LBG staff teaching school and clinic construction techniques to Afghan engineers

Rehabilitation of Economic Facilities and Services (REFS), Afghanistan

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The Louis Berger Group’s thought leaders are experts in their fields. Their research endeavors and participation in professional associations reflect our firm’s multidimensional expertise and experience in contributing to virtually every aspect of engineering and development.

Presentations and Panels

Our multifaceted team of professionals conducts extensive research in several disciplines and participates in a wide array of events, including presentations, conferences, and forums.

On February 7, 2013, Deborah Matherly, principal planner, and Jane Mobley, Ph.D., senior communications specialist, presented “Communication with Vulnerable Populations: A Transportation and Emergency Management Toolkit (TCRP Report 150)” in a live webinar, hosted by The National Transit Institute.
On January 29, 2013, Patricia Weslowksi, Hydropower Services Director, participated in a live webinar "Pumped Storage Project Considerations" hosted by Alden Lab on the feasibility of pumped storage projects. Patricia spoke on the challenges of the licensing process, focusing on the regulatory requirements, the importance of stakeholder consultation and suggestions on how to avoid costly additional information requests.
On January 15, 2013, Leo Tidd, senior environmental planner, AICP, gave a paper presentation “Consideration of Shale Gas Development Impacts in Long-Range Transportation Planning” at the Transportation Research Board 92nd Annual Meeting held on January 13-17 in Washington, D.C.

Publications

Industry publications regularly call on our subject matter experts to contribute articles on a range of topics relevant to their readers.

“Anatomy of a Dam Removal” by Peter Foote was published in the December 2012 issue of International Water Power and Dam Construction magazine.
“Prediction and Mitigation of Building Floor Vibrations using a Blocking Floor” by Pradeep Maurya was published in the October issue of the Journal of Structural Engineering.
"The Future of Donor-Funded Transport Infrastructure in the Developing World," a report by Greg Gajewski, PhD, was published in the Global Infrastructure publication by Bingham McCutchen LLP.

Research

Extending our expertise to a wide range of industries, from construction to the garment and electricity industry, our researchers have contributed to the academic knowledge base on topics such as pro-poor economic growth, post-conflict development and poverty reduction. Past research has focused on countries such as Egypt, Timor-Leste, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Tajikistan.

Gajewski, Gregory. Democracy, Resource Abundance and Growth: The Debate. European Association of Evolutionary Political Economy, Cracow, Poland. October 19, 2012.
Patti Kuhn, Debra McClane, Sarah Groesbeck and Camilla Deiber. A Model for Identifying and Evaluating the Historic Significance of Post-World War II Housing. Project undertaken by LBG and Mead & Hunt for Transportation Research Board of the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. September 2012.
Karnovitz, Alan, Moldovan, Sonia, and Menelaws, R.D. An Assessment of Alternative Monetary Regimes for a Future Palestinian State: Dollarization Versus a National Currency. U.S. Agency for International Development. May 2010.

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