Asahi/America welcomes new district sales managers
Asahi/America welcomed two additions to its outside sales team: Ben Muniga and Robert Snyder. Muniga joined the company in May as district sales manager for the southeastern sales region comprising Alabama, Arkansas, Florida Panhandle, Louisiana, Tennessee and Mississippi. Additionally, Snyder joined Asahi/America in June as district sales manager for the central plains sales region comprising Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
William Mammen Jr. joins DSI/Dynamatic
DSI/Dynamatic welcomed William Mammen Jr. as its director of engineering, where he will be responsible for the development and sustainability of all products while also supporting business and investment strategies for Dynamatic. Prior to joining Dynamatic in April, Mammen developed military and automotive products/systems for over 30 years. He has worked on a variety of domestic and international programs with ship, vehicle, and component manufacturers including General Motors, Ford, Visteon, ArvinMeritor and DRS Leonardo.
Avanti announces director roles, changes to sales team structure
Avanti made recent staff announcements. Chris Hamilton, director — municipal division, will lead strategic initiatives and operations to support grouting projects for municipal/government entities, specifying engineers and municipal contractors. Jacob Swanson, director — geotechnical division, will spearhead and drive initiatives for the geotechnical market, forge strategic partnerships and lead the company’s efforts in advancing geotechnical solutions and ensuring project outcomes. Keith Sisson, director — industrial & dealer channel divisions, will oversee the development and execution of strategies to expand Avanti’s dealer network, provide training and support and ensure alignment with organizational goals and market demands. Chris M. Hamilton, director of national accounts, will head the strategic management of key client relationships and business development initiatives on a national scale, helping to drive growth and market expansion. The role involves collaborating cross-functionally to identify opportunities. The directors will still have territory responsibilities for specific states.
Public Utility Commission of Texas names new executive director
The Public Utility Commission of Texas voted unanimously to name Connie Corona as executive director of the agency. Corona has worked at the PUCT for 12 years. She first joined in 1997 as a policy analyst focused on the 1999 Texas Electric Choice Act, which introduced retail competition to the Texas electricity market. She rose to the role of director of electric policy analysis before joining NRG’s regulatory affairs department in 2003. She returned to the PUCT in 2017 and has served as director of the competitive markets division, chief program officer, deputy executive director and, most recently, interim executive director.
InfoSense appoints LRIE as Florida service provider
InfoSense has appointed LR Infrastructure Evaluation as its sole factory-authorized service provider for performing acoustic inspections in Northern Florida. Founded in 2014, LRIE specializes in comprehensive wastewater system evaluations, including manhole and pipeline inspections, air control valve maintenance, valve exercising and smoke testing. They focus on ensuring CMOM compliance, risk assessment, and strategic planning, along with inflow and infiltration investigations.
City to add 6 miles of new storm sewers in Whitestone, Queens
The NYC Departments of Environmental Protection, Transportation and Design and Construction joined community members and local elected officials to celebrate the completion of two infrastructure projects totaling $128 million in Whitestone, Queens, that added nearly 6 miles of new storm sewers in the neighborhood to improve stormwater drainage. Work took place on more than 120 individual blocks and included the conversion of almost 13,000 feet of combined sewers into separate sanitary and stormwater sewer systems which prevent 29 million gallons of pollution from being discharged into Flushing Bay each year. The first project, called SE810, was a $72 million project that saw work on 70 individual blocks in Whitestone. Construction began in September 2018 and concluded in 2023. The adjacent project, called SE811, which saw work on 54 individual blocks, was a $56 million project that began in August 2021 and ended in December 2023, about eight months ahead of schedule. As part of the work, the catch basins that drain stormwater from the roadways were disconnected from the existing combined sewer and redirected to the newly installed dedicated stormwater sewer.
