ARTBA LAUDS TOP WOMEN LEADERS IN CONSTRUCTION

Three transportation construction professionals, a transportation researcher and a company program that connects and empowers female employees were all honored with the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundation’s “Women Leaders in Transportation Design & Construction” awards Sept. 26. The honors were bestowed during the association’s national convention in Nashville, Tenn.

Ethel Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award

Named for an ARTBA executive from the mid-1920s, this award is given to individuals who demonstrate outstanding leadership, long-term service in the industry’s public or private sectors and dedication to the advancement of innovation and other women leaders. • Regine C. Beauboeuf, senior vice president and director of Infrastructure and Mobility Equity, HNTB Corp.

After 37 years in the transportation and infrastructure industry, including supervising engineer for the Michigan Department of Transportation, Beauboeuf brings unparalleled experience to large, complex projects. She manages some of HNTB’s highest-profile design-build and public-private-partnership ventures. She leads the firm’s internal and external efforts to advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). She also heads HNTB’s Partners Program, fostering partnerships with minority-owned and historically underutilized businesses.

As vice chair of Michigan Women Forward and through her affiliation with numerous social service organizations, Beauboeuf has worked tirelessly to advance opportunities for women. • Amy Schroeder, highways development program manager, Idaho Transportation Department (ITD)

Schroeder manages the Innovative Contracting Unit for ITD, where she plans and implements comprehensive transportation system improvements. This includes Idaho’s award-winning Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle (GARVEE) program, which funded 59 highway improvements, and helped reduce traffic-related injuries and fatalities by 80 percent.

Throughout her career, Schroeder has shared her knowledge and passion for transportation design and construction with younger generations of women through the “Engineering Girls” program at Boise State University and the American Legion Auxiliary “Girl’s State” program.

Glass Hammer Award

This award honors companies in the transportation construction industry that have innovative programs and activities directed at successfully promoting women leaders within their organization. • RS&H

In 2019, a group of women at architecture/engineering firm RS&H launched the Ignite Women’s Professional Network — a forum for female associates to participate in the growth of the company while advancing opportunities for women to lead, advocate and connect. The 140-person network enhances awareness of challenges women face in the industry, prompting meaningful change within the company and externally.

The women of Ignite provide direction for new programming, bring recommendations to executive team members, and consult with the human resources team. Since its inception, the number of women in senior leadership roles increased 140 percent, women serving on the executive team increased 35 percent, and women promotions increased eight percent.

Future Industry Leader Spotlight Award

This award recognizes students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studies at a U.S. college or university who have achieved an outstanding academic record and demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills within and outside of the academic environment. • Kamalen Santos-Diaz

Santos-Diaz is a recent graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, where she earned a master’s and Bachelor of Science in civil engineering. During her Master’s program, she conducted research on electrified roadways for the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center on “Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification” (ASPIRE). She plans to pursue a doctorate in civil engineering and aims to one day work on sustainability issues at the U.S. Department of Transportation. • Leah Helmer

Helmer is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in construction management at Louisiana State University. She also works full-time for Blythe Construction, a heavy highway contracting firm where she has risen through the ranks from plant laborer to project coordinator and engineer in training. As a member of the company’s Community Service Committee, she participates in numerous philanthropic activities and through her involvement in the National Association of Women in Construction, Helmer supports other women in the industry. Upon completing her bachelors, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in business administration.

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Chadwick-BaRoss’ Oxford, Conn., facility also is the headquarters of its sister company, Thompson Equipment, New England’s exclusive distributor of Astec Industries.

EXPANSION from page 12 Takeuchi loaders and excavators are a key part of the equipment lineup at Chadwick-BaRoss’ South Windsor location.

The Chadwick-BaRoss South Windsor location keeps a massive inventory of rubber tracks and attachments.

• Holder tractors • Envirosight utility maintenance equipment • CAM trailers • ODRA road sweepers • Sewer Equipment of America vacuum trucks • Viking excavator attachments • LaBounty hydraulic attachments • RAMVAC vacuum excavators

Chadwick-BaRoss’ new 10,000-sq.-ft. facility sits on 21/2 acres and offers a spacious showroom, parts counter, extensive parts warehouse and eight service bays. The Oxford location also houses the southern New England facility of Chadwick-BaRoss’ sister company, Thompson Equipment. Thompson Equipment is New England’s exclusive distributor of Astec Industries aggregate products. Astec is the largest single-source supplier for processing equipment, asphalt equipment and aggregate processing equipment, including such well-known brands as Astec mobile screens, JCI, Kolberg-Pioneer and Telsmith.

According to Mike Anderson, general manager of Chadwick-BaRoss’ Oxford operations, “This new facility is serving us and our customers very well. We have been able to better support them and expand our customer base with our core products of Link-Belt and Takeuchi. We have invested in two service trucks and with eight service bays we are well equipped to give the support this industry demands.

“We have recently expanded our product offerings to penetrate other important New England equipment markets. Atlas material handlers have put us in a position to offer a great specialized material handling tracked machine for the demolition and recycling industries that has a proven record overseas and is gaining a great track record in the U.S.

“Sewer Equipment of America offers the highest quality

sewer equipment in the industry with high-pressure, highvolume truck and trailer mounted sewer jetters combination sewer cleaners in a variety of sizes to meet any of our customer’s needs. This, along with the addition of RAMVAC truck-mounted vacuum excavators, gives us a great product offering for utility contractors and municipalities.” In 2021, Chadwick-BaRoss purchased KAZ Equipment in South Windsor, Conn. This facility, located at 67 McGuire Road just outside of Hartford, is ideally located to give The special edition pink Link-Belt Diggin’ for a Cure Chadwick-BaRoss coverage to its customers in the balance excavator pays a visit to the Chadwick-BaRoss South of Connecticut and western Massachusetts. From the South Windsor location. Windsor facility, the same lineup of industry leading manufacturers is offered as the Oxford facility. According to Chadwick-BaRoss, this expansion aligns with its recent rebranding initiative to enable customers, who were previously out of reach, to “be unstoppable” in their businesses by better supporting their needs. Eric Olivieri, general manager of the South Windsor operations, said that the acquisition afforded both companies a symmetry because of Takeuchi equipment. “At KAZ Equipment, we carried Takeuchi in South Windsor and Chadwick-BaRoss carried Takeuchi in Oxford, Conn., Warwick, R.I., and Chelmsford, Mass. Becoming part of Chadwick-BaRoss made perfect sense for our Takeuchi customers by providing an expanded support network.” “Being a part of the Chadwick-BaRoss brand has also changed how we are viewed within the industry to some extent. With products like Bell trucks and Link-Belt added to our line card, our opportunity to do business with the larger contracBoth the Oxford and South Windsor, Conn., locations of Chadwick- tors in the Connecticut and western BaRoss offer sales and support of Link-Belt excavators. Massachusetts market has grown. We have traditionally done a great job putting equipment in the hands of and supporting consumers of smaller compact machines. However, at times as these, consumers grew their business and had a need for larger machines, we were not always able to satisfy that need. That is certainly no longer the case. With the addition of the Oxford, Conn., and Warwick, R.I., locations our customers are also confident that they can work anywhere in southern New England and be assured of receiving fast and reliable product support.”

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