Cheryl Seinfeld has joined the Fort Lauderdale, Florida office of HNTB Corp. as government relations manager for the company’s Southeast division. Seinfeld will focus on government relations and external communications, lead community engagement efforts and support HNTB clients in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale area. Seinfeld brings more than 20 years of experience to the position, including running his own government relations consulting firm and serving in gubernatorial-appointed positions in legislative affairs for state agencies, including the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) .
The company has also hired Theresa McClure in Charleston, SC, to the role of national practice consultant and vice president, to which she brings more than 20 years of leadership and strategic communications experience. As part of HNTB’s national growth office, McClure will focus on strengthening client relationships and delivering high-level facilitation services. Previously, McClure led a strategic communications practice for a global consulting firm, where he led a diverse team of communications professionals delivering communications and engagement activities for major transportation programs across the country.
Employee-owned engineering, architecture and consulting firm RS&H has hired Rob McMullen as lead environmental scientist. Considered one of Florida’s leading subject matter experts, he has held various environmental science positions for more than 30 years with Florida agencies and companies, including FDOT and Florida Power and Light. In his new role, he will focus on road, transit and aerospace transport, including traffic noise, natural resources, socio-cultural issues and arboriculture in urban forests. McMullen has held leadership positions on the Doral Environmental Advisory Council and the South Florida Association of Environmental Professionals.
Keith Evans has joined the Orlando office of Hanson Professional Services Inc. as a construction observer, where you will observe and document construction activities on aviation projects for compliance, coordinate and observe on-site material testing, and coordinate and communicate field construction activities with the owner, contractor, and design engineers. Hanson has also hired Miquel Pérez-Cea as a highway engineer/project manager, based in the firm’s Miami office, helping it expand and supporting its highways and planning group. His experience is primarily in road design, with a strong emphasis on resurfacing, restoration and rehabilitation projects. Previously, he worked as an assistant project engineer for a consulting firm in Miami.
It has hired engineering and construction management firm Neel-Schaffer Inc Mike Biggs as director of operations for Tennessee, based in Nashville. With more than 20 years of transportation engineering and project management experience in the state, Biggs will oversee engineering operations at Neel-Schaffer’s Tennessee offices. He takes over the position previously held by Richard Sullivan, who assumes the role of Tennessee Business Development Officer.
JE Dunn has hired Terry Costello as vice president of the life sciences group, based in the firm’s Raleigh office, where he will support life sciences and biopharmaceutical projects. Costello will lead the life sciences/biopharmaceutical market for the company based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park pharmaceutical and biotech hub. Costello has more than 40 years of experience supporting planning and construction in this industry, working on capital projects with a combined value of more than $14 billion.
The engineering consultancy Terracon has appointed Jacob Brice Hickman its National Industrial Sector Manager, responsible for business and client development strategy and key client relationship management across industrial sectors. Based in Greenville, SC, he will bring more than 20 years of experience to his role from his work in business development for leading public and private organizations in the Southeast, including as manager of business procurement for Duke Energy.
Goodwyn Mills Cawood has hired Nathan Williamson as a senior architect in its Atlanta office. Williamson will put his more than 25 years of experience designing education, science and technology projects to work for clients throughout the Southeast. It specializes in the sectors of higher education, early childhood education to 12, science and technology, residences, judicial and hospitality.
Krishna Sandepudi has joined WSP as senior vice president, national bridge and structures practice director, based in the firm’s Tampa office, where he will lead its national team of technical experts. His 34 years of global industry experience includes business development and multi-disciplinary project execution, as well as managing relationships with clients, sub-consultants and staff within cross-functional teams. Previously, Sandepudi served as US Southeast Director for an international engineering firm, where he was responsible for managing complex projects in a seven-state region, including major highway and bridge projects for the state departments of transportation.
Evans General Contracting has promoted Tanner case to the role of vice president and division director, Atlanta, part of a long-planned leadership transition strategy for the firm’s Atlanta office. Case joined Evans in 2017 as an estimator in its preconstruction division and during his tenure has gained experience as a project manager and project executive while leading the company as a preconstruction manager.
Melissa Crews Rudio joined the Jacksonville, Florida office of Hanson Professional Services Inc. as a Site Civil Designer/Technician, where you will coordinate computer-aided design (CAD) files from consultants, maintain CAD standards, develop plans and 3D modeling, manage design details, train and assist employees with CAD software and perform quality control reviews on plans and drawing files.
Planning and engineering consultancy McFarland Johnson has appointed Mauro Barbosa as Southeast Regional Director of Facilities/Civil Facilities, based in his Hollywood, Florida office. He will oversee the continued growth of site/civil and building/facility services companies with over 24 years of experience in the area, including work with FDOT, the completion of several high-rise buildings and parking garages car park. An expert in post-tensioning engineering for buildings and bridges, he will also support the company’s transport and aviation divisions.
Catamount Constructors has hired Chris Heard as director of business development, based in the company’s Atlanta office. With over 23 years of experience, he will provide key insights and strategic tools for Catamount’s continued growth. In addition to identifying new business opportunities, you will also focus on assisting interview development and leading strategic planning projects.
Cydney The Guest, current director of preconstruction and former director of construction projects for Villa Rica, Ga.-based Elevate Structures, assumes responsibility as regional director of business development for the company’s Atlantic sales territory, covering Delaware, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, New Jersey. , Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. The Host brings experience in value engineering, design and pricing, as well as in the management of construction projects in the field.
