RS&H APPOINTS JESSE FORST TO LEAD TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PRACTICES IN ORLANDO

ORLANDO, FLA. – Jan. 29, 2009 – RS&H, one of the nation’s leading facilities and infrastructure consulting firms whose client-centered program structure provides value-added solutions to clients around the world, has promoted senior engineer and project manager Jesse Forst, P.E., to lead its transportation and public infrastructure practices in Orlando. Forst replaces former office leader James Avitabile, P.E., who was recently appointed to direct the firm’s design-build practice nationwide.

RS&H’s office in Orlando serves a wide range of clients, including the Florida Department of Transportation, Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise and the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, as well as several counties, municipalities and regional authorities within the Central Florida area. The firm recently opened an office in DeLand to accommodate its growth in providing transportation and infrastructure services.

Forst has over 12 years of experience as a transportation engineer, project manager and operations manager and has successfully managed studies, multiuse trails, recreation facilities, intersection improvements, roadway widening and bridge projects.  Since joining RS&H in 1997, he has actively supported the office’s administration and expansion of its services in the Central Florida area. He received a master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Minnesota.

While at RS&H, Forst has served in leadership roles on many RS&H transportation projects, including the Sunrise Mainline Open Road Tolling (ORT) Toll Plaza modifications along the Sawgrass Expressway; State Roads (S.R.) 417 and 408 systems interchange improvements; S.R. 429 Western Expressway; Part C and S.R. 528 Dallas Boulevard Mainline ORT Toll Plaza; S.R. 5 and U.S. Highway 1 from Post Road to the Pineda Causeway in Brevard County; S.R. 200 from County Road 484 to the Citrus County line in Marion County; Poinciana Boulevard in Osceola County; the extension of Dunn Avenue in Volusia County; and Micco Road in Brevard County.

About RS&H:
With more than 830 employees, RS&H is one of the nation’s leading facilities and infrastructure consulting firms whose client-centered program structure provides value-added solutions to clients around the world. With a tradition that began in 1941, RS&H has 30 offices and market sector programs which include Aerospace and Defense, Aviation, Commercial, Institutional, Public Infrastructure and Transportation.  Construction Engineering Inspection (CEI) services are provided through its wholly owned subsidiary, Reynolds, Smith and Hills, CS Incorporated. RS&H can be reached at 1.800.741.2014 or www.rsandh.com.