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Professional Profile: Jessica Yeager 2015

Name: Jessica Yeager Title: Assistant Project Manager Company: GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. Location: Norwood, MA Place of birth: Kansas City, MO College: Harvard-SB, Massachusetts Institute of Technology-MEng First job unrelated to your current field: Tutor at age 12 First job in current field: Engineer at GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. What do you do now and what are you planning for the future: Founded in 1964, as a soils and foundations specialty consultant, GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. has grown into a premier multi-disciplined consulting firm providing its clients with a wide range of geotechnical engineering, environmental consulting and remediation services. Hobbies: I'm passionate about encouraging young people to pursue STEM. I've been around the world to almost 30 countries on 4 continents. Key to success: GZA is Proactive by Design - we keep you up-to-date on work status, often before you think to ask; offer the most important project and risk options before work begins; and take a forward-thinking "ownership" perspective toward your project's success alongside you and your team. I incorporate that thinking into everything I do. If you were forced to choose another vocation what would it be? Tutor and college consultant
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Weston & Sampson earns award from ACEC for Arlington DPW job

Arlington, MA Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc., has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies’ (ACEC) 58th annual Engineering Excellence Awards (EEA). The award comes for leading the renovation of the Arlington Department of Public Works (DPW) facility.
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When it comes to corporate interior spaces for both commercial and industrial projects, partnering with a design-build firm with in-house interior design services can offer clients many benefits. Unlike traditional delivery methods where interior designers operate independently from the design and construction teams, often creating a longer project timeline as cost negotiations and revisions ensue
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Massachusetts taxpayers dodged a bullet when the state Senate didn’t take up legislation passed by the House in the waning moments of the legislative session that would have made it easier for municipalities and state agencies to use union-only project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects.
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