HNTB Corp. has added four rail professionals to the firm's Northeast Division. The need has been fueled by recent growth through several pursuits and project wins in New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Connecticut. Each of these individuals will work with the Division's high-speed rail, intercity rail and transit teams focusing on further strengthening the rail practice in the northeast."The Northeast Division is honored to have these talented individuals join the firm," said Bob Sutton, senior vice president and HNTB's Northeast Division president. "Their experience will help the firm meet its objectives for current and future work."
Jeffrey Parker has joined HNTB's Philadelphia office as an associate vice president and senior project manager. He brings more than 22 years of senior level experience at multimodal transportation agencies with a wide variety of transportation management experience, including operations, maintenance, program management, legislative affairs, regional transit development and financial performance management. Prior to joining HNTB, Parker served as commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Transportation, where he oversaw the state's public transportation, highway, bridge, aviation and port operations.
Al Trotta, PE, has joined HNTB's Philadelphia office as a senior project manager. He brings more than 30 years of experience in engineering – 17 years working for the Long Island Rail Road and the Port Authority Transit Corporation. Prior to joining HNTB, he served as president and chief operating officer of a multi-discipline, Florida-based engineering firm. Trotta has experience with a variety of transportation project types, including bridges, fixed and movable passenger station rehabilitation, highway lighting, lift stations, traction power, communication systems, substations, shops, yards airfield lighting and terminals.
Joseph Pizzurro, PE, has joined HNTB's New York office as an associate vice president, director of rail, New York metropolitan area, where he will work with HNTB's Northeast Division high-speed rail, intercity rail and transit teams focusing on growing the rail and transit practice. Pizzurro brings more than 16 years of in-depth track, structural and civil engineering rail-related design and construction expertise. He most recently served as a senior project manager in the transit/rail business line managing projects for several rail agencies in the metro area. Pizzurro has played an integral role on some of the region's premier rail rehabilitation projects, including the new Metropolitan Transit Authority's Metro-North Railroad Yankees-E.153rd Street rail station.
Lester (Les) Eckrich, PE, has joined HNTB's Wayne, N.J., office as senior project manager. He will work to further develop the division's rail and facilities practice. Eckrich brings 29 years of experience working for NJ TRANSIT where he served in positions ranging from facilities engineer in the Bus Operations Unit to chief engineer in the Capital Planning and Programs Division. There he was responsible for the management and coordination of major bus and rail infrastructure projects. His last position was senior director of design and construction for The ARC Tunnel Project.
