Louis Berger has merged its Ammann & Whitney and Louis Berger Group operating companies to establish a new business entity that will serve U.S. clients worldwide. Louis Berger U.S. will maintain the Ammann & Whitney name for a division specialized in long-span bridge engineering, Louis Berger said Tuesday. “The integration follows many years of working together and an intensive period of […] More

Chris Wolf serves as the vice president of contracts and procurement for the Louis Berger Group. The 30-year contracts veteran has experience in both federal and commercial markets with technology and professional services firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte and BAE Systems. Wolf served as deputy assistant director at the FBI after 9/11 and was responsible for overseeing the completion of theTrilogy TNC/IPC program, which the […] More

Louis Berger has secured a $1.7 million contract to manage the construction of a two-lane bridge designed to link Cameroon and Nigeria. The company said Thursday the project will use a balanced cantilever method to build a box girder bridge over the Cross River between Ekok, Cameroon and Mfum, Nigeria. Louis Berger will also provide bridge construction management training and […] More

Ernest Portfors, former Klohn Crippen Berger chairman and eight-year member of Louis Berger‘s board of directors, has been elected as the latter’s chairman following the retirement of Nicholas Masucci. Portfors has been part of Louis Berger’s board of directors since 2008 and is also a member of the audit committee, where he oversaw the company’s modernization and reform […] More

Kshitish Nadgauda, a former executive at Parsons and a more than 27-year industry veteran, has been appointed as vice president and managing director of Louis Berger‘s South Asia operations. He is based in India and oversees customer base development, project delivery, financial performance and support functions of the company across the region, Louis Berger said Dec. 22. […] More

Louis Berger has received a multi-year contract from the New York City Economic Development Corp. to support business recovery and infrastructure resiliency programs following Hurricane Sandy. The company said Monday it will also assess the potential impact of post-hurricane rebuilding initiatives on the city’s economy as well as cultural and environmental resources. “We look forward […] More

Louis Berger has won a potential six-year, $8 million contract with the Washington Sanitary Suburban Commission to help rehabilitate a water and sewer facility in Prince George’s and Montgomery Counties, Maryland. The company will also work to relocate the facility’s transmission and distribution water pipelines, sewer pipelines and large meter vaults, Louis Berger said Wednesday. This contract contains a three-year, $4 […] More

Edward Searle, formerly international director of Louis Berger‘s rail and transit business and a chartered civil engineer, has been promoted to vice president for international rail and transit. “Eddy has been well recognized by our staff, partners and most, importantly our clients for his excellence and has played a key role in the growth and development of […] More

Louis Berger and two other companies will collaborate to manage the second line of a metropolitan rapid transit project in Panama City, Panama, under a five-year, $32 million contract. The Panama City Metro Line 2 system will have 16 stations and elevated track between the districts of San Miguelito and December 24, Louis Berger said […] More

Andrew V. Bailey II, a nearly three-decade infrastructure development sector veteran, has assumed leadership of Louis Berger’s Services operation in the role of president, the firm said Tuesday. Bailey previously served as vice president of global operations and has worked in areas such as aircraft services, logistics services, fueling and facilities services, global operations and power. Nick Masucci, Louis Berger CEO says […] More

A bridge in Vietnam designed by Louis Berger and Ammann & Whitney has won the best project award in the bridges/tunnel category for Engineering News-Record’s 2014 Global Best Project Awards. The companies designed the 666-meter Dragon Bridge in Da Nang, Vietnam in the image of a dragon flying across the Han River, Louis Berger announced […] More

The Louis Berger Group will lead design work on a $655 million project to add high-occupancy-toll lanes on a 26-mile stretch of Interstate 77 in North Carolina. This is the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s first foray into a public-private partnership contract, Louis Berger said Wednesday. Mike Kirk, vice president for Louis Berger’s design-build practice, said the […] More