Sunnie House, vice president and western regional manager within the North American rail business of Parsons, has been appointed to chair the California Transportation Foundation’s board of directors. She will lead the charitable organization that backs California's transportation community through grant programs for industry workers and their families as well as scholarships …

Brett Jones, a former vice president at engineering professional services company WSP, has joined engineering and construction services contractor Parsons as vice president of business development. Parsons said Thursday Jones will help the company pursue new business opportunities in Southern California and will focus on alternative and traditionally-procured projects in the transportation market in his …

The Indiana Department of Transportation has selected Parsons to provide design services for the SR 249 bridge replacement project that will cross over U.S. 12 and two railroads in Portage, Indiana. Parsons said Tuesday it will also design a roadway and a traffic maintenance system as well as conduct National Environmental Policy Act studies, topographic survey …

The Professional Services Council has appointed new members and re-elected several executives to its 2018 executive committee and board of directors. Carey Smith, president of Parsons' federal business unit, was re-elected secretary of the board of directors during the trade group's annual meeting held Thursday, PSC said Monday. Smith will …

Carey Smith, federal group president at Parsons, has said the company expects the acquisition of control system integration company Williams Electric to create new opportunities as the Pasadena, California-based engineering services contractor operates in the Middle East and other regions, the Pasadena Star-News reported Thursday. Smith told Pasadena Star-News she believes …

Parsons broke ground on a facility expansion in Huntsville, Alabama, last week to add a 25,000-square-foot building and 50 new jobs there. The engineering services contractor will use the additional facility to integrate hardware and software platforms for customers across the intelligence, defense and infrastructure sectors, the Huntsville city government said Wednesday. “Previously …

Parsons and PAE have established a new joint venture to compete for a potential 10-year, $82 billion contract vehicle that seeks to help the U.S. Army meet global facility and logistical requirements. Scott Welker, former deputy commander of the Army's Joint Munitions Command, will serve as president of Rock Island, Illinois-based PAE-Parsons Global …

Parsons‘ government services business has won a potential five-year, $15 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the Housing Condition Assessment program of the Commander Navy Installations Command. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Parsons Government Services will independently assess the conditions, configuration and quality of military family and unaccompanied …

Liliana Ortega, a former vice president and bid director at Balfour Beatty Investments, has joined Parsons as VP and senior bid director of the construction and engineering services firm’s enterprises segment. She will oversee Parsons Enterprises’ efforts to identify investment opportunities, develop strategy and manage procurement and bids, the company …

Parsons has participated in a Massachusetts Institute of Technology program that seeks to establish industrial relationships between global companies and MIT. The company said Wednesday it conducted a kickoff meeting on June 26 with MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of the university's Industrial Liaison Program. Involvement in ILP would help …

Parsons was awarded a contract by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) to perform design services for the I-26/US 74/ NC 108 interchange improvements in Polk County, NC, the company announced Tuesday. The project will provide ramp connections and relieve congestion between westbound I-26 to eastbound US 74 and …

Parsons has received a potential five-year, $70 million contract for advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency‘s facilities, military construction and the environmental management directorate. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Parsons’ government services unit will advise and assist MDA on construction oversight, demolition and disposal, deployment, lifecycle management, site activation, sustainment and integration efforts. …

Parsons has received an award from the American Planning Association in recognition of its West Pond environmental review efforts for a national recreation area in New York. The company said Monday it accepted the Honor Award for Outstanding Environmental Planning Project from APA's federal planning division following the conclusion of its environmental …

Parsons received the Honor Award for Outstanding Environmental Planning Project for its West Pond Environmental Assessment from the American Planning Association (APA), Federal Planning Division. Parsons completed the Environmental Assessment under contract with the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, for Gateway National Recreation Area, Jamaica Bay Unit, …

Parsons has won the Bronze Engineering Excellence Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts for its work on a bridge replacement project on Martha’s Vineyard island. The company said Thursday it designed a drawbridge to replace the Lagoon Pond bridge, which was built in 1935, under a contract with the Massachusetts …