24A — December 11 - 23, 2015 — Pennsylvania — M id A tlantic
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K&L Gates ties for Most National First-Tier Rankings
ORRISTOWN, PA — Hollenbach Con- struction, Inc. re- For Gateway Ticketing Systems Global HQ building Hollenbach Construction receives ABCMerit Excellence N
Energy Law Environmental Law Financial Svcs. Regulation Law Health Care Law Information Technology Law Insurance Law Labor Law - Management Land Use & Zoning Law Leveraged Buyouts and Pri- vate Equity Law Litigation - Antitrust Litigation - Bankruptcy Litigation - Construction Litigation - Environmental Litigation - Intellectual Property Litigation - Labor & Employment Litigation - Patent Litigation - Securities Litigation - Tax Mass Tort Litigation/Class Ac- tions - Defendants Mergers & Acquisitions Law Mutual Funds Law Native American Law Patent Law Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law Project Finance Law Public Finance Law Real Estate Law Securities/Capital Markets Law Securities Regulation Securitization and Structured Finance Law Tax Law Trademark Law Trusts & Estates Law Venture Capital Law Based on surveys of more than 21,000 lawyers and cli- ents throughout the United States, this latest “Best Law Firms” report ranks more than 12,700 law firms in 74 national and 122 state and metropoli- tan practice areas. n ity, financial services, waste- water and environmental remediation. Craig most recently assisted a multi-disciplinary design and engineering firm further penetrate the educational and healthcare marketplace, trained technical staff in busi- ness development strategies and assisted in bolstering work-flow. n Group and was director of the Integrated Technology Design Group at Bala Consulting En- gineers for 13 years. “Walt is a welcome addi- tion to our team,” said Greg Roberts , partner and director of AKF’s Technologies Group. “His stellar reputation and experience in all phases of tech- nology service delivery bring added depth and capability to our practice as we further enhance our expertise in the Mid-Atlantic Region”. n
PITTSBURGH, PA —Con- tinuing its showing in the annual ranking, global law firm K&L Gates LLP is one of two firms to have earned 45 National first-tier rank- ings, the highest number of National first-tier rankings among more than 12,700 firms in the 2016 edition of the U.S. News-Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” survey. In total, K&L Gates earned nearly 190 first-tier rankings, including top honors in one or more practices in 19 different state and metropolitan areas, placing K&L Gates among the top three law firms in overall first-tier rankings each year since the survey’s 2010 in- ception. K&L Gates also was honored for a third consecutive year as the “Law Firm of the Year” in the Securities Regula- tion category. The full list of practices in which K&L Gates has been recognized with National first- tier rankings in the survey’s 2016 edition are: Antitrust Law Banking and Finance Law Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency & Reorgani- zation Law Biotechnology Law Commercial Litigation Construction Law Copyright Law Corporate Law Derivatives and Futures Law Employee Benefits Law Employment Law - Management NORRISTOWN, PA — BartonPartners Architects Planners, Inc. hired Heath- er Craig as director of busi- ness development. Craig comes to the firm with more than fifteen years of experience in building and maintaining relationships for a variety of sectors including design and engineering, real estate development, hospital-
ceived an Award of Excel- lence in the Commercial Office Category for its construction of the Gateway Ticketing Systems Global Headquar- ters building in Gilbertsville. The Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Eastern Pennsylvania Chap- ter presented the award to Hollenbach at the 25th Merit Construction Awards of Excel- lence program on November 5th in Norristown. The awards program recognizes outstand- ing projects throughout east- ern Pennsylvania built by ABC contractors. Gateway Ticketing Systems, Inc. is the world leader in ad- mission control and ticketing software for the attraction, amusement, and transporta- tion industries. Gateway Tick- eting Systems provides con- sultation, sales, service and support for Point of Sale and ticketing systems throughout North America and world- wide. Glenn Ebersole , stra- tegic vice president, business OAKMONT, PA — R.A. Smith National , a multi- disciplined civil engineering, structural engineering, and surveying firm in Pittsburgh demonstrated the use of GPS (global positioning system) to students enrolled in survey courses at Point Park Univer- sity. This year marks the sixth year that R.A. Smith National extended this opportunity to the civil engineering technol- ogy students at the university. R.A. Smith National’s Pete Brothers , survey manager, has conducted this hands-on GPS demonstration during fall in each of the last six years. The demonstration has been well received and appre- ciated by the students and in- structors. This is the first year that two sessions of the survey course were offered due to increased enrollment. John Harrocks and Dan Powell , also of R.A. Smith National’s Pittsburgh office, assisted Brothers with the first day of the two-day presentation. Earlier this year R.A. Smith National sponsored (for the second consecutive year) a project for the capstone course that runs during the summer termat Point Park University.
Shown from left: Stephanie Hollenbach, Secretary/Treasurer of Hol- lenbach Construction, ABCEastern PAChapter ChairmanMike Funari of Worth and Company, Tim Little, President and Glenn Ebersole, Strategic Vice President, Business Development/Marketing of Hol- lenbach Construction receiving the Excellence in ConstructionAward.
development/marketing said, “The Gateway Ticketing Sys- tems Global Headquarters building is a very unique and innovative “state-of-the-art” building. The successful com- pletion of the project was not an easy assignment especially during the challenging winter weather encountered during construction.”
Owners Tim Little, presi- dent and Stephanie Hollen- bach, Secretary Treasurer praised the work of the Hol- lenbach Team in meeting the challenges of the project through a very severe winter for construction. Hollenbach worked with Muhlenberg Greene Architects for the design of the building. n
R.A. Smith National Conducts Land Surveying/GPS Demonstration for Point Park University students
BartonPartners Architects hires Craig as director of business development
R.A. Smith National’s Pete Brothers (at left) conducts a demonstra- tion of the use of GPS for land surveying purposes to a class of civil engineering technology students at Point Park University.
A project was created and outlined by R.A. Smith Na- tional’s civil engineer Anthony Simelis who is a 2010 gradu- ate of Point Park University. This year a group of five civil engineering technology stu- dents worked closely with R.A. Smith National to create a site plan, identify zoning criteria, work through grading concepts, and establish and design a storm sewer system for the capstone project. The final project was presented in August to the class, fac- ulty and industrial sponsors. R.A. Smith National plans to continue its sponsorship of a
capstone project annually. The GPS demonstrations and capstone course sponsor- ships have been initiated and led by John Frydrych , R.A. Smith National’s eastern regional manager. Frydrych has volunteered as an active member of Point Park Uni- versity's industrial advisory committee since 2003. In this role, John provides guidance for the program's curriculum; monitors trends within the industry; and assists with the accreditation of the CET program by the accreditation board for engineering and technology. n
PHILADELPHIA, PA — AKF Group announced that Walt Herring has joined the AKF Technologies Group as a senior telecommunication engi- neer in the firm’s Philadelphia office. He brings 20 years of ex- perience in Information Tech- nology Infrastructure Design and Consulting to his new po- sition, particularly for Mission Critical facilities. Herring for- merly served, from April 2014 to present, as senior technical advisor for C&C Technology Walt Herring, Rccd, joins AKF Group
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