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M E M B E R S IN T H E NEWS Awards Anniversar y Hubbell, Roth & Clark Turns 90 William D. H ubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc. HRC , Smith left a full-service consulting engineering receives the firm headquartered in Bloomfield 2005 Black Hills, Mich., is marking its 90th Engineer of the anniversary this year. Year award HRC was founded in 1915 by Clarence from former W. Hubbell, a civil engineer, who worked Secretar y of to advance water and wastewater facilities Transportation in Detroit and surrounding communities. Rodney Slater. Since 1915, HRC has designed a num- ber of major engineering projects in Gerald F. Knapp southeast Michigan, including the Detroit Wastewater Treatment Plant, which was recognized as one of Michi- gan's Top 10 Civil Engineering Outstanding Achievements of the Twentieth Century by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Today, HRC has more than 230 employees with offices in Bloom- field Hills, Pontiac, Howell, Mt. Clemens and Detroit. The firm's principals include president Gerald F. Knapp and vice presidents Wal- W illiam D. Smith, president of Parsons Brinckerhoff ter H. Alix, Thomas E. Biehl, Curt A. Christeson, George E. Hubbell Quade & Douglas, Inc., has been named Black Engineer II, Keith D. McCormack, Peter T. Roth, and Michael D. Waring. The firm recently was a part of the team that designed the award- of the Year for 2005. The honor goes to an innovator who winning Bridge Street Bridge in Southfield, Mich. This ground- demonstrates a commitment to engineering expertise and leadership breaking, patented project is the world's first use of large-scale car- and serves as a role model for young people in the profession. The bon reinforcement in a bridge structure. award is sponsored by the Career Communications Group in Baltimore, Md., and the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference. W A endy Lopez, co- Newington, N.H., founder and CEO of municipal wastewater LOPEZGARCIA treatment plant operated GROUP, an engineering design by Earth Tech Inc., a global and environmental planning provider of consulting, firm in Texas, received Office engineering and construction Depot's Businesswoman of the services, has received a 2004 Year award for 2005. Lopez and National Clean Water Act several others were selected to Operations Excellence Award for receive the award following a Region I from the U.S. nationwide response from Environmental Protection professional women's Agency EPA . This is the associations. second year an Earth Tech-run Each winner was facility has been recognized with nominated for a regional EPA award. Earth leadership Tech has operated the facility ability, since 1981, as well as designed mentoring of upgrades and expansions. The other bus- facility is located 60 miles inesswomen northeast of Boston. Wendy Lopez, and altruistic of LOPEZ- commitment GARCIA to her GROUP community. M a y l June 2005 ENGINEERING INC. 4 5 http://www.spectext.com http://www.spectext.com

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COVER STORY: Engineering Excellence Awards
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Engineering Inc. - May/June 2005