HOLLYWOOD, FL--(Marketwired - Aug 7, 2015) - NV5 Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: NVEE), a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, announced today that Stuart Lesser, AIA, was appointed to the Harvard University Sustainable Infrastructure Advisory Board (SIAB). SIAB is the result of collaboration between top academic researchers in sustainability and executives from leading engineering and infrastructure planning firms. SIAB members meet with Harvard faculty and researchers from the schools of Design, Public Health, Engineering, Environment, Government and Business in partnership with the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure. NV5 has participated in the Harvard Zofnass Program through SIAB since 2012. To learn more about the Zofnass Program, please visit: http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/zofnass/.
Stuart Lesser has managed public and private building projects for over 40 years. Since founding Joslin, Lesser & Associates, Inc. (JLA) in 1983, a project management firm recently acquired by NV5, Stuart has worked with owners to manage the design and construction of projects ranging from $250,000 to over $200,000,000 totaling more than $1 billion of new and renovated building projects. His clients include the University of Massachusetts Building Authority, the City of Revere, the Town of Wilmington, the City of Newton, Hebrew College, and various cities, towns and private institutions.
Prior to establishing JLA, Stuart was Head of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Planning and Operations, an agency responsible for a $600 million Capital Development Program. Stuart established the State's capital-outlay program and set development priorities. Before becoming Head of DCPO, Stuart was the Chief Architect and Director of Planning, Public Facilities Department, for the City of Boston. There, he was responsible for developing project programs, recommending architectural selection, drafting contractual agreements, and directing the design of public building projects with a construction value of over $300 million. Stuart Lesser was a Loeb Fellow in Advanced Environmental Studies at Harvard University and is a registered Architect in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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NV5 Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: NVEE) is a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions to public and private sector clients in the infrastructure, energy, construction, real estate and environmental markets. NV5 primarily focuses on five business verticals: construction quality assurance, infrastructure, engineering and support services, energy, program management, and environmental solutions. The Company operates 42 offices in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, and is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at www.NV5.com. Also visit the Company on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Vimeo.
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