PROVIDENCE – The Providence Engineering Society awarded an executive from the A/E/P Maguire Group its 2011 Freeman Award last week.
The society bestowed the award on Maguire’s Senior Vice President and Regional Transportation Director Richard Bernardo, a professional engineer. The award is named after John Ripley Freeman, a prominent early 20th-century civil engineer who was the chief designer of the original Charles River Dam in Boston. (Incidentally, Maguire later worked on the dam.)
“We are honored to have members of our senior leadership recognized in this way,” Maguire President and CEO Carlos Duart said. “Award-winning engineer Rich Bernardo and his staff bring their persistence and commitment to work every day at Maguire. This is a proud day for him and our engineering departments.”
Before arriving at Maguire, Bernardo held posts over the years as director of public works in Cranston and Burrillville and at various New England-based engineering firms. He has served as president of the Providence Engineering Society and has participated in the society’s MATHCOUNTS program since 1983.
The society selected him as Young Engineer of the Year in 1990 and, 12 years later, called him the engineer of the year.
