Roger Sandak has joined HRG as a team leader assisting water and wastewater utilities with process control and automation. Sandak previously served as manager of automation and controls at a large private utility and operated his own consulting firm serving small municipalities that could not afford to have full-time process control and automations staff. He has more than 30 years of experience.
Caleb Krauter and Alex King were both honored by the Pennsylvania Water Environment Association (PWEA) at their annual PENNTEC conference this week.
Caleb is a team leader in the Harrisburg Water & Wastewater Group. He received the Ted Moses High Hat Award for his work promoting the association and its programs.
Caleb joined the Harrisburg-area chapter of PWEA, also known as the Central Pennsylvania Water Quality Association (CPWQA) early in his career and began serving on committees right away. He is currently president of CPWQA and a member of its Bylaws and Special Events committees. He is also a vocal advocate for involvement in the organization, encouraging others to attend and actively participate in events.
Alex is an assistant project manager in the King of Prussia Water & Wastewater Group. She received the Golden Manhole Award for her work to advance wastewater collection system operation, maintenance, and professional development. Alex is a member of the PWEA Collections and Young Professionals Committees. She helps plan the collections system presentation sessions and organizes local networking and outreach events throughout the year.
Congratulations to Caleb and Alex on this recognition from their industry peers, and thank you both for representing HRG and our clients so well in these important organizations.
Cory Salmon is featured in the latest issue of Wastewater Digest as one of the industry’s “Top Young Pros.” (Read the article here.) Wastewater Digest is a national magazine covering news and trends in the municipal wastewater industry.
Cory was one of nine men and women selected by the publication because of their accomplishments at such a young age. He is also the second youngest person on this year’s list.
Cory is a group manager in our King of Prussia office. He played a leadership role in opening this office in 2019, representing us at numerous events and developing relationships that helped us exceed sales goals by 47% in the region last year. He is also managing the firm’s work with Pottstown Borough Authority to replace 21,000 linear feet of Lead Service Lines.
Hyon Duk Shin has joined HRG as a senior quality engineer in their water and wastewater group. In addition to his role as a client manager, he will manage technical design standards and staff training related to wastewater treatment, collection and conveyance facilities, and combined sewer modeling and optimization. He will also enhance the firm’s expertise in water facilities planning as well as PFOS/PFOA treatment and distribution facilities.
Duk Shin is a registered professional engineer with more than 25 years of experience in the planning, permitting, design, construction, and financing of water and wastewater infrastructure.
Water and wastewater practice area leader Josh Fox says, “I am excited to welcome Duk to HRG. His experience and knowledge will greatly enhance the strengths of our team.”
ABOUT HRG
HRG assists with the planning, design, and management of community infrastructure. They optimize places for health, prosperity, and enjoyment with a focus on long-term value. The foundation of their work is civil engineering, but the firm has diverse expertise in community planning and management, landscape architecture, environmental compliance, and sustainability. For more information, visit their website at www.hrg-inc.com.
HRG’s water and wastewater practice area leader, Josh Fox, authored an article in the April issue of The Authority with Carlisle Borough’s director of public works, Mark Malarich. They talk about the success the borough has had using infiltration/inflow data to prioritize capital improvement needs and eliminate aging infrastructure. Over the past eight years, the borough has re-lined more than 46,000 linear feet of pipe and repaired, replaced or rehabilitated more than 200 manholes. Josh and Mark also talk about the importance of building flexibility into a capital improvement plan, and the ways they’ve been able to adjust their plans to respond to changing needs.
Read about Carlisle Borough’s capital improvement plan in The Authority magazine, a publication of the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association
Ben Burns has been promoted to senior quality engineer in the water and wastewater group at Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) He will manage technical design standards with a specific focus on innovative wastewater process solutions, biosolids management, and energy production from wastewater.
Burns joined HRG in 2007 and previously served as both a project manager and team leader. He is a licensed professional engineer with certifications in odor assessment and construction document technology.
Water and wastewater practice area leader Josh Fox says, “Ben has demonstrated his knowledge and application of engineering principles on some of HRG’s most difficult projects over the past 15 years. His passion for sustainability and renewable energy will greatly benefit our team and our clients. I am extremely excited for Ben, HRG, and our clients.”
An amendment to the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act allows the owner of a multi-family dwelling to request a billing adjustment every five years if the amount billed exceeds the usage by 30% or more. This could have wide-ranging impacts for water and sewer authorities that serve multi-family dwellings. Our vice president Russ McIntosh discusses all of the implications in two articles in The Authority, a magazine published by the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association. The first article analyzes the language of Act 43 line-by-line to advise authorities on how to comply. (Link opens in new tab.) The second article answers some frequently asked questions about Act 43 such as:
Is Act 43 retroactive?
Does act 43 affect the way I calculate tapping fees?
For larger garden apartment communities, should each building’s water meter be considered individually or combined with other buildings in the same community?
Act 43 requires authorities to compare metered water consumption with “actual usage” billed. How do you make this comparison if you bill on a flat rate?
Visit the Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association website at the links above to read these articles, and reach out to us with any questions you may have.
Garrett Stoy has joined Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) as a group manager in their State College office. Stoy will oversee a team of 11 professionals who design water and wastewater systems for public and privately owned utilities. He will also assist with sales and business development.
Stoy has eight years of experience creating engineering solutions related to drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, flooding, roadways, and solid waste. He works with clients to develop a long-term capital improvement plan and obtain funding to implement the plan.
ABOUT HRG
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked, employee-owned, design firm providing civil engineering, planning, surveying, and environmental services to public and private sector clients throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 300 people across eight office locations. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.
Congratulations to Liz Lackey, who has been named one of the Top Young Professionals in the Mid-Atlantic Region by Engineering News-Record magazine (ENR)! She is one of just 20 professionals selected in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
At only 32 years of age, Liz has already built an impressive resume of experience in both the public and private sectors. Prior to joining HRG, she worked as an environmental engineer at IBM Microelectronics and as a water treatment process specialist for the City of Thornton in Colorado. She is a talented engineer with a passion for data analytics, an innovative thinker who continually improves processes, and a trusted mentor to her fellow team members. She’s also actively involved in the industry (as a member of the young professionals and communications committees at the Western Pennsylvania Water Pollution Control Association) and an avid supporter of her community (contributing time and money to numerous conservation groups).
We are lucky to have her on our team and so happy to see her being recognized alongside such talented, accomplished professionals on this list.
You can read the full list of this year’s honorees on ENR’s website.
(Liz is the most recent in a long line of HRG employee-owners who have been recognized by ENR. Read about our other honorees here )
HRG assistant vice president Ed Ellinger co-authored an article with Capital Region Water’s lead engineer Jeffrey Bowra for the May 2021 issue of Water & Wastes Digest. The article discusses their work together on several phases of water main rehabilitation in the City of Harrisburg and offers 7 tips for maximizing success on pipeline rehabilitation projects. Read it here