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Siddiqui and Sommer join PWGC Engineering Unit

Hajera Siddiqui

 

Tim Sommer

 

Bohemia, NY According to PWGC’s Engineering Unit, Hajera Siddiqui and Tim Sommer, IE, have joined the firm as staff engineers.

Siddiqui, a recent Worcester Polytechnic Institute graduate, will assist with documentation preparation and management. Her focus will be geothermal planning, cost estimating, installation oversight, geothermal modeling, building energy modeling, mechanical valve specification for piping systems and networks, water well design (irrigation, potable, geothermal, types of wells) and creation of plans and specifications, variable frequency drive, electrical conduit sizing for pumps, and working with local utilities to obtain rebates for clients that are implementing geothermal systems.

“I’m looking forward to learning more on what it’s like to work as an engineer at PWGC,” Siddiqui said. “Additionally, I’m excited to meet new people!”

Sommer’s focus will be residential and commercial sanitary projects, pump station designs, RPZ designs, and stormwater drainage designs. Once he completes the SWPPP inspector course he will conduct SWPPP inspections. Sommer will utilize his previous experience in his new role at PWGC.

Sommer said, “I am very excited about joining the engineering team at PWGC. My plan is to work towards and achieve my environmental engineering license.”

“We are very excited to have Hajera and Tim join our roster of professionals,” said PWGC president/CEO Paul Boyce, PE, PG. “Their education and prior experience will help them excel not only at PWGC, but also in the industry. I look forward to their contributions to our Engineering Unit as well as the company’s overall growth going forward.”

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