Bridgeport Transportation and Land Use Study Receives Planning Award
HRG was part of a team that was honored this week at the Places 2040 Planning Leadership Awards. Our project, the Bridgeport Transportation and Land Use Study, was recognized in the Thinking Beyond Borders category. Thinking Beyond Borders is one of five “Big Ideas” in Lancaster County’s comprehensive plan (otherwise known as places2040). It promotes cooperation across traditional boundaries to achieve regional goals, and the Bridgeport Transportation and Land Use Study exemplifies this approach.
Bridgeport began as a historic village and gateway for travel between Lancaster’s city neighborhoods and its rural landscapes, dating as far back as the 1800s. Today, it encompasses portions of four municipalities: the City of Lancaster and East Lampeter, West Lampeter, and Lancaster Townships. These four municipalities worked together on a shared vision for the area’s transportation infrastructure, trails, and land use policies in order to enhance walkability, reduce congestion, and create vibrant spaces for the community to enjoy.
HRG provided transportation planning services and cost estimates for the creation of this study. Derck & Edson led public engagement and provided streetscape and land planning services. Town Planning Partnership, LLC, assisted with land planning and public engagement. All municipalities and the Lancaster County Planning Department provided representatives for the steering committee. Over 800 local community members provided essential input/feedback as part of the planning effort.
We’re humbled to be recognized among so many great projects at the Places 2040 award ceremony, and we’re thankful for the opportunity to be a part of this project team.
(L-R) Bob Shenk, Steve Hackett (Derck & Edson), Ryan Hostetter (HRG), Cindy McCormick (City of Lancaster), Tara Hitchens (East Lampeter Township), Mark Evans (Derck & Edson, Town Planning Partners), Terry Martin (Lancaster County Planning Commission), Ben Bamford (Lancaster County Planning Commission)
Matthew Attig Joins Our Civil Group in York
Matthew Attig has joined the civil engineering group at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. He is the most recent person to join the firm’s rapidly growing York office, which has experienced a 75% increase in sales in the first quarter of 2022 and has been adding talent across all of its service areas.
HRG’s assistant vice president and office manager Tim Staub says, “We’ve been working hard to build a strong municipal client base in York, and it’s rewarding to see our vision being embraced by the community. Part of that vision is attracting the best and brightest talent to serve our clients by providing an inspiring team culture and ample opportunities for professional growth, so I’m proud and happy to welcome Matt to the team. He is a homegrown talent with great ideas and a fresh perspective, thanks to his extensive community involvement throughout York County. He wants nothing more than to positively impact the communities and waterways he grew up with, and he is a perfect fit for the evolving needs of our clients and communities.”
Attig has five years of experience with stormwater management, NPDES permitting, erosion and sedimentation control, ordinance writing, plan reviews, and construction management. He has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from The Pennsylvania State University and is a board member for the Watershed Alliance of York.
ABOUT HRG
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services to public and private sector clients throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 250 people across the tri-state region. For more information, please visit the firm’s website at www.hrg-inc.com.
Bob Grubic Receives Professional Achievement Award from Villanova University
Please join us in congratulating our CEO Bob Grubic, who recently received a Professional Achievement Award from Villanova University’s College of Engineering. He’s shown here with Dr. Michele Marcolongo, the Dean of the College of Engineering at Villanova, who presented the award to him.
Bob was chosen for this honor by the University’s Engineering Alumni Society, and his name will be featured with past and future honorees on a wall of plaques outside the civil engineering classrooms.
He graduated from Villanova in 1973 and immediately joined a small Harrisburg-based engineering firm by the name of Herbert Associates. Today, that firm bears his name and has grown to employ more than 300 engineers, planners, landscape architects, surveyors, environmental scientists, and financial specialists in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Ohio. His work as an engineer has helped to shape the infrastructure of Harrisburg and the surrounding area for almost 50 years, and we are all so happy to see him get this recognition from an institution that helped to shape the engineer and business leader he has become. Congratulations, Bob!
Ryan Cummings Joins HRG’s Civil Team in York
HRG has hired Ryan Cummings as a project engineer in our York office. Ryan has seven years of experience in stormwater management, land development, and site design. He has primarily supported the construction of pipelines, well pads, roadways, bridges, and culverts. He is a licensed professional engineer in Pennsylvania and a member of both the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Highway Engineers.
HRG assistant vice president Tim Staub welcomed Cummings to the team, saying, “I am excited to match Ryan’s outgoing community-driven personality with our municipal clients. Ryan has the technical capabilities and passion to be a leader for the communities we represent to drive results.”
Governor Appoints Letavic to Science & Technical Advisory Committee at Chesapeake Bay Program
Our senior project manager Erin Letavic has been appointed by Governor Wolf to the Chesapeake Bay Program’s Science & Technical Advisory Committee. The Chesapeake Bay Program is the leading voice directing the restoration of our nation’s largest estuary for recreation, industry, and the environment. It advises state and federal agencies on policy and provides both funding and resources to entities working to improve water quality at the grassroots level. The program’s Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee ensures that the advice and resources it provides are scientifically sound. Members offer independent scientific and technical guidance, serve as a liaison to the region’s scientific community, and facilitate cooperation among research institutions and agencies within the watershed.
We believe Erin will be a great addition to this committee because of her broad-ranging knowledge and experience with Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts: She has two degrees – one in environmental engineering and the other in geology. She has more than 17 years of experience helping municipalities with MS4 permitting and compliance, and she leads HRG’s work as the coordinator for 13 counties currently participating in DEP’s Phase 3 WIP Countywide Action Plan program. She’s also an impaired streamside landowner herself and a passionate watershed advocate.
“I’m excited to bring my perspective as a practitioner and my experience on the ground to the committee. I want to give a program-level perspective on local implementation challenges, and I’m grateful that the governor and the Chesapeake Bay Program are giving me that opportunity.”
Josh Satteson on PA Business Central’s Foremost Under 40 List
Congratulations to our water and wastewater team leader Josh Satteson, who is recognized as one of PA Business Central’s Foremost Under 40! Josh has been a valuable member of the HRG team for more than 15 years and has worn many hats during that time: working as a traffic engineer before transitioning to our water and wastewater group, leading our countywide action plan programs for water quality in Snyder and Union Counties, and serving as the firm’s leading expert on gas utilities. He also mentors much of the staff in our Lewisburg office.
When he’s not at work, Josh dedicates his time to organizations like the PA Farm Bureau, the Central Pennsylvania Water Quality Association, and the Adopt-a-Highway Program. On top of all this, he manages his own farm, advocating for measures that reduce agriculture’s impact on local watersheds and leading by example on his own property. We’re proud to have Josh on our team and so happy to see him recognized among this year’s distinguished group of business and community leaders.
Bob Grubic to Be Honored as ICON by Central Penn Business Journal
We’re so happy to share that our CEO Bob Grubic is being recognized as an ICON by the Central Penn Business Journal. His name appears in an ad in this week’s edition featuring all of the 2021 honorees, and he’ll be formally recognized at the award ceremony next month.
Bob has played an instrumental role in making HRG the company it is today, and his work has significantly shaped the landscape of Central Pennsylvania and beyond. He took the baton handed to him by HRG’s founders and built on their standard of professionalism, excellence, and care (for our team, our clients, and our community). We congratulate him on this recognition.
ENR Names Liz Lackey Top Young Professional in Mid-Atlantic Region
Congratulations to Liz Lackey, who has been named one of the Top Young Professionals in the Mid-Atlantic Region by Engineering News-Record magazine (ENR)! She is one of just 20 professionals selected in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
At only 32 years of age, Liz has already built an impressive resume of experience in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining HRG, she worked as an environmental engineer at IBM Microelectronics and as a water treatment process specialist for the City of Thornton in Colorado. She is a talented engineer with a passion for data analytics, an innovative thinker who continually improves processes, and a trusted mentor to her fellow team members. She’s also actively involved in the industry (as a member of the young professionals and communications committees at the Western Pennsylvania Water Pollution Control Association) and an avid supporter of her community (contributing time and money to numerous conservation groups).
We are lucky to have her on our team and so happy to see her being recognized alongside such talented, accomplished professionals on this list.
You can read the full list of this year’s honorees on ENR’s website.
(Liz is the most recent in a long line of HRG employee-owners who have been recognized by ENR. Read about our other honorees here )