Passero opens new office in Saratoga Springs

Passero Associates continues its expansion of its Airport Services Group with the opening of the firm's fourth office, the Capital District Office. The new office allows Passero to expand its service area into the New England states, while continuing to provide award-winning, nationally recognized services to current airport clients. Passero Associates is occupying 1,200 s/f of space in a professional office building in the downtown area for its Capital District Office. Geographically, the Capital District office will provide Passero with improved access to over 30 public and private airports within a 75 mile radius and to additional airports in eastern New York and New England. These airports include potential clients that are currently underserved and would benefit from Passero's expertise and value-based service model. Opening the office are two experienced and distinguished airport consulting professionals, Michael Churchill, PE, and Daniel Desjardins, PE. They join the Passero Airport Services Group of 25 professionals Churchill is a civil engineer with over 25 years of airport engineering experience. He has long-standing relationships with and has provided planning, design and construction administration services to airports in eastern New York, New Jersey, Vermont, and Connecticut. He is a licensed professional engineer in those states, and is a former board member of the New York Aviation Management Association. Churchill is the manager in charge of the Capital District Office, senior airport project manager, and is responsible for building relationships with new clients in the region. He also provides technical oversight of all planning, design and construction services undertaken in the office, and provides technical support and quality control for other aviation projects in New York and Florida. Desjardins, senior airport engineer, is a seasoned civil engineer with over 30 years of experience in aviation, highway, municipal and site projects, including work in airport design and administration. He is a licensed professional engineer in New York and a registered professional engineer in Massachusetts. Desjardins has been working with Churchill on airport projects for the past six years. Within the next year, Churchill anticipates that the Capital District office will be providing support for three to four airports in Eastern New York and New England, and within five years will be providing services for up to ten airports in the region.