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Consulting-Specifying Engineer 40 Under 40 Alfred N. Kovalik, PE, LEED AP, 38 Vice President, GeoDesigns Inc., Middlebury, Conn. University of Connecticut, BS in Civil Engineering University of New Haven, MS in Environmental Engineering Doug Lacy, PE, 31 Associate, Electrical Engineer, ccrd partners, Dallas Kansas State, BS in Architectural Engineering n architectural engineer and avid baseball fan, Lacy’s goal is to visit as many baseball parks in the country as he can. He also loves going to see off beat Indie films. “Since I was 7 years old, I’ve drawn flood plans of buildings for fun,” he said. Now he does it for a paycheck. Lacy has designed a new 200,000sq.- ft fellowship hall for the first Baptist Church of Dallas, which like everything in Texas, is huge—7 stories tall, with a dinner theatre for 1,000 parishioners. Lacy also lead the Arlington Memorial Hospital expansion of a surgery tower in Arlington, Texas. Because of its location on a “sliver of land south of the facility next to an elementary school,” Lacy had to expand vertically with a 6-story tower that can ultimately expand to 11 stories when the hospital needs the space. Lacy has volunteered with Habit for Humanity, serves as the Dallas-Fort Worth ACE mentor coordinator, and meets with high school students on a weekly basis for project-based learning. When he’s not working, Lacy loves watching Jamie Oliver on the Food Network. A W hen Kovalik is not riding his dirt bike on trails, he’s busy cleaning up soil and groundwater contamination. He also helps with storm water management and urban subsurface drainage. As a project manager, Kovalik designed a remediation system to treat drinking water on Row Industries Superfund Site, a 9-acre brownfields redevelopment in Norwalk, Conn., where 60% of the soil was contaminated. Kovalik, a former president of Connecticut Board of Directors for NSPE, became interested in hazardous waste while helping conduct research for professor Domenic Grasso, who was researching for his textbook, “Hazardous Waste Site Remediation: Source Control.” Kovalik, a first-generation college graduate, volunteers extensively with Groundwork Bridgeport, a nonprofit that teaches fourth graders math and science skills while cleaning up their communities with butterfly gardens. He also is the past president of Our Folks, a program that offers subsidized landscaping services for aging homeowners, and was Brownie co-leader for three years for his daughter’s Girl Scout Troop. Kovalik is married to wife, Kasia, and has two daughters, Kaylea, 9, and Sabina, 2. Keith Lane, PE, LEED AP, 39 Principal, Partner, Lane Coburn & Assocs. LLC, Woobinville, Wash. Seattle University, BS in Electrical Engineering Sarita Lemons, PE, 32 Project Manager, Water and Waste Water Design Group, Infrastructure Engineering Corp., Poway, Calif. University of Wyoming, BS in Civil Engineering ook for Lemons on the volleyball court—both indoors and at the beach—when she’s not at work. The outside hitter and back row defensive specialist loves to run 5Ks, fish, camp, and be outdoors. She is the president of the San Diego Water Works Group, the past president of ASCE’s younger member forum, and on ASCE’s board of directors. Lemons, who manages water and waste water projects for public agencies and municipalities, is one of four co-owners who started Infrastructure Engineering Corp. in 2002. Her projects include working as the lead design engineer on the Sears Point Emergency Storage Tank in Vallejo, Calif., a 3-million-gal prestressed concrete emergency water retention reservoir. Lemons also served as the project engineer for the Vallecitos Water District’s Land Outfall Sewer Replacement project that replaced 60,000 ft of pipe and included an unexpected angle point under the freeway, making sliplining the pipe a complicated project. Her advice: “Take ownership and pride in what you do. Don’t be afraid to get involved.” She jokes that because her husband, Jason, also is a civil engineer, making any home improvement decisions requires a detailed discussion. ane knows what hard work means. A former bodybuilder who earned Mr. Seattle Heavyweight 1992, Mr. Northwest 1992, and Mr. Eastern Washington 1997, Lane regularly puts in 80-hour weeks as a co-owner and chief engineer of his new company. “It’s something I’ve always wanted to do,” he said. “But I certainly had a lot more free time before this.” Lane said the business, which focuses on commercial construction of confidential Tier 4 data centers, condos, hotels, mission critical facilities, and high-rise buildings, is designed to integrate and create synergy between design and build to closely connect the engineering and construction fields. Previously, Lane served as the director of engineering at SASCO in Seattle and served on the Seattle Code Committee, which evaluated the 2005 National Electrical Code. He also is a Registered Communications Distribution Designer and is a member of Consulting-Specifying Engineer’s editorial advisory board. Lane has this advice: “Get involved in as many projects as possible. Stay diverse, because you want to stay abreast of new technologies.” When he’s not working, Lane enjoys spending time with his wife, Theresa, and children, Trevor, 2, and Emily, 4, who is learning to ride a horse. L L 24 Consulting-Specifying Engineer • JULY 2008

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