SALT LAKE CITY (June 3, 2009) – HNTB Corporation continues to expand its Salt Lake City office with the addition of two new professionals to its staff, as well as the naming of a new office leader.    

Barton A. Drake, AIA, has been promoted to district office leader. Drake joined HNTB Corporation in 1985 and brings more than three decades of architectural and management experience to his new role.

In his new role Drake will be responsible for the profitable operation of the Salt Lake City office, including overseeing operation, business development and revenue generation; ensuring the achievement of short- and long-term strategic goals for operations, workforce planning, financial performance and growth. He also will be responsible for providing leadership in planning, directing and implementing a marketing/business plan to leverage existing relationships and pursue new client relationships.

Peter Marshall has joined HNTB as senior ITS design engineer. Marshall brings more than 20 years of experience in transportation engineering that includes Advanced Traffic Management Systems light rail transit, design-build and system integration projects.

Before joining HNTB, Marshall served as regional manager for Siemens Intelligent Transportation Systems Consulting Division. In this role, he was responsible for the firm’s consulting operations in 16 states, including all project management, technical and marketing functions. He is experienced in ATMS applications, traffic operations analysis and project management. 

Jeff Harris has joined the firm as Utah district sales manager. Harris brings more than 20 years of comprehensive management, transportation planning and project management experience.

Prior to joining HNTB, Harris served as deputy chief, asset management and business development for the Utah Transit Authority where he oversaw the real estate, joint development and facilities design and construction activities for UTA. He also served as strategic planning manager where he was responsible for overseeing the long-range transportation planning functions for UTA. 

The office continues to expand its workforce in order to meet the needs of clients within the Salt Lake City area. The firm was recently selected for I-15 Utah Corridor program management with an estimated total cost of $5 billion last June. Construction on the project is scheduled to begin spring of 2010 with projected completion in the fall of 2014.

HNTB Corporation is an employee-owned infrastructure firm serving federal, state, municipal, military and private clients. With nearly a century of service, HNTB has the insight to understand the life cycle of infrastructure and the perspective to solve the most complex technical, financial and operational challenges. Professionals nationwide provide award-winning planning, design, program management and construction management services. For more information, visit www.hntb.com.