{"id":23199,"date":"2022-08-21T15:19:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=23199"},"modified":"2022-08-21T15:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-21T15:20:45","slug":"stantec-grows-north-american-aviation-team-with-four-strategic-hires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/stantec-grows-north-american-aviation-team-with-four-strategic-hires\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Stantec Grows North American Aviation Team with Four Strategic Hires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Stantec announced the addition of Kirk Meredith, Mike\nSmejkal, Alex Mariz, and Carl Abdallah to the firm\u2019s growing North American\naviation infrastructure team. Meredith joins as the new airport sector leader\nfor the United States, Smejkal as senior project manager, Mariz as senior\nairport planner, and Abdallah as aviation engineering manager. Each will be\nresponsible for strengthening the services the firm provides to airports across\nthe United States and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe hustle and bustle is back at airports across North\nAmerica. Passengers are returning to the skies and airport authorities are\nembarking on new projects and resuming those put on hold during the pandemic,\u201d\nsaid Brian Norris, senior vice president of Stantec\u2019s North American\nTransportation business. \u201cKirk, Mike, Alex, and Carl bring tremendous talent\nand experience to our team and will help us continue to deliver projects that\nimprove airport operations and the customer experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kirk Meredith<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As the firm\u2019s new airport infrastructure sector leader for\nthe United States, Kirk Meredith will work with all business lines pursuing\nstrategic pursuits around airports. He brings 35 years of experience and has\nmanaged programs at over a dozen Group V and Group VI aircraft-capable airports\n(as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration) across the United States.\nIn addition, he has extensive experience coordinating and aligning federal,\nstate, and local agencies with owners, airlines, and other stakeholders to\ndeliver airport programs successfully. During his career, Meredith served as\ndirector of construction support services for Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta\nInternational Airport (ATL), where he oversaw an integrated construction\nmanagement and safety team that managed the implementation of ATL\u2019s $6.2\nbillion master plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in architecture from Spring\nGarden College and two master\u2019s degrees from the University of Florida, in\narchitecture and building construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mike Smejkal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Mike Smejkal joins as a senior project manager. He will be\nresponsible for helping to grow the firm\u2019s aviation practice and managing\nairport projects across the Southwest. Smejkal brings over two decades of\nexperience as both an airport owner and consultant working on airfield,\nlandside, and terminal projects from concept to closeout. Most recently,\nSmejkal served as Vice President of Planning and Engineering for the Tucson\nAirport Authority where he oversaw the planning, programming, EIS, design, and\nstart of construction for the $350 million Airfield Safety Enhancement Program\nas well as all other capital projects at both Tucson International and Ryan\nField airports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree and master\u2019s degree in civil\nengineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is a\nregistered professional engineer in multiple states, and is an Accredited\nAirport Executive of the American Association of Airport Executives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Alex Mariz<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As a senior airport planner, Alex Mariz specializes in\nheliports, airfield geometry, and apron planning. He also advises on aircraft\nparking stands, aircraft bridging, and apron pavement markings, and has\nextensive experience in runway payload\/range analysis, airfield demand\/capacity\nanalysis, obstacle limitation surfaces, RET siting, airport and heliport site selection,\nand airport master plans focusing on the assessment and expansion needs of\nairside infrastructure. Mariz will draw from his experience working on projects\nin France, Spain, the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Mexico, Ecuador, Antigua,\nMalta, and Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in agriculture from the\nUniversity of Guelph and a master\u2019s degree in airport planning and management\nfrom Loughborough University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carl Abdallah<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Carl Abdallah joins as an aviation engineering manager\nresponsible for leading Stantec\u2019s aviation infrastructure work in Canada. With\n17 years of experience, he has successfully executed and managed numerous\nprojects in the fields of construction and design engineering, specifically\nrelating to airport infrastructure. His projects span nine different countries\nand various active airfields including large international airports, military\nairports, and local general aviation facilities. Along with his project\naccomplishments, he has also developed and managed internal teams of\nconsultants that are globally recognized for their efficient processes in\nproviding quality airport consulting services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in civil engineering from \u00c9cole\nPolytechnique de Montr\u00e9al and a graduate certificate in airport planning,\ndesign, and development from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Stantec announced the addition of Kirk Meredith, Mike Smejkal, Alex Mariz, and Carl Abdallah to the firm\u2019s growing North American aviation infrastructure team. Meredith joins as the new airport sector leader for the United States, Smejkal as senior project manager, Mariz as senior airport planner, and Abdallah as aviation engineering manager. Each will be responsible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23205,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23199\/revisions\/23205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}