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N&W on Team for Engineering News-Record (ENR) Mid-Atlantic “Best Project” Award

Cianbro’s Oil, Gas & Chemical (OG&C) announced that the White Compressor Station Project is the recipient of an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Mid-Atlantic “Best Project” Award. Located in Northeast Pennsylvania, the most prolific area of the Marcellus Shale play, White Compressor Station was entered into the ENR 2015 Best Projects competition under the “Energy/Industrial” category.

Paul Navarro recognized by Latino American Who’s Who

Paul J. Navarro, P.E., President, has been recognized by The Latino American Who’s Who for his achievement in advancing the culture of the Latino American business community for the past year. He is currently President of the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Central Pennsylvania and one of the founding members.

Metal Detectors Effective Tool for Archaeology Projects

N&W’s Richard A. Geidel, R.P.A., Senior Archaeologist, recently attended a metal detecting workshop and field training that yielded artifacts from the site of French and Indian era Fort Halifax in Pennsylvania. “The metal detecting training was a real eye-opener,” states Geidel. Since the 1980s the use of metal detectors on archaeology projects has become more and more mainline, with often spectacular results for site documentation and interpretation. Of course, its utilization is largely restricted to historic sites,...

New Archaeology Lab Opens

N&W is expanding its cultural resource services by establishing a new Archaeological Materials Laboratory. The lab, housed in the firm’s corporate office in New Cumberland, PA, will prepare archaeological collections for curation at the Pennsylvania State Museum and other accredited repositories. The work involves cleaning, labeling, and cataloging artifacts discovered as a result of work performed by the company for its clients. Archaeologist Alan D. Beauregard, N&W’s Cultural Resources Team Leader, states, “The...

Ribbon Cutting for New Bridge – Longest Arch Span in PA

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held last week for the completion of the new Carbon County Bridge #16, T-447/Koch Road over the Pohopoco Creek. N&W provided the construction inspection for the project. N&W’s services were headed by Michael Parker, Transportation Construction Manager, who coordinated all documentation, construction progress meetings and materials certification review. The project was administered by the Carbon County Commissioners with PennDOT oversight and funded through FHWA. The existing bridge was a...

N&W Participates in Bike to Work Week

The inaugural Bike to work week at Navarro & Wright was a success generating much interest from the entire office and participation from 5 employees. Dave Gassert kicked off the event and by the end of Wednesday he had logged 23.5 miles in one day of riding, including 11.5 grueling miles into a harsh headwind. Our second notable participant was Collin Gardner, logging 14.2 miles on Friday using a borrowed mountain bike in need of slight maintenance, averaging 11.2 miles per hour for the duration of his ride to and from work....

N&W Welcomes Robert B. Bush, PLS, Chief of Surveys

We are pleased to announce that Robert B. Bush, PLS, has joined the firm as Chief of Surveys, PA. Mr. Bush will lead the transportation survey department in the firm’s Pennsylvania markets and provide day-to-day management and supervision of the survey staff and field crews. He will also assist in further developing and marketing the company’s surveying services to public and private sector clients. Mr. Bush brings over 29 years of surveying and management experience to the firm. He is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in...

Paul Navarro advocates on Capitol Hill

Paul Navarro was part of a group to advocate in Washington DC on Capitol Hill for Renewable Future Fuel policy. He participated in a media event and did radio interviews with stations from Boston, New York, Cincinatti, Orlando and Hartford. Paul then was heading to the EPA to meet with Paul Argyropoulos, Senior Policy Advisor of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality (OTAQ), EPA. at the EPA Headquarters – William Jefferson Clinton Building. Then off to a Press Luncheon followed by meetings at Congressman Lou Barletta and...

4/15/2015 – N&W Welcomes Henry Gomez

Henry GomezSurvey Drafting Technician Navarro & Wright Consulting Engineers, Inc. is pleased to formally welcome Henry Gomez, Survey Drafting Technician to the firm. He joins the Transportation Department’s Surveying Group. He was previously employed at Keystone Surveying & Mapping and URS Corporation in the Pittsburgh area. Henry is a graduate of Pittsburgh Technical Institute.

3/20/2015 – Testing Laboratory Receives AASHTO Accreditation

N&W’s new materials testing laboratory recently received “AASHTO Accreditation” for Quality Management System, Concrete and Masonry testing. The laboratory is located at 10 Mars Street, Harrisburg, PA and serves the Central PA and MD regions. Its one of only two accredited laboratories in the Central PA area. It will complement the services of N&W’s existing AASHTO accredited Soils and Rock Testing Laboratory located at 151 Reno Ave, New Cumberland, PA. N&W’s materials testing laboratory is...