Industry News / Announcements

April 23, 2008 - Congratulations to Bill Hart, Mid Atlantic Regional Office Senior Associate, who passed the Construction Specifications Institute’s (CSI) Construction Documents Technology Examination and received the designation of Construction Documents Technologist (CDT).
 

April 15, 2008 - Congratulations to Julie Souza who passed the Project Management Institute’s Certified Associate in Project Management Examination and is now a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM).
 

November 5, 2007 - ASCE PUBLICATIONS PRESENTS "THE 21ST CENTURY ENGINEER," BY DR. PATRICIA D. GALLOWAY

Nielsen-Wurster CEO Dr. Patricia D. Galloway spent 2003-2004 as the first woman President of the American Society of Civil Engineers. With trail blazing esteem she has recently published her book "The 21st Century Engineer," which is due out in November.

"Once, civil engineers were esteemed by the public as both visionaries and leaders in a noble profession essential to the welfare of humankind. Today, though, civil engineers are often seen as mere advisors and technicians. The 21st-Century Engineer argues that this situation must change – and that the means to do so are in the hands of engineers themselves.

In this groundbreaking manifesto, Galloway vividly paints the new global landscape where megaprojects, sustainability, infrastructure security, and multicultural work teams pose challenges for which engineers may be unprepared. With businesslike brevity, she lays out nontechnical areas in which engineers must become proficient: globalization, communication, ethics and professionalism, diversity, and leadership. Galloway contends that the existing system for educating engineers must change, and she proposes a new master’s degree in professional engineering management.

A must-read for all thoughtful engineers involved in educating, hiring, and managing, The 21st-Century Engineer is a clarion call to reform the way today’s engineers prepare for tomorrow."

The book is available online, here.

October 23, 2007 - Congratulations to Ancizar A. Portilla, CCE, PMP, PSP who has been promoted to Project Consultant in our Mid Atlantic Regional Office.

Mr. Portilla is a Nielsen-Wurster Consultant with comprehensive experience in Construction Management, Project Engineering, Construction Contract Compliance, Management Consulting, and Dispute and Claim Resolution and Avoidance. He assists management, senior consultants and senior associates in analyzing claims, claim support, Critical Path Method (CPM) scheduling and formulating management strategies. Mr. Portilla provides expertise in cost, delay, productivity and inefficiency analyses.

Mr. Portilla’s Construction Management experience includes schedule delay analysis, productivity analysis, causation and responsibility, quality assurance / quality control, and lost revenue analysis on infrastructure projects such as sewerage facilities and aqueducts as well as highways, bridges and utilities.

Mr. Portilla has experience with a variety of computer applications including databases, spreadsheets and scheduling software.

Prior to joining Nielsen-Wurster, Mr. Portilla was a Resident Engineer for Conalvias S.A. in Cali, Colombia where he was involved in projects such as highways, bridges (metallic, pre stressed), aqueduct, sewerage and utilities. His duties involved TQM system, site development, estimating, scheduling, and land subdivision.

December 6, 2006 - Roksana E. Podgorna has joined the Nielsen-Wurster Group, Inc. as a Marketing Coordinator / Analyst in the Princeton, New Jersey Corporate Office.
 
Roskana holds a B.A. in Communication Studies from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she was part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University Women’s Basketball Team. While attending college, Roksana served as a Public Relations intern at the Cherenson Group in Livingston, New Jersey. Prior to joining Nielsen-Wurster’s marketing department, Roksana was employed as a Billing Assistant at Katz Dochtermann and Epstein Advertising Agency in New York. In 2001, Roksana earned both the New Jersey Scholar Athlete Award and 1st place mixed media award at the Panasonic Art Show.

June 5, 2006 - Diane M. Tyler has joined the Nielsen-Wurster Group as Administrative Assistant in the Mid Atlantic Regional Office.
 
Diane relocated to this area from New York City seven years ago. She came to Nielsen-Wurster as a temporary employee from CoWorx Staffing Services on January 23, 2006. Before that, she worked as Administrative Assistant at Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, Data Processing Associate at Wachovia Bank in Piscataway, a Temporary Legal Assistant at Gill & Chamas in Piscataway and Administrative Assistant at Innovative Systems Design in Edison.

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