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WB Engineers | Consultants celebrates 10th anniversary

WB Engineers | Consultants is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, according to David Bonifacic and Vincent Warner, founders and managing principals of the firm. Bonifacic and Warner, who worked together at the engineering firm Syska Hennessy Group, founded WB in 1999. The firm started with four people - Messrs. Bonifacic and Warner, Peter Dussault, who now runs WB's Boston office, and Peter DeBernardo, WB's chief mechanical engineer - in N.Y. and Boston. Today, WB Engineers has offices in N.Y., Boston, N.J. and Washington, D.C. "What started out 10 years ago as just an idea has steadily grown into a business far exceeding our expectations," said Bonifacic. "We are proud of our firm's growth, grateful to our clients and appreciative of our employees who helped us to get here." "A main reason for the firm's success is our ability to embrace diversity, in terms of our clientele and service offerings," said Warner. Notable WB clients include Verizon, General Dynamics, Jones Lang LaSalle, Boston Properties, Tiffany & Co., Governors Island Preservation and Education Corp., Brookfield Properties, A/E/C Solutions, JPMorgan Chase, and Citibank.
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