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Jae-Hyuck Choi Architect, Fairfax, Virginia and Peoria, Illinois â€œI joined Dewberry two years ago in the Peoria office, and Iâ€™ve had the opportunity to work on many types of projects in many locations. A highlight for me was working on the master plan for justice facilities in New Orleans. That was a collaborative process that brought together a team from many of our offices around the country and helped me realize how many services Dewberry can bring together to help a client. Since then Iâ€™ve had a chance to work on a General Services Administration study for the Cleveland Detention Center, a correctional re-entry project in California, and the new airport in Peoria. â€œNow Iâ€™m helping to design two major projects in Baltimoreâ€”the new youth detention center and the womenâ€™s detention center. I spend a lot of time in the Fairfax office and in Baltimore. Iâ€™ve been given the opportunity to work with many very talented and experienced professionals in our organizationâ€”it has been a great career experience.â€ Peter Drenan Alex Villegas Project Manager, Lanham, Maryland â€œWith a focus on service integration, the land development group has really come together this year to find and share work, and keep each other busy. We have been fortunate to hold onto our people through work on projects like the 4,300residential-unit, five-million-squarefoot Westphalia Town Center in Prince Georgeâ€™s County, Maryland, and the eight-million-square-foot redevelopment of Landover Mall in Hyattsville, Maryland. â€œI started with Dewberry eight and a half years ago. In my first year I was sent to leadership and project management training. Iâ€™ve never stopped training and am fortunate to have a manager that spends a lot of time mentoring me. This year I was made the private residential and commercial development strategic plan leader, and I know that we will be ready to support our clients when the land development market makes a strong rebound.â€ Associate Vice President and Project Manager, Fairfax, Virginia â€œFor the two years Iâ€™ve been at Dewberry, Iâ€™ve enjoyed working on extremely challenging projects. In disaster recovery, we see clients and communities at their worst momentsâ€“ when theyâ€™ve been laid bareâ€“and they count on us to come up with answers, provide guidance, and implement solutions. This is a very humbling experience. Everyone on our team is committed to providing smart solutions for clients, and Iâ€™ve enjoyed working with each of them. â€œItâ€™s been a busy year for our management and consulting group. Iâ€™ve held the management oversight role and done hands-on work for projects such as FEMAâ€™s Public Assistance-Technical Assistance Contract (PATAC), Hazard Mitigation Technical Assistance Project (HMTAP), Individual Assistance Contract (IATAC), and Technical Assistance and Research Contract (TARC) as well as numerous local and state emergency management projects. Itâ€™s on these contracts where we can really bring the full range of Dewberryâ€™s capabilities to support our clients through multiple services in various geographies.â€ Nancy Rivers, PE Environmental Engineer, Fairfax, Virginia â€œMy job is unpredictable. Thatâ€™s what I like about itâ€”having a problem come up and solving it. And I like working with a team knowing that weâ€™re all heading in the same direction toward the same goal, and of course knowing that the work weâ€™re doing benefits the communities we serve. â€œWe recently won a water reuse project that involves taking wastewater effluent from the Noman Cole Pollution Control Plant in Fairfax County, Virginia, and pumping it to the Covanta Fairfax power plant for use as cooling water. I will have a significant role on this project, modeling the system hydraulics, designing the pump layout within the existing building, and designing the chlorine facilities. We are working with a lot of engineers within Dewberry to obtain permits and meet very short project deadlines. â€œIâ€™m also really energized by how Dewberry is bringing together its municipal and water/wastewater engineers across all offices and business units to best support our clients. This alignment is important to our growth, and I want to see us taking on bigger challenges.â€ C ommitted to offering integrated services that support clientsâ€™ diverse needs

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