RETTEW ENGINEER ELECTED PRESIDENT OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN ASSOCIATION

LANCASTER, Pa. – RETTEW, a comprehensive engineering, planning and environmental consulting firm serving the mid-Atlantic region, today announced that project bridge engineer David E. Hoglund, PE, has recently been elected president of the Association of Bridge Construction and Design (ABCD), Susquehanna Chapter.

“Dave’s demonstrated skills and abilities as a bridge engineer and leader are a tremendous asset to ABCD,” said Mark P. Lauriello, PE, president, RETTEW. “On behalf of RETTEW, I congratulate Dave on an achievement that is well deserved.”

As president of ABCD, Susquehanna Chapter, Hoglund is responsible for upholding the organization’s goals, which focus on educating, promoting and providing technical support to various public and private authorities on bridge programs. ABCD also seeks to improve and encourage the science of bridge design, construction and reconstruction by providing a forum for members to exchange and develop new ideas and techniques for testing and construction. ABCD’s membership includes PennDOT and Turnpike personnel in addition to consultants, contractors, fabricators and educators.

Hoglund’s responsibilities as ABCD president also involve overseeing the various activities of the organization, which include chapter meetings and activities, the ABCD scholarship fund, the educational outreach program and the annual awards banquet recognizing outstanding bridge projects. Hoglund’s involvement with ABCD’s Susquehanna Chapter began in 2002.

Hoglund works in RETTEW’s transportation group designing transportation-related structures and performing hydrology and hydraulic analysis of bridge project sites. He has ten years of cumulative experience in structural design, highway design and municipal engineering and has worked on numerous PennDOT, Turnpike and local bridge projects. Hoglund has a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Penn State University and resides in Lititz, Lancaster County, Pa.

RETTEW provides engineering, land development, planning, surveying and environmental consulting services to a broad range of clients in the mid-Atlantic region. Beginning in 1969 as a single-person office, today RETTEW has more than 230 employees and eight office locations, which include Camp Hill, Chambersburg, Chester Springs, Lancaster, Nazareth, and Schuylkill Haven, Pa.; and Liberty and Margaretville, N.Y. For more information on any of RETTEW’s services, please call 1-800-RETTEW-5 or e-mail rettew@rettew.com.

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July 8, 2008