Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates launches civil engineering field office in Topsfield - led by Berry

Howard/Stein-Hudson Associates (HSH), recently launched a field office to more easily provide engineering and planning services to its growing base of public and private sector clients across Boston's North Shore, southern New Hampshire, and southern Maine regions. HSH's newest office, led by HSH director of civil engineering Thad Berry, P.E., is centrally located on Rte. 1, in a complex that also houses Donohoe and Parkhurst Land Surveyors, a firm with whom HSH consistently teams to more effectively serve its clients in the region. HSH and Donohoe and Parkhurst are currently working together on a proposed Hampton Inn hotel development in Gloucester. The New office will primarily concentrate on offering civil engineering and site design services, integrating its roadway design, traffic engineering, transportation planning, and public involvement/strategic planning services over time. A native of the region, Berry brings more than 27 years of experience in all aspects of civil engineering, holds P.E. licenses in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, as well as licenses as a Title V Soil Evaluator by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and as a Designer of Subsurface Disposal Systems by the State of New Hampshire. "We are thrilled to bring Thad's expertise closer to our clients in the Northern region," says Jane Howard, President and CEO of Howard/Stein-Hudson. "Thad is a life long native to this region and is committed to its ongoing economic success." A partial list of HSH's civil engineering and site development services includes: *Utilities design and coordination; *Site design; *Site suitability assessments; *Drainage studies and stormwater management design; *Hydrology; *Certified soil evaluation; and *Septic system design.