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What the past six years of Rising Stars can tell us about the future.   By Luke Carothers   The Leaders Shaping the Future of AEC   Every year, firms across the AEC industry nominate professionals they believe best represent the future of leadership.  Over the past six years, 135 individuals have been named a Rising Star.  Taken together, their stories reveal something powerful about where the AEC industry is headed.  Zweig Group’s Rising Stars are engineers, architects, project managers, and technical specialists in the middle of building something bigger.  They are leading complex projects, mentoring younger staff, influencing culture, and shaping client relationships long before they hold form C-suite titles.  The Rising Stars designation isn’t about potential alone.  It reflects visible impact.  It signals that someone is already changing the trajectory of their fi...

New ownership reflects firm’s continued investment in its people-first culture Charleston, S.C. —  SeamonWhiteside  (SW+), a full-service site design firm with offices throughout the Carolinas, today announced the elevation of six key leaders to shareholder, a strategic expansion of the firm’s ownership as it scales operations across the Carolinas. The move recognizes the contributions of the leaders who have helped shape the firm’s growth, culture, and long-term direction.  The firm welcomes the following leaders to the shareholders: Mount Pleasant: Preston Busbee  is a civil engineering team leader and graduated from Clemson University with a degree in environmental engineering. Following graduation, he moved to Charleston to begin working with SW+. He focuses his time on commercial and industrial developments, working with both private developers and local economic developers. Busbee is a Member of the South Carolina Economic Developers Association (SCEDA), C...

BarhaleEnpure JV has completed an £18m phosphorus removal programme at Dewsbury Wastewater Treatment Works (WwTW) in West Yorkshire to help improve water quality in the River Calder. Delivered in partnership with Yorkshire Water, the scheme has achieved a 90% reduction in phosphorus levels in the final effluent at the WwTW, exceeding Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP) targets for England. Fourteen existing primary settlement tanks (PSTs) have been replaced with three new larger tanks and two new primary sludge pumping stations. Prior to construction an existing beck was diverted to accommodate the new tanks’ footprint. The project took advantage of off-site manufacturing to precast the concrete wall sections before they were assembled on site to form the new 45m diameter, 8.5m deep (deepest at the central desludge cone) settlement tanks.  BarhaleEnpure JV constructed a new chemical dosing plant and installed a UMON4 device to upgrade monitoring to MCERTS (mon...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Tarlton , St. Louis’ largest women-owned general contracting and construction management firm, has promoted Michael Trettel to senior vice president. In this new role, Trettel, an experienced leader with more than 20 years of service in the construction industry, will expand his corporate responsibilities and leadership at the firm and continue to provide executive oversight of and drive growth in the energy, industrial, water/wastewater, and civil markets as well as Tarlton’s self-perform and special projects groups.  Trettel joined Tarlton in 2022 as director of strategic markets, fostering a strong culture for work acquisition and performance in the firm’s heavy civil and industrial markets, and was subsequently promoted to the role of vice president in 2023. His collaborative approach has helped to inform and shape company strategy, lead teams in pursuing new work, oversee projects spanning multiple locations and foster valued client and partner relationship...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. /PRNewswire/ —  PRIME AE Group, Inc. (PRIME AE), a Platform Holdings managed company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Klavon Design Associates, Inc. (Klavon), a high-performing business recognized for its award-winning landscape architecture and planning services across federal, state, local, and private-sector markets. This strategic integration strengthens PRIME AE’s design platform and enhances the firm’s ability to deliver thoughtful, sustainable, and community-centered solutions nationwide, reinforcing PRIME AE’s commitment to  making everything around us better. Founded in 1996 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Klavon brings more than 30 years of experience delivering a wide range of planning and design solutions, from small site assessments to complex master planning efforts. The firm is known for its collaborative approach and multidisciplinary expertise, combining technical excellence with thoughtful design to create spaces that honor bo...

Modernized facility enhances patient access in San Diego and supports Sharp Rees-Stealy’s clinical operations  SAN DIEGO, Calif. —   McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.  (McCarthy), one of the largest healthcare construction companies in the U.S., in partnership with Sharp HealthCare’s Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group and Cuningham Group Architecture, has completed the tenant improvement of Sharp Rees-Stealy’s Kearny Mesa medical office building (MOB), delivering a comprehensive modernization of an existing two-building campus designed to improve patient experience and operational efficiency.  Located at 8975 Balboa Avenue in San Diego, the completed tenant improvement includes approximately 100,000 square feet of improved space across two buildings and represents an investment of $65 million. The project brings together a new pharmacy, centralized imaging services such as MRI and CT,...

BROOKFIELD, Wis. — raSmith, a multi-disciplined civil and structural engineering and surveying firm, is pleased to announce that Sheri Lieffring has joined raSmith as an ecological project manager in the municipal services division. Lieffring is a Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources assured wetland delineator and a professional wetland scientist, bringing more than 25 years of experience in natural resources and ecological consulting to the team.  Lieffring brings deep expertise in wetland delineation, environmental corridor delineation, wetland and waterway permitting, hydrologic and vegetation monitoring, habitat and ecological assessments, land use planning, and restoration project oversight. She has collaborated with both municipal and private-sector clients throughout her career, assisting with regulatory compliance, environmental reviews, and natural resource management.  Lieffring’s professional experience spans technical fieldwork, project management, land use...