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TPD News Archive - 2008
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TPD Named 6th Best Place To Work In PA
The Team Pennsylvania Foundation, along with PA
Department of Community and Economic Development, PA
Chamber of Business and Industry, and the Central
Penn Business Journal, ranked TPD the
# 6 Best Place To Work In PA
in the medium sized firms category (those under 500
employees) among all types of organizations in PA.
This is TPD’s 6th consecutive year as a Top
15 Best Place to Work in PA, and TPD is the highest
ranked engineering firm in the state. |
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TPD Part of Award-Winning Land Development and
Revitalization Project Teams
In recognition of outstanding enhancement projects,
Montgomery County, PA honors developers,
consultants, organizations, and municipalities
during their annual Montgomery Awards program. TPD
is proud to have been part of a winning project team
in both the Revitalization and Land Development
award categories. For the Pottstown Pedestrian
Underpass and College Building Adaptive Reuse
project in Pottstown Borough, TPD completed
Construction Management and Inspection services. TPD
provided Transportation Planning, and Highway
Occupancy Permit (HOP), Traffic Signal, and
Structures Design services for the CVS Pharmacy and
Audubon Inn project located at the intersection of
Egypt Rd. and Park/Pawlings Rd. in Lower Providence
Township. |
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TPD Makes Hot Firm List Again in 2008
In 2008, TPD outperformed the economy to be
recognized at number 124 on Zweig White’s Hot
Firm list of the fastest-growing Architecture,
Engineering, Planning (A/E/P) & Environmental Firms
in America. TPD’s 2008 ranking (# 124) is 61 spots
higher than our 2007 ranking (# 185) as a result of
TPD’s continued commitment to growth.
With 135 members, 5 office locations, and expanding
services, TPD is a premier organization within the
Transportation Engineering industry. (Click
here to view the complete Hot Firm list.) |
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TPD Named 16th Best Civil Engineering Firm To Work
For In The U.S.
The CE News, a national magazine dedicated to
civil engineering, has ranked TPD as one of the Top
25 Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For in
the Nation for five consecutive years. In 2008,
TPD is ranked 16th Best Civil Engineering Firm to
Work For in the overall category and 5th in the
mid-size firms category. (Click
here to see the complete CE News list.) |
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TPD Makes Inc. 5000 List
Following a listing at number 3827 on
Inc.
magazine’s inaugural Inc. 5,000
list of the fastest-growing
private companies
in America in 2007, TPD’s commitment to growth has
earned the firm a place 213 spots higher this year.
In 2008, TPD is recognized at number 3614. View
TPD’s complete Inc. 5000 profile by
clicking here. |
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TPD Opens Downtown Pittsburgh Office
TPD has a Camden, NJ office and PA offices in
Pottstown, Harrisburg, Lehigh Valley, and now, to
better serve our clients, TPD is pleased to
announce the opening of a downtown Pittsburgh office.
Our priority on growth has enabled TPD to attract
and retain 135 highly-qualified professionals who
provide top notch service to our clients throughout
the Mid-Atlantic Region.
To read the complete press release,
click here. |
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TPD Wins PEPP Professional Development Award
The Professional Engineers in Private Practice (PEPP),
part of the Pennsylvania Society of Professional
Engineers (PSPE), selected TPD as this year’s
Professional Development Award Winner.
The PEPP Professional Development Award is presented
to employers who exhibit exceptional career
development initiatives and employment practices
that advance the engineering profession. |
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TPD Presents at PSATS Convention
Chad Dixson, AICP, presented Transportation
Impact Fees: A Handbook For PA Local Governments
at the Pennsylvania State Association of Township
Supervisors (PSATS) annual convention in Hershey, PA. |
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TPD Wins ASHE Delaware Valley Section Project of the
Year & PSAB Road & Bridge Safety Improvement Award
The American Society of Highway Engineers (ASHE)
Delaware Valley Section and The Pennsylvania State
Association of Boroughs (PSAB) selected Pottstown
Borough’s Pedestrian Underpass project to receive
the Project of the Year Award and Road &
Bridge Safety Improvement Award, respectively,
for which TPD served as the construction management
and inspection agency. This project linked High
Street and College Drive by converting the Norfolk
Southern Railroad overpass into a pedestrian walkway
in order to provide a safe passage for Montgomery
County Community College’s West Campus students and
Borough residents. |
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TPD Wins Prestigious Pinnacle Award
TPD’s commitment to both maintaining growth and
investing in exceptional workplace practices has
earned the firm a distinguished Pinnacle Award.
TPD is one of only 23 firms in the nation to achieve
the prestigious honor of being both a CE News
Best Place To Work In The US and a Zweig-White
Fastest Growing Firm In The US in 2007. |
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TPD Takes A Bus Trip To Big Boulder Ski Area
As part of TPD’s efforts to provide exceptional
staff benefits, TPD sponsored a bus trip to Big
Boulder Ski Area’s Mardi Gras Celebration for staff,
including co-ops, and their families and friends.
Participants spent the day skiing, snowboarding,
tubing, hanging out in the lodge, or some
combination of all these activities. |
TPD Part of Award-Winning Station Square Project Team
Station Square Apartment Homes & Shops earned a Land Development
Award from Montgomery County, PA for the successful
transformation of a former brownfield site into a mixed-use
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD). TPD successfully completed
the transportation planning, roadway design, and traffic signal
design to unify the new development with the existing
infrastructure. In addition to coordination with Lansdale
Borough and Upper Gwynedd Township, TPD also worked hand-in-hand
during the approval process with PennDOT, SEPTA, and the
Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PUC).
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TPD Press Releases -2008
October 28, 2008:
Local Transportation Engineering Firm Moves Up to 16th Best C.E. Firm in the
Nation
July
21, 2008:
Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. Adds Downtown Pittsburgh Office
June 30, 2008:
Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. Recognized for Exceptional Professional
Development Program
June 16, 2008:
Traffic Planning and Design, Inc.’s Joe Platt, PE Selected as ASCE Philadelphia Young Engineer of the Year
June
11, 2008:
Traffic Planning and Design, Inc. Part of PSAB Road and Bridge Safety Improvement Award Team
May
19, 2008:
ASHE Recognizes Traffic
Planning and Design, Inc. With Project of the Year Award
April
24, 2008:
Bring Your Child to
Work Day
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