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McMahon Associates is providing transportation and engineering services on the design team for MassDOT’s Casey Arborway project in Boston.

Forty down, forty to go McMahon Associates celebrates its accomplishments as it moves into a new era with continued focus on staff, shareholders, and clients.

By LIISA ANDREASSEN Correspondent

They’ve also dedicated individual months to client appreciation, added a program called “McMahon Gives Back” for charitable work in the communities they serve, and monthly employee recognition pro- grams. DeSantis, who joined the firm 30 years ago, says he has seen exponential growth. They’ve added new services, geographic regions, and completed more than 18,000 engagements for 4,000 clients all while growing to 13 offices in Massachusetts, Rhode Is- land, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Florida. What’s changed the most? DeSantis says it’s the complexity of studies and designs in transporta- tion. “These are technologies and challenges we couldn’t have dreamed of 40 years ago,” he says. “The focus See MCMAHON, page 4

E xciting things are happening this year at Mc- Mahon Associates, Inc. (#21 Best Firm Civ- il for 2015), a 150-person engineering, planning, design, and transportation firm with offices from New England to Florida. The source of the excite- ment? A 40th anniversary that runs through April 1, 2017. “It’s a celebration of our employees, clients, proj- ects, and the future,” says Joseph DeSantis, the firm’s president. The year kicked off with a company-wide celebra- tion that included a shareholder’s meeting, “State of the Firm,” social, press, and email communica- tions to firm friends and clients, and various of- fice-based events, including an anniversary cake decorating contest and monthly photo contests.

Joseph DeSantis, President, McMahon Associates

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