Professional services contractor Dewberry will collaborate with civil engineering and mapping company Lowe Engineers through a mentor-protege relationship under a program run by the Small Business Administration. Dewberry said Monday it will guide Lowe Engineers in internal business management and help the service-disabled veteran-owned small business position itself to compete for federal contracts.

Dewberry has secured a contract extension from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to continue monitoring construction projects and providing other support services in the Northern Mariana Islands. Work under the extended Logistics Construction Support Contract task order will cover the management of more than 600 housing repair and construction efforts in Tinian and Saipan, Dewberry said Friday.

Dewberry has received a task order of an undisclosed sum under the Geospatial and Services Contract 3 vehicle to help the U.S. Geological Service expand elevation-derived hydrography coverage in Alaska by 9,880 square miles.

Dewberry has partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to develop a cloud-based information technology that will open up data from the U.S. Coast Guard's Automatic Identification System.

Dewberry has received the Capability Maturity Model Integration level 3 rating for services and development models from the CMMI Institute following appraisal an carried out by Abridge Technology.

Dewberry has appointed Larry Sugarbaker as a senior technical adviser to the company's geospatial and technology services group, Dewberry reported on Friday. His areas of expertise include business development, GIS and information technology, remote sensing and forestry. "We are thrilled to welcome Larry to our team,“ said Dewberry senior vice president, Amar Nayegandhi, CP, CMS, GISP.

Dewberry has secured task orders to help the U.S. Geological Survey conduct airborne geophysical surveys over the states of Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico and Texas.

Dewberry will map approximately 13,600 square miles of land across 12 counties in Utah under a mapping service contract from the U.S. Geological Survey. The company said Thursday it will collect and analyze data using a light detection and ranging system for the project area encompassing the counties of Cache, Carbon, Dagget, Duchesne, Emery, Grand, Morgan, Iron, Weber, Summit, Washington and Uintah.

Dewberry has appointed Robert Victor an operating unit manager to lead the company's mid-Atlantic engineering operations, The company said Wednesday Victor brings more than two decades of experience to his new position and will supervise more than 350 employees across divisions that offer engineering, geospatial, survey and mapping, environmental and construction services.

The U.S. Geological Survey has tapped Dewberry to update base elevation models for the Florida Panhandle region using post-hurricane data from light detection and ranging sensors.

Dewberry has been awarded a potential five-year, $40M contract to help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration map shorelines. The company said Wednesday it will support coastal security with NOAA's National Geodetic Survey sub-agency that develops frameworks for national positioning activities.

A joint venture between Dewberry and Gannett Fleming has received a potential five-year, $40M contract to construct and modify buildings for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Baltimore District.

Siamak Esfandiary, a former government engineer, brings almost two decades of professional experience to Dewberry as he returns as a senior associate.

The U.S. Geological Survey has tapped Dewberry to obtain, process and build 3D elevation data that will cover nearly 42.3K-square miles within Southern Idaho from quality levels one and two lidar datasets.

Dewberry wrapped up work on two task orders to gather and analyze data under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Logistics Construction Support Contract vehicle.