COOPER

Justin Cooper

“There is a nearly limitless opportunity to utilize technologies such as building information modeling to overcome many industry challenges. These challenges include a shrinking craft workforce, the need for more energy-efficient buildings and integration of the numerous systems utilized in today’s building projects. The separate roles of design and construction entities have been replaced in many ways by the collaborative and shared utilization of technology to improve the total project process.”

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Director of Project Development
GE Johnson Construction Co., Colorado Springs
Time in Current Position: 3.5 years
Time in Industry: 10 years
Education: B.S. in construction science and management, Kansas State University, 1999
Hometown: Wichita, Kan.
LEED Accredited: Yes
Important Projects: St. Anthony West Hospital, Lakewood; St. Francis Medical Center, Colorado Springs
Community Service: The 12-person advisory board at the Construction Science and Management Dept. at Kansas State University
Professional Affiliations, Memberships: Colorado Association of Healthcare Engineers; American Society of Healthcare Engineers; USGBC Colorado chapter; Associated General Contractors of America, Advanced Management Program, 2008

HARRINGTON

Daniel Harrington

What is the biggest challenge your industry faces in its future?

“I believe the challenge is twofold. The first is ensuring that we have a robust population of young engineers to help propagate the profession. The second is that, as an industry, we step up to the plate and meet the challenges associated with designing and constructing efficient, sustainable, yet, economical buildings.”

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Design Engineer
Merrick & Co., Aurora
Time in Current Position: 5 years
Time in Industry: 10 years
Education: B.S. in architectural engineering, M.S. civil engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2004
Hometown: Denver
LEED Accredited: Yes
Important Projects: Fort Hood Corps Command Center, Texas; Andrews Air Force Base Strategic Planning & Development Facility, Washington, D.C.; University of Missouri Regional Bio-Containment Lab; Center for Disease Control laboratory, Fort Collins; RTD Park Meadows Bridge, Centennial; Metro Wastewater Reclamation District Security System Upgrades, Denver; USPS Aurora Mail Processing Annex, Aurora
Community Service: U.S. Air Force Academy’s Society of American Military Engineers Summer Construction Camp, volunteer; Colorado Association of Black Professional Engineers and Scientists, math and science tutor
Professional Affiliations, Memberships: SAME, member; Licensed Professional Engineer, Colorado

JOHANNESEN

Jeremy Johannesen

“The management and replacement of aging infrastructure is an ever-increasing challenge. In the field of bridge construction, the biggest challenges are often site constraints, not long spans. And from my perspective, success in replacement projects goes well beyond the technical details. It requires innovation, good public relations and a certain amount of agility from the entire project team. For that reason, we will need good people and good ideas at all levels of the industry to maintain and rebuild the infrastructure that we depend on.”

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Principal/Partner
McNary Bergeron & Associates, Broomfield
Time in Current Position: 6 years
Time in Industry: 12 years
Education: B.S. in civil/structural engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1997
Hometown: Edgeley, N.D.
LEED Accredited: No
Important Projects: Redesign of five bridges in the Dallas High Five project; $1-billion SFOBB Skyway Bridge, Oakland, Calif.; cable system for the 1,060-ft-long arch over the Colorado River at the Hoover Dam; the first precast, segmental bridge in the state of Washington
Community Service: Contributor to the Bridges to Prosperity organization
Professional Affiliations, Memberships: American Segmental Bridge Institute; licensed engineer in Colorado, California, Washington and Florida