The board of directors for Geosyntec Consultants elected Peter Zeeb, Ph.D., P.G., as president and CEO of the firm. Zeeb succeeds Rudolph Bonaparte, Ph.D., P.E., who served in that role for the last 20 years. Zeeb received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his M.S. in the same field from Stanford. Bonaparte will serve as chairman of the board and as a practicing professional in the firm as well as professor of practice at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Meever USA was appointed an official U.S. distributor for ESZ hot rolled steel sheet piles with the Larssen interlock (compat- ible with AZ and NZ). Meever USA offers mill direct deliveries, and the most com- mon sections are available from Meever’s US inventory with short lead times. In other news, Meever USA recently appointed Paul Jaquillard as a Southeast region territory manager. He will be working with Lee Wilczynski, an industry veteran with more than 41 years of experience in the pile driving industry. Independence Tube Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell the company to Nucor Steel. Founded in 1972 in a 53,000 sq ft facility on the southwest side of Chicago, Independence Tube has grown to 1.7 million sq ft with two manufacturing div- isions in Illinois (Chicago and Marseilles) and two manufacturing divisions in Alabama (Decatur and Trinity) producing tube and pipe products to ASTM standards. Tectonic Engineering & Surveying Con- sultants, a multidisciplined engineering firm headquartered in New York’s Hudson Valley, has been placed number 86 on the 2016 Zweig Group Hot Firm List. The list recognizes the 100 fastest-growing engineering, architecture, planning and environmental consulting firms in the U.S. and Canada. Posillico announced its third annual “Work Safely for the Cure” campaign in support of Breast Cancer Awareness for the month of October. Posillico distributed pink con- struction gear to its employees. Field employees showcased pink hard hats, safety glasses, ear protectors and gloves. Hayward Baker announced the opening of a new office location in New Orleans, La., being led by recent hire Christopher Rogers, P.E., project manager, with oversight from Tyson Deklavs, area manager. Rogers is a graduate of Mississippi State University with a B.S. in civil and environmental engineering and has over 10 years of experience. The New Orleans office of Hayward Baker is located at 839 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 100, New Orleans, LA 70130. Malcolm announced the nat ional expansion of ground improvement technologies including soil mixing, jet grouting and vibro compaction through regional offices in Hayward and Irwindale, Calif.; Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Kent, Wash.; Oak Creek, Wis.; and Salt Lake City, Utah. Each office will now service Malcolm’s complete suite of deep foundation, earth retention and ground improvement competencies. Nicholson Construction Company’s New York regional office is now located at 550 Broad Street, Suite 603, in Newark, N.J. Skanska signed a $399 million contract with the Florida Department of Trans- portation to replace the existing bridge over Pensacola Bay with two new, three- lane bridges, connecting the cities of Pensacola and Gulf Breeze. The total project length is 3.7 mi (6 km), including the roadway approaches on each end of the bridges. GeoStructures announced the completion of the ground improvement work for the Chancery of Morocco in Washington, D.C. The project challenges included: steep slopes, tight site, foundation on three benches and varying fill depths. Geo- Structures worked closely with Forrester Construction, Advance Structural Concepts and Schnabel Engineering to value engineer and grade beams to Geopier footings. the foundation system from drilled shafts ® elements and DEEP FOUNDATIONS • NOV/DEC 2016 • 129
