Chazen Announces New Hires to Troy and Glens Falls Offices
The Chazen Companies is pleased to announce two new hires for its offices in the Capital Region and North Country.
Franklin Meade, EIT has joined the company as an Assistant Project Engineer for its Municipal group in its North Country office. Meade holds a Master’s Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University, where he advanced a design/research project that included removing PFOAs (Perfluorooctanoic acid) from groundwater using plasma-based oxidation. Meade also earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry from SUNY Albany. Prior to joining Chazen, Meade served in the United States Army, where he was stationed in Korea and Fort Drum, NY. Meade resides in North Creek.
Taylor Wells has joined Chazen as a Survey Technician for its office in the Capital Region. Wells holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Natural Resource Management and Policy, and an Associate of Applied Science degree in Surveying Technologies from Paul Smith’s College. Prior to joining Chazen, he worked as a Survey Field Technician for Gilbert VanGuilder & Associates Land Surveying, where he gained experience in residential and commercial land surveying. Wells resides in Ballston Lake.
About Chazen
Founded over 70 years ago, The Chazen Companies is an employee-owned, multi-disciplinary firm providing civil engineering, land surveying, planning, environmental, building code and life safety services, landscape architecture, construction services, transportation planning and traffic engineering to clients in the private and public sectors. Chazen’s 140 employees proudly collaborate with municipalities, state agencies, developers, landowners, utility companies, and industrial, healthcare, education, and nonprofit clients from project concept to completion, taking a customized approach to every project. With offices in Glens Falls, Troy, Poughkeepsie and White Plains, NY; Nashville and Chattanooga, TN; and Portland, OR, Chazen delivers world class performance focused on creating effective, long-term partnerships with its clients. Learn more at www.chazencompanies.com.
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