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Dewberry selects new CHRO
Dewberry — an engineering, architecture and construction firm in Fairfax County — announced Monday it has promoted Stacey McKavish to chief human resources officer. In the role, McKavish will oversee all HR functions of the organization and a team of nearly 30 benefits, compensation, human resources, recruiting and training specialists. “Stacey is a charismatic leader […]
Dewberry wins $810M FEMA contract
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Dewberry, an engineering, architecture and construction firm in Fairfax County, an $810 million contract to deliver logistics planning and construction services to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to a System for Award Management (SAM) notice published Friday. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract will support FEMA&#[...]
Real Estate 2023: DONALD E. STONE JR.
Stone, who has been Dewberry‘s chief executive since 2010, oversees a $602.7 million engineering, architecture and construction firm with more than 60 offices nationwide. A 1980 civil engineering graduate of The Citadel, Stone was an Army second lieutenant, and after leaving the military in 1983, he joined the engineering firm O’Brien & Gere, serving in […]
VEDP’s new board chair is Dewberry COO
Dan Pleasant, chief operating officer for Fairfax-based planning, design and construction company Dewberry, has been named chair of the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Board of Directors. His two-year term began July 1. The motion to approve Pleasant’s nomination passed unanimously during the 17-member board’s April 29 meeting. Pleasant has served on VEDP’s board for [...]
Dewberry acquires Alabama engineering firm
Fairfax-based professional services firm Dewberry has acquired Birmingham, Alabama-based Edmonds Engineering. A mechanical, electrical and plumbing design and facilities engineering company, Edmonds has 75 employees and five offices in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. The new subsidiary will be branded as Dewberry | Edmonds and will continue operating under its existing leadership. Financial te[...]
Dewberry selected to develop Va. coastal resilience plan
Updated March 19 Fairfax-based engineering and planning firm Dewberry has been awarded a $2.6 million contract by the state to develop Virginia’s first Coastal Resilience Master Plan, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Thursday. Dewberry, joined by Louisiana-based The Water Institute of the Gulf and Virginia subcontractors GKY & Associates, Vision Planning and Consulting, and The Miles [&helli[...]
Dewberry to provide advanced mapping of Alaska
Fairfax-based engineering consulting firm Dewberry announced Friday it has won a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) task order to complete updated hydrography (maps of bodies of water) for the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) for approximately 9,880 square miles in northern Alaska. An amount for the task order was not disclosed. From 2010 to 2020, Dewberry mapped […]
Dewberry names VP, business development director
Fairfax-based engineering consulting firm Dewberry announced Wednesday it has hired Jay Harper as vice president and business development director in the company’s federal group. With more than 15 years of experience, Harper is the former senior adviser to the administrator with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). In his new role, he will work with […]
Dewberry to provide QA for $3.8B Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel project
Fairfax-based engineering consulting firm Dewberry announced Friday it will provide quality assurance services for the entire $3.8 billion Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel (HRBT) project — the largest construction project in Virginia and the Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) history. A contract amount was not disclosed. The Interstate 64 HRBT is currently 3.5 miles long and has [...]
