George Fabula is the former Director of Real Estate for the Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Transit Administration and has over 22 years of experience in project, property and lease management. He has demonstrated the ability to lead project teams and has experience that includes transit, freight, strategic planning, budget management, contract negotiations, risk management, and team building. George has a strong understanding of State of Maryland and U.S.

Loai F. El-Gazairly, Ph.D., P.E. will be presenting "Modeling UHPC Link Slabs for the Wilmington Viaduct Bridge Rehabilitation Project" at the Second International Interactive Symposium on Ultra-High Performance Concrete (2IIS-UHPC).  The symposium is being held in Albany, New York from June 2 through June 5, 2019.

Loai F. El-Gazairly, Ph.D., P.E, Associate will present at the American Society of Non-Destructive Testing (ASNT) in Richmond, Virginia on May 20, 2019. He will explain the retrofit and rehabilitation of the I-64 twin delta frame bridges over Maury River and Kerr’s Creek, Rockbridge County, Virginia, which were completed in 2017.

WRA was awarded the Grand Award by ACEC National for the Enhanced Nutrient Removal at Back River Water Resource Recovery Facility. WRA's Dale Emerson, Karen Moran, Per Struck and Bill Wagner attended the Engineering Excellence Award Gala in Washington, DC along with Johnnie Hemphill, Lauren Swiecicki, and Gurminder Singh from Baltimore City's Department of Public Works.

This $42 million project, located in Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, Virginia, improved the existing twin bridges carrying Route 7 over the Dulles Toll Road (DTR) and Dulles International Airport Access Highway (DIAAH).  Each bridge carries two lanes of through traffic and one auxiliary lane and has a concrete sidewalk.  The bridges were widened to accommodate 14 foot shared use paths on each side and to accommodate collector-distributor lanes under the end spans for the future Tysons Ramps project.  The existing superstructure was replaced, wi

The City of Richmond’s East Riverfront Transportation Improvement project has been selected to receive the 2019 American Public Works Association (APWA) Mid-Atlantic Chapter’s Project of the Year Award in the category of “Transportation, more than $5 Million, but less than $25 Million.” The project has also been endorsed by the chapter and submitted for consideration in APWA’s national awards program. WRA was responsible for design, execution, coordination and construction management of this high priority project.

Loai F El-Gazairly, Ph.D., PE and Paul Duemmel, PE, Associates in WRA's Bridge Group, will be presenting the "Design and Construction of Post-Tensioned Straddle Bents for US 301 over SR 1 in Delaware" to United States Army Corps of Engineers and Delaware Department of Transportation.

Sam spent twenty-seven years of her career with the Maryland Department of Transportation in various positions at the MDOT-MTA and MDTA. She was the Director of Planning at MDTA, providing leadership for Project Planning, Capital Budget Management, Government Relations, Strategic Planning, and Real Estate. Prior to her position at MDTA, she served in various positions throughout her twenty-two years at the MTA, including Deputy Administrator overseeing the departments of Planning and Statewide Grants, Engineering, Communications, Government & Community Relations and Customer Service.

Diane has over 15 years’ experience in transportation planning, fare collection, transit benefits, system planning, smart card implementation, environmental & site planning, program and project management. Through her career, she has assumed various roles working with and for state and local agencies. She has built an understanding of transportation programs, plans and processes. 

UrbanPlan is a realistic, engaging exercise in which participants—high school students, university students, or public officials—learn about the fundamental forces that affect real estate development in our communities.  Participants experience the challenging issues, private and public sector roles, complex trade-offs, and fundamental economics in play when proposing realistic land use solutions to vexing growth challenges.