PEOPLE & COMPANIES Julian Crawley, an expert on the practical aspects of diaphragm walls, died on February 9, after a long and brave fight with cancer. He was a director and share- holder of CCMJ Systems and was instru- mental in the company, in consortium with Trevi and Arup, receiving an EU grant to develop the TTMJ (Tension Track Milled Joint) system, which advanced diaphragm wall technology. Before joining CCMJ, Crawley worked as an independent foun- dation engineering consultant after retiring from Cementation Skanska in 2011. Crawley joined Cementation Skanska in 2001to manage the new major projects division, where he was the project director on later phases of the CTRL project and other major projects in the U.K. In addition, he was the director for Cementation in the joint venture with Franki overseeing the installation of diaphragm walls for three city-center stations for the Amsterdam Metro. In 2007, Crawley joined the Board of Cementation Skanska, and was specifically responsible for both operations and business development. He worked to develop the Skanska Foundation Group in the U.S., Scandinavia and Eastern Europe, and was actively involved in improving behavioral safety and developing innovation. He previously worked with Stent (Stent Soletanche, Balfour Beatty-Stent) on various projects in the U.K., Malaysia and the U.S., and at Colcrete. Crawley received a B.S. in geology from Oriel College in Oxford, U.K., and an M.Sc. in geotechnical engineering from Durham University in Durham, U.K. He is survived by his wife, Julie, and sons, Sam and Thom. William (Bill) Ernest Lardner passed away at the age of 91 on March 4. He and his late wife, Ruth, immigrated to Ottawa, Canada from England in 1952, before moving to Toronto. An accomplished engineer graduating from the University of Birmingham in 1952, Lardner co-founded Deep Foundations Contractors in 1971 with Dave Miller, Sr. (deceased). Lardner was a prominent figure in the engineering community and was awarded the Canadian Geotechnical Society’s G. Geoffrey Meyerhof Award for his outstanding contribution to soil mechanics and foundation engineering. Throughout his career and retirement, Lardner pioneered advancements in the field and supported the next generation of engineers through grant programs at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Birmingham, England. He is survived by his children, Rychard, Janice, Ande and Claire, sister Margaret, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Bermingham announced the release of Foundations, a multigenerational effort to document and share the stories of the early years of the Berming- ham Construction Company (1897 to 1939). The stories were dictated by Spike Bermingham, a n d e d i t e d a n d supplemented by his son, Bill, and grandson, Tim. The book is available at ht tp: / /www. lulu. com/ shop/ t im- bermingham/foundations/hardcover/ product-23481370.html. DiGioia Gray and Associates’ (DGA) Arizona branch relocated to new and larger offices in Gilbert, Ariz. A ribbon cutting cer- emony hosted by the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce and Town of Gilbertwas on Feb- ruary 20, 2018. The relocation was made to accommodate DGA’s growing power delivery service business in the Western U.S. Geocomp announced that Aaron Epstein is heading the Consulting Division in its Atlanta office, as its new southeast regional man- ager. He is managing the efforts to establish and grow the geostruc- tural engineering services in the Atlanta area, in addition to developing opportunities for instrumentation and monitoring services. Prior to joining Geocomp, Epstein worked for United Consulting for 27 years, most recently serving as its geotechnical practice leader and program manager on a number of geotechnical projects. Epstein is licensed as a professional engineer in multiple states and graduated with a B.S. degree in civil engi- neering from Union College. GZA announced that Patrick McCarthy has joined the company’s Buffalo office as a senior project manager. McCarthy has more than 16 years of experience in permitting and regulatory compliance issues in the renewable energy, electrical transmission and gas sectors. He has extensive experience with federal, state and local complex and difficult permitting environments; environmental due diligence and regulatory compliance; and preparation of wetland and waterbody permit appli- cations. In his new role, McCarthy is assisting clients with local, state and federal regulatory reviews and environmental permitting. McCarthy earned a B.S. degree in biology from the State University of New York at Geneseo, and is a member of the New York State Wetland Forum. Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers promoted Aaron L. Sacks, P.E., and Sung H. Kong, P.E., to associates. Sacks is a geotechnical engineer with 12 years of experience in site charac- terization, foundation design, soil mechanics and behavior analysis, instru- mentation, and hydraulic barriers for groundwater control. As project manager DEEP FOUNDATIONS • MAY/JUNE 2018 • 127
