Articles from CDM Smith

Pasternak brings significant experience in hydrogeology, environmental site investigation, characterization, soil and groundwater remediation, aquifer testing, and remedial design.

Phoenix, Arizona, Jan. 29, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith is pleased to announce that water reuse regulatory expert, Karthik Kumarasamy, PhD, PE joined the firm as an environmental engineer. With 14 years of experience in drinking water, wastewater, water reuse, regulatory compliance, permitting and modeling, Dr. Kumarasamy will apply his advanced knowledge in his new technical role at CDM Smith.

Boston, Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith is pleased to announce the addition of Christopher J. Karpathy as Senior Vice President and incoming Chief Legal Counsel for the firm. Karpathy will be taking the reins from Chief Legal Counsel Mario Marcaccio, who is retiring after 44 years of exceptional service to the firm.  

Boston, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith welcomes transportation discipline leaders Justin Feek and Jesse Loftin to the firm. In his new role as a management specialist and long-range transportation planning discipline leader, Justin Feek will focus on mentoring technical staff, showcasing our planning work in the marketplace, partnering with client service teams on key planning opportunities, and engaging in priority projects to expand our long-range transportation planning services and grow our planning practice. As transportation engineer and roadway discipline leader, Jesse Loftin will play an important role in growing the firm’s transportation business and technical capabilities for projects in the western U.S.

Maitland, Florida, Oct. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith welcomes Jennifer C. Lewis, PE to the firm as the transportation group director for North America. She joins with 30 years of industry experience, spanning transportation, rail transport, water, wastewater and environmental services. Lewis will lead CDM Smith’s transportation group sales and delivery teams to grow the firm’s transportation business, focusing on achieving profitable growth, while also ensuring CDM Smith’s commitment to exceptional quality delivery. 

Tifton, Georgia, Sept. 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) District 4 (Tifton) reselected CDM Smith for an $18 million on-call contract to provide transportation construction, engineering and inspection (CEI) services over the next 3 years. With this contract, CDM Smith will continue to support GDOT’s skilled in-house inspection staff in maintaining a high-quality transportation system and ensuring that GDOT projects are constructed according to the plans and specifications.

CDM Smith continues to award academic scholarships to students pursuing various disciplines in STEM, investing in their long-term success and an equitable future in the field.

Boston, June 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith is delighted to announce the expansion of our North America-based water team with the addition of Andrea R.H. Cheng, Felipe S. Contreras and Traci Minamide. In their new roles, they will help provide our clients with innovative solutions to water challenges like PFAS, water reuse and lead in drinking water.

New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has selected the CDM Smith Team to manage the initial phase of its Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) Program

In his new role, Iosue will position CDM Smith to win remediation work and contribute significantly to our firm’s strategic environmental pursuits.

BOSTON, April 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith is pleased to announce that Angela Zutavern has been appointed to the CDM Smith Board of Directors. “We are very excited to add Angela’s expertise to CDM Smith’s board of directors,” said Tim Wall, CDM Smith Chairman of the Board. “Her leadership in artificial intelligence, machine learning and digital technology fully aligns with our digital vision and the smart solutions we are able to deliver for our clients.”

BOSTON, March 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith, with a legacy spanning nearly eight decades of innovation in the AEC industry, announces the next step in its evolution—launching its Digital Hub, a testament to its enduring commitment to digital excellence.

DENVER, Nov. 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith is pleased to announce that Bill Schultz is joining the firm as Business Technology’s Vice President of Business Relationship Management and PMO functions. With 22 years of management consulting experience at Slalom and Accenture and 2 years as a senior director business partner at Molson Coors, Schultz brings experience in business relationship and project management. He will establish strong connections with our business units, ensuring their technology needs are met as well as driving strategic Business Technology initiatives. Schultz will be instrumental in CDM Smith’s continuing evolution into a true digital engineering and construction company. 

The $150 million expansion of reclaimed water treatment systems at two 12-mgd advanced wastewater treatment facilities is designed to eliminate all effluent discharge into the surface waters of the neighboring Caloosahatchee River.

Dr. Maal-Bared will enhance the firm's expertise and expand microbiological testing and research capabilities at the Bellevue Research & Testing Laboratory.

The project affirms MWRA's commitment to maintaining Boston Harbor as one of the cleanest harbors in the country.

The firm’s upcoming Virtual STEM Week webinars will present college students with career insights from CDM Smith service groups, and this spring the industry leading Reboot Re-Entry Program will see its seventh cohort of professionals returning from career breaks.

BOSTON, Oct. 26, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith is delighted to announce the expansion of our U.S.-based water reuse and desalination team with the addition of Matthew Trzcinski and Rubén Muñoz. In their new roles as desalination discipline leaders, they will help provide our clients with technical solutions to water scarcity challenges. Both experts will appear at a CDM Smith-hosted webinar on November 2, 2023.

CDM Smith continues investing in STEM education and the future workforce through annual academic scholarships, including new awards for technical and vocational students.

The visionary business thinker will be responsible for continuing the firm’s leadership in innovation, technology modernization and digital solutions all aimed at supporting our clients to solve their most complex challenges and achieve world-class outcomes.

PIKETON, Ohio, April 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a significant step forward for a major clean energy and manufacturing project that aims to reinvigorate the economy in Central Appalachia, Newpoint Gas today announced that CDM Smith will serve as the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) partner in support of the h2Trillium Energy and Manufacturing (h2TEAM) complex. The h2TEAM complex will be owned and operated by Trillium H2Power, LLC (tH2Power) and serve as the anchor development project to launch the reindustrialization vision at the site of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) facility near Piketon, Ohio. The complex will be built on remediated property once owned by the federal government and deeded by DOE to the Southern Ohio Diversification Initiative, the DOE designated community reuse and economic development organization.

Six individuals have begun a 16-week program to ease return to STEM field after a personal career break

Concord, California, Feb. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CDM Smith is pleased to announce that Ian Ross has joined the firm as a senior vice president and the new PFAS practice leader. Ross has been developing cost-effective solutions for conventional and emerging contaminants for nearly three decades and has been studying and remediating PFAS since 2005.