Transportation
Engineering Firm Adds Vice President
Traffic Planning
and Design, Inc. (TPD), a 2002 CE News magazine 50 Best Engineering Firm
to Work For, announces the addition of Gregory J. Lebo, P.E. as Vice President.
Greg possesses over 20 years experience in transportation engineering
including successfully managing contracts for the Pennsylvania Turnpike
Commission and PennDOT.
Greg joins
an already experienced group in TPD's Lehigh Valley office, consisting
of three former PennDOT employees with over 100 years of combined experienced
in all aspects of transportation planning, design, and construction. Greg's
abilities as a project manager will enable him to immediately lead members
of TPD's Highway Design, Structural (Bridge) Design, and Regional Planning
Teams, coordinating their efforts to provide unmatched service to the
firm's customers throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland.
Greg’s
professional affiliations include the American Society of Civil Engineer
(ASCE), American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE), and Institute of
Transportation Engineers (ITE). He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in
Civil Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University.
Originally
from Reading, PA, Greg now makes his home in Telford, PA along with his
wife and two children, a daughter and a son. In his free time, he serves
on the Board of Directors of the Eastern Pennsylvania Youth Soccer Association
(EPYSA).
Traffic
Firm Recognized For Multiple Roadway Safety Designs
Traffic Planning
and Design, Inc. (TPD), a local Transportation Engineering firm, received
several project awards recognizing the company’s safe and efficient
highway design projects. The awards recognize a primary focus on public
safety while designing innovative and cost-effective traffic solutions.
PennDOT District 8-0, representing Central Pennsylvania, nominated TPD
for a 2002 Pennsylvania Partnership for Highway Quality Award for TPD’s
work as Prime Traffic Consultant on final design of safety improvements
to State Route 41, Section 002 in Sadsbury
Township, a notoriously dangerous stretch of highway in Lancaster County.
Construction of New Center Turn Lanes and Left Turn Lanes was completed
in Spring 2001.
The Pennsylvania
State Association of Township Supervisors (PSATS), PennDOT, and the Pennsylvania
Highway Information Association (PHIA) recognized TPD as “2nd Runner
Up” for the Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award at the PSATS
20th Annual Safety Awards last April. The “job well done” for
the Ship and Swedesford Road
Intersection and Structure Design Project included structural design,
traffic signal design, intersection improvements, and highway widening
and realignments that “resulted in well-documented safety improvements.”
The American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE) Delaware Valley Section
also recognized TPD for work on this project. The project received Honorable
Mention for ASHE’s Project of the Year.
Highway
Funding Approved
An ongoing
campaign by the American Council
of Engineering Companies (ACEC) and its "citizen lobbyists"
to increase highway funding has paid off. The President signed the Fiscal
Year (FY) 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Bill that sets a minimum level
of $27.7 billion for highway funding, effectively protecting the funding
level authorized for 2003 in the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st
Century (TEA-21).
With this
minimum amount firmly established, the Senate Appropriations Committee,
in a separate action, voted unanimously to boost highway funding further.
The FY 2003 Transportation Appropriations Bill, S. 2808, which provides
nearly $32 billion in highway spending, will be considered by the full
Senate after the summer recess. Courtesy ACEC Last Word, 8.27.2002
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Recent
Recognition
TPD is gaining
national, state, and local recognition as a top civil engineering firm
and a leader in the transportation engineering industry. TPD strives to
provide an excellent working environment for employees and exceptional
services for clients. Recent recognition in several categories proves
TPD is succeeding in our quest.
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TPD
is one of CE News' 2002 Best Civil
Engineering Firms at which to Work. The entrance stipulations in this
national competition are only 1) at least fifty percent of the company's
work must be traditional, consulting engineering 2) a registered P.E.
must be the officer or owner of the company and 3) the company must
have at least 10 employees. With this criteria, and 50 winners, the
competition is stiff and numerous. TPD ranked 28 out of 50.
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TPD was recognized
by the Wharton Small Business Development Center, as we were included
for the fifth consecutive time on the Philadelphia 100. The list is a
compilation of the 100 fastest growing privately held firms in the Philadelphia
region. TPD is one of a small group of firms to make the list for five
consecutive years out of hundreds of nominations received each year.
TPD was recognized
for our exceptional and innovative transportation services. Governor Mark
Schweiker presented TPD with a 2002
Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence in September for our
work on Trammell Crow's Atwater project
located in East Whiteland and Treddyffrin Townships. Our recognition stems
from our involvement in transforming a brownfield site, an abandoned quarry
facility, into one of the largest corporate centers in Pennsylvania. An
80-acre limestone quarry will be transformed into a scenic lake and 60
acres of land will be preserved as open space for hiking, bird watching,
and education programs. TPD provided a comprehensive traffic impact study
concluding that widening and signalization on State Route 29 and slip
ramps from the PA Turnpike
to Atwater will eliminate 2.4 million vehicle miles of travel for Atwater
employees and eliminate the use of 100,000 gallons of gasoline each year.
The reuse of a former quarry site also eliminated the need to build another
site, thus preserving more of Chester County's dwindling open space.
PennDOT continues
to rely on TPD as the Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) review experts. In
2002, TPD was selected for HOP Contracts in Districts 8-0 and 6-0. This
District 6-0 Contract is our fourth with the Department and is larger
than the previous contracts while the District 8-0 contract is the second
with the Department. The new District 6-0 contract will run for 5 years,
TPD was selected
as a subconsultant to provide transportation planning services for the
Downingtown Comprehensive Plan Update. TPD will provide existing traffic
conditions, an inventory of parking and multi-modal transportation facilities,
information on funding opportunities, and identification of future transportation
planning and study needs.
TPD will
sub-consult on a contract with the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA),
providing traffic signal design and traffic control, maintenance and protection
of traffic, and structural engineering services. DRPA manages work in
Pennsylvania, as well as New Jersey. The DRPA was recently selected as
the 2002 recipient of the Council of Engineering Companies / Pennsylvania
(CEC/PA) Client of Distinction Award for its excellent rapport with the
engineering community.
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Blood
Drive
TPD employees
and local community members participated in another TPD sponsored blood
drive on September 18, 2002. Altogether, 18 pints of blood were donated.
The event
is organized once a year.
Project
Updates:
District
8-0 HOP Contract Awarded
TPD was selected
as the prime consultant by PennDOT Engineering District 8-0 (Dauphin,
Lebanon, Perry, Cumberland, Lancaster, York, Adams, and Franklin Counties)
for the second consecutive time, for the 3-year, 1.5 million Open End
Highway Occupancy Permit (HOP) Review Assistance contract.
Additional
projects TPD has recently been selected for include:
· PennDOT District 6-0 Three Bridge Replacement contract
· PennDOT District 9-0's McAlevy's
Fort Corridor Improvement project (subconsultant)
· Lancaster Avenue (14 intersection) Traffic Signal Modernization
project for the Philadelphia Streets Department
· Lafayette Street Corridor Extension for the Montgomery County
Planning Commission (subconsultant)
· SEPTA's Route 52 Transit First project (subconsultant)
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Project
Awards
TPD received
Honorable Mention from ASHE Delaware Valley Project of the Year and 3rd
Place Finish out of 17 entries for PSATS Road and Bridge Safety Improvement
Award for the Ship Road and Swedesford Road Intersection Project.
Route 41,
Section 002 was nominated for a PA Quality Initiative Safety award by
PennDOT District 8-0 at the APC convention.
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Bring
Your Child to Work Day - 2002
For the fourth consecutive year, TPD celebrated National "Bring Your
Child To Work Day". TPD annually celebrates the event every April
to give the children insight to their parent's involvement at TPD and
introduce them to aspects of transportation engineering.
While the
main purpose of the event is for TPD's employees to bring their children
to work and show them what they do, the company takes the spirit of the
event a step further by planning events and activities designed to entertain
and educate the children. Activities for the day included the children
designing and building of a scale model highway using methods and materials
actually used in the construction of highways.
Prior to
construction the children viewed a presentation on how the roadways surrounding
a local shopping center were planned, designed, and built. The presentation
incorporated actual plans and computer technology used in the design of
the site. They also viewed a video on highway construction.
These types
of activities are nothing new for TPD as we celebrate our fourth year
of observing the annual "Bring Your Child To Work Day". Past
activities TPD has incorporated into the program include the construction
of a scale model bridge and a discussion of how, and why traffic signals
work, to name a few.
TPD views
this program as an important activity for is employees and their children.
This day gives the employees a chance to show their children the important
work they perform for TPD and the community.
Traffic
Planning and Design, Inc. (TPD)
is pleased to announce the addition of
Andrew Stasek, P.L.S.
Quality Control Manager
for Design Services
Andy joins TPD after 40 years with PennDOT, during which time he held
the position of Assistant Construction Engineer, managing the construction
of major projects such as the $550 million, 32-mile I-78 project through
the Lehigh Valley. Extensive field experience, thorough knowledge of construction
techniques, and a wide range of industry contacts make Andy an invaluable
asset for TPD's customers and a highly-qualified mentor for the 30 members
of TPD's Highway and Structures Design staff.
As TPD's
Quality Control Manager for Design Services, Andy will play a key role
in the continuous improvement of TPD's systemic and thorough approach
toward design process management, including value engineering and services
during construction, to ensure successful projects for our customers.
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