PEOPLE & COMPANIES Dan Brown and Asso- ciates, PC, is pleased to announce the addition of Robert M. Saunders, P.E. and Benjamin J. Turner, P.E. to its staff. Saunders has over 11 years of exper- ience in geotechnical consulting and design. He completed his B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering at the University of Ten- nessee. Turner holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from Cal Poly Univer- sity, San Luis Obispo. Turner is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at UCLA in geotechnical earthquake engineering and will transition to a full-time position upon completion. Hayward Baker Inc. announced that retired Vice President Joseph Welsh received the 2014 Outstanding Projects and Leaders (OPAL) Award. The OPAL Award, established in 1999 by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), recognizes Welsh’s lifetime accomplishments of noteworthy contribu- tions to the civil engineering industry over the past 50 years. He received the award on March 20, 2014 at the OPAL Gala in the Washington, D.C. area. Welsh’s notable projects include the Port of West Africa, Central Boston Artery Tunnel, Pakistan Tarbela Dam and the Malaysia Petronas Twin Towers. Noteworthy publications by Welsh include Soil Improvement – A Ten Year Update published by the ASCE, and a Federal Highway Administration Manual, Ground Improvement Technologies. Ed Paradi s joined Resiplast US, Inc. as national sales manager for the U.S. and Caribbean. He has served the chemical grout industry for over 20 years and been involved in some of the country’s highest profile projects. Resiplast’s “Spetec” line of chemical grouts have a 25 year history in 98 • DEEP FOUNDATIONS • JULY/AUG 2014 the chemical grout market. Spetec recently received the honor of being named as the product used on a project receiving a prestigious International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) award for longevity. GRL Engineer s an- nounced the opening of a branch office in Seattle, Wash. Marty Bixler, one of GRL’s most senior and accomplished testing engineers, will manage the new location. Bixler has been with the Florida office for almost 20 years. The new office will provide PDA services on driven or drilled foundations, integrity testing by low strain, thermal profiling and CSL methods, wave equation analysis, SPT Hammer and Becker Drill calibration, and other specialty services and analyses. Hercules Machinery Cor- poration is now the exclusive dealer for HPM, Srl drilling equipment in North America, Central America and the Carib- bean. HPM manufactures drill mast assem- blies mounted exclusively on Caterpillar chassis, and is owned by drill designer Giuseppe Cartechini (pictured). Hercules imports the mast assemblies from Italy and purchases the chassis from Caterpillar OEM solutions – all assembly is in the U.S. Atlas Copco was named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the second consecutive year. The prestigious ranking, presented at the Global Ethics Summit in New York, recog- nizes companies that demonstrate leader- ship in ethics, corporate responsibility, sustainability and governance. As part of the company’s dedication to business ethics and standards, Atlas Copco is a signatory to the UN Global Compact, a strategic policy initiative for businesses that are committed to aligning their operations and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption. Atlas Copco Construction Equipment announced that Stewart & Stevenson, a lead- ing manufacturer and distributor of equip- ment for global markets is now a distributor for Atlas Copco’s full line of generators, portable air compressors, boosters and associated equipment throughout the U.S. Arup, a multidisciplinary engineering and consul- ting firm, announced that Vincent Tirolo, Jr., P.E., joined its New York office. Tirolo will serve as a senior advisor on Arup’s large heavy civil infrastructure projects as well as help expand the firm’s presence in the tri-state area. He holds both B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from the City College of New York. Tirolo is a past president of the Metropolitan Section of ASCE and has been an adjunct professor of civil engi- neering at Columbia University since 2004. Jacobs Associates, a leader in underground design and construction management, opened an office in Sydney, Australia. The new office joins Melbourne and Auckland as the firm’s third Australasian office. Mark Trim, a lead associate, played a key role in establishing the new Sydney office. Trim has 15 years of experience as a design engineer specializing in permanent and temporary underground structures. Jacobs Associates also announced the addition of David Corkum, P.G., as a new principal. Corkum has 35 years of experience in heavy civil underground construction, with a focus on geotechnical engineering.
