In the News 2015

Baljit Vohra, senior vice president, discusses Louis Berger’s first year in Nepal working on Sakchyam, an access to finance program. Vohra highlighted how the goals of the program are in line with Louis Berger’s mission to provide real and lasting value to communities. He also discussed some of the challenges that come with trying to bridge the gap between improving access to financial services and dealing with inequality on a grand scale.

Sakchyam is an Access to Finance Initiative funded by U.K.’s Department for International Development and implemented by Louis Berger in partnership with local and international institutions.

Louis Berger announced a new phase of an ongoing partnership with ASTEP to advance workplace opportunities for those living with Asperger’s Syndrome and similar autism profiles. The company was introduced to ASTEP after a number of positive interactions with graduates of the Corporate Lecture Series, a unique program that offers weekly interactive sessions for employers and young jobs seekers.

The five-year, multiple-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract will provide architecture and engineering services for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) infrastructure programs worldwide. 

State, county and municipal officials celebrated the opening of the Route 22-Chimney Rocky Road Interchange in Bridgewater with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new Chimney Rock Road bridge and westbound express roadways provide a new direct connection between Route 28 and Route 22, making for easier travel. Louis Berger did the concept development, design, environmental permitting and construction engineering for the project. 

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) honored Connie Crawford, senior vice president and global practice lead for rail and transit at Louis Berger, with a “Women Leaders in Transportation Design & Construction” award. During her 30 years in the industry, Crawford  has been involved in various key projects, such as infrastructure construction in lower Manhattan, the implementation of a high-speed rail line from Houston to Dallas and the launch of international public transportation programs in Riyadh and Qatar. She is a member of the American Public Transportation Association, New York Building Congress and American Society of Civil Engineers.

Completed on an accelerated schedule, the award-winning Cinta Costera (“coastal beltway”) project creates an urban road network that integrates vehicular, pedestrian, bicycling and park spaces along a corridor of marine backfills. The three-year project, part of Panama's New Roadway System Master Plan, has quickly stimulated the development of the surrounding neighborhoods. Louis Berger provided design, technical advice and quality control services for the project.

The Veteran Curation Program provides temporary employment and archaeological curation training to post-9/11 veterans at laboratories in Georgia, Missouri, and Virginia. A Louis Berger and Cogstone Resource Management  joint venture was selected by the U.S. Corp of Engineers to employ, supervise, train and mentor veterans entering the program, helping them transition to the civilian workforce by providing skills and experience in computers and software, database and records management, and photographing and scanning technologies.

Baltimore Business Journal profiled the company’s Women at Louis Berger initiative, with comments and insights from Jennifer Brunton, environmental services director and founder of the initiative at Louis Berger, and Elaina Edwards, vice president at Louis Berger. The feature describes the women's group, its mission, and how its goals, structure and execution set it apart from other such groups in the industry.

Wildlife officials received more than 2,800 individual letters and comments on six potential ways forward to manage Yellowstone National Park’s 4,900 bison. As part of the efforts to rewrite the outdated plan that manages bison populations at Yellowstone, Louis Berger has been tasked with analyzing public feedback and completing a report on the comments received during the initial public comment period.