registered Professional Engineer in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia and is the co-chair of Schnabel’s External Communications Committee. Left to right: Mike Moore, CEO, ADSC; Rick Marshall, ADSC safety committee chairman, Goettle, Inc.; Steven Scherer, senior vice president, Hayward Baker; Rick Walsh, business development consecutive year that Hayward Baker has received this prestigious award. Being chosen for the ADSC award aligns well with Hayward Baker’s safety motto, ThinkSafe. This motto represents the company’s commitment to creating a culture and adopting practices that value health and safety. In addition to the Rick Marshall Commitment to Excellence in Safety Award, McKinney Drilling, Seaboard Foundations, Case Atlantic and Keller Canada – all part of the Keller Group of companies – each received an Outstanding Safety Achievement Award. Marco Chiarabelli joined Soilmec North America as the corporate sales area manager, a new position for the organization. He will work with customers, agents and dealers to support and promote the continued growth of Soilmec. Chiarabelli has been part of the Soilmec/Trevi family for his entire career, managing large sales operations and complex technical projects primarily in Asia and Europe. He holds M.S. and B.S. degrees in civil and environmental engineering. Schnabel Engineering, Inc., Glen Allen, Va., announced the promotion of Chad Mayers, P.E., to associate/vice president. Mayers joined Schnabel’s Baltimore, Md., office in 2004, transferred to the Sterling, Va., office in 2010, and has over 10 years of experience in geotechnical engineering. Mayers received his B.S. in civil engineering from Virginia Tech and his M.S. from the University of Maryland. He is a 96 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2014 J a c o b s A s s o c i a t e s announced that Jennifer Jordan, P.E., Andrew McGlenn, P.E., S.E., P.Eng., and Laura Miles, P.E., were promoted to lead associates. Jordan is the manager of the Boston office and has more than 20 years of experience in geotechnical related field investigation, design and construction of a variety of unde rground engi - neering projects. Her experience covers a broad range of services areas including planning, implementation and reporting of geotech- nical investigations; geotechnical design and analyses; and preparation of contract documents. McGlenn has 17 years of experience in structural engineering for aboveground and unde rground infrastructure and is based in the Seattle office, where he serves as the lead structural engineer on various underground projects in the Pacific Northwest as well as abroad. Miles is based in the Portland office and has over 27 years of experience in the civil engineering industry. Her expertise includes project management, project controls, contract administration, construction supervision, cost estimating, scheduling, construction claims and schedule analysis. Jacobs also announced that Rick Smith, P.E., was promoted to senior associate. Based in the Seattle office, Smith has 27 years of geotechnical engineering experience for heavy civil design and construction, including underground structures for water, wastewater and transit, highway and railway bridges, support of deep excavations, landslide stabilization, and earth and rock fill dams. Kleinfelder announced the appointment of Daniel L. Harpstead, P.E., as the firm’s new chief technical officer. Harpstead, who reports directly to Kleinfelder’s president and CEO Bill Siegel, is located in the firm’s Exton, Pa., office. Harpstead brings over 37 years of engineering experience in a diverse set of technical and leadership roles relating to geotechnical and envi ronmental engineering, construction quality control and risk management. He received an M.S. in civil engineering from Purdue University and a B.S. in civil engineering from Michigan State University. Atlas Copco was again listed as one of the top companies in its industry in the prestigious Dow Jones Sustainability Index for 2014/2015. The DJSI World index assesses some 2,500 public companies from around the world, and only 10% of those end up being included in the index. The index helps identify and measure the companies that represent an attractive investment opportunity by demonstrating an ability to manage sustainability issues. The companies were also analyzed on factors such as climate strategy, labor practices, occupational health and safety and strategy for emerging markets. Dieseko Group, the Sl iedrecht- b a s e d g l o b a l market leader and manufacturer of hydraulic vibro equipment and power units acquired PVE Piling & Drilling Rigs (PDR) from PVE Cranes in Oosterhout. PDR is a supplier of pile cranes, drill cranes and hydraulic pile drivers. The company will continue to operate independently in Oosterhout, where assembly, repair and maintenance, service and sales activities are currently conducted. Dieseko, in turn, will offer additional production capacity, R&D and sales support from its base in Sliedrecht.
