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The highest environmental award in Michigan, the “OEPY,” was recently presented to national Brownfield redevelopment authority Dr. James Harless, CHMM, vice president of Soil Harless and Materials Engineers, Inc. (SME), Plymouth, by the Michigan Association of Environmental Professionals (MAEP). The award was presented at the MAEP annual dinner in Ann Arbor. MAEP is the premier association of environmental professionals in Michigan, formed to advance the practice of environmental management in the state. Berkley-based SHW Group, one of the nation’s largest educational architecture and engineering firms, has hired Kevin Rettich, PE, LC, LEED AP to serve as Rettich Mechanical/Electrical/ Plumbing (MEP) Group Leader. Rettich has an extensive portfolio of work in the United States, China, Jordan and Qatar, working on education facilities. Concraft Incorporated, a property restoration company based in Auburn Hills, recently announced that Marisa Ryan has joined the company as a sales and marketing representative.
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Integrated Design Solutions, an architectural and engineering firm located in Troy, is pleased to announce the promotion of five staff members to associate: Thomas B. Carron, PE, senior electrical engineer; David M. Giroux, RA, CDT, architect; Valerie L. Grant, interior designer; Matthew R. Perez, PE, LEED AP BD+C, mechanical engineer; and Kevin S. Marshall, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, senior architect.
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Plunkett Cooney insurance coverage attorney, Nicole E. Wilinski, was recently named as an “Up & Coming Lawyer” by Michigan Lawyers Weekly (MLW), a publication serving the state’s legal community. Also, former Plunkett Cooney summer associates Emily M. Wilinski CAM MAGAZINE
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Coyle, Catherine M. Derthick, and Mark A. Nasr have returned to the firm as attorneys. They were members of the firm’s 2009 summer associates class.
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The consulting firm of Byce & Associates, Inc., Kalamazoo, has announced the following: Adam Doubblestein, PE, LEED AP has been named vice president/project management director; Bryan Webster, PE, LEED AP has been named department manager for the Structural & Civil Engineering & Architectural departments; Webster Richard Hodges, PE, has joined the firm as a structural engineer; and Danielle Holmgren has joined the firm as a civil engineer.
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Plumbing Professors, located in Canton Township, has announced that Scott R. Hart, service center manager, and Peter C. Cunningham, sales manager, have been awarded their Master Plumber Licenses by the State of Michigan.
C2AE, a Lansingheadquartered architectural and engineering firm, announced several key hires and appointments in 2010: Eric Rantanen, PE, PMP, LEED® BD+C joined the firm Rantanen as project manager; John Harvey, PE, LEED AP was promoted to the business unit leader position overseeing the Infrastructure teams; Nathan Golin, AIA, is a project architect in the Grand Rapids office; Norm Farhat, PE, is a structural engineer hired as a project manager; and David Holmgren, PE was hired as a project manager in the firm’s Escanaba office.
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Interior Partnership Group, Inc. (IPG), a comprehensive design, construction and building services firm in Clawson, has been awarded the following design-build construction projects: Architectural, design and construction services for the renovation and updating of 11,000 square feet in the Administrative Office Building of Arvin Meritor in Troy; architectural, design and construction services for a new 4,300-square-foot Spine Center in the Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedic and Spine Surgeons suite at the St. John’s Macomb Hospital Medical Building in Warren; and architectural, design and construction services for the renovation and updating of 3,100 square feet in the Adult Services and Geriatric Care facility at Easter Seals of Michigan in Southfield. The Southern Wayne County Chamber of Commerce (SWCCC) recently honored Wilkie & Zanley Architects, Wyandotte, with their Image Award. The award goes to an individual or business who promotes a positive image of the Downriver area. Wilkie & Zanley is a division of Sidock Group, Inc. in Novi, and is celebrating their 56th year of architectural practice. Plumbing Professors, Canton Township, a residential and commercial plumbing and sewer repair company, has been awarded the 2010 Angie's List Super Service Award. Less than five percent of companies on Angie's List qualify for the award, which is based on customer feedback and testimonials. In other news, Plumbing Professors has been contracted by the State of Ohio to re-line rain water conductors using its epoxy pipe lining process (CIPP).
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