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Coler & Colantonio, Inc. was awarded a second contract with Kenya's Lake Victoria South Water Services Board (LVSWSB). This contract allows us to implement recommendations included in the water and wastewater services feasibility study conducted in 2005-2007. Coler & Colantonio, Inc. will be: pursuing and securing financing; developing base maps; addressing power needs; securing equipment and providing equipment training; and, reactivating a major portion of a water distribution system.

Coler & Colantonio, Inc. has recently become a member of A Better City (ABC); a nonprofit membership organization that provides leadership necessary to progress Boston's development and infrastructure improvements thereby fostering the area's economy and quality of life. Jim Colantonio has also been elected to ABC's 2009 Board of Directors. Ron Coler and Kenny Caputo are also actively involved in the Sustainability and Climate Change Committee and the Transportation and Construction Committee respectively.

Paul D. Guertin, P.E. has joined Coler & Colantonio, Inc., a Norwell based Engineering Firm, as Group Manager of the Government Sector. Mr. Guertin brings over 40 years of transportation and engineering experience to the firm.

Edgar B. Sweet III, P.E. has recently joined Coler & Colantonio, Inc. in their Norwell office where he will assume the position of Director and Managing Consultant for the company’s Industry Consulting Services.
Ed is a licensed professional engineer and experienced management consultant. He possesses a unique set of personal and professional skills, deep understanding of the energy and utilities industries, and nearly thirty years of domestic U.S. and international experience.

Coler & Colantonio, Inc., a Norwell based engineering firm, appointed Stephen J. Ritchie as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Coler & Colantonio, Inc., he served as CFO and Principal for SEi Companies, Inc. / WPS Flack + Kurtz. Steve brings to the firm over two decades of financial and administrative executive experience in the engineering field.

Coler & Colantonio, Inc. has ranked 80 of 200 Firms on The Zweig Letter 2009 Hot Firm List. The list ranks the fastest-growing architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting firms based in the U.S. or Canada. The full 2009 Hot Firm List can be viewed here: http://www.zweigwhite.com/pressitem.aspx?pressID=98

Coler & Colantonio, Inc.’s Glen Cote attended The Annual Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy, October 19-22, 2009, at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. During the Conference, Glen presented a paper entitled “Successful Cleanup of Chlorinated Solvents and Petroleum at Jewelry Manufacturing Facility Utilizing the Multiple Response Action Approach”. For further detail on this paper, please visit: Jewelry Manufacturing Facility

Coler & Colantonio, Inc.'s Jeff Allen attended the Pipeline Open Data Standard (PODSTM) Association, Inc.'s User Conference on September 17th in Houston, Texas. As a member of PODSTM Strategic Planning Committee, Jeff participated in a Q&A session with conference attendees about recently presented growth and development plans.

The Geospatial Technology Sector exhibited at the GITA's 18th Annual GIS for Oil & Gas Conference held in Houston, Texas in September. The firm's Jeff Allen and Ed Sweet each presented papers at the conference with their co-authors as part of the Knowledge Immersion Seminars. The papers were entitled "Beyond GIS: System Integration and Interfacing," and "DIMP: Regulation Updates, Best Practices, and Implications for Your Organization". Coler & Colantonio, Inc.'s Ed Sweet also attended the European Petroleum User Group (PUG) Meeting in Stavanger, Norway in September. There he presented "Geospatial Solutions & Strategy….. Keeping Pace with a Dynamic, Ever-changing Energy Market".

This presentation is available for viewing at: http://www.geodata.no/upload/EPUG2009/EPUG%202009%20Coler&Colantonio.pdf.