Tighe & Bond

Happy STEM/STEAM Day! Our staff has been on the road meeting with students to promote future career opportunities in STEM fields. Sam Swartwout, GISP and April Locke, PE participated in the Green Careers Exploration Fair at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, MA, where they shared their career paths and expertise related to Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and drinking water treatment and distribution projects. Thomas Wamser, PE, PTOE, RSP2I joined other members of the CSCE Younger Member Group to lead an “Industry 101” presentation to the ASCE UConn Student Chapter, where he highlighted real world obstacles civil engineers may encounter on the job and shared potential career paths in various sectors of civil engineering. #InspireTheFuture #STEMDay #StudentsInSTEAM

Congratulations to Jeffrey Faulkner, who received the Harold Fletcher Education Award from the Massachusetts Water Works Association at MWWA's Annual Meeting. Jeff has been a member of MWWA for over 20 years, and is recognized for making significant contributions to the association’s education program. He previously served as Co-Chair of the Education Committee and was instrumental in the development of MWWA's licensing training.

Kristen LaBrie recently joined our Middletown, CT office as a Project Manager in our Building Services Business Line. We chatted with her about her project work and how municipalities and regional governments can identify and implement #GIS solutions. https://ow.ly/qngv50U1jFB #SpecialistSpotlight #EmployeeSpotlight

Last week, Suzanne Courtemanche, LSP, CHMM and Shelby Marokhovsky took part in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Mill River Townhouses in Woonsocket, RI. Our Environmental team is assisting CT Renovation & Design with site assessment and remediation for this project which will transform an unused former coal processing site into twelve new townhouses with waterfront views.

We are excited to see Massachusetts invest in a climate-resilient future by restoring and upgrading culverts across the Commonwealth. Our team is assisting municipal partners with projects in Round 2 of Massachusetts Division of Ecological Restoration (MassDER)’s Culvert Replacement Municipal Assistance Grant. Once complete, these culvert restoration projects will improve water quality and ecological conditions, while reducing flood risks in the surrounding area. https://ow.ly/lM4x50TZJAr

This week, our Orleans team moved to a new office in South Harwich, MA. Following our acquisition of Coastal Engineering Company earlier this year, this move will help to further our presence on Cape Cod, the Islands, and the South Shore to better serve our growing coastal client base with their engineering, design, and environmental consulting needs. https://ow.ly/WTy050TY5vJ

This #WorldEcologyDay, we’re spotlighting a few of the spectacular images our team has taken while performing ecological surveys. Our scientists and engineers help clients better understand and manage the local ecology through wetlands delineation, environmental permitting, and surveys for rare or invasive species.

The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection MassDEP has released Part 1 of its two-part study examining the future of #wastewater sludge management in the Commonwealth. Our firm led this residuals management study in collaboration with Brown and Caldwell through surveying publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) to examine current management practices and capacity, as well as identify potential challenges that could disrupt the management of this sludge. Part 1 of the study can be found on MassDEP’s website. Our project team is now working on Part 2 of the study, focusing on the impact of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) on sludge management, developing recommendations for sludge and biosolids management and the reduction of #PFAS in wastewater sludge. https://ow.ly/8LN650TXBKB

As we celebrate #EmployeeOwnershipMonth, we asked our employee owners what being a part of an #EmployeeOwned company means to them. Bryan Gammons appreciates that our firm's #ESOP ensures our employee-owners benefit if the company does well , helping to provide long-term retirement stability. 

Don’t miss Wayne Bates at the 2024 New England Real Estate Journal Western MA/CT CRE State of the Market Summit in Springfield, MA next week. Wayne will participate in a panel discussing sustainability, energy conservation, and climate challenges. Register here: https://ow.ly/uLHR50TWJvT