WSP Flack + Kurtz, has promoted 13 professionals, according to David Cooper, PE, LEED AP BD+C, the firm's president and CEO.
Among those promoted are Allan Montpellier PE, LEED AP BD+C, from senior vice president to executive vice president; and Thomas Burroughs PE, LEED AP from vice president to senior vice president.
Montpellier has been with WSP Flack + Kurtz for 18 years, and serves as the managing director of the Boston office. Previously, he was the managing director of the firm's Seattle office and he has also worked in the San Francisco and London offices. A mechanical engineer, Montpellier specializes in the design of integrated systems, and his projects have encompassed the academic, historical, commercial, hospitality, residential, cultural, retail and governmental sectors. Among them are Microsoft facilities, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., Apple flagship stores, San Francisco's Pier One Embarcadero, the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston, and Federal Center South in Seattle.
Burroughs, who is also based in Boston, has worked at WSP Flack + Kurtz for 15 years, and has 20 years of experience overall. His projects have included Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts facilities, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, various Hewlett-Packard projects, University of Massachusetts Lowell Residence Halls, and Massachusetts College of Art Residence Hall.
The other promotions at the firm include:
* Brian Carroll, PE, LEED AP: senior associate to vice president (Washington, D.C.)
* Solomon Hecht, PE, LEED AP, BD+C, senior associate to vice president (New York)
* Melanie Taylor, LEED AP, BD+C, senior associate to vice president (Seattle)
* Adam Kyle, PE, LEED AP, BD+C, associate to senior associate (San Francisco)
* Daryl Mastracci, PE, LEED AP, BD+C, associate to senior associate (Washington, D.C.)
* Francisco Padilla, PE, LEED AP, associate to senior associate (New York)
* Reza Moghaddasi, senior engineer to associate (San Francisco)
* Trevor Boz, LEED AP, engineer to associate (New York)
* Michael Dimmel, PE, LEED AP, engineer to associate (San Francisco)
* Luis Formoso, engineer to associate (New York)
* Albert Zirino, engineer to associate (New York).
"Our staff are our most important asset in delivering high quality innovative engineering and outstanding client care, and we are thrilled to recognize these individuals for their accomplishments and contribution to our mission," says Mr. Cooper. "We have always strived to promote leadership from within to both propagate our culture and to give our staff the best opportunity to grow and mature professionally and as individuals. Congratulations to them all on these well deserved promotions."
WSP Flack + Kurtz is a multi-faceted engineering firm that has completed significant projects with internationally acclaimed architects for the world's most prestigious corporations, developers and institutions. The firm's services focus on building systems including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, security, information technology, architectural lighting, and commissioning.
WSP Flack + Kurtz's 500 professionals, 135 of whom are LEED accredited, are based in offices in New York, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Las Vegas, Houston, and Washington, D.C. Together with WSP Cantor Seinuk, WSP Environment & Energy and WSP Sells, there are more than 1,000 staff in the USA, all an integral part of WSP + GENIVAR.
GENIVAR, through its combination with WSP, is one of the world's leading professional services firms, working with governments, businesses, architects and planners and providing integrated solutions across many disciplines. The firm provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment, and its expertise ranges from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transport networks, and from developing the energy sources of the future to enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has 15,000 employees, mainly engineers, technicians and scientists as well as various environmental experts, based in more than 300 offices, across 35 countries, on every continent.
For more information, please see www.wspfk.com and www.wspgroup.com/usa.


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