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PND Engineers, Inc., is pleased to announce the hiring of Jake Randazzo & Savel Forrest.

Jake Randazzo brings 15 years of experience in hands-on primary and secondary soil testing, data reduction, and soil lab operations. Forrest Savel has a background in construction, and will assist on general civil engineering projects.

To read the full press release and learn more about the backgrounds on these new hires, click here.

Hello everyone! I’m excited to begin my term as President of APDC! Over this past month, we have sustained the energy from the successful legislative fly-in and are actively tracking multiple bills, including HB299 (de-regulation of licensure/Right to Earn a Living), HB291 (Commercial Interior Design Licensure), SB115 (gas tax), HB216 (temporary licensure), and HB197 (Seismic Hazard commission renewal). The legislative committee is writing letters in support or opposition of the bills, based on the direction from the March board meeting.

Similar to last year, the budget will again be a major issue and topic of discussion; unlike last year, we have now added a world-wide pandemic, dropping oil prices, and other state-wide concerns to the budget. We will stay on top of all these issues and make sure we are working to support design professionals in whatever means we can.

Finally, I couldn’t write a president’s message this month without addressing COVID-19. Is it scary and challenging? Yep. Will it change everything? Most likely. Is it already affecting things? Definitely. But will we pull through? Of course! How? I don’t know all the details yet of exactly how, but I know we will. Things are changing so fast, but through the support of our community and coming together, I know we will find a way to come through this. Things most likely won’t look the same on the other side, but I am confident the other side will be sunny. APDC’s part in this will focus on supporting the design community, tracking the budget challenges, tracking applicable bills and legislature, and actively advocating to support our profession.

Please reach out to us if we can help in any way.

Thanks!

-Erica

AJ Behm recently joined R&M CONSULTANTS, INC. (R&M) as a Staff Engineer in the firm’s Surface Transportation Group. AJ will assist with planning and design of civil engineering projects, with an emphasis in roadways, pedestrian facilities and utility relocations.

To read the full press release, click here.

David Carlson, PE & Peter Yoo, PE recently passed the Principles & Practice of Engineering Exam, gaining their Professional Civil Engineering licenses.

David has been with R&M since 2014, and is a Project Engineer in R&M’s Surface Transportation Group, and has worked on a variety of transportation projects, including road improvements, pavement preservation, and traffic safety improvements.

Peter is a Project Engineer in R&M’s Construction Administration Group, where he provides construction document review, quality control oversight, and a variety of inspections during constructions.

To read the full press release, click here.