Michael Baker International

Michael Baker International’s work on the County of San Diego Southeastern Live Well Center in San Diego, California, was honored for Excellence in Sustainability as part of the 2024 ENR California Best Project Awards. Michael Baker served as the project’s Civil Engineer. The Southeastern Live Well Center is a one-stop public service building located near a historical intersection of the community that provides easy access to a variety of health and social services for residents. The all-electric and zero net energy facility was designed to offset at least 110% of energy consumption through renewables. The ENR California Best Project Awards honors the best construction projects and the companies that designed and built them. The projects are evaluated on the ability of the project team to overcome challenges, contribution to the industry and community, safety and construction and design quality. Congratulations to the team! #ENRCalifornia #ProjectAward #Sustainability #CivilEngineering

Colleagues from Michael Baker International’s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, office recently participated in Ruff Ride Pittsburgh 2024, a 24-hour spin relay to raise funds for Team Foster. Team Foster raises money to provide accredited, life-saving service dogs to injured and disabled veterans. Ruff Ride Pittsburgh brought together teams for 24 hours of fun, fundraising and friendly competition. More than 20 colleagues joined the first-ever Michael Baker team and raised a combined total of $4,510 to support Team Foster’s work to provide highly trained and skilled service dogs to America’s wounded and disabled veterans. Thank you to our colleagues for their efforts to Make a Difference for the veteran community. #RuffRide2024 #SupportingVeterans #WolfPackPride

As we end Cybersecurity Awareness Month this October, we highlight the final Michael Baker International expert in our series. Hear from Fred Gordy National Practice Lead – Building Cybersecurity, from Michael Baker’s Salt Lake City, Utah, office. #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth #Cybersecurity #CyberExperts

As National Community Planning Month comes to an end, we’re sharing a final Key Planning project as part of our October Planning Month Spotlight series. Today’s project is the Center Transit-Oriented Development Master Plan in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Michael Baker International led a multidisciplinary team to help the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) develop a transit-oriented development (TOD) master plan for the Harrisburg Transportation Center (HTC) and surrounding blighted area. The plan involved a weeklong visioning process and design charrette, incorporating input from community and business leaders, commuters and neighborhood associations. The master plan aims to leverage the HTC as a multimodal asset, increase public transportation ridership, support sustainable redevelopment, enhance connectivity and create a pedestrian, bicycle and transit-friendly environment. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ebh4u8zj #CommunityPlanning #UrbanPlanning #ResilientCommunities #SustainableCommunities

Michael Baker International announced today that Sharif Abou-Sabh, P.E., has joined the firm as Northeast Director of Program Management. In this role, he will oversee all aspects of project development process from the initial planning and environmental review stages through design, construction and implementation throughout the firm’s Northeast Region, which consists of nine offices across six states. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eWu2Qi7v

Michael Baker International Senior Archaeologists, Bryan Cunning, M.A., RPA, and Martin Fuess, M.A., RPA, recently visited the Beaver Area Heritage Museum in Beaver, Pennsylvania, to examine a partial collection of archaeological materials excavated from the significant Revolutionary War and immediate post-war era frontier site of Fort McIntosh (1778–1791), the first fort built north of the Ohio River by the United States in 1778. During the initial artifact collection review, several categories of artifact classes were noted, including Pre-Contact and Contact Period Native American Artifacts, Fort McIntosh-Related Artifacts and Post Fort-Related Artifacts. #HistoricalArtifacts #Archaeology #HistoricPreservation

Michael Baker International’s Little Rock, Arkansas, office recently donated 2,620 pounds of food items to the Arkansas Food Bank. The office held a friendly competition to see which department could collect the most items for the food bank. The Little Rock Survey Team took home the win for most items collected. The Arkansas Food Bank provides meals and grocery items to families and individuals in need across the state of Arkansas. #CommunityService #Donation #WolfPackPride

Colleagues from Michael Baker International’s Peachtree Corners (Atlanta), Georgia, office were proud to participate in the 10th Annual Mayor’s 5K on the 5th Runway event held recently at Hartfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Hosted by Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, the race welcomed more than 2,000 runners and walkers to benefit the United Way of Greater Atlanta. The participants raced on ATL’s Runway 10-28—one of the flattest and fastest courses in metro Atlanta. Thank you to our colleagues for running to Make a Difference in your local community! #5KRunway #TeamBuilding #WolfPackPride

In response to the effects of Hurricane Helene, Bridge Practice colleagues from Michael Baker International’s Greenville and Columbia, South Carolina, offices were given an emergency task order through our firm’s statewide bridge management contract with the South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) to assess 1,331 bridges and culverts for potential storm damage. Michael Baker immediately mobilized over a dozen inspection teams to successfully complete the field work. Data management was accomplished efficiently to quickly clear unaffected structures and seamlessly generate work orders for structures needing repairs. Michael Baker leaders facilitated quick response closures to bridges at risk for localized failures due to storm damage, even providing interim support to protect the public, while SCDOT staff managed detours and closures for other roadway washouts, tree removal and hazardous conditions such as downed power lines. The structure locations were widespread, located in both urban and rural areas, including rocky, mountainous terrain, piedmont and river basin sandflat regions, and everything in between. Many locations were remote with very limited access and required special access equipment in some cases. Thanks to our colleagues’ rapid response in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, our client can move forward with recovery efforts for impacted communities. #BridgeAssessment #EmergencyManagement #RapidResponse #InfrastructureRecovery

Michael Baker International is a sponsor of the 2024 Railroad Environmental Conference (RREC), taking place Tuesday, October 29 – Wednesday, October 30, 2024, in Champaign, Illinois. Michael Baker experts Thomas Bodor, R.P.A., Department Manager – Archaeology and Bryan Cunning, R.P.A., Senior Archaeologist, will present Archaeological Investigations and State-level Compliance on Rail Projects: The Norfolk Southern Lemoyne Connector Project Case Study on Tuesday, October 29, at 10:20 a.m. The RREC is an annual event that brings together professionals from the railroad industry to discuss new techniques, technologies, environmental programs and more. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eWXE5bB #RREC2024 #Rail #Transit #Conference