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HNTB Corp. announced numerous new staff members to its Lake Mary office.

Anil Sharma, who recently graduated from the University of Florida with a master's degree in transportation engineering, was named project engineer in the highway department. Also in the highway department, Brian Iezzi was hired as a technician III. Iezzi has more than 12 years experience in civil, structural and environmental project development.

Also, Matthew Matin joined the firm as a transportation planner. Matin has more than five years of experience in transportation planning, concept/feasibility studies, traffic impact analysis and travel demand modeling.

In Fort Lauderdale, Bruce Seiler was named vice president and Southeast division construction engineering and inspection service leader. Seiler joins HNTB after 17 years as director of operations with the Florida Turnpike Enterprise.

In Tampa, John Martel was named associate vice president and transportation department manager. Martel comes from the firm's corporate headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., where he was a project manager in the highway design department.

Additionally, Maria Ehrlich, HNTB's Southeast division senior public relations specialist, was honored with an "Award of Distinction" from the Orlando Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association in recognition of her 2005 public relations plan.

Ken East was named vice president of the school division of Coastal Construction Co., a subsidiary of Miami-based Coastal Construction Group. East will be responsible for overseeing the construction development of the company's academic projects. East most recently served as a disaster recovery consultant and interim facilities director for the St. Lucie County school district.

Chris Johnston and James Coe were named vice presidents in the Atlanta office of Syska Hennessy Group. Johnston will serve as chief engineer for the firm's critical facilities team, which provides services for data centers, trading floors, manufacturing facilities and hypercritical business facilities.

Coe will oversee the firm's Southeast region, including offices in Atlanta, Charlotte and Jacksonville. He will be responsible for expanding the critical facilities team's practice.

Andrés E. Núñez Jr. has joined CH2M Hill of Tampa as a senior transportation engineer and regional market segment leader for highway and bridge projects in the Southeast. His responsibilities will include business development, project delivery and staff management.

Prior to joining CH2M HILL, Núñez was a founding principal of TEI Engineers and Planners, which in 2004 became part of HNTB Corp. He has more than 29 years of managerial, planning and engineering-related experience.

Jeff Martineau was promoted to district manager overseeing PSI's environmental services departments in Orlando, Miami and Fort Myers. Martineau has been with PSI since 1993.

The firm also appointed John Sansone as the primary principal consultant for the construction materials testing service line in PSI's Celebration and Orlando offices.

PSI also hired Darek Brandt as a staff engineer.

Andrew G. Spencer has joined the Florida division of Clancy & Theys Construction Co. in Orlando as project manager. Spencer has 24 years of experience in project management and design and holds a degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Donald R. Deis was promoted to program manager for PBS&J's Jacksonville environmental sciences team. Deis will be responsible for overseeing and coordinating environmental sciences and staff in the areas of research and assessment.

He has 29 years of environmental sciences experience.

Scott Case has joined Parsons Brinckerhoff Construction Services in Tampa as a senior construction engineer. He has 14 years of roadway and bridge construction experience.

Also, Jeff Cole has rejoined the firm's Tampa office as quality assurance/quality control manager. He has 21 years of civil construction experience.

Charlene A. Stroehlen was named principal water resource engineer at MACTEC's Tampa office. Stroehlen has more than 25 years of experience in water resource-related disciplines.

Debra Hempel joined HDR as a community planning and urban design manager in Tampa. Her responsibilities include coordinating national marketing activities and coordinating all multi-disciplinary planning and urban design projects involving large design charrettes.

In HDR's Charleston office, Jack R. Miller was promoted to office manager. Miller is a 22-year veteran of HDR.

Baker Barrios Architects of Orlando promoted Isa Jermano, Jessica Randolph and Scott Martin to associates. Jermano is responsible for the design of professional and private facilities, the preparation of contracts for building contractors and directing activities of prepared drawings and specification documents.

Randolph manages and coordinates project teams and is instrumental in the development and preparation of documents. Martin directs and coordinates planning and design projects.

Chris Sadowski was promoted to senior project manager and Richard Semenick to senior superintendent for Skanska USA Building in Orlando. Sadowski has been with the company for eight years, and Semenick for five years.

Robert Burkhart was named plant manager for Hanson Roof Tile's Deerfield Beach facility. Burkhart replaces former plant manager Dewayne Holcomb, who moves to manage Hanson's new Sanderson, Fla., facility near Jacksonville.

Burkhart has nearly 20 years of manufacturing management experience.

Ryan Horstman has joined WilsonMiller in Tampa to provide environmental support. Horstman earned a bachelor's degree in environmental science and policy at the University of South Florida.

Owens Ames Kimball Co. hired C. Burton Adams and Charles Costantinou as superintendents for the company's Southwest Florida operations.

Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo of Orlando has hired Don Allison as senior technical designer, Katie Hoyt as interior designer and Richard Zatta as senior designer.

Prior to joining WATG, Allison worked at Cuhaci & Peterson Architects. Hoyt will work in all phases of projects and assist with furnishing layouts, color and material boards, drawing preparation, CAD documentation, free-hand sketching and REVIT interior work.

Zatta has worked in the industry for 14 years and specializes in master planning, landscape design, hand-rendering, line drawings and model-building.

John P. Sullivan III was promoted to principal at Foster Conant & Associates, a landscape architecture practice in Orlando. He formerly served as associate principal.

Todd H. Varney was promoted to executive vice president of Rendina Companies, a medical real estate development company based in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Varney previously served as senior vice president.

Also, Doug Lerner was named executive vice president of construction and development.

VOA Associates, an architecture, planning and interior design firm based in Orlando, announced the following employees have been named senior associates: Craig Livingston, Beverly Currin, Kelly Kim and David Mager.

Greg Miller has joined The ADP Group, a Sarasota-based architecture, interior design and planning firm as its accountant.

Bryan C. Zeigler has joined engineering firm Neel-Schaffer's Vero Beach, Fla., office. Zeigler will work on site development and land surveying activities.