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ON THE MOVE GREELEY AND HANSEN NAMES NEW EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Michael J. Hope has been named Executive Vice President of Eastern Operations for Greeley and Hansen , a global civil and environmental engineering, architectural, and management consulting firm focused exclusively on serving the needs of the water sector. In this role, Hope will have overall responsibility for leading all of Greeley and Hansen’s eastern- based operating groups. He will also serve as a member of the firm’s Executive Management Team. “Mike’s proven project engineering expertise, strong client relationship skills, and his direct previous experience in effectively managing the diverse business aspects of Greeley and Hansen’s North Atlantic Operating Group
make him distinctly qualified to take on this key leadership role for our firm,” said John C. Robak, president of Greeley and Hansen. “Without a doubt, his strong management capabilities, and his genuine focus on building solid relationships with clients will provide the continued momentum to achieve our long-term growth objectives for our Eastern Operations.” Hope is a registered professional engineer and a New Jersey Certified Municipal Engineer with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Widener University. He is actively involved in a number of professional organizations, including the American Water Works Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, and New Jersey Water Environment Association. He is a Past President of the New Jersey Society of Professional Engineers
and has served in officer and committee roles for other organizations, including the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Advisory Committee for Standards for Individual Subsurface Disposal Systems. Greeley and Hansen is a leader in developing innovative engineering, architecture, and management solutions for a wide array of complex water, wastewater, and related infrastructure challenges. The firm has built upon over 100 years of proven civil and environmental engineering experience in all phases of project development and implementation to become a premier global provider of comprehensive services in the water sector. Greeley and Hansen is dedicated to designing better urban environments worldwide.
The Wright Engineers team enjoying time away from the office.
TZL: How are the tax cuts impacting your business? Have salaries and bonuses increased? BW: We’re waiting to see how the tax cuts will affect us, but so far we have not noticed any benefit. Maybe it’s because of the double-digit increases in health insurance premiums, rising prices for software and hardware costs, and other ris- ing costs. Yes, salaries and bonuses have increased, but it hasn’t been driven by any tax cuts. “From day one, part of our company vision has been to be a destination employer. The last thing we want to do is train the best and brightest so they can leave us and join (or become) our competition.”
DESTINATION EMPLOYER, from page 7
Awards Conference in Dallas last year, none of the Best Firms To Work For had a student loan assistance program, and I never thought we would do something like that. But I came back home and started doing some research and re- alized that this is a big deal and that we could actually do something very meaningful. So, we’ve developed a student loan assistance matching payment plan where we match their payment dollar for dollar up to an annual maximum. We rolled out the program in January. TZL: How are the tariffs impacting your business and that of your clients? BW: News stories claim that tariffs on steel and lumber have led to increases of 25 to 40 percent for steel and $9,000 per single-family house; $3,000 per multi-family unit. It’s hard to see if these price increases have slowed construction.
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