gene Matthis Eric Michel James Benson Michael Leydecker Laurie Arensdorf John McAdams Dain Miller Brent Bolerjack NEW YORK * Bruce Lilker Barry Barber Brad McLester Mark Scheid J. Bret Cabbiness Husam Ahmad Herbert Litts Xavier Barrett Doug Miller Barry Schuchard Brandon Claborn Joseph Amato Gary Loesch Julie Beauvais Jim Morrison Jeffry Volk Joe Davis B. Dean Angelakos Jeffrey Lookup Jerry Beckman James Morrison J. Stephen Ford Anthony Arbore Frank Lorenz Mark Boggs Randall Neuhaus OHIO Robel Gibbe John Balison Neil Lucey Lori Brogden John Nunnally Douglas Batt Chad Grinsteiner Paul Bello Georgie Lussier Stephen Browde Andrew Pack Kenneth Borah Julie Guy Nicola Belzer Orrin MacMurray Keith Brown James Parker Brian Braaksma Denise Hale Steve Boddecker John Mangeri Adam Browning Joe Paterniti David Breitfeller Jim Hemphill Christopher Bond Charlie Manning Roy Bruce David Peeler Raymond Briya Thomas Hendrick John Boule Mark McAnany Thomas Burchett Ben Peterson Scott Campbell David Henke Paul Boyce Bill McCarthy M. Steve Cavanaugh Joseph Pfeiffer Kevin Carpenter Martin Hepp Dolores Buckenberger William McCormick Tim Cawood V. Stephen Player James Cicero Sharri Hiller Natasha Burns James McDuffee Kathleen Chambers David Pond Michael Ciotola Jim Hunt Ammon Bush Richard McFadden Donald Chandler Sam Ravenel Mike Ciprian Steven Johnson Karen Carling Thomas McLaughlin Randall Clark Louis Raymond Susan Daniels Mike Knapik M. Denise Carter Bernard McNeilly Adrianne Coombes Thomas Raymond Sandy Doyle-Ahern Stacy Loeffler Robert Cartwright Walter Mehl Michael Creed Joshua Reinke Mark Droll Evan Ludwig Thomas Cascino Christopher Mele Joshua Dalton Ron Rothfuss Michael Duffey Janet Meshek Joseph Celentano Martin Meriwether Colin Davis Amit Sachan Michael Frank Charles Mitchell Donald Chandler Jennifer Michniewicz Michael Davis Reginald Scales Joseph Grani Kevin Moore Deborah Chase Thomas Mullard Steven Dewitt Eric Shaffer Charles Hammontree Dennis Morris Ann Clark Kevin Mulligan Peter Domenico Louise Slate Stan Harris Sam Pappas Maureen Clegg Lawrence Murphy Jeffrey Douglas Michael Slusher Greg Heaton Michael Renes Brian Cooper Mia Nadasky James Dukes James Smith Mark Henderson Jenny Sallee

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 55 2014 ACEC/PAC HONOR ROLL Brent Schniers Michael Reed Mark Markosky Ryan Smith Mike Reynolds Matt Marquardt Alan Soltani Richard Roche Eric Martz David Streb Joshan Rohani Joseph McAtee Tony Roos Fredrick McCarthy OREGON * George Saunders Esther McGinnis Celeste Alvarez Todd Scholz Rodney Miller Darryl Anderson Gregg Scholz Steve Moore Diego Arguea Paul Schwer Todd Morris Michael Baker Mel Sears Douglas Moyer Al Barkouli Craig Sheahan Kenneth Nadler Brian Bayne David Simmons Lea Nadler Darren Beckstrand Wesley Spang Matthew Natale ACEC Chairman Ralph Christie (left) and ACEC President Dave Raymond (right) Brian Bierwagen Karen Tatman Joseph O’Neil congratulate Mark Harms, president of SCI Engineering in O’Fallon, Illinois, after his Brent Black Jason Tell Keith Pemrick Timothy Blackwood Kevin Thelin Andrew Pennoni winning $5,000 in the ACEC/PAC Sweepstakes during the 2015 Annual Convention. Jason Bock David Thielen C. R. Pennoni Thomas Boland Daniel Trisler Domenic Piccolomini William Holder TEXAS Kerry Ruebelmann Troy Bowers Gene Tupper Marc Pinto Todd Kenner Lauren Evans Michael Smith Chris Brehmer Larry Van Dyke John Pocius Paul Korn Edwin Friedrichs Ken Spiers Steve Bryant Mark Vandehey John Prybella Manish Kothari Karen Friese Lisa Tuck Marc Butorac D. Andrew Vessely Kyle Rankin Ralph Lindner Raymond Messer John Vanhoff Chris Carpenter Thomas Westover Daniel Riddle Kim McLaury Elaine Messer Korey Walker Michael Carr Mark Wirfs Thomas Riester Brian Meyer Kevin Newman Newell White Heather Catron Fred Wismer Perry Schweiss Monty Miller Tom O’Grady Lowell Williams Ed Chamberland Lyn Wylder Dennis Stidinger David Odens Phil Russell Russell Youd Marshall Coba Lindsay Yamane William Stout Harlan Quenzer Steve Stagner Peter Coffey Kenji Yamasaki Michael Sydlik VERMONT * Brian Copeland Anthony Yi Jill Thompson TENNESSEE * UTAH * Bradley Aldrich Gabe Crop Mark Tiger William Barry David Alter John Baumann Alison Davis PENNSYLVANIA * D. Eric Veydt Daniel Boles Michael Arens Darren Benoit Catherine Ellis Chester Allen R. Wayne Willey Jason Brady Craig Bagley Mark Colgan Tonya Finley Paul Archibald Sharmon Winters Stephen Brown Kirk Bagley Brendan Cosgrove Lawrence Fox Martha Averso John Zarsky Chris Brown Jeff Beckman Greg Edwards Benjamin George Anthony Bartolomeo Scott Zeevaart James Bruce Dale Bennett John Forcier Brian Ginter Victor Bertolina W. 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How An Outside Director Can Bring Value to Your Board

strong board of directors future, such as rapid growth and international projects, or it may encompass supporting competencies, such as finance, risk is a cornerstone of good or human resources. governance, and adding outsiders is an important Implementation To realize the potential value that outside board members way to strengthen the bring to an organization, a firm’s leaders must understand board. what they are looking for in a board member and ensure that candidates match those criteria and fit well within the orga- AIndependence nization. Board members also must understand what it means Outsiders can enter discussions for an outsider to join them in the boardroom. In most cases, and make decisions free of any internal boards have been working together for many years concern about where they fit in and have developed long-standing relationships—adding an the firm’s organizational struc- outsider can present a challenge. It takes effort from both ture. That freedom provides a existing board members and new outsiders to make the rela- crucial perspective, for example, tionship work. on the important job of review- One word of warning: Do not bring in an outsider to fix ing the CEO’s performance, a broken board. If you have a dysfunctional board, you are establishing compensation, and better off resolving those problems before searching for an planning for CEO succession outside board member. when the need arises. Having To successfully bring on an outsider, boards should: independent directors (two is • Have an open discussion about what they hope to accom- better than one!) allows the Doug Thompson plish with an outsider at the table. This discussion should entire board to perform its role include the pros and cons, and it should conclude with at a higher level. Independent a decision about whether an outsider is right for your directors on the audit committee, for example, greatly enhance board. the board’s ability to perform financial oversight since they are • Develop a list of talents you are searching for and criteria not part of the management system. for how you’ll evaluate the candidate. • Create a list of potential candidates. Many firms have Strategy found valuable board members from the leadership of Many business experts believe that strategy is the most valu- noncompeting engineering firms. Diversity may also be a able domain in which the board contributes to the firm—and consideration. strong boards are known for thinking strategically. While inter- • Once the candidates have been selected, work hard to nal board members certainly bring crucial strategic thinking to integrate them into the board. Integration should include the task, someone from outside the firm is more likely to see an orientation to the firm’s leadership and operations. things differently, spot emerging facts, and challenge others to Communicate with shareholders why you have decided to look at problems in a new light. By challenging the thinking of add an outside member. other board members, outsiders help the board rise above day- • Evaluate how well the new situation is working, and to-day operations to consider the bigger picture. This strategic make changes as needed. Such changes may involve thinking may shed new light on issues such as new markets to the director, or they may concern the culture in the enter or competitive advantages to achieve through technol- boardroom. ogy or talent acquisition/retention. Outside board members also may be less likely to nix innovative thought with the “we Doug Thompson has been providing management-consulting already tried that” refrain that too often fills boardrooms. services to the A/E/C industry for over 20 years and specializes in Finally, adding outsiders to the board allows firms to tap into governance. The website for Thompson Governance Solutions is talent that may not exist within the organization. Such exper- www.thompsongovernance.com, and readers can contact him at tise may be in areas that are strategically important to the firm’s [email protected] or 616-288-6127.

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In a planned succession at Louis New York City-based STV announced National Sales Group and will be based Berger, D. James Stamatis will the following appointments: Jon Miller in Orlando, Fla. become CEO on July 1, 2015, when joined the firm as executive vice presi- current president and CEO Nicholas dent and will lead the Buildings & Facili- Michele Herlein joined Nashville, J. Masucci transitions to chairman. ties Division in the New York office; Tenn.-based Barge, Waggoner, Sum- Stamatis served as president since 2012. Richard Winokur was promoted to vice ner & Cannon, Inc., as chief human Thomas Topolski, executive vice presi- president and will continue as technical resources officer. Christopher A. dent and managing director for the Mid- director for the architectural staff in the Provost joined the firm as chief strate- dle East and North Africa, will assume firm’s Building & Facilities Division; and gies officer. Previously, he served as the international president role, which is John K. Tomann, based in New York, senior vice president at CDM Smith in based in Paris. was promoted to vice president and is the Nashville. firm’s corporate quality director. Dan Koelliker was appointed president Brett Williams was promoted to presi- of Beaudin Ganze Consulting Engi- ACEC National Vice Chairman Philip dent of the New England office of Burns neers, Inc. (BGCE), following an own- Houser joined Alfred Benesch & Com- & McDonnell in Wallingford, Conn. ership transition in March. Co-founder pany as director of quality management. Denis Beaudin, former president and Houser comes to Benesch from the Farn- Bernie McInally joined Psomas as vice majority owner, completed the transi- sworth Group, Inc., where he served as a president and survey team leader. He will tion to Koelliker and other members of principal and risk manager for 15 years. also assist with business development the senior leadership team. throughout Southern California. Doug Dayton was promoted to presi- John V. Ambrose was named president dent of Professional Service Indus- Kristie Casarez joined Seattle-based and CEO of Baxter & Woodman, suc- tries, Inc. (PSI). Dayton, who most Parametrix as vice president of opera- ceeding Steve A. Larson, who retired in recently served as COO, will split tions for the Puget Sound Region. She April after 42 years with the firm. Lar- his time between Dallas, Texas, and will oversee the water/wastewater and son served as president and CEO since Chicago , Ill. David L. Orr joined the environmental planning and compliance 2009. firm as senior vice president within its divisions.

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Welcome New Member Firms Calendar of Events

ACEC/Alabama ACEC/Massachusetts JUNE Building & Earth Sciences, Inc., Birmingham TEC, Inc., Lawrence Consulting Construction Engineering, Turino Group, Providence, R.I. 3 Are You Fighting Fires Instead Birmingham of Managing Your Employees? ACEC/Michigan (webinar) ACEC/Arizona Carter & Associates Engineers, LLC, Lansing ASEI Engineering, Phoenix Jacobs Gate & Associates, LLC, Detroit 4 Six Steps to Increase KC Mechanical Engineering, Tucson Quandel Consultants, LLC, Ann Arbor Profitability in Engineering McGrew Consulting Engineers, LLC, Scottsdale Snyder & Staley Engineering, Saginaw Firms (webinar) ACEC/California ACEC/Minnesota 4–5 Applying Expertise as an AYCE Consulting Engineers, Inc., Asche Engineering LLC, Alexandria Rancho Santa Margarita Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc., Oakdale Engineering Expert Witness, BSE Engineering, Inc., San Diego Denver, Colo. Farzad Naeim, Inc., Irvine ACEC/Mississippi 9 The 21 Best Differentiators for Giersch & Associates, Inc., Madera Engineering Resource Group, Inc., Jackson Your Firm (webinar) Pacific Advanced Civil Engineering, Inc., ACEC/New Mexico Fountain Valley Nelson Consulting, Inc., Farmington 10 Why Clients REALLY Select RGH Consultants, Santa Rosa Your Firm (webinar) Yeh and Associates, Inc., Grover Beach ACEC/North Carolina LJB Inc., Durham ACEC/Colorado 11 Present with More Power Boulder Engineering Company, Boulder ACEC/Oregon and Less PowerPoint: How to Fluent Engineering, Inc., Salem Grow Your Influence AND Your ACEC/Connecticut NW Engineers LLC, Hillsboro Business (webinar) BSC Group , Glastonbury Westlake Consultants, Inc., Portland 16 Raise Your Marketing ROI ACEC/Florida Wolf Water Resources, Portland (webinar) Clearview Land Design, Tampa ACEC/Tennessee Cronin Engineering Inc. , Naples Structural Design Professionals, PLLC, 18 Talent Management Explained Fieldstone Project Management, Marco Island Murfreesboro (webinar) Ghyabi & Associates, Inc. , Ormond Beach Wolverton & Associates, Inc., Nashville Infinity Engineering USA, Inc., Tampa 23 Best Practices for Highly PI Consulting Services, LLC, Oviedo ACEC/Texas Effective Boards (webinar) Traffic & Mobility Consultants, LLC, Orlando bd Structural Engineers, LLC, San Antonio Water Resources Associates, Inc., Tampa Bozeman Engineering, Inc., Houston 25 Mobile and Field Technologies GL PWR Solutions, Dallas for Engineers (webinar) ACEC/Georgia Gonzalez De La Garza & Associates, Civil Design Solutions, LLC, Warrenton San Antonio JULY Contour Engineering, LLC , Kennesaw I.S. Engineers, LLC, Houston George Engineering Associates, LLC , Newnan iGET Services, LLC, Houston 8 Deal Makers and Deal Breakers KBK Structural Design, LLC , Buford Integrity Forensics and Engineering, Sanger (webinar) LeCraw Engineering, Inc. , Suwanee Maldonado-Burkett ITS , LLP, Austin MR Systems, Inc. 9 How to Win a Pitch: The , Norcross SE3 LLC, Addison OLH Inc., Sandy Springs Fundamentals That Will Spicer Group, Inc., Atlanta ACEC/Utah Distinguish You From Your York & Associates Engineering, Inc., Anderson Engineering Co., Inc., Competition on the Short-List Bainbridge Saratoga Springs (webinar) Job Industrial Services, Inc., Salt Lake City ACEC/Hawaii SEPTEMBER Kukulu, LLC (dba Kukulu AE), Honolulu ACEC/Virginia ACEC/Illinois Kline Engineering & Consulting, LLC, Manassas 1 Organizing with Outlook 2013 GESTRA Engineering, Inc., Chicago ACEC/Washington for Busy People (webinar) ITS Engineering Ltd., Kildeer 2G Associates, Inc., Vancouver 9 Liability IQ and Review NASHnal Soil Testing, LLC, Naperville BCRA, Tacoma (webinar) ACEC/Maine Erlandsen & Associates, Inc., Brewster Williams Management Services WBRC Architects – Engineers, Bangor , Bothell To sign up for ACEC online seminars, ACEC/Wyoming go to www.acec.org/education. Western Engineers & Geologists, Inc., Rock Springs Additional information on all ACEC activities is available at www.acec.org.

MAY / JUNE 2015 ENGINEERING INC. 63 Mergers and Acquisitions BY NEIL CHURMAN How Engineering Firm Divestitures Can Be a Win-Win ost of the conversation ACEC member T.Y. Lin Inter- Antonio, Texas). Raba Kistner’s ACEC Member Firm STV about mergers and national purchased Lindbergh El Paso office will transition (New York, N.Y.) acquired Macquisitions (M&A) & Associates (Charleston, S.C.) its employees, equipment, and Diversified Project Manage- activity in the engineering from fellow ACEC member current projects to Terracon, ment (DPM) (Newton, Mass.). industry focuses on one firm firm O’Brien & Gere is a good allowing for continuity of that ACEC member Rick Engi- being bought by another. example. The deal truly created operation. Terracon also added neering Company (San Diego, A much less common a win-win situation that enables two soils testing and materials Calif.) and Mooney Planning approach is a divestiture where both firms to advance their laboratories in Vernon Hills, Collaborative (MPC) (San one firm sells a portion of its respective growth strategies. The Ill., and Green Bay, Wis., most Diego, Calif.) announced the business (usually an office, a addition of L&A provided T.Y. recently operated by AECOM merger of the two firms. division, a subsidiary, or a busi- Lin a platform to strengthen (Los Angeles, Calif.) and previ- ACEC Member Firm ness unit) to another. This is and diversify its markets across ously owned by STS Consul- Pennoni (Philadelphia, Pa.) sometimes referred to as a “carve the Southeast and build its fed- tants. These additions allow acquired the assets of ACEC out,” as the operation needs to eral services program—both key Terracon to further expand its member Jones-Stuckey be disconnected from the origi- strategic objectives for the firm. geographic footprint and add to (Columbus, Ohio). nal owner and then “plugged The divestiture allows O’Brien its core services. ACEC member Parsons in” to the buyer’s operations. So & Gere to reallocate and align Under the right conditions, (Pasadena, Calif.) acquired T.J. far in 2015, we’ve seen quite a resources toward its acquisitive a divestiture can create win- Cross Engineers (Bakersfield, few strategic divestitures among growth strategy for its advanced ning situations for both buyers Calif.). industry firms. manufacturing, energy, environ- and sellers. The key is making The key to making a dives- ment and water brands in the sure the strategies for both are titure successful is finding the Southeast and nationwide. aligned with the goals of the o view the most up-to-date right home for the part of the Finding the right strategic transaction and providing for a Tand “live” versions of the business being sold. Firms often partner for the transaction seamless transition for employ- M&A heat maps and to see discover that certain business allowed both firms to advance ees, clients and projects. who are the buyers and sellers in segments are no longer aligned their respective strategies. each state, go to www.morrissey with their future goals and Another example is when Recent ACEC Deal-Makers goodale.com. objectives. Yet, these segments ACEC member Terracon Con- April 2015 can often be more effectively sultants announced in March ACEC Member NV5 (Holly- Watch the M&A Takeaway leveraged by another firm, the ownership of a new office wood, Fla.) acquired Mendoza video that accompanies where they fit squarely within a in El Paso that was previously & Associates (San Francisco, this article, presented different long-term strategy. owned by ACEC member Calif.). by Mick Morrissey, at The recent transaction where Raba Kistner Consultants (San ACEC Member Terracon www.morrisseygoodale. Consultants (Olathe, Kan.) com/ACECMergers/ 2015 REPORTED M&A ACTIVITY States by Total Activity: US vs Int’l Sellers: acquired Argus Pacific (Seat- MayJune2015. Firm Sales by State through April 1, 2015 21 or more Transactions Total US Sellers 75 2015 REPORTED M&A ACTIVITY 16States to 20 byTransactions Total Activity: TotalUS Int’l vs Sellers Int’l Sellers: 26 tle, Wash.). Firm Sales by State through April 1, 2015 11 to 1521 Transactions or more Transactions US SellersTotal US to Sellers Int’l Firms 754 6 to 10 Transactions16 to 20 Transactions Int’l SellersTotal Int’l to Sellers US Firms 263 Sprinkler Technology 1 to 5 Transactions11 to 15 Transactions US Sellers to Int’l Firms 4 No Transactions6 to 10 Transactions Int’l Sellers to US Firms 3 1 to 5 Transactions Design, Inc. (Bozeman, Mont.) 3 No Transactions WA 1 merged with ACEC Member MT ME 3 ND 1 VT Coffman Engineers (Seattle, MN OR NH 6 SD 2 MA 3 Wash.). ID NY WI CT WY MI RI 1 1 4 March 2015 PA NE IA NJ 1 3 3 1 MD DE ACEC member Braun Inter- Neil Churman is principal NV OH DE 8 UT 1 DC IL IN MD 4 CO 1 WV DC 1 tec CA 1 (Minneapolis, Minn.) consultant of Morrissey Goodale KS MO VA KY Peer 3 NC acquired ACEC Member LLC — a strategy, M&A and 1 3 TN OK 1 AZ Engineering (Eden Prairie, human capital solutions firm NM AR SC 2 Minn.). serving the A/E/C industry. MS AL GA 7 ACEC member O’Brien & Churman, who is based in the AK TX LA 2 Gere (Syracuse, N.Y.) acquired firm’s Houston, Texas, office, can FL Schuyler Engineering (Lin- be reached at nchurman@ © Morrissey Goodale LLC 2015 All Rights Reserved HI denhurst, N.Y.). morrisseygoodale.com.

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