News Category: Press Release

GZA opens new Long Island office in Melville, N.Y.

GZA has named Curt Spalding, a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Regional Administrator, as a Senior Consultant based in GZA’s Providence offices. Spalding, who also served for 18 years as Executive Director of the Providence-based environmental advocacy organization Save the Bay and as a Professor of the Practice at the Institute at Brown … Read more

GZA has been retained to provide geotechnical and other engineering services for the “RAISE Manchester: Connecting Communities” project that will transform several downtown streets and upgrade pedestrian and bicyclist connections.

Left to Right- Kai Starn, CTGBC Chair and Steven Winter Associates; Annie Procaccini, SumCo Eco-Contracting; Robert Gay, Lynde Point Land Trust; Alicia Dolce, CTGBC Executive Director; Katie Lund, CIRCA; Steve Lecco, GZA; Jonathan Gawrys, SumCo Eco-Contracting, Rhea Drozdenko, Connecticut River Conservancy, Wayne Cobleigh, CTGBC Finance Chair and GZA (accepting for Dan Stapleton, GZA)   GZA … Read more

GZA extends congratulations to our client, the City of New Haven, on its success in securing federal funding for a Resilient Long Wharf District.   GZA also acknowledges the Connecticut Institute for Resilience & Climate Adaptation (CIRCA) and the State of Connecticut, whose disaster relief grants and bond funding of climate resiliency planning projects in … Read more

 GZA GeoEnvironmental has named Ms. Rania Campbell-Bussiere to the new position of Senior Grant Specialist to support public- and private-sector clients in securing U.S. infrastructure funding for a wide range of environmental, energy, and resiliency projects. Campbell-Bussiere brings more than a decade of experience in grant writing and nonprofit development. Most recently she served as … Read more

GZA GeoEnvironmental announced today that Senior Consultant Dino D. Fiscaletti has earned certification as a Diplomate in Port Engineering from the Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port & Navigation Engineers (ACOPNE). Based in Providence, R. I., Fiscaletti serves as Technical Practice Lead for GZA’s Marine and Waterfront Group and has led dozens of major coastal, geotechnical, … Read more

GZA has recently been awarded contracts for climate resiliency projects in four Connecticut towns—Fairfield, Groton, Old Saybrook, and Stratford—to provide a range of climate adaptation, resiliency, sustainability, and hazard mitigation plans and studies. The new contracts expand GZA’s growing role advising local communities on all aspects of natural hazard risk management, resilience, and climate adaptation, … Read more

GZA is pleased to announce that Senior Principal Ken Johnston has been elected as a member of the Geoprofessional Business Association (GBA) Council of Fellows. Johnston was on the GBA Board of Directors from 2015-2021 and was the organization’s president from 2020-2021. Celebrating its 53rd anniversary this year, the GBA serves geotechnical, environmental, and other … Read more

GZA has recently closed offshore wind contracts with clients in New England and New York that brings  the total offshore wind energy development that GZA is now supporting to more than 6,000 megawatts. GZA’s capabilities in offshore wind include delivery of specialized offshore, nearshore, and onshore engineering. GZA’s scientists and engineers have extensive experience with completing … Read more

GZA congratulates its client Quonset Development Corp. (QDC) on the recent official opening of the renovated and extended Pier 2 at the Port of Davisville, R.I., creating a third berth to support the booming offshore wind industry and Davisville’s robust auto-import business. QDC retained GZA to provide a broad range of waterfront and geotechnical engineering … Read more

GZA has named attorney Jonathan Selden as in-house counsel in its Corporate Risk Management Department. A member of the bar in Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey, Selden most recently served as corporate counsel for US Ecology Inc. and has also served in senior legal positions at National Response Corporation, ENPRO Holdings Group Inc., and … Read more

GZA has been honored with two Engineering Excellence Awards by the American Council of Engineering Companies Rhode Island chapter (ACEC-RI) for its work supporting bridge replacement projects in Cranston and Cumberland. GZA was recognized by ACEC-RI for its role as a geotechnical and environmental consultant to TranSystems Corp. on the design-build replacement of four bridges … Read more

NORWOOD, Mass., July 15, 2022 – GZA has elected Principal Mark H. Westra to its Board of Directors and re-elected Associate Principal Margaret A. Panatera for a second three-year term on the board. Additionally, GZA has appointed Scott L. Murray, a retired chief operating officer at Stantec Inc., as its newest Outside Board Advisor, a position that GZA … Read more

GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, has named Associate Principal Sean Leary to lead GZA’s Minnesota market as District Office Manager in Edina. Leary, a specialist in environmental site investigations and remediation, joined GZA in 2019 as part of the firm’s acquisition of Vieau … Read more

GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, has named Vice President/Associate Principal Christopher Tansey to lead the company’s services in the Central New Jersey market as District Office Manager of GZA’s South Bound Brook office. A registered professional engineer, and specialist in geotechnical, soils, and … Read more

GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, is honored to announce that Stephanie Turkot, Project Manager will receive the inaugural Women’s Leadership Award from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Northern New Jersey chapter on May 5. ULI has set the global standard in recognizing outstanding … Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Mass., May 1st, 2022–GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, has named Dan Shaw as a Landscape Architect based in GZA’s Springfield office. A Massachusetts-registered landscape architect, Shaw has a decade of experience in the Western Massachusetts and Pacific Northwest markets. He brings to … Read more

GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, has named Senior Project Manager Lori Powers to lead the company’s Western Michigan and adjacent markets as District Officer Manager overseeing GZA’s Grand Rapids office. Powers has more than 20 years of experience in the environmental consulting and … Read more

GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, has named Associate Principal Tom Klotz to lead the company’s services in eastern Michigan markets as District Office Manager of GZA’s Livonia office. Klotz has more than 20 years of experience providing a range of clients, including several … Read more

MANHATTAN, N.Y., March 17, 2022—GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing ecological, geotechnical, environmental, water, and construction management services, has named Christopher Anastasiou as a Senior Construction Manager based in GZA’s Manhattan office. Anastasiou has more than 18 years of experience in project and construction management in commercial development and redevelopment and environmental … Read more

  GZA congratulates The Village on achieving full lease-out of its premium indoor/outdoor waterfront campus in Stamford’s South End. Designed to serve the needs of entrepreneurs and creators in realms like art, entertainment, tech, music, health, fitness, food, finance, the digital/influencer worlds, and more, The Village includes 133,000 square feet of work/play space, unique private … Read more

NORWOOD, Mass., February 8th 2022–GZA GeoEnvironmental Inc. (GZA), a leading multi-disciplinary firm providing geotechnical, environmental, ecological, water, and construction management services, announced today that Associate Principal Brian Morrill has achieved official certification as a Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Planner (TURP) able to assist companies and organizations in complying with laws governing toxic chemical use. Environmental, … Read more