HNTB Named New York's Top Design Firm

NEW YORK, May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- This week's issue of ENR New York, a leading regional construction magazine, honors HNTB Corporation as the publication's Design Firm of the Year.

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The firm is recognized for its many accomplishments during the past year, including:

• Through strategic growth with current infrastructure clients, HNTB has doubled its revenue since 2007 and significantly expanded its footprint in the New York region.
• The firm's expansion has succeeded despite the recession by focusing on emerging opportunities and trends in the transportation market.
• Major projects include the Lake Champlain Bridge replacement, the $2.7-billion New Jersey Turnpike widening, the Atlantic Avenue Viaduct, Goethals Bridge and preliminary engineering for the New York State Department of Transportation's high-speed rail initiative.

"Our goal every day is to exceed client expectations in the delivery of complex infrastructure projects," said Tom Potts, PE, New York City office leader. "HNTB's employee owners are honored this dedication to quality has garnered this special recognition, and to have served the New York metro area for nearly 100 years."

The firm employs 310 people in the region and has offices in Albany, N.Y.; Camden, Newark and Wayne, N.J.; and near Hartford, Ct., as well as New York City. ENR New York serves New York, New Jersey and Connecticut's annual $25.9-billion construction marketplace and is published by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

About HNTB

HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure firm serving federal, state, municipal, military and private clients. With nearly a century of service, HNTB has the insight to understand the life cycle of infrastructure and the perspective to solve the most complex technical, financial and operational challenges. Professionals nationwide provide award-winning planning, design, program management and construction management services. For more information, visit www.hntb.com.

SOURCE HNTB Corporation