Chris McCarthy

HNTB Names Former Fed Leaders to Advisory Practice

K. Jane Williams and Cheryl Walker are joining HNTB Corporation as national practice consultants and VPs in the firm’s Advisory practice.

HDR/Hawaii Pacific Engineers win Honolulu rail contract

The contract will move forward the designs of the West Loch, Waipahu Transit Center and Leeward Community College stations.

Laura Hendricks

U.S. high-speed rail group appoints new president

Eric C. Peterson, a 20-year industry veteran of transportation issues and policy management, served most recently as executive director for the Rural Cellular Association.

Transit expert, Mendes, joins HNTB as national transit/rail practice leader

Diana Mendes is responsible for strategic planning and implementation, industry representation, business development, service delivery and client satisfaction.

Web Extra: TransLink rider helps improve access

Rob Sleath, who is blind, has helped TransLink improve its service for disabled passengers over the past 10 years through his involvement in the agency's Access Transit Secretariat and its Users' Advisory Committee. He showed bus drivers were only announcing stops 6 percent of the time and urged the agency to make a change.

Harsco taps new president of its worldwide rail business

Jeswant Gill joins Harsco with 30 years of global leadership experience in major multinational manufacturing and technology firms.

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