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Pittsylvania truck sales company plans $5.2M expansion
Chatham-based J&J Truck Sales Inc. will build a 45,000-square-foot facility off U.S. Highway 29 in Pittsylvania County, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Monday. The $5.2 million project, adjacent to the company’s existing operation, is expected to create 27 jobs and increase its ability to repair, refurbish and fabricate automotive-based equipment. Virginia beat South Carolina for the […]
Northam seeks to include part-time workers in state IRA fund
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam has proposed a change to a bill to allow part-time employees to participate in a newly created state-administered retirement fund for workers without 401(k) access, the governor’s office announced Friday. Northam also has signed legislation expanding an existing broadband pilot program to increa[...]
HNTB names infrastructure and mobility equity president
HNTB Corp., an infrastructure design firm based in Kansas City, Missouri, announced Tuesday that Diana Mendes has been promoted to corporate president of infrastructure and mobility equity, a newly created position based in Arlington. Mendes has spent 35 years in the infrastructure industry and previously served as HNTB’s [...]
MWAA sells facial recognition system to Pangiam
VeriScan, a facial-recognition system developed by the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, has been sold to Alexandria-based Pangiam, a security and travel services provider, the company announced Friday. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. More than 40 airlines use veriScan’s traveler verification system, which is an integrated biometric facial recognition program that debuted in 2018 […][...]
Transurban names North American operations VP
Amanda Baxter, Transurban’s former project director for the 495 Northern Extension project in the Washington, D.C., region, has been promoted as vice president of operations in North America, the toll road operator and developer announced Thursday. Baxter will be based at Transurban’s Alexandria headquarters. In her [...]
