PARE is a multi-generational workplace; our technical staff of over 50 personnel has experience ranging from 40 years to a few months. Career (and knowledge) advancement through hands-on field work, mentoring, continuing education, and professional certification has always been the core component of PARE’s staff development. We are pleased to announce that several of our younger employees passed either the Professional Engineering Exam or the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam in 2011.
Adam Cabral is a Senior Engineer in PARE’s Civil/Structural Division who became a Professional Engineer in 2011. Adam graduated from UMass Dartmouth in 2007 and began as a full-time permanent employee at PARE after interning here for two summers. His experience in PARE’s Structural Group includes the design of superstructure and substructure components, construction documents, preparation of study reports, and construction administration. He has recently been involved in renovations at Westerly (RI) High School; the fitness center addition at Cardinal Spellman High School in Brockton, MA; renovations to both the Art Center and the Recreation Center at Rhode Island College; and pre- and post-construction condition surveys for various large utility construction projects in Boston.
Jennifer DiStefano, a Senior Engineer in our Transportation Division, became a Professional Engineer in Rhode Island in the summer of 2011. After interning at the RI Department of Transportation during the last couple of years of college, Jen graduated from the University of Rhode Island in 2004 and began her career at PARE. She is very active in traffic engineering projects, including multi-use trail studies and design, traffic studies, intersection and signal design, and pedestrian safety. Current activities include Safe Routes to Schools projects in Cranston, RI and Central Falls, RI; final design of the Colt State Park Bike Path in Bristol, RI; several ongoing projects under an on-call traffic consulting contract with RIDOT; and a traffic study and offsite mitigation design for the Essex North Shore Agricultural and Technical High School in Danvers, MA.
Shane Sousa, an Engineer in PARE’s Transportation Division, recently passed the P.E. exam and is awaiting the arrival of his Professional Engineer license from the State of Rhode Island. Shane interned at the Massachusetts Department of Transportation during his undergrad days at UMass Dartmouth. He graduated in 2008, began working at PARE shortly thereafter, and has since earned his Masters Degree in Structural Engineering, also from UMass Dartmouth. Shane has recently been involved in inspections and load ratings of dozens of bridges for the Providence & Worcester Railroad, MassDOT, and RIDOT; bridge design calculations and construction documents for MassDOT and RIDOT; and dam inspections and design of repairs to a dam owned by MassDOT.
Devon Ward is part of PARE’s Civil Engineering Division, working out of our full-service branch office in Foxboro, MA. Devon began at PARE shortly after earning his Bachelor Degree at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in May of 2011. He recently passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam to become an Engineer-in-Training. Devon’s work has been primarily focused on several public school designs in Massachusetts. PARE, as part of the architectural/engineering team led by Ai3 Architects of Wayland, is providing civil, geotechnical, traffic and environmental permitting services for a number of new high schools and middle schools throughout the Commonwealth. Devon has assisted with the design of building and parking layout, athletic fields, utility connections, stormwater handling, and grading for new high schools in Marshfield, MA, Somerset, MA, and Franklin, MA and new middle schools in Quincy, MA and Hingham, MA.