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Posted: August 8, 2011
VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C. relocates office
WHITE PLAINS, NY VHB Engineering, Surveying and Landscape Architecture, P.C. (VHB), one of the leading providers of integrated planning, transportation, land development and environmental services, moved to a new office in White Plains at 50 Main St.
This new location further solidifies VHB’s commitment to the city as well as to Westchester County. The new address is a transit-oriented location (adjacent to the White Plains Metro-North Railroad Station), underscoring the firm’s commitment to practicing smart growth principles.
Principals, John Saccardi, David Schiff, David Smith and Michael W. Junghans, lead a staff of planning, engineering, and environmental professionals from this new transit-oriented location. The relocation follows VHB’s acquisition last October of Saccardi & Schiff, a prominent White Plains-based planning and development consulting firm. For more than 20 years, Saccardi & Schiff provided planning services to municipalities, businesses and not-for-profit organizations in Westchester and throughout the Hudson Valley region.
At 9,000 square feet, the new office is nearly double the size of the former office at 445 Hamilton Avenue. In explaining the move, Tom Lucivero, VHB senior principal and northeast regional manager, said: “Our new office will allow us to serve our clients in the public and private sectors throughout Westchester and elsewhere in the state with a comprehensive range of integrated planning services.”
Several of VHB’s notable regional clients and projects include the County of Westchester, City of Yonkers, PepsiCo, and Brownfield Opportunity Areas projects in Farmingdale, Binghamton, and Glen Cove, NY.
Mr. Saccardi stated: “We are very excited to build on the strong foundation that VHB has established in New York State. To celebrate our new location and new company, VHB will hold an Open House for our friends and colleagues in the fall.”
VHB has operated in New York State for more than 10 years. Since 2007, it has acquired three firms and opened two offices, expanding operations into Albany, Hauppauge, Manhattan and White Plains.
VHB is affiliated with Watertown, Massachusetts-based Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc., a 850-person firm that provides integrated planning, transportation, land development, and environmental services from 21 offices along the east coast. Engineering News-Record ranks VHB 80th of the Top 500 U.S. Design Firms and among the Top 50 Transportation Firms in the Nation.
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