Each year, Engineering News Record publishes a list of the Top 200 Environmental Firms.  Whitman, Requardt and Associates, LLP ranked 164 based on its revenue in 2020.  This is up from #176 last year!

Cindy Shamblin and Melissa Thompson, along with the other founding board members of WTS WV, were featured in West Virginia Construction News.

Baltimore’s Hydrology and Hydraulics Group coordinated a volunteer effort with the Downtown Sailing Center and Baltimore Museum of Industry, and picked up trash along Baltimore’s waterfront this summer.  They went sailing afterwards, enjoying the warm temperatures and the Baltimore City skyline from the harbor.  

The first task included researching steps to reimage SEPTA’s commuter rail, providing high frequency, through service to the region. The solution was developed in collaboration with stakeholders from the City and SEPTA, based on previous rail service improvement proposals, operational and physical upgrades and incorporating the European high frequency through service model.

WRA provided the drone footage for the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry segment, featured on WTKR's Coast Live. WRA also designed the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry Dolphin Replacement. The ferry is a Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) operated ferry near Williamsburg. WRA studied replacement options for the failure-prone timber berthing dolphins, designed the selected large fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) monopiles, evaluated installation methods, and tested actual energy absorption.

Jeff Riegner was recently appointed to be the new Complete Streets Coalition Chair.  Jeff is the Vice President of Whitman, Requardt & Associates, LLP, a professional engineer, certified planner, and professional traffic operations engineer with over 30 years of expertise in transportation and land use consulting. Jeff's experience varies from large-scale planning and NEPA studies, to the planning and design of transportation infrastructure for walking, bicycling, taking public transportation, and driving.

Activities that have been undertaken include: 

Brian W. King is a professional engineer with more than 37 years of engineering experience who has specialized in the planning and design of rail and bus maintenance facilities for the last 21 years. He has worked with some of the largest transit agencies in North America, including: WMATA, SEPTA, MTA Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Railroad, MARTA, San Francisco MUNI, Dallas DART, and the Toronto Transit Commission and VIA Rail.

Each year, Engineering News Record ranks the Top 25 Starts in the Mid-Atlantic region by project cost.  Restore the Corridor (Rehabilitation of I-95) in Wilmington, Delaware ranked #15 with a total project cost of $205M.

Howard County received a record 27 National Association of Counties Achievement Awards for their Community Engagement Plan for Transportation Projects. Leah Kacanda, WRA Planner, did a fantastic job leading this effort, supported by County staff across multiple departments as well as subconsultant Mahan Rykiel Associates.