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Engineering excellence: Sean Bluni CEO of Hardesty & Hanover (New York, NY), a world renowned full-service engineering firm with more than 130 years of experience.
By LIISA ANDREASSEN Correspondent
B luni is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the firm, including engineering management, information systems, and human resources. He’s leading this 134-year-old business into the future of design and construction in the areas of major bridges, highways, expressways, and heavy movable structures. “Hardesty & Hanover’s culture very much remains based on our core values of engineering excellence and professionalism, which were established and practiced by our founders,” Bluni says. “And our drive to improve the nation’s infrastructure by solving the most challenging engineering problems has been an enduring part of our mission for more than a century.” A CONVERSATION WITH SEAN BLUNI. The Zweig Letter: You’ve been with Hardesty & Hanover for 30 years? What’s the most significant change you’ve seen during this time (i.e., AI, policies, globalization)? Sean Bluni: I started with Hardesty & Hanover as a summer intern in 1990 and began my full-time career
with the company in 1992 after graduate school. Since this time, I’ve seen numerous changes in the industry and at H&H, driven largely by technological advances that have facilitated and improved communication and information sharing, as well as analysis and design methods. These advances have enabled more rapid innovation, increased project delivery speed, brought a global marketplace, and led to many other changes in how we all do our jobs every day. Of all the changes I’ve seen, one of the most impactful to our business is the rise of alternate procurement methods, including design-build, CMGC, and P3s, especially for most large transportation projects. Using these methods has shifted the relationship between contractors and design professionals, increased the need for consultants to provide owners representative/program manager services, broadened the legal issues the engineering community needs to manage, and altered conventional project risk allocation. A tremendously positive change worth noting is the
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