The Underground Division of McMillen Jacobs Associates an- nounced that Victor Romero, P.E., C.P.Eng, was appointed executive vice president and that Isabelle Lamb, LG, was appointed managing director of the Australia/ New Zealand region, based in the Auckland office. In his new position, Romero will assist Dan Adams, president, in management of the Underground Division, which has grown to 300 people in 18 offices. Romero has been with McMillen Jacobs for 28 years, providing underground engineering in the water, wastewater, highway and rail transit sectors. For the past 8 years he has served as managing director of the Australia/New Zealand Region. Lamb, a native Kiwi, has a geological/geotechnical background and has worked on infrastructure and underground projects throughout the Australia/New Zealand region. She has over 25 years of experience in the design and management of design teams for the construction of tunnels, underground structures and associated surface facilities for transit, water/wastewater conveyance and roadway projects. Most recently, Lamb served as tunnel design lead, project manager and design manager for Sound Transit’s University Link Extension, Northgate Link Extension, and East Link Extension E360 projects in Seattle. Nicholson Construction announced the addition of Doug Hardin, P.E., senior design engineer, to the engineering team. Hardin comes to Nicholson with close to 20 years of experience. He started his geotechnical career with the St. Louis, Missouri office of URS and then spent the last 15 years with Schnabel Foundation Company, where he held the position of senior design and construction manager. Hardin received B.S. and M.S. degrees in civil engineering from the University of Illinois. He is a licensed professional engineer in Iowa, Missouri, Virginia and Connecticut. Champion Equipment Sales was named by Marini QG as the exclusive distributor for the Western U.S. Marini designs and manufactures pneumatic/hydraulic drilling units, including masts, drifters, rotary heads, light weight portable units and limited access crawlers. Marini equipment is used for civil engineering work addre s s ing re inforc ement , anchorage, slope stabilization, and installation of rock & avalanche barriers. Marini’s MR line of products includes pneumatic/hydraulic light/portable drilling units made for acrobatic drilling work, slope consolidation, anchors, nailing, and barring. Marini’s MR-A line of products include pneumatic/hydraulic excavator/spider drilling mast attachments suitable for a wide range of self-moving equipment and excavators. Marini’s MR-C line of products includes limited access drilling units and crawler drilling units suitable for various specialized operations in civil engineering. Marini supplies a wide range of drifters/top hammers and rotary heads suitable for Marini machines. The Gavin Foundation Tony Barila, Hub Foundation, has asked to share his own personal tragedy in hopes that others can learn from his loss. Barila’s son, Jeff, was only 12 years old when he developed an onset of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He managed to "fight" his horrible affliction and graduated from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island in 2005, becoming a successful real estate broker in the Boston area. About 10 years ago, Jeff became a heavy drinker and very quickly before his 37 birthday, Jeff died of an apparent accidental overdose of fentanyl. About four months before Jeff became a severe alcoholic. Two days th died, he met with two therapists from the Gavin Foundation in South Boston, an organization that a s s i s t s membe r s of soc i e ty overcome substance abuse. He thought that they had the right approach and was very interested in following their program. Tony believes that if only Jeff had been a part of the Gavin Foundation years or even months earlier, he would have been strong enough to continue with his fight to sobriety. Recently, the national mindset DFI is a cooperating partner in the Pile 20 Annual Design and Installation of Cost-Efficient Piles (DICEP) Conference scheduled for November 5–6, 2019, in Cleveland, Ohio. Held each fall since 2000, this exclusive PDCA program presents modern approaches to maximize and promote the increased use of driven piles through a series of engineering-focused presentations. The theme of this year’s DICEP conference is “Deep Foundations, Earth Retention and the Benefits of the Driven Pile.” Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with your peers, collaborate on industry research and strengthen your commitment to the driven pile profession. More details are available at www.pdca-dicep.com. Driving Contractors Association (PDCA) th and discussion about substance abuse has shifted from being the result of a character flaw to one whose basis is a disease. Removing this traditional social stigma reflects a positive step in improving diagnosis and treatment, however, significant work remains. The fight is too real and personal to be unaffected; this epidemic has fallen on all of us. To learn more about the Gavin F o u n d a t i o n p l e a s e v i s i t www.gavinfoundation.org or contact Tony at [email protected] or (508) 958-3563. DEEP FOUNDATIONS • SEPT/OCT 2019 • 119
