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Join the Conversation with Terracon’s Delivering Success Web and Mobile Application

bconnell — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:26:03 +0000

We’ve just made it easier for you to get the latest from Terracon authors and join the conversation! Visit ds.terracon.com on your PC, iPad, or iPhone to ask questions or provide comments on the latest Terracon articles. This new application also puts our extensive article library right at your fingertips with an easy search tool for current and past issues of Terracon’s leading publication. While you’re there, don’t forget to download the shortcut for one-touch browsing in the future!

Contact successeditor@terracon.com with any questions or comments about the application.

Terracon Awarded International Project with Baha Mar

meyoung — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 22:57:49 +0000

OLATHE, Kan. — Terracon has been awarded the construction materials engineering and testing and Special Inspections services for the Baha Mar Hotel and Casino Resort located in Nassau, The Bahamas. This project expands Terracon’s international project experience, establishing a project office in The Bahamas for the duration of the project.

Baha Mar will be the largest, single-phase destination resort in the Caribbean, featuring six hotels, the largest casino in the Caribbean, five acres of convention and meeting facilities, three spas, retail village and a Jack Nicklaus golf course.

Terracon’s work will involve the superstructure core works package, comprised of a podium building, casino hotel tower, convention hotel tower, luxury hotel, lifestyle hotel, central utility plant building and three vehicle bridges.

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Terracon and Dressler Join Together to Expand Facilities Engineering Division

meyoung — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 15:28:24 +0000

OLATHE, Kan. — Terracon Consultants, Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of Dressler Consulting Engineers, Incorporated (Dressler), a building forensics engineering firm located in Overland Park, Kan. Terracon, one of the nation’s largest employee-owned engineering consulting firms, is headquartered in Olathe, Kan.

“Dressler is a recognized leader in building forensic (investigative) engineering services and roof consulting,” said David Gaboury, P.E., president and CEO of Terracon. “They are real experts in their field. Joining with Dressler allows Terracon to expand our Facilities Engineering Division and the services we provide to local and national clients.”

Dressler was founded in 1974 and its client base extends nationwide, with a concentration on the Midwest, South and Southeast. Terracon is retaining Dressler’s employees, and Dressler will continue operating under the same name.

“At Dressler, we work to ensure that each and every challenge is met professionally and cost-effectively, regardless of the project’s size and complexity,” said Philip Nigus, P.E., vice president at Dressler. “Our competitive edge is our people and experience and this will only improve by joining forces with Terracon.”

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 2,700 employees providing geotechnical, environmental, construction materials and facilities services from more than 130 offices in 39 states nationwide. Terracon currently ranks 38th on Engineering News-Record’s List of Top 500 Design Firms. The Facilities Engineering Division provides multiple services to owners and operators of facilities in both the private and public sectors, including property condition assessments/asset management; building science and forensic services; roof and building envelope consulting services; and energy consulting and commissioning. For additional information about Terracon, please visit terracon.com.

Terracon’s Smith Appointed to TRB Board

bconnell — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:16:17 +0000

AUSTIN, Texas — Elizabeth M. Smith, P.E., has been appointed to the Transportation Research Board’s Foundations of Bridges and Other Structures (AFS30) Committee. Smith is a principal and national program manager for transportation at Terracon, working out of the Austin office. She has 25 years of experience in geotechnical engineering and specializes in bridges and transportation projects. Smith has been with Terracon since 2006. She has a master’s and bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

The Transportation Research Board (TRB) works to promote innovation and progress in transportation through research. The Foundations of Bridges and Other Structures (AFS30) Committee is concerned with the local and global behavior, stability and interaction of structural foundations, and their supporting materials, for permanent and temporary transportation structures (bridges, retaining walls, box culverts, buildings, overhead signs and other transportation structures).

ENR 150 Top Global Design Firms

meyoung — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:03:43 +0000

#91

http://enr.construction.com/toplists/GlobalDesignFirms/001-100.asp