April 2008

Military team promotes from within

Mead & Hunt, an architectural, engineering, and planning firm, has promoted an employee to a key management position.  John Eskrich, P.E., LEED® AP, is the new Military Facilities Department Manager.  This is a nation–wide position overseeing staff in offices across the country.

Eskrich has more than 25 years of experience in project management, specializing in the management of multi–discipline professional service projects.  His experience is focused in military facilities, including the issues of joint civilian—military airfields. 

He has been involved in managing facility design projects for air traffic control towers, main gate and security, squadron operations, secured storage and briefing areas, readiness centers, vehicle and aircraft maintenance and storage, fueling systems, corrosion control, fire training facilities, munitions complexes, troop training facilities, communications facilities, and small arms ranges.  His management experience also includes site infrastructure, utility, geographic information system (GIS), storm water, and master planning projects. 

“My approach has always been to establish clear goals, use thorough and effective communication, and whenever possible exceed our clients’ expectations,” said Eskrich.  “I’ve been working with this team for a long time and am proud to say I am working with some of the most talented architects, planners and engineers in the nation.”

Mead & Hunt provides professional services in architecture, historic preservation, transportation, infrastructure, and water resources engineering to clients throughout the US.  Mead & Hunt was recognized as one of the fastest rising architectural and engineering firms by the Zweig Letter Hot Firm list; the corporation remains strong on Engineering News Record’s Top 500 design firm list.  Mead & Hunt, named by CE News as one of the top 10 engineering companies to work for in the nation, is employee–owned with about 350 people in offices nationwide.