Dewberry announced that Ken Spahn, PMP, based in the firm’s Bloomfield, New Jersey office, and Emilio Barcelona, based in the New York, New York, office, have been promoted to associate.
Spahn has more than 30 years of experience and serves as Dewberry’s regional director for ports and intermodal. He has worked in numerous facets of the industry, including business, operational, and technical areas for the Port of New York and New Jersey. Throughout his career, Spahn has held various leadership positions in facility management, port and rail development, capital planning, program and asset management, capital program development and implementation, property and business acquisitions, and financial management. He is currently working on numerous projects, including the Red Hook flood risk reduction study, Hunts Point Interstate access improvements, and the Rebuild by Design Hudson River project.
After earning a bachelor’s degree in marine transportation from the State University of New York (1983), Spahn went on to earn a master’s degree in management engineering from the New Jersey Institute of Technology (1991). He is a licensed project management professional, and a member of the Project Management Institute and the North Atlantic Ports Association.
Barcelona is a civil project manager who has spent more than 20 years in the industry. He has extensive experience in the planning, design, and preparation of reports and studies for transportation-related projects, including local and urban streets, highways, and expressways. He is responsible for preliminary and final engineering designs and related services in connection with streets, sidewalks, highway alignments, curbs, pavement designs, maintenance and protection of traffic, street lighting, traffic signals, and detailed construction plans and specifications. Currently, Barcelona is working on the Red Hook Integrated Flood Risk Reduction Study, the St. George Terminal Yard drainage analysis, and the 68th Street Subway Station renovation.
Barcelona earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the Mapua Institute of Technology (1990).
