VHB Launches Energy Consultancy Division
Written by Marybeth Luczak, Executive Editor
“Our robust suite of integrated services is tailored to meet clients’ evolving energy needs, propelling them beyond net-zero emissions in a world that demands progressive energy solutions,” said Kris Dramby, who is heading VHB’s new Energy Evolution Practice.
Watertown, Mass.-based VHB’s new Energy Evolution Practice is providing consultancy services for “clean energy” infrastructure projects across the transportation (transit, rail, airports and port authorities), real estate, institutional, and energy markets, as well as federal, state and local governments.
Led by Kris Dramby, Vice President and VHB’s (Vanasse Hangen Brustlin, Inc.) Corporate Energy Market and Practice Leader, the Energy Evolution Practice provides project creation, design, permitting, construction, compliance, and decommissioning services, according to VHB, a multidiscipline civil engineering, consulting and design firm that employs more than 2,000 professionals, including engineers, scientists, planners, and designers, in the U.S.
VHB, in its Feb. 22 announcement, said the new Practice will not only build on the firm’s energy engineering capabilities, but also integrate “advanced technology-enabled lifecycle solutions” into its approach; it will also use Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and generative design “to tackle complex energy and climate-related challenges.”
Among the Practice’s representative projects are: Sustainable EV Fleet Infrastructure Plan in Durham, N.C.; H&SB Electric Transmission Line Rebuild in New York; South Fork Wind Farm in New York; and Wing Solar Farm in Alabama.
“Our robust suite of integrated services is tailored to meet clients’ evolving energy needs, propelling them beyond net-zero emissions in a world that demands progressive energy solutions,” Kris Dramby said.
In a related development, VHB in November reported that its New York City office has experienced “unprecedented growth,” nearly doubling in size since the start of 2022. This expansion, VHB said, has allowed the office to “diversify its portfolio significantly in transit, rail and bridge projects, as well as introduce new service lines, including signal systems, structural engineering, traction power, and vertical transportation.”
VHB also has offices in New Jersey; Connecticut; Washington, D.C.; Virginia; Georgia; Florida; Maine; Maryland; North Carolina; Vermont; and Rhode Island.
