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ON THE MOVE ULTEIG NAMES MIKE FARRELL AS NEW SENIORVICE PRESIDENT, CIVIL AND FIELD SERVICES Ulteig – a leading provider of design engineering, program management, and technical and field services – has announced the appointment of Mike Farrell as senior vice president of civil and field services. Farrell is an accomplished technical leader who will oversee the civil business that serves public infrastructure clients, particularly those in the transportation and water Lifeline Sectors, in addition to Ulteig’s project management and land services businesses. Farrell has a distinguished 30-year career in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, most recently with the rank of colonel. Prior to joining Ulteig, Farrell served as commander of a task force that managed and executed the $300 million Mosul Dam remediation project on behalf of the government of Iraq. Before that, Farrell held multiple leadership positions in the Corps, including commander of both the Sacramento and Walla Walla
Districts and Deputy Commander of the Europe District. Farrell has received numerous military awards and decorations throughout his career, including the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star awards. “Mike has built and led teams in the U.S. and abroad, capitalizing on his competency in planning, executing and delivering large- scale infrastructure projects and programs in challenging circumstances,” said Doug Jaeger, president and CEO of Ulteig. “His wealth of experience and strong credentials will be a tremendous asset as we strengthen our civil and field-based services and expand our offerings in water and wastewater management.” Farrell earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Princeton University, a master’s degree in construction engineering from Cranfield University, and a master’s degree in national resource strategy from the Eisenhower School, National Defense University.
“I am pleased to be joining Ulteig as it celebrates its 75th anniversary,” said Farrell. “With an impressive history of service and a dedication to client success, I look forward to helping the organization extend its reach with its exceptional capabilities and collaborative approach.” Founded in 1944, Ulteig delivers comprehensive design engineering, program management, and technical and field services that strengthen infrastructure vital to everyday life. Ulteig connects people and resources to develop compelling, integrated solutions across multiple Lifeline Sectors, including power, renewables, transportation, and water. Ulteig’s footprint spans the country and leverages its expertise with a wide range of public and private clients. With 10 offices across the U.S. and more than 450 employee- owners, Ulteig serves clients in more than 40 states.
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❚ ❚ Invest in speed. Right now there are few better investments for your AEC business than data bandwidth. Simply stated, it’s the glue that binds worker productivity and is well worth the cost. ❚ ❚ Mobilize your workstations. Light, stable, and affordable PCs that slide into work bags or purses have rendered boxy desktop PCs obsolete, even for the most data-intensive tasks. Today, nobody needs to leave their workstation behind. ❚ ❚ Simplify connections. Even the lightest mobile workstations and the fastest bandwidth won’t be the least bit helpful if you don’t have a simple and reliable way for your employees to connect to your company’s data set. Thankfully, this can be as simple as a gateway device sitting on your office server that allows a remote PC to map its files and folders, or an online portal that accesses cloud-hosted data and apps. Most importantly, these solutions are becoming more secure and affordable. ❚ ❚ Rethink your space. Think about that big stuffy boardroom and consider adapting this and other underused spaces into areas designed for web conferencing, or even co-working space for your field or sales staff. You’ll get more productivity out of each square foot. Although it’s taken me a few years, I’m now a believer in this new definition of workspace, because I’ve made these changes myself and have seen the benefits at my firm. So the smart bet for AEC firms looking to attract young talent and transition to new leaders is to grow around this paradigm of connected freedom. Companies that do so will be poised to reach new levels of productivity and creativity into the 2020s and beyond. DAVID COYNE is a principal and the COO of Liberty Environmental, Inc., which provides environmental consulting and engineering services to clients across the United States. Coyne can be reached at dcoyne@ libertyenviro.com.
life. So, as my peers and I begin to transition our daily management responsibilities to this next generation of future leaders in the next 10 years, freedom of movement in work environments won’t be so much an option as an expectation, borne of advances in IT infrastructure and a greater awareness of work-life balance that we never sought. AEC firms that fail to leverage these two concepts in their workspace risk being left behind. “Freedom of movement in work environments won’t be so much an option as an expectation, borne of advances in IT infrastructure and a greater awareness of work-life balance that we never sought. AEC firms that fail to leverage these two concepts in their workspace risk being left behind.” Sound far-fetched and broadminded? Or, are you thinking that this won’t fit your business model? Consider what’s changed in just the past 10 years alone, as we enjoy fiber- speed connections between offices and cloud-hosted applications. Further, the upcoming age of 5G data transfer from mobile devices and between the ‘Internet of Things’ will speed information wirelessly at rates that exceed even the fastest wired connections from just a few years ago. As this next phase of data infrastructure is built out, the costs to use these connections will become manageable within our business models. So if this isn’t traditionally how you’ve viewed your company operations, you’ll simply need to adjust your thinking a bit. Here are a few things to consider:
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THE ZWEIG LETTER June 17, 2019, ISSUE 1301
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