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Davis, Bowen & Friedel, Inc. (DBF) is proud to announce the promotion of Peter A. Bozick, PLS, to Associate. SALISBURY, MD — Mr. Bozick brings more than 20 years of experience in surveying and engineering, with 14 of those years focused on design and implementation throughout the Eastern Shore. His expertise spans a wide range of projects, including roadway improvements, municipal infrastructure, park and recreation sites, residential communities, commercial developments, and water and wastewater systems. Since joining DBF in 2014, Mr. Bozick has consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership, technical expertise, and a strong commitment to quality. In his role as Survey Manager, he oversees the firm’s surveying operations and leads DBF’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) services, leveraging advanced technology to enhance precision, efficiency, and data collection across projects. In 2025, Mr. Bozick earned his Maryland Professional Land Surveyor (PLS) license, further...

KAI has hired Tim Vaughan as senior vice president of KAI Build, strengthening the firm’s construction leadership as it continues to expand its national footprint and integrated design-build capabilities. ST. LOUIS, MO. —  KAI Build delivers general contracting, construction management and design-build services as part of KAI’s unified platform, working seamlessly with the firm’s architecture and engineering teams to provide fully integrated project delivery. Vaughan is a senior construction executive with more than 25 years of experience leading operations, program delivery and business growth across complex commercial projects nationwide. He has a proven track record of delivering more than $1.3 billion in construction, scaling organizations from startup to $100 million-plus in annual revenue, and driving operational excellence through leadership, client relationships and strategic execution. “Tim is a proven leader with a deep understanding of what it takes to build and...

DFI’s Sustainability Committee continues working with the European Federation of Foundation Contractors’ (EFFC) Sustainability Working Group to develop a series of guides addressing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that are most relevant to the geoindustry. Hawthorne, N.J. —  The latest guide,  EFFC/DFI Sustainability Guide No. 4: Water Use ,  provides a structured, practice-oriented framework to help geotechnical contractors, designers and project stakeholders to reduce water consumption and manage water-related impacts in alignment with SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation).  “Climate adaptation and resilience are challenging topics, but a changing climate requires us to move beyond traditional approaches and embed resilience into both our projects and our organizations,” says Kimberly Martin, Ph.D., P.E., ENV SP,   Keller North America, and co-chair of the EFFC/DFI Sustainability Guides Task Group. “This guide is an important resource to help our ind...

Construction is officially underway on the SR 400 Express Lanes project, a major transportation initiative delivered by SR 400 Peach Partners, a consortium of ACCIONA, ACS Group and Meridiam, which covers the design, construction, financing and 55-year operation of a major new express lanes corridor in Atlanta.   ATLANTA, GEORGIA —  A formal ceremony took place in Alpharetta, bringing together the Georgia Department of Transportation (Georgia DOT), the State Road and Tollway Authority (SRTA), the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), along with elected officials and project partners. The event, produced by True North 400, marked the groundbreaking of the SR 400 Express Lanes project. With an investment of approximately $10.8 billion (€9.8 billion), the project will add new, optional dynamically priced express lanes in both directions, encompassing a 16-mile stretch between the North Springs MARTA Station and north of McFarland Parkway.  Once complete, the project ...

Scott Lucas to Strengthen Civil Engineering Capabilities and Support Regional Growth Phoenix, AZ — Core States Group, a national provider of integrated architecture, engineering, and construction (A/E/C) services, has welcomed Scott Lucas as Senior Civil Project Manager. Based in the firm’s newly added Phoenix office, Lucas will drive Core States Group’s strategic growth across the Greater Phoenix area and Southwest region by building a local team and leading civil project execution through the firm’s solutions-focused approach. He brings more than 20 years of experience in civil engineering, land development, and multidisciplinary project leadership.  Lucas’s addition reflects Core States Group’s continued investment in Greater Phoenix and the broader Southwest, where population growth is accelerating demand for infrastructure and development. As the company’s 24th office, the Phoenix location further strengthens the firm’s presence in the region and supports its ability to ...

Case Engineering’s structural team has partnered with DILLE POLLARD Architecture to provide earthquake-resistant structural design for a new city hall in New Madrid, MO. St. Louis, MO — When complete, the new single-story, 6,242-square-foot building will house the city’s administration offices at its south end, public areas at the central core, and the council chambers at its north end. The new city hall is under construction at 331 Main Street in downtown New Madrid on city-owned land where a two-story commercial building once stood. The Mississippi River town of New Madrid is the county seat of New Madrid County in Missouri’s boot heel region. With a population of 2,700+, the city is known as the site of nearly 2,000 earthquakes in 1811 and 1812, some of which reached a magnitude 8 on the Richter scale – the most powerful earthquakes to ever hit the contiguous United States east of the Rocky Mountains in recorded history. Given the city’s location within the New Madrid Seismic Zo...

By Luke Carothers  Every year, the  Hot Firm list  gives us a snapshot of growth for the AEC industry.  It highlights the firms that are, for that moment, moving faster than the rest of the industry.  But snapshots don’t always show us the full picture of growth.  Instead of looking at a single year, we stepped back and looked at the bigger picture—pulling the  top twenty Hot Firm winners from each of the past ten years  and tracking how often firms show up, and where they land when they do.  That changes the conversation pretty quickly because, once you look across a decade, the list stops feeling like a collection of one-time standouts.  You start to see patterns.  A few firms rise to the top more than once.  Others show up year after year, not always at number one, but consistently in the mix.  It’s a different way of looking at the same data.  From thi...