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Boessen Expands Role at Terracon

LENEXA, Kan. --- Robert Boessen, senior roof consultant based in Terracon's Lenexa office, has expanded his responsibilities to include mentoring up and coming young roofing consultants and professionals and increasing awareness of Terracon's building enclosure (roofing and waterproofing) services to existing and new clients. Boessen will continue to perform roof assessments; provide recommendations for roof repair and replacement; and design roof repair and replacement recommendations. His responsibilities will continue to include construction management of roof repair and replacement projects, as well as quality assurance and project close out, peer review of roof system designs for other professionals, and litigation support and expert witness services for roofing issues to the legal community.

Boessen has more than 40 years of experience in the roofing industry. Specifically, he has experience as a roofing mechanic, foreman, general field superintendent, estimator, and project manager with 10 years of experience as a general manager of two large commercial roofing contractor firms. He was a sole proprietor of a commercial roofing contracting firm for seven years. He was a sole proprietor and senior roof consultant of a commercial roof consulting firm for four years. Boessen is a specialist in roof asset management including inspection; analysis of deficiencies; removal, repair, and replacement budgets; roof drawings; and placement of data collected. He has served as an expert witness in multiple roofing litigations, appointed and approved by the U.S. Federal District Court as an umpire for roofing disputes, and as a roofing specialist for several architectural design firms.

Boessen studied industrial relations at Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo. He is a Registered Roof Consultant (RRC) and a Construction Documents Technologist (CDT). He is a member of the Roof Consultants Institute (RCI) and the Construction Specification Institute (CSI).

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 3,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 140 offices in 40 states nationwide. Terracon currently ranks 38th on Engineering News-Record's List of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, please visit www.terracon.com.

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Beach Joins Terracon as Roof Consultant

LENEXA, Kan. --- Joyce Beach has joined Terracon as a Roof Consultant/Project Manager. She will be based out of Terracon's Lenexa office. Beach will provide project management and technical support for local and national roofing projects.

Beach has 29 years of roofing experience, most recently in executive management for a commercial roofing company. She provided overall operations management including estimation, cost management, quality and safety control, site inspections, and technical/roof evaluations. She also provided training for estimators and project managers on various roof systems.

She has been a member of Single Ply Roofing Institute, Cool Roof Rating Council, U.S. Green Building Council, Asphalt Roofing Manufacturer Association, National Roofing Contractors Association, and Midwest Roofing Contractors Association. Beach was awarded the Roof Point - 2012 Installer Environmental Innovation in National Energy Roof Design. She also participated in a Single Ply Roofing Institute national task group responsible for compiling ASTM procedures and policies.

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 3,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 140 offices in 40 states nationwide. Terracon currently ranks 38th on Engineering News-Record's List of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, please visit www.terracon.com.

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Geiger Joins Terracon as Geotechnical Transportation Specialist

COLUMBUS, Ohio --- Gene Geiger, P.E., has joined Terracon as a geotechnical transportation specialist. He will be based out of Terracon's Columbus office while serving its Ohio, Kentucky, and West Virginia offices. Geiger will facilitate among transportation agencies and various partners in the pursuit and execution of state, county, and local projects. Geiger will also act as a senior project manager and provide project management and technical support for local and national transportation projects.

Geiger has more than 34 years of geotechnical engineering experience, mostly as a geotechnical engineer and administrator for the Ohio Department of Transportation. He headed the agency's Office of Geotechnical Engineering, overseeing geotechnical work by in-house staff and managing work performed by consultants.

Geiger earned a Master of Science in geotechnical engineering from Ohio State University, where he had previously earned a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering. Geiger has authored numerous technical publications. He is a member of the American Society of Highway Engineers and the OSU Civil Engineering Alumni Association.

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 3,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 140 offices in 40 states nationwide. Terracon currently ranks 38th on Engineering News-Record's List of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, please visit www.terracon.com.

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Terracon Announces Regional Manager/National Account Manager, Greg Walterscheid

OLATHE, Kan. - Terracon announces the addition of Greg Walterscheid, as a regional manager and national account manager for Facilities services. Terracon's Facilities service line provides building systems diagnostic and design consulting services for roofs, building envelope, foundation/structural elements, MEP, and pavement services. Walterscheid will be responsible for leading regional Facilities consulting operations for the South Central United States with continued focus on growth in client acquisition and development of technical resources. He will also serve as national account manager for select clients for delivery of all Terracon services.

With more than 25 years of experience in the professional services industry, Walterscheid brings a strong business operations background and proven client development track record to Terracon. Previously, Walterscheid was responsible for client development and management for a building envelope consulting firm. Before that, Walterscheid served in various managerial roles within the environmental consulting field.

Walterscheid earned an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Geology from the University of Texas at Arlington, Texas.

Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 3,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 140 offices in 40 states nationwide. Terracon currently ranks 38th on Engineering News-Record's List of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, please visit: www.terracon.com

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Gaboury Named 2013 National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® Finalist

OLATHE, Kan. --- Ernst & Young LLP announced David R. Gaboury, P.E., president and CEO of Terracon, a finalist of the 2013 National Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year^®. Gaboury and three other national finalists, as well as the National Entrepreneur Of The Year Overall Award winner, were announced at the annual awards gala in Palm Springs, California, on Nov. 16.

In June, Ernst & Young announced Gaboury a winner of the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year2013 Award in the Central Midwest. The award recognizes outstanding high-growth entrepreneurs who demonstrate excellence and success in such areas as innovation, financial performance, and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

Gaboury joined Terracon in 1997 as executive vice president and chief operating officer, and was named president and CEO in 2002. Gaboury has more than 20 years of experience as an engineer with expertise in environmental, geo-environmental, and water resources engineering. He is a graduate of the Harvard School of Business Advanced Management Program and holds a master's and bachelor's degree in civil engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and University of Massachusetts at Amherst, respectively.

When Gaboury joined Terracon, the company was a successful Midwest consulting engineering firm. The entrepreneurial opportunity and challenge for him at the time was to increase Terracon's success and profitably grow the firm to become a national leader in its industry. As an outside hire, Gaboury's first challenge was to strike a balance between showing appreciation for the firm's previous successes and bringing in his new ideas and vision. This was accomplished by developing strong relationships within the company and building consensus around the strategic direction of the firm through the development and implementation of clear, concise strategic plans.

The entrepreneurial building blocks that Gaboury used to consistently and profitably grow the firm included building and strengthening Terracon's existing services while adding adjacent service lines; emphasizing the balance of internal and acquisition growth; building a core competency of identifying, making, and integrating acquisitions; and developing corporate services consisting of best-in-class corporate functions (e.g., information technology, legal, finance and accounting, etc.). He also emphasized a concept that Terracon field offices were the "clients of the corporate office" and should be treated as such, through timely response to requests, quality corporate support, and various other activities that contributed to the success of these offices.

Gaboury has also built a future entrepreneurial strategy for continued success that is outlined in Terracon's five-year Strategic Plan 2017. The plan includes three key parts that include expanding adjacent service lines related to the company's core service lines; emphasizing employee safety, wellbeing, and engagement not as a mere business strategy, but based on genuine care and concern for employees and their families; and expanding Terracon's business presence outside the United States. He also established and regularly emphasizes Terracon's purpose of "Delivering Success to Employees, Clients, and Communities."

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Terracon is an employee-owned engineering consulting firm with more than 3,000 employees providing environmental, facilities, geotechnical, and materials services from more than 140 offices in 40 states nationwide. Terracon currently ranks 38th on Engineering News-Record's List of Top 500 Design Firms. For additional information about Terracon, please visit: www.terracon.com.

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