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Consulting-Specifying Engineer 40 Under 40 Donald Seward, PE, 34 Engineering Services Manager, EarthTech, Richmond, Va. University of Virginia, BS in Civil Engineering Old Dominion University, MS in Engineering Management eward grew up a “military brat,” the son of a tactical air commander in the Air Force who spent time in Germany. “Being a fighter pilot crossed my mind,” he said. “But I figured being an engineer was a little safer.” He now overseas the water and wastewater division for EarthTech and manages the Class I Railroad clients by providing lead technical design services for large-scale municipal and government clients. For a confidential client, Seward audited 58 railroads in 10 states to make sure its spill prevention control and counter measures were accurate. He also wrote the field audit manuals by developing a standard design package for facilities. Additionally, he has designed and upgraded firing ranges for the Quantico-based Secret Service and Marine Corps that required hazardous soil surveys, and re-grading range berms including a 600-ft-wide, 800-ft-tall ballistics wall to separate the precision weapon range from the rifle range. In college, Seward played center field and was the captain of the 1996 ACC-championship-winning Virginia baseball team. A Yankees fan, Seward is a deacon in his church. He and his wife, Lucy, have a son Seth, 7, and another baby on the way. Peter Stockard, PE, LEED AP, 36 Associate Partner, Division Leader, Sebesta Blomberg, Arlington, Va. Virginia Tech, BS in Mechanical Engineering tockard is a fourth-generation “Washingtonian” who has been busy helping renovate the Pentagon. In charge of mechanical and fire protection upgrades, Stockard said the vast size of the building, at 6.5 million sq. ft, is hard to comprehend. Each of the five “wedges” is slightly more than 1 million sq. ft, and is renovated one at a time. Despite its high security, Stockard said it is one of the few Dept. of Defense buildings with LEED Certified areas to create optimum efficiency. Stockard has also worked on an energy-saving performance contract to upgrade the HVAC system at the Kansas University Medical Center and at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. In his free time, Stockard is known as “Coach P” for his twin boys’ soccer team, and he regularly goes to their school and helps out at their Cub Scout events. “I’m a sports fanatic and I always wanted to be a physical education teacher, so anything I can do outdoors or sports-related is fantastic,” said Stockard, who helped create the Seymour Lake Triathlon with his brother in 1999, and co-authored two papers for the National Conference on Building Commissioning. S S Jeffrey Tubbs, PE, 39 Associate Principal, Arup, Westborough, Mass. Worchester Polytechnic Institute, BS in Mechanical Engineering, MS in Fire Protection Engineering esides playing the bagpipes, Tubbs is the leader of Arup’s Westborough office. Tubbs serves as the Americas Fire Skills Leader and supervises 10 people in the fire protection engineering department. He co-wrote with Brian Meacham the book “Egress Design Solutions,” which discusses with architects how to plan evacuation systems for buildings. Tubbs led the National Construction Safety Team for the Station Night Club Fire Investigation for the Rhode Island incident that occurred on Feb. 20, 2003. As a project manager for fire and life safety, he reviewed and analyzed the overall code and performance for Dallas-Fort Worth’s International Airport Terminal. “Fire protection is a growing field and there are a lot new concepts within performance-based designs,” Tubbs said. “Instead of following a pre-scripted set of codes, you just say the building needs to be safe, so there is an opportunity to do real engineering work instead of just following codes.” Tubbs is the immediate past president of the New England Chapter of Society of Fire Protection Engineers, and ASHRAE American vice chair of the technical committee for control of smoke and fire. He played rugby in college and enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters. Tony Warner, 33 Principal, Audio Visual and Acoustics Practice, RTKL Associates Inc., Baltimore John Hopkins University, Peabody Institute, BM in Recording Arts & Sciences and Music Performance arner always thought he would play the trombone for a living. He knew it would be a hard road, but after deciding to double major, he began to enjoy the business side of acoustics. He started the firm’s design practice from scratch four years ago and has built it into a 16-person, four-office top-tier audio, visual, and acoustics operation. The challenges included competing with outside consulting firms—even for in-house projects—and developing personal relationships with architects. “I really focused on where my competitors had dropped the ball,” Warner said. “A lot of it seems like no-brainer stuff.” After 18 months, Warner had built up a large enough clientele list to warrant adding another person. After that, he said, everything started to snowball. Warner’s projects include the 4,500-sq.-ft King Dining Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy. Warner’s challenge was to create a multimedia system that could adapt from a dining facility to a classroom for presentations given to one large group, or simultaneously hold three different events at the same time, without being to obtrusive to the historic structure of the building. As a result, Warner hung 70 45-in. LCD screens from the ceiling to help with the stylistic blending. A Cal Ripken fan, Warner also enjoys listening to contemporary Christian, classical, and jazz music. B W 30 Consulting-Specifying Engineer • JULY 2008

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