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ON THE MOVE THORNTON TOMASETTI WELCOMES NEW VP TO FORT LAUDERDALE OFFICE Thornton Tomasetti (New York, NY), an international engineering firm, an- nounced that DerekWassink has joined its Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office as a vice president in the Structural Engineering practice. Wassink has more than 25 years of experience in structural design, project management and coordination, and business development. Having spent the majority of his career in Florida, Wassink will use his local knowledge to showcase the Fort Lauderdale office’s capabilities and strengths. WSN ANNOUNCES ADDITION TO LAND SURVEYING TEAM Ty Haverland has joined the land surveying department of the Alexandria, Va., office of Widseth Smith Nolting (Alexandria, VA), a multi-disciplined architecture, land surveying, and environmental services firm with more than 180 employ- ees. As a land survey technician at WSN, Haverland’s responsibilities in- clude drafting land survey certificates, legal descriptions, FEMA Elevation Forms, and right-of-way and subdivision plats, in addition to using Autocad Civil 3D. He is also responsible for performing GPS surveys and Total Sta- tion surveys, public ditch records research, project inspection, construc- tion staking, streamgage maintenance, and data collection platform instal- lation and maintenance. LEHMAN ENGINEERS’ ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST EARNS CERTIFICATION P. JOSEPH LEHMAN Inc., Consulting Engineers (Hollidaysburg, PA), a full-service civil engineering and environmental, announced that Thomas Bilko , environ- mental scientist II, has earned his Sewage Enforcement Officer Certifica- tion through the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. This certification allows Bilko to perform septic-system testing, inspec- tions, and design. He has been with Lehman Engineers for six years.

A LOOK AHEAD Zweig Group is finalizing preparations for its 2015 Hot Firm and A/E Industry Awards Conference, September 3-4 in Boston . In fact, we’re so excited about the conference, that we’re devoting the next three issues of THE ZWEIG LETTER to highlighting the event and award recipients. Upcoming TZLs will focus on:

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negative person will suddenly sound more positive. Don’t underestimate your own power to change things. 4)Positivity is more fun. And fun is im- portant at work. People who are hav- ing fun are more creative, work longer, and get along with each other better. Anything you can do to make it more fun at the office is good. If you want to get a serious jolt of positivity, come to the 2015 Hot Firm Conference and A/E Industry Awards in Boston this September. You don’t need to be a winner to attend. Everyone is welcome! I will be there with my entire family, and I can assure you that you won’t find a more positive group of inspirational people anywhere.

2)Don’t confuse being positive with being delusional. I have run into plenty of people who were the latter in this business over the years – people who absolutely B.S. themselves into thinking everything is great when it is not. So, they don’t do anything they need to do to change course, and it gets worse! I resigned from a board once because the architectural firm absolutely would not make any real effort to cut its costs. They even had their secretaries peeling their fruit. The situation was bad and their delu- sional thinking – not to be mistaken for positive thinking – was killing them! Be positive, but take action. 3)You can influence negative people! The next time you are dealing with someone who is negative, start mak- ing positive, hopeful statements and watch what happens. It’s very interest- ing: About 80 percent of the time the

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