
Austin Podurgiel
Matern Professional Engineering, a Maitland, Fla.-headquartered engineering services company, recently promoted Austin Podurgiel to project manager within the company鈥檚 commercial sector.聽聽
Matern Professional Engineering, a Maitland, Fla.-headquartered engineering services company, recently promoted Austin Podurgiel to project manager within the company鈥檚 commercial sector.聽聽
Global construction and development firm Skanska recently announced the promotion of Mukesh聽Upadhyay to vice president and account manager of Skanska USA Building’s聽 Metro operations in New York and New Jersey.
K-12 education planner and designer Taryn Kinney, AIA, LEED AP, joined DLR Group to lead the firm’s Texas K-12 Education practice in Houston. She will be responsible for growing the firm’s presence in Texas, working with K-12 education clients and communities to elevate educational opportunities for all students.
Omaha, Neb.-headquartered HDR recently announced that H. Michael Smith, AIA, LEED AP, has joined the firm as a director for HDR’s Education, Science, Tech (EST) program. He will lead the EST program in Charlotte, N.C.; Atlanta; Tampa, Fla.; Dallas and Houston, and will develop and nurture strong relationships with clients and institutions across the academic, science and technology sectors.
Nick Stephenson, an associate with education industry planning, design and construction management firm Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA), earned the Accredited Learning Environments Planner (ALEP) designation, a mark of excellence that reflects the knowledge, skills and abilities of a competent educational facility planner.
Timothy McGrath, AIA, REFP, recently joined Wold Architects and Engineers’ Palatine, Ill., office as design principal. McGrath brings more than 35 years of experience with a special focus on educational design. He has been instrumental in creating many notable school buildings, from K-12 to higher education and specialty learning environments.
Eric Feldman, AICP, is an urban planner who has been promoted to senior associate with the Washington office of landscape architecture, planning and urban design firm Rhodeside & Harwell. Feldman has experience ranging from land use planning, urban design and neighborhood revitalization to environmental impact analyses and public realm design.
Dewberry, a privately held professional services firm, announced the promotion of Tracy Coker, RID, LEED AP, to office director of the firm’s Peoria, Ill., office. Coker, an associate principal and senior designer, has been with Dewberry for more than 28 years. She specializes in interior design for higher education, justice, fitness and recreation, commercial and corporate facilities projects.
Jack Poulin recently joined ZGF’s Los Angeles office as an associate partner. Poulin is an interior designer with 20 years of experience on a diverse range of project types, including health care, higher education, sports and recreation, and corporate facilities for clients such as the University of California and California State University systems, Kaiser Permanente and Cedars-Sinai. Poulin is a certified interior designer and a LEED-accredited professional.
Kristine A. Harding, NCARB, AIA, was recently inaugurated as the 97th president of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB). In this new role, Harding will lead NCARB and its 54 U.S. licensing boards, which serve more than 40,000 NCARB certified architects and 41,000 licensure candidates.