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Troy MacBeth
Abromaitis
Director of
Development
Bucci
Developments
Troy MacBeth Abromaitis is a member of
the Nlaka'pamux Nation. Abromaitis is a senior
executive with nearly 20 years of experience,
currently working as director of development
with the Bucci Group of Companies. His portfolio
of work includes successfully managing
more than 30 transit-oriented development
projects throughout western Canada. Current
projects include the Orion Master Plan in
Surrey (C$580+ million/US$451+ million),
Dominion Towers in Calgary (C$120+ million/
US$93.38 million) and Broadway projects in
Vancouver (C$180+ million/US$14.01 million).
He is a dedicated community builder who has
balanced sustainable corporate growth with
more than a decade of community service
through his commitment to charitable causes,
volunteerism and preserving local heritage.
Abromaitis currently sits on the boards
of Canadian Home Builder's Association
of BC Fraser Valley and Lytton Economic
Development Corp. Abromaitis is also
the president of the Rotary Club of West
Vancouver and on the boards of the West
Point Grey Community Center Association
and Stó:lo Business Association. Abromaitis
served as the president of the Real Estate
Institute of British Columbia in 2017-2018 and
on the Board of Governors from 2012-2019.
Abromaitis is also a builder, managing broker,
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mortgage broker, realtor and property manager.
He's a registered professional member
with the Real Estate Institute of British
Columbia and was recognized as a Top 40
Under 40 by the National Centre for American
Indian Enterprise Development, Business in
Vancouver, Canadian Construction, Business
Elite and Professional Builder Magazine.
Abromaitis is also a member of Lytton First
Nation and his community was decimated
by the wildfires in British Columbia last
summer. Abromaitis recognized this was a
serious issue and he personally fundraised
more than C$60,000 (US$46,691) to help
rebuild his community. He was fortunate
to be selected for a National Philanthropy
Award by the Canadian Mortgage Awards for
his efforts towards helping his community.
Fast Fact: Abromaitis personally raised nearly
US$50,000 for the Lytton First Nation, of which
he is a member, to rebuild the community
following wildfires in 2021.
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Josh Bendyk, P.E.
Director of Rail
Operations
VHB
Josh Bendyk is a leader in rail and transit
operations assessment, rail operations planning
and railroad engineering, executing
integrated and multi-disciplinary projects.
During his 12 years with VHB, Bendyk's integrity
for quality work, optimism and deep
respect for his clients' vision has been instrumental
in helping to grow VHB's transit and
rail practice. Bendyk's approach is to view
challenges as opportunities to deliver innovative
solutions. He supports the development
and expansion of VHB's Transit & Rail
Operations Group and continually shares his
service planning, train simulation and signal
block and aspect design skills with his team.
He routinely partners with rail and transit
agencies and has grown a team of operations
analysts, engineers and planners that have a
real world understanding when developing
and interpreting operations models and railroad
capacity. Bendyk has shared his experience
with railroad signal design, signal block
layouts and aspect design and safe braking
analyses, and his team's combined knowledge
of railroad operations and signals allows
them to not only identify operational issues
or challenges through the operations simulation
models, but to also solve those issues.
In 2015, Bendyk was recognized with the
VHB Innovation Award for his use of rail
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I have been very fortunate to
have several excellent mentors
so far in my career and those
relationships are invaluable.
simulation modeling software to analyze
unique and complex infrastructure environments
and take the outputs from the software
and convert the highly complicated technical
information into easy-to-understand
graphs and charts. As a result, Bendyk and
his team have much more meaningful meetings
and discussions with clients and stakeholders
who are able to easily understand
the complex operations being represented
and provide valuable input and feedback.
Bendyk belongs and contributes to many
industry organizations including the American
Railway Engineering and Maintenance-of-Way
Association (AREMA), Transportation Research
Board (TRB) and New England Railroad Club.
Fast Fact: One of Bendyk's most rewarding
experiences has been helping build and expand
VHB's rail operations group, while becoming
trusted advisors to the firm's clients.
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