Laura Ludwig Joins HRG as a Community Planner

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Laura Ludwig portraitLaura Ludwig has joined the Pittsburgh office of Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) as a community planner.  She will assist HRG’s municipal clients with zoning, ordinance amendments, and requests for land development plan approvals and permits.  She will also act as a liaison between community groups, government agencies, developers and other stakeholders in developing neighborhood plans.

She has extensive experience as a community organizer, municipal government employee, and consultant.  Prior to joining HRG, she served as the director of community development for North Fayette Township.  Her responsibilities included guiding residents and businesses through the subdivision and land development review process, ensuring local construction project comply with codes and ordinances, and implementing the community’s comprehensive land use plan.  She also worked as a private consultant, drafting a comprehensive plan for South Beaver Township and assisting dozens of municipalities with their zoning and land use programs.

Ms. Ludwig earned her master’s degree in urban and regional affairs from the University of Pittsburgh and is certified by the American Institute of Certified Planners

 

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

 

Mark Maguire Joins HRG as Senior GIS Specialist

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Mark MaguireMark Maguire has joined the Pittsburgh office of Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) as a senior GIS specialist. He will help local governments, public authorities, and private sector clients implement geospatial technology to inform infrastructure, land use, and environmental decision-making. His skills include desktop and web-based GIS analysis and production, enterprise database design, field data collection system development, and software implementation.

Maguire has a bachelor’s degree in environmental analysis and policy and a master’s degree in geography. He currently serves on the executive board of the Pennsylvania Mapping and Geographic Information Consortium (PaMAGIC). He has almost 20 years of experience developing GIS products for civil infrastructure, stormwater, waste management, oil & gas, and regional planning projects. He has worked closely with clients in building web-based environmental compliance and asset management systems.

 

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

Justin Mendinsky Celebrated at Central Penn Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 Event

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Justin Mendinsky was recently honored by the Central Penn Business Journal as one of the area’s Top Forty Under 40. Mendinsky and the other honorees were recognized at a ceremony at the Harrisburg Hilton on October 7. They will be featured in the October 11 edition of the Central Penn Business Journal newspaper.

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Justin Mendinsky Accepts Forty Under 40 Honor

Justin accepts his award at the Central Penn Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 event.

Mendinsky is a shareholder at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. and Group Manager for the firm’s Water & Wastewater division in Harrisburg. He is also an active leader in the industry as a member of both the Central Pennsylvania Water Quality Association and the Eastern Pennsylvania Water Pollution Control Operators Association. Despite this heavy workload, he gives back to the community, supporting career development at Carlisle High School and fundraising for the American Cancer Society, Breast Cancer Support Services of Berks County, and the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

HRG assistant vice president Ed Ellinger says, “Justin is an accomplished engineer who is committed to innovative solutions, but he is also a great leader who rallies the HRG team with a positive attitude and unsurpassed work ethic. We are so happy to see him receive this much-deserved recognition.”

Ellinger was just one of Mendinsky’s fellow HRG team members to cheer him on at the award ceremony. 2018 Forty Under 40 honoree Matt Bonanno also attended the event alongside company president Jason Fralick.

(Photo licensed by the Central Penn Business Journal.)
Jason Fralick, Ed Ellinger, and Matt Bonanno Celebrate with Forty Under 40 honoree Justin Mendinsky

Jason Fralick, Justin Mendinsky, Ed Ellinger, and Matt Bonanno celebrate at the 2019 Central Penn Business Journal Forty under 40 event.

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

HRG Named ESOP Company of the Year

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Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) has been named the ESOP Company of the Year by the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of The ESOP Association. This organization is dedicated to promoting the benefits of employee ownership, which include maximizing productivity and sharing the wealth among all who contribute. The award is given to a local firm that has successfully demonstrated these values.

Aaron Moyer accepts the ESOP Company of the Year award on HRG's behalf

ESOP Advisory Committee member Aaron Moyer accepted the ESOP Company of the Year award from Mike Shuey, president of The ESOP Association’s Pennsylvania/Delaware chapter, during a regional conference in the Poconos.

Since it was founded in 1962, HRG has been focused on creating a truly integrated team atmosphere and ensuring all members of the team share in the firm’s success. In 2008, they formalized this commitment by initiating an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Every employee-owner, age 21 or over, who completes at least 1,000 hours of service annually is eligible for HRG stock after one year of employment.

The key to HRG’s ESOP culture is transparent communication. This communication goes both ways: Executive leadership shares fundamental financial metrics and strategy with the team, and every employee-owner is invited to provide feedback and suggestions for process improvements to the Board of Directors via the ESOP Advisory Committee. Because employee owners understand how the business works and how success is measured, they are better prepared to drive that success in their daily tasks. As a result, HRG has consistently improved its staff utilization and seen a steady increase in share value.

 

ABOUT THE ESOP ASSOCIATION
The ESOP Association is the only organization that advocates on behalf of all ESOP companies. More than 10,000 people attend its chapter and national events. Learn more at their website: www.esopassociation.org

ABOUT HRG
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

Yves Pollart Joins HRG as Senior Quality Engineer

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Yves PollartHRG is pleased to announce that Yves Pollart has joined the firm as a senior quality engineer in the water and wastewater group. He will manage the group’s quality standards and communicate best practices to the design team across all offices. He will also provide technical guidance and support to project managers.

Pollart has almost 40 years of experience in both the public and private sector as an engineer. Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has worked in city government and managed the construction and day-to-day operation  of Pennsylvania’s  first virtual natural gas pipeline system. However, the majority of his experience is as a consultant, assisting water and wastewater utilities with regulatory compliance and the design and construction of infrastructure. Projects have included biological nutrient removal, combined sewer separation, industrial pretreatment, filtration, chemical and physical treatment, sludge dewatering, and more.

Pollart is a licensed professional engineer and certified contractor. He has also been board certified by the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.

 

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

Staci Hartz Honored Among Women of Impact

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Staci Hartz a Women in STEM Award

Staci Hartz was one of 10 honorees at the Whitaker Center’s Women of Impact: Women in STEM Awards Luncheon today.  Hartz is a project engineer in the water and wastewater service group at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc (HRG).  She was recognized in the Women to Watch category.

The Women to Watch award goes to an individual who is under 40 years old and has already achieved significant success in the STEM field.

Staci was nominated for the award by Justin Mendinsky, the water and wastewater group manager at HRG. “Staci does exceptional work,” Justin says, “and she is very driven.  She’s also passionate about inspiring others toward a career in STEM. She frequently serves as a mentor to new employees, and I know she will continue to accomplish great things in the industry.”

Staci Hartz with Justin Mendinsky at the Women in STEM Awards Luncheon

Staci Hartz and Justin Mendinsky

As an engineer serving water and wastewater utilities, Staci has a direct impact on the health of local communities. She has helped several communities with failing water systems make the necessary improvements to comply with water quality requirements.  Her responsibilities include planning and designing water and wastewater systems, performing calculations and hydraulic modeling for water systems, and preparing permit applications for treatment, distribution, and storage facilities.

HRG celebrates Staci Hartz' Women in STEM Award

Jason Fralick, Erin Threet, Chris Hartz, Staci Hartz, Justin Mendinsky, Bob Grubic, and Andrew Kenworthy (Photo courtesy of the The Whitaker Center)

ABOUT THE WOMEN OF IMPACT AWARDS

The Women of Impact: Women in STEM Awards recognize women that have made an impact in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math.  The award luncheon benefits the Whitaker Center’s Girls in STEM Initiative, which empowers girls to know they are strong enough to change the world.

 

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

Erin Threet Featured in National ENR Top 20 Under 40 List

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Engineering News-Record magazine has published its 2019 Top 20 Under 40 list, and our very own assistant vice president Erin Threet is on the list!

Engineering News-Record is a weekly magazine with close to 50,000 paid subscribers that covers news in the architecture, engineering and construction industry. In addition to its national publication, it also publishes nine regional editions.

Each of these regions selects 20 outstanding professionals based on their education, industry experience, leadership and community service. Erin was featured in the Mid-Atlantic region’s list in February.

From this pool of regional winners, ENR selects 20 as the “best of the best” across the nation.

Erin received news that she was selected for this prestigious honor in April, and it was a great way to start the week as she opened her email one Monday morning.

“I was surprised and excited and flattered all at once,” Erin says.

But the excitement was only beginning.

In June, ENR invited Erin and the other honorees to New York City for an awards luncheon and photo shoot. Erin describes the exhilarating experience in the video below:

Erin loves New York City and even dreamed of moving there after college. Though she has been there before, she said she got to see a few parts of the city on this trip that she’d never seen in previous visits.  In particular, a rooftop used for the photo shoot provided an amazing view of the Empire State Building, she says.

While in New York, the honorees were split into four groups to collaborate and discuss industry issues. Erin was selected for Team Productivity.  She and her fellow “think tank” members discussed alternate project delivery methods like design-build, integrated project delivery, advanced work packaging, and workface planning.

Some of the alternative project delivery methods are not allowed under current municipal bid regulation in Pennsylvania, so Erin enjoyed learning about processes she hasn’t used before.

The group also talked about the importance of communicating with clients and facility owners to help them understand why certain decisions are made and how those decisions directly benefit the project.

They also discussed the need to educate the general public about the value of infrastructure. “Something like the Got Milk campaign of the 90s,” Erin said. “This is something I’ve thought about before, so it was interesting to see that others across the country are also thinking about the issue.”

Team Productivity shared a lot of innovative ideas and best practices, and Erin said she is already applying what she learned on behalf of her clients.

(You can read more about Team Productivity and their panel discussion in this feature from Engineering News-Record magazine.)

The Top 20 Under 40 honor from ENR is just one of many Erin has received over the course of her career. Like many influential leaders, Erin believes success is all about the grind:

With that in mind, Erin returns to work with a fresh perspective but the same commitment to every day tasks that has produced great results this far: “I just want to keep on keepin’ on,” she says. “I want to continue to grow HRG and our staff here, so that we can serve clients well into the future. [And I want to] do that while maintaining a good work-life balance with the kiddoes and hubby at home.”

You can see more of Erin’s thoughts on the ENR honor, the people she got to meet as part of this experience, and the individuals who’ve helped her get where she is today in the videos below:

Michael Hess Joins HRG as Senior Project Manager

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Mike Hess, P.E.Michael Hess has joined Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) as a senior project manager in the firm’s civil group. He will be responsible for providing municipal engineering services to clients throughout Central Pennsylvania and managing complex water quality projects.

Mr. Hess is a licensed professional engineer with broad-ranging experience serving both the public sector and the private sector. He has assisted residential and commercial developers with site design and permitting, and he has assisted municipalities with stormwater management, water quality, transportation infrastructure, plan reviews, and regulatory compliance.  He has also managed multi-disciplinary projects for government agency clients at both the federal and state level.

HRG assistant vice president Ed Ellinger is glad to welcome Hess back to the HRG team: “Mike worked with us early in his career, and we are so happy to have him back representing our clients. They will benefit greatly from his diverse skill set in all aspects of municipal engineering, particularly stormwater management, which is an increasingly important issue to local communities these days.”

 

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is an employee-owned, nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has offices in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit our website at www.hrg-inc.com.

 

 

Ginny Loaney Promoted to Land Development Group Manager

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Ginny LoaneyHerbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is pleased to announce that Virginia Loaney has been promoted to Land Development Group Manager in our Pittsburgh office.

Loaney joined HRG in 2016 as a landscape architect and has 15 years of experience in the healthcare, education, recreation, government, commercial and residential markets.

In her new role as group manager, Loaney will take on additional supervisory and business development responsibilities, striving to expand the presence of HRG in the land development market and build lasting relationships with clients and teaming partners.

HRG Assistant Vice President Jim Feath says, “Ginny skillfully balances rigorous engineering standards with creativity and collaboration to achieve her client’s aspirations. She brings diverse stakeholders together to achieve the most complex goals, thanks to her outgoing, conscientious personality and brilliant, purposeful approach to planning and design.”

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services.  The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Ohio.  For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

Saville, Turner, and Kirsch Join HRG

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Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is pleased to announce the addition of three professionals to our State College office team: Mark Saville, Alan Turner, and Steve Kirsch.

Saville and Turner both join the Geomatics division.

Saville is a licensed professional land surveyor with extensive experience in the higher education market.  He has contributed to a wide variety of improvements to the campus residence halls, arboretum, classrooms and athletic facilities at Penn State University, and he is well-versed in all phases of site development (including comprehensive campus utility infrastructure, roadways, site grading, stormwater and regulatory agency approvals).  His experience also includes healthcare facilities, hospitality, community streetscapes, senior living, retail, commercial office space and residential subdivisions.

Turner has 30 years of experience in land surveys and construction stakeout, including boundary and topographic surveys, ALTA land title surveys, site utilities and hardscape surveys, building baseline control, and as-built surveys. He is skilled as a technician and as a crew chief, managing staff, schedule and budget to provide the highest level of service to his clients.

Kirsch will join the firm’s Land Development group as a team leader.  He is a licensed professional engineer with a wide range of experience in all aspects of civil infrastructure design and permitting including stormwater management, erosion and sedimentation controls and land development permitting.   His projects include residential communities, higher education and medical institutions, as well as sports and recreational facilities.

HRG President Jason Fralick is excited for the contribution these individuals will make to the team, saying “Mark, Alan and Steve are excellent leaders and client driven professionals. They will provide a great compliment to our current technical capabilities in the State College area and offer strategic insight into new and growing markets for HRG.  They will do an excellent job guiding our clients and our team toward future success.”

 

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.