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BUSINESS
Neel-Schaffer
Doug Wimberly,
P.E., P.S., joined the
multi-disciplined
engineering and
planning firm with
offices throughout
Ehrman
the South, as a senior
project manager in
the Hattiesburg, MS,
office.
Matt Keeney, P.E.,
structural engineer,
has joined the firm's
Tuscaloosa MS,
Keeney
office, overseeing all
structural design for
industrial and private
clients. He has 17
years of experience
in the structural
design of commercial
Wimberly
facilities.
Brad Ehrman, P.E.,
has joined the firm as hydraulics engineer and senior project
manager, with nearly 15 years of
engineering experience in project
management; hydraulics/hydrology; and erosion control, regulations, policies and design.
Charles Eleazer,
P.E, has joined the
firm, in the Columbia,
SC, office, managing
construction engineering and inspection work across the
Eleazer
state. He has nearly
30 years of experience.

McKim-Creed
Jeff Allen has
joined the firm as a
geomatics project
coordinator, helping
manage survey operations within the
Allen
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) region,
A seasoned geomatics professional, his experience includes
training team members in the
advanced use of robotic total
stations and GPS.
McKim & Creed offers engineering and surveying services
for conventional and advanced
surveying technologies.

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IEDA

Freese-Nichols
Drew Hardin, P.E.,
joined the firm as
an associate in the
Central Texas Treatment, Transmission
and Utilities Group
Hardin
in Austin, TX. He brings more than
26 years of experience in water and
wastewater infrastructure, including
master planning, large-diameter
sewers and transmission mains, lift
stations and rehabilitation projects.
Freese and Nichols, Inc. is a professional consulting firm that plans,
designs and manages infrastructure
projects across the Southwest and
Southeast United States.

Brenner

Fox

Henkels-McCoy
Duke Horan was
appointed as senior
director of telecom,
responsible for
identifying markets,
Horan
budgeting projected
sales and revenues,
and managing projects and programs
that support the
firm's communications business in
the West Region.
Moriarty
With more than 18
years in the telecom engineering
and construction industry. He has
worked across the United States
on last mile, middle mile, longhaul fiber, and wireless networks.
Peter Moriarty was appointed
to senior director of underground
utilities for the West Region,
responsible for the gas transmission and distribution, electrical
and communications civil construction (conduit and manhole
systems) businesses. He has over
15 years of experience managing
projects and programs in the
utility construction industry.
Henkels & McCoy Inc., is a
leading utility construction firm
providing critical infrastructure
for the power, oil & gas pipeline,
gas distribution, and communications markets throughout North
America.

Lohman

Tysinger

Waldie

Kevin Fox, with
Dewitt Equipment
Co, in Barrie, Ontario,
is the incoming
president of the Independent Equipment
Dealers Association
(IEDA). New board
members are Luke
Brenner, with Heavy
Equipment Co. in
Austin, TX; Kenneth
Tysinger, with May
Heavy Equipment
in Lexington, NC;
and Chris Lohman,
with South Mountain
Tractor in Tempe, AZ.
Also, Kristin Waldie,
BBA with CapStone
Accounting in Minesing, ON, is the new
treasurer.
Established in
2002, IEDA is a
self-regulating body
of independent
dealers in the used
equipment market
worldwide. Standard
members buy and
sell equipment on a
wholesale and retail
level via the IEDA;
associate members
offer products and/or
services to the core
group.

Hi-Vac
Dennis Zorn is the
new western territory
manager at Hi-Vac
Corporation, manufacturer of industrial
vacuum systems.
Zorn
He has more than
30 years of experience, including
specifically with industrial vacuum
systems, bulk material handling and
process automation.

LAN
Wayne Swafford joined planning, engineering and program
management consulting firm
Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam

Inc., as executive vice
president. Reporting
to Dennis Petersen,
president, Swafford
is responsible for
the direction and
operation of the LAN
Swafford
brand. A structural
engineer with more than 30 years
of experience, he has managed the
operations and finances of several
technical organizations, and has
a proven track record of guiding
organizations through growth and
change.

Mott MacDonald
Joe O'Carroll was
appointed as senior
vice president and
regional tunnels
practice leader,
responsible for
O'Carroll
the sector's strategic growth in
southern California and the western
US. He brings more than 35 years
of experience in the heavy civil and
underground construction industry,
specializing in tunneling with tunnel boring machines and in project
risk management.
Mott MacDonald is a $2 billion
global management, engineering,
and development firm.

Michels Corp
Sean Nicholson
was promoted to
vice president of
Health, Safety and
Environment (HSE),
Nicholson
where he will use his
20 years of industry experience to
execute a comprehensive, unified
HSE program throughout Michels'
operations in the United States
and Canada. He will expand the
programs he established during
his 10 years as Michels' director
of HSE, to support a culture that
holds the safety of people, property
and the environment as the prime
objective.
Michels Corporation, a leading
utility contractor in North America,
offers construction, engineering
and procuring services to keep
pace with the utility construction
industry.
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