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Viazanko Honored by Whitaker Center with Women in STEM Award

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Please join us in congratulating Andrea Viazanko, who was honored as a Woman to Watch at the Women in STEM Awards this week in Harrisburg.

The Whitaker Center named Andrea Viazanko a Woman to Watch at their annual Women in STEM Award ceremony in 2022.

Andrea was one of 12 women selected by the Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts because of their significant contributions to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

Andrea is a GIS Analyst who works in our Harrisburg office.  She helps our clients use geospatial technology to make decisions about infrastructure, land use, and stormwater management.  Prior to joining HRG, she worked with PennDOT on transportation planning initiatives and PADEP on mapping for the state mine subsidence insurance program. When she’s not working, Andrea volunteers her time as president of the Susquehanna Appalachian Trail Club.  She also previously volunteered with AmeriCorps and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful.

 

Mike Kreiger Named Geomatics Group Manager at HRG

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Mike Kreiger, PLSMike Kreiger has been promoted to Geomatics Group Manager at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG)  He previously served as senior project manager and will now assume new responsibilities for marketing as well as staff training and development. He will continue to serve his existing clients as project manager.

HRG’s Geomatics Group assists clients with the gathering, storage, and analysis of spatial information.  Current services include surveying, mapping, and geographic information systems development.

Kreiger is a registered professional land surveyor in Pennsylvania and Delaware.  He has almost 30 years of experience in the field and in the management of survey crews.  He is also a former president of the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors (PSLS).

 

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.

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.

National Surveyors’ Week Spotlight: Robert Quetot

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QuetotIt’s National Surveyors’ Week, and we’re shining the spotlight on some of our surveyor team members.  Today’s spotlight: Robert Quetot.!

Robert is a survey specialist and team leader for HRG’s Western Region, which includes Pittsburgh, Ohio and West Virginia. He has nine years of experience in boundary and topographic surveying, ALTA surveys, and construction layout.  His projects have included natural gas well pads and pipelines, parks and recreational facilities, water lines, and a variety of real estate developments.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Youngstown State University but became interested in surveying during an internship with the Columbiana County Engineer’s office. He was assigned to a survey crew and enjoyed the work so much he turned his attention to the surveying profession instead of engineering.

“I LOVE the outdoors,” he says. “Second to that, I enjoy being the first and last boots on the ground for most projects, watching them come to life. Surveyors are involved throughout many project phases.”

His favorite project was in Okeechobee, Florida, gathering topographic data for the existing Herbert Hoover Dike. At the end of a long winter that doesn’t want to end here in Pennsylvania, an assignment in Florida sounds like paradise, but it included its fair share of danger.  Poisonous snakes, alligators, wild boar and even fire ants could have been lurking around the next palmetto.

“The adrenaline this brings made for an interesting experience,” Robert says.

Learn more about HRG’s surveying services and surveying experience.

Read Robert’s bio to learn more about his education and the types of projects he’s completed.

National Surveyors’ Week Spotlight: Mike Kreiger

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Mike Kreiger, PLSIt’s National Surveyors’ Week, and we’re shining the spotlight on some of our surveyor team members.  First up: Mike Kreiger, P.L.S.!

Mike is a senior project manager in our Harrisburg office and former president of the Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors. He has more than 20 years of experience in the field, conducting a wide variety of surveys for roadway and bridge construction, commercial and residential development, and water and sewer system design.  He also has extensive experience in rail line surveying.

His high school physics teacher encouraged him to consider a career as a surveyor. At the time, Mike said, “I had no idea what he was talking about, but it got the wheels spinning and set me in the right direction.”

As his responsibilities have changed, his love for surveying has evolved with them. In his early years, he enjoyed being outside.  As he became more involved in highway layout, he appreciated the integral contribution his work makes to our infrastructure and the ability of people and goods to get where they need to go.  As a senior surveyor, he enjoys developing land title surveys, helping real estate agents and attorneys secure millions of dollars in financing for their projects. (Mike authored an article for our Insights blog on changes to the ALTA Land Title Standards in January 2016.)

He has made many good memories over the years, but a career in the field is not without its risks. Mike keeps his sense of humor about the tougher assignments.

“There was once a time that I got sprayed by a skunk and returned to the office before going home for the day,” he recalls with a smile. “I loved the faces, but there were many office people that likely did not appreciate my humor.”

Of all the projects he’s completed over the years, he says his favorite is probably the coastal erosion prevention survey he performed for the Amy Corps of Engineers. “Sun, sand and surveying, who can ask for anything else?” he says of the project, which stretched 83 miles along the southern coast of Long Island from Jones Beach to Montauk Point.  “It wasn’t all that we expected; there were no warm breezes coming off the ocean.”  (Did we forget to mention the project started in March?)

Another favorite would be a construction layout survey for three miles of roadway approaching the PA Turnpike’s Susquehanna River Bridge.

But Mike will always hold a special place in his heart for another construction layout survey along a 5-mile stretch of Dauphin Relief Road. This $44 million construction project included 4-lane roadway, bridges, culverts, and retaining walls.  If you’re ever in the area, Mike encourages you to take a ride on the “Kreiger Dip:” eastbound lanes N 40°22’5.71″  W 76°58’19.96”.

Learn more about HRG’s surveying services and surveying experience.

Read Mike’s bio to learn more about his education and experience.