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LIFE IS A HIGHWAY: Over the past 42 years, Tighe & Bond Vice President and Technical Director Suzanne Courtemanche has served as the environmental assessment and remediation manager for numerous investigation and remediation programs, including rail-to-trail projects and highway expansion projects. 
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Suzanne Courtemanche

PBN Leaders & Achievers 2024 Awards Suzanne Courtemanche | Tighe & Bond | Vice president and technical director AS A TEENAGER, Suzanne Courtemanche thought she...
THE AFTERMATH: An old earth-and-stone dam along Beaver River failed in December after heavy rainstorms and caused minimal damage downstream. Beavers had built their own dam on top of the existing dam. 
COURTESY TIM MOONEY

With changing climate, dams getting closer look

In December, about 2 million gallons of water from the Beaver River rushed through Richmond. A small, dilapidated dam, likely built 150 to 200 years...
DIGGING IT: Narragansett Bay Commission Chairman Vincent J. Mesolella, center, examines the progress made in the combined sewer overflow tunnel deep below Pawtucket. He is surrounded by contractors working on the project. Behind Mesolella is the boring machine that chewed through 2 miles of bedrock over three years.
COURTESY ­NARRAGANSETT BAY COMMISSION

A boring job completed;
enormous impact ahead?

After taking three years to travel little more than 2 miles, the Narragansett Bay Commission finally reached a finish line of sorts in February...
THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS Dartmouth and Roger Williams University have partnered to create three new accelerated master's engineering programs.

UMass Dartmouth, RWU partner on new accelerated engineering degree programs

DARTMOUTH – The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Bristol-based Roger Williams University announced Wednesday that the institutions have partnered to create three joint 4+1...

DBVW Architects Welcomes Xueyun Zou, LEED GA, Designer

Xueyun (Emma) Zou, LEED GA, comes to DBVW Architects after graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence in 2022 with a...

DBVW Architects Promotes Ashley Prester, AIA, MCCPO, to Senior Associate

DBVW Architects is pleased to announce the promotion of Ashley Prester, AIA, MCCPO, to Senior Associate. Ashley has played a key role in some...

DBVW Architects Welcomes Jennifer Space, Associate AIA, LEED AP, Senior Project...

Jennifer Space, Associate AIA, LEED AP, recently joined DBVW as a Senior Project Manager, bringing over 15 years of experience in planning, design and...

DBVW Architects Promotes Pedro Ortiz to Job Captain

DBVW Architects is pleased to announce the promotion of Pedro Ortiz to Job Captain. Pedro has played a key role in projects such as...
NO WORRIES: Dorothy Davison, executive director of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Rhode Island, says artificial intelligence will allow engineers to be more efficient, not replace them entirely. 
PBN PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

‘We don’t look at AI as a terrifying thing’

How will artificial intelligence impact professional engineers? Will it improve their lives or put them out of work? Any major AI chatbot can provide answers to...
DEEP CONNECTION: Walco Electric Co. CEO and President Ellis Waldman learned about the manufacturing business from his family, including his late father, Edmund, who founded the company in 1931. 
PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS

Walco’s Waldman creates a pathway to success

PBN Manufacturing Awards 2022 MANUFACTURING CHAMPION: Ellis Waldman, CEO and president, Walco Electric Co. ELLIS WALDMAN HAS BEEN CEO AND PRESIDENT of Providence-based Walco Electric Co. for...
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