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From Source to Plug: STV’s Thought Leaders Look Ahead to Transportation Decarbonization

The need to create an affordable and equitable clean transportation system has emerged as one of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. This initiative was further advanced earlier this year when the U.S. departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, ...

Employee News, Project News

STV Celebrates Launch of Major Sustainability Project at Baltimore Airport

STV’s Baltimore team is supporting a unique collaboration between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and hospitality partners to minimize waste and reduce the environmental impact of the airport’s operations. As part of a larger contract with Fraport Maryland, a ...

Roundtables

Nature-Based Solutions for Stormwater Runoff

In its efforts to address the effects of climate change on infrastructure, the Biden administration recently released a roadmap for natured-based solutions to protect, sustainably manage, and restore natural ecosystems within infrastructure improvements. Well-designed, nature-based solutions are essential tools in ...

Employee News

“Resilience Crusader” Honored by Major Industry Magazine

Since joining STV in 2019, Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEDG, WELL AP, Fitwel Ambassador, has played a crucial part in growing our resilience practice. As the firm’s senior resilience manager, she has advised teams on multi-hazard resilient design, performed ...

Industry Trends

10 Years After Superstorm Sandy: STV’s Thought Leadership on Resilient Design Continues to Guide Infrastructure Improvements

As we reach the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy – one of the most costly and destructive weather events to ever hit the Northeastern United States – the need to innovate and think outside the box to protect and prepare ...

New York Team Hosts Salvadori Center Career Development Event for High School Students

Social Responsibility

STV Hosts Salvadori Center Career Development Event for High School Students

Members of STV’s New York team recently hosted a group of students from the Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design for a group discussion about pursuing careers in architecture and engineering. The visit was arranged by the prestigious Salvadori ...

Social Responsibility

Steel Away: STV’s Paperless Initiative Benefits Boy Scouts Charity Drive

As part of a broader effort throughout STV to be a more paperless company, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), benefitted from the scraps. STV, a longtime corporate supporter of BSA, donated about seven tons of scrap metal – mostly ...

Project News

LaGuardia Airport Terminal Wins Inaugural Award from the National Academy of Construction

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s (PANYNJ) Terminal B redevelopment project at LaGuardia Airport in Queens, NY has been awarded the inaugural Recognition of Special Achievement Award by the National Academy of Construction (NAC). The award is ...

Employee News

Senior Resilience Manager Selected for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium

Resilience and climate adaptation expert Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEGD, WELL AP, STV senior resilience manager, is among 100 of the nation’s brightest young professionals selected to participate in the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) annual U.S. Frontiers of ...

Industry Trends, Roundtables

Growing a Team to Meet the Challenges of the Water Industry

Last year’s passage of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act marked a watershed moment for an industry that was already at a crucial juncture regarding the urgency for investment and innovation. Rapid urbanization, skyrocketing demand and insecurity, global climate ...

Project News

STV Designs Get the “Green” Light for New MBTA Electric Bus Facility

As part of a larger effort by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to transition to a new fleet of battery electric buses (BEB) and create a zero-emission bus transit system, STV is performing a full array of design services ...

Employee News

Green Thinking: STV Environmental Experts Present at Annual Conference

Two of STV’s environmental and sustainability experts recently spoke at the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) Annual Conference & Training Symposium in Fort Lauderdale, FL. Ron Deverman, CEP, vice president and national environmental planning leader, presented, “The Power and ...

Project News

Costa Mesa Community Center Honored by ASCE Branch

The Norma Hertzog Community Center (NHCC), a new facility that has had a transformative impact on the Costa Mesa, CA, area since its opening, has been honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Orange County Branch (ASCE OC) as ...

Featured, Industry Trends

STV Paves the Road for Zero Emissions Bus Fleets

As part of the global mission to address climate change, the transportation sector has emerged as a key lynchpin in reducing greenhouse emissions. The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), has identified the nation’s transportation network as the single largest source ...

Employee News

STV Resilience Experts Address Climate Adaptation and Resiliency in our Nation’s Infrastructure

In a recently published position paper from the International Coalition of Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), STV, along with other contributors, addressed climate adaptation and resilience needs for our nation’s infrastructure The paper, A Review of the Landscape of Guidance, Tools and Standards ...

Project News

“Phoenix of Recycling” Wins Industry Award

As part of a community center and library construction program in Costa Mesa, CA, STV’s construction management team recently went the extra mile to support our client in its pursuit of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification and ...