Industrial Advisory Board

Managing Engineer, Bridges and Transportation Group

Syracuse, New York

www.cscos.com

Founded in 1968, the C&S Companies are known nationwide for client-focused engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, and construction services. Our staff of more than 400 has the expertise to handle almost any challenge. The diversity of C&S’s services is unique in the industry, with professionals in a wide range of specialized and unique disciplines. This enables us to support an incredible range of project types and specialties in house. C&S’s main service areas are centered on facilities, aviation, surface transportation, environmental, site development, technology solutions, land use & market strategies, construction & program management, and construction services.

Jim has served as Project Manager and/or Project Design Engineer on many locally-administered federal aid bridge replacement projects over the past 18 years.  He has also been the design engineer on several bridge rehabilitation projects for Counties and NYSDOT.  Jim was the Project Manager for two NYS ACEC Engineering Excellence Award winning projects in Otsego and Lewis Counties in NY.  He has also written four successful innovative funding grants for bridge projects using Fiber Reinforced Polymer bridge decks, and successfully completed these projects as Project Manager. Jim has presented many projects to the public through public information meetings as well as given many technical presentations on projects over the past 18 years.

Senior Engineer, Environmental Division

Canton, New York

www.atlantictesting.com

Atlantic Testing Laboratories (ATL) is a full service engineering support firm, consisting of ten offices located throughout New York State. They specialize in Subsurface Investigation, Water-Based Investigation, Geotechnical Engineering, Environmental Services, Special Inspections, Construction Materials Testing, Pavement Engineering, and Nondestructive Testing Services.

Mr. Dashnaw is responsible for technical oversight and management of environmental assessment, investigation, and remediation monitoring projects.  Services provided include Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, subsurface investigations, collection and analysis of various types of environmental samples, hazardous materials surveys, hazardous materials abatement and remediation monitoring, indoor air quality assessments, and mold assessments and remediation monitoring.  Mr. Dashnaw also provides consulting for environmental remediation/abatement design.

Facilities Director

Canton, New York

www.canton.edu

Regional Transportation Manager, Region 7

Watertown, New York (Region 7 Office)

www.dot.ny.gov/index

The New York State Department of Transportation operates out of 11 regions within the state.   The NY DOT is responsible for operating and maintaining all aspects of the state transportation system, which includes: highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways, and airport facilities.

Vice President for Transportation and Technical Services

Albany, NY

www.agc.org/

The AGC is a professional society for professionals in the construction industry.  This national association has a network of 95 chapters and a membership of over 25,000 firms in the construction industry. They serve the industry by acting as a voice to work with government as the nation continues its growth and rebuilding.

Director

Watertown, New York

www.nnybe.com/

The Northern New York Builders Exchange, Inc. is comprised of a diverse membership of those involved in the construction industry.  Their purpose is to work with those in the membership and outside companies/organizations associated with the building industry to ensure “fair and equitable trade practices within...the building industry, …protect all parties…act as a clearing house…and keep members informed in regard to legislation affecting the building industry…”

Project Engineering Manager

Frederick, Maryland

www.bechtel.com/

Bechtel is a global company with offices and projects worldwide that relate to energy, transportation, communications, mining, oil and gas, and government services that was family owned and founded in 1898.  Services are in engineering, procurement, construction, and project management.  The company reports over 53,000 employees and a revenue of $37.9 billion in 2012.  Bechtel has worked on more than 25,000 projects in over 160 countries on all 7 continents.  Projects include, but are not limited to, roads and rail systems, airports and seaports, fossil and nuclear power plants, renewable energy, refineries and petrochemical facilities, mines and smelters, defense, nation security science, and aerospace facilities, environmental cleanup projects, communication networks, pipelines, and oil and gas field development.  Engineering News Record (ENR) has named Bechtel the top construction contractor in the U.S. for the past 15 years straight.

Co-Owner, Retired – former Founder, Owner, and Principle

Canton, NY

www.thewassociates.com/

Thew Associates PE-LS, PLLC (THEW) has been operating since 1972 and has two offices – Canton and Utica, NY.  The company provides professional surveying services related to land, hydrographic, and subsurface utility surveys.

President/General Manager Northern Division

Gouverneur, New York

www.cives.com

Cives Corporation has sales of 400 million/year, focusing on structural steel fabrication and erection as well as manufacturing of heavy duty snowplows and associated snow and ice control equipment.  Cives Steel Company started in Gouverneur NY in 1952.  The 7th Cives fabrication facility was open last year in Idaho Falls Idaho.  Cives Steel Company is now one of the largest fabricators in the country.  Over the years Cives has hired many Canton College technology graduates, as well as Clarkson University graduates that went to Canton for their first 2 years in Engineering Science.  We recently hired our first 4 year Civil Engineering Graduate from Canton.

Service Group Manager - Environmental

Cazenovia, New York

www.ghd.com

GHD is a leading international company that specializes in engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting services and has operated since 1928.  With offices located on five different continents, GHD offers a staggering array of over 70 services in civil/ chemical/  electrical/ environmental/ geotechnical/ mechanical/ mining/ structural engineering, environmental and earth sciences, architecture, planning and project management, metallurgy, and commerce/economics/management (https://www.youtube.com/user/GHDPtyLtd).

Damian has more than 25 years of experience in environmental engineering, construction, and facility management.  He has owned and managed several environmental consulting businesses.  Currently, Damian is the Service Group Manager – Environment for GHD, which is an international engineering, architecture, and environmental consulting firm with local offices in Syracuse and Cazenovia, NY.  Formerly he was Vice President of S&W Redevelopment of North America, LLC and President of Brownfield Engineering Services PLLC, completing brownfield site development and providing consulting services to clients throughout the northeastern US.  He is a recognized leader, actively promoting the beneficial reuse of blighted properties and developing cost effective approaches to managing environmental risk and liability.  Damian was appointed by the Governor of New York State to the administrations Brownfield Advisory Board in recognition of his knowledge and expertise in brownfield redevelopment and efforts to positively amend the NYS Brownfield laws.