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ON THE MOVE GREGORY KUHN JOINS LAN AS TRANSPORTATION MARKETING LEADER Gregory Kuhn, P.E., joins planning, engineering, and program management firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. as transportation marketing leader. In his new role, Kuhn will be responsible for strategically pursuing projects, building client relationships, and expanding the firm’s transportation practice. Kuhn worked 36 years at Halff Associates , a national consulting engineering firm, in various senior management positions. During this time, he was instrumental in helping the firm win numerous projects throughout Texas, including with notable clients such as the Texas Department of Transportation, Dallas Water Utilities, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. His expertise helped
double the firm’s revenue over the last five years. “Greg has a unique understanding of both the engineering and business aspects of the civil engineering industry,” said Dev Rastogi, P.E., LAN’s vice president. “His expertise will be invaluable to our firm as we continue to grow our transportation business.” Kuhn has served the Society of American Military Engineers, locally and nationally, for several years. He is part of the SAME committee that awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors who will study engineering or the sciences. Kuhn also led SAME’s efforts to support Snowball Express and Operation Once In A Lifetime. In 2007, he was selected as a fellow by SAME, joining a select group of people who have rendered dedicated and outstanding
service to the society, military engineering, and the architecture, engineering, and construction industry. Kuhn holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Rice University and a master’s degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University. He is a registered professional engineer in Texas. LAN is a full-service consulting firm offering planning, engineering, and program management services for the nation’s heavy civil infrastructure needs. With more than 350 employees across the United States, LAN is a national leader in the engineering industry and is consistently ranked among the “Top 100 A/E Firms” according to Engineering News- Record . LAN is a LEO A DALY company, an international architecture and engineering firm.
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❚ ❚ Continue to invest in new technologies and innovation that support our work and our industry ❚ ❚ Support our clients in integrating sustainable planning and practices into their organizations Supporting our clients also includes addressing changing conditions, including climate change and its potential impacts on our company, clients, and industry. SUSTAINABILITY’S NEVER FINISHED Launching a plan is only the beginning – the hallmark of any good sustainability plan is continual improvement. To this end, Mead & Hunt has committed to updating our sustainability plan every year to account for new goals and new priority actions. This will create a cycle of continuous improvement into the future. Sustainability is about creating something that will last into the future. As professional engineers, planners, and architects, it is our responsibility to plan for and foster a sustainable path forward. This means taking a holistic approach to sustainability that views a company as contingent on the people and communities around it, not separate from them. An effective sustainability plan will help us provide resilient, responsible solutions that will better our communities for generations to come. JEN WOLCHANSKY, AICP, ENV SP, is a senior environmental planner and project manager focusing on NEPA and sustainability at Mead & Hunt. Jen has planning experience across the board having worked with transportation, urban planning, and aviation. Contact her at jen. wolchansky@meadhunt.com. KATE ANDRUS, AICP and LEED Green Associate, is a senior environmental planner and project manager focusing on sustainability and environmental planning at Mead & Hunt. She brings a multifaceted approach to environmental and planning projects, drawing on her strong background in science, science policy, and writing. Contact her at kate. andrus@meadhunt.com.
environment, and finances. These crucial elements may not seem connected on first inspection; however, they are each vital to the longevity of a successful AEC firm. Ultimately, any of these factors can make or break a company, and they all must be accounted for in any sustainability plan. “Some people hear the word sustainability and immediately think ‘environment,’ but that’s just a single facet of what sustainability means. Ultimately, the ability to sustain is the ability to continue. To move forward, we must always push for improvement.” Using these three categories, a sustainability plan should define your baseline, or existing conditions. Defining existing conditions allows you to see exactly where you are and compare it to where you’d like to be. Identifying any disparity will allow you to create a definitive plan for closing the gap. Mead & Hunt’s recent sustainability plan followed these steps. Our plan focuses on energy, waste, and water practices at our offices, our strategic planning and employee ownership program, and our social programs that help those within our company and our broader communities as well. This baseline directly informed our 2019 sustainability goals to: ❚ ❚ Increase participation in our community service programs ❚ ❚ Reduce the waste we send to the landfill
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