Charles Gozdziewski is responsible for planning and maintaining the strategic direction for the firm as well as ensuring client satisfaction. His responsibilities have included overseeing transportation planning, construction inspection and support services for highways; all types of movable, fixed and railroad bridges; as well as special structures. Charlie has also performed Quality Control/Quality Assurance on many major projects. He has been involved in the design, inspection, evaluation and rehabilitation of hundreds of bridges in the United States, particularly in the New York and New Jersey metropolitan area.

Professional Affiliations:

• Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers and has served as Chairperson of the Met Section Structures Group
• President of the American Council of Engineering Companies – New York (ACEC-NY)
• American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association (AREMA)
• National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE)
• American Welding Society (AWS)
• International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA)
• American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM)
• Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
• New York Building Congress

Other Achievements:

• Life Director for the Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association
• Received the Polytechnic University’s Dedicated Alumni Award

Paul Skelton is responsible for the maintenance and continued growth of Hardesty & Hanover’s position as the most experienced, knowledgeable and versatile bridge engineering firm in the United States. Paul has been involved in the study, new design, rehabilitation and/or inspection of more than 150 movable bridges and other heavy movable structures in the U.S., Australia, Europe and Asia. His projects include movable bridges, as well as stadium roofs, ferry bridges and other special structures in 22 states and Canada.

Professional Affiliations:

• American Railway Engineering & Maintenance of Way Association's (AREMA)
• Past Chairman, Committee 15 – Steel Structures Committee
• Former Movable Bridge Sub-Committee Chairman
• Heavy Movable Structures
• International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA)
• American Consulting Engineering Council
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Society of American Military Engineers (SAME)
• Transportation Research Board

Other Achievements:

• Authored Movable Bridge Maintenance Manuals
• Authored Technical Articles in Several Trade Publications

Andrew Coates is currently responsible for overseeing all technical aspects of the firm. His management experience includes overseeing feasibility studies; inspection and analysis; seismic analysis and retrofit; structure rehabilitation; roadway design; viaducts and highway interchange structure design; long span and movable bridge design; geotechnical design; environmental analysis; permitting and construction support for new structures and rehabilitation of existing structures. He is also responsible for maintaining and assuring project quality; schedule and budget during development of contract plans; specifications and cost estimates, as well as supervision of construction contracts and subconsultants.

Professional Affiliations:

• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• ASCE’s Committee on Fatigue and Fracture
• National Society of Professional Engineers
• The American Concrete Institute
• American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association
• Technical Committee 8 - Concrete Structures and Foundations

Notable Projects:

• Widening of the Rainbow Bridge in Niagara Falls, New York, USA and Ontario, Canada.
• Interstate 80/Route 19 Interchange Reconstruction in New Jersey
• Route 147 Bridge over Grassy Sound in New Jersey
• Interstate 95 Bridge over Eastchester Creek in New York

Sean Bluni is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the firm in regards to engineering management, information systems and human resources. Mr. Bluni’s responsibilities have included project management, project review, project coordination, design, and contract document development for bridge and stadium design and construction projects. Bridge projects have included new fixed and movable bridges, and rehabilitation and inspection of existing bridges. Stadium projects have focused on retractable roof systems.

Notable Projects:

• Miller Park Stadium in Milwaukee, WI
• The Third Avenue Bridge, New York City
• The Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Washington D.C.

As Director of Engineering, Keith Griesing is responsible for the development and training of the firm’s technical resources throughout its operating units. In this role, Keith works closely with the numerous business unit leaders to ensure the firm maintains a staff of professionals with the highest level of expertise in order to provide the quality services that have become synonymous with the Hardesty & Hanover name.   His design and management experience includes all phases of the project life cycle from project planning and concept design to final design and construction for both domestic and international projects.

Notable Projects:

• Reconstruction of the Hamilton Avenue Bridge over the Gowanus Canal
• Pont Bacalan Bastide over the Garonne River
• Copenhagen Inner Harbor Bridge
• Replacement of the Roslyn Viaduct

Michael Hawkins manages the firm’s Connecticut Office and has been responsible for overseeing business development, project management, engineering design and client satisfaction in the New England region since 2007. His experience with the firm has encompassed all phases of bridge work from preliminary studies through design and construction with a specialty in movable bridges.

Professional Affiliations:

• Active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• The Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE)
• The American Council of Engineering Companies of Connecticut (ACEC-CT)
• Author & Participant at Heavy Movable Structures Inc. (HMS)

Notable Projects:

• East Washington Avenue Bascule Bridge, Bridgeport, CT, for ConnDOT
• Tomlinson Vertical Lift Bridge, New Haven, CT for ConnDOT
• Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge to span the Mobile River in Hurricane, AL for CSX Transportation
• Movable Bridge On-call Contract, for the City of New Haven, CT
• Ferry Street Bascule Bridge, New Haven, CT for the City of New Haven & ConnDOT
• Movable Bridge On-call Contract, for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Charles River Drawbridge, Boston/Cambridge, MA for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation
• Emergency Declaration Repairs on the Aetna Viaduct, Hartford, CT, for ConnDOT

Timothy Noles is responsible for overseeing the Florida region in regards to business development, project management, engineering design and client satisfaction. He has been responsible for the inspection, design and rehabilitation of major highway and railway bridge projects across the United States comprising of hundreds of major steel and concrete bridge structures with expertise in movable spans (vertical lift, swing and bascule) .

Professional Affiliations:

• Active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• The American Institute of Steel Construction Inc. (AISC)
• The American Welding Society (AWS)
• The American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• Heavy Movable Structures Inc. (HMS)
• The Florida Institute of Consulting Engineers (FICE)

Notable Projects:

• Flagler Memorial Rolling LIft Bridge, Palm Beach, FL, Design Build Project for Florida DOT
• Ben Sawyer Swing Bridge, Design-Build Project, Charleston, South Carolina for South Carolina DOT
• 5th Street Bascule Bridge, Miami FL for the Florida DOT
• Sanibel Island Causeway Bridge for Lee County DOT
• Tomlinson Vertical Lift Bridge, New Haven, CT for CTDOT

Glen Schetelich is responsible for overseeing the New Jersey Region in regards to project management, business development and client satisfaction. His responsibilities include supervising engineers and technicians and coordinating work with all members of the project team, including client and subconsultants. Mr. Schetelich’s duties also include providing construction support to clients and contractors, serving as team leader on bridge inspection projects, and preparing proposals. He has been responsible for the management of projects involving the analysis design and detailing of steel and concrete bridges for highway and railway projects, environmental analysis, traffic engineering, transportation planning and hydraulics.

Notable Projects:

• Route 9 over Bass River in New Gretna, New Jersey
• Route 1&9T Viaduct over St. Paul 's Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey
• Route 35 over Navesink River Project in Middletown, New Jersey
• Route 7 over the Passaic River Project in Bellville, New Jersey

Daniel Wan is responsible for overseeing the project management process within the firm. He has been a Principal Associate, Project Manager and Project Engineer for inspections, reports, design, estimates and construction support services on dozens of major design and construction projects.

Professional Affiliations:

• Active member in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Segmental Bridge Institute (ASBI)
• The American Concrete Institute (ACI)
• Associate Member of Institution of Civil Engineers (England)
• Graduate Member of Hong Kong Institution of Civil Engineers

Notable Projects:

• Whitestone Expressway, I-678/Northern Boulevard in Queens, New York
• Major Deegan Expressway in Bronx, New York
• Cross Bronx/Bruckner Expressway Interchange Havemeyer Avenue to Huntington Avenue in Bronx, New York
• Rehabilitation of Midland Avenue Bridge over Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers, New York

Andrew has been the Partner-In-Charge or Project Manager for many of Hardesty & Hanover’s major bridge projects. Throughout his 30 plus year career, he has been responsible for bridge studies, major bridge rehabilitations, emergency services, biennial and in-depth bridge inspections, preliminary to final design on new fixed and movable bridges, and construction inspection. Andrew’s fixed bridge projects range from simple overpasses to viaduct-type structures to $250 million intersection rehabilitations. His expertise on the subject of movable bridges allows him to manage and coordinate the structural-mechanical-electrical designs of various types of swing, vertical-lift, and bascule bridges. 

Professional Affiliations:

• American Society of Civil Engineers where he is presently serving as a National Director
• American Society of Civil Engineers President-Elect
• Past President of ASCE’s Metropolitan (New York City) Section; and First Chairman
• Currently Chairman Emeritus of Heavy Movable Structures, Inc.
• Member of AREMA, AWS, NSPE, ACEC, and AISC
• The  Structural Engineers of NY
• Past member of ASCE's advisory council which produced the 2001, 2003, and 2005 "Report Cards for America's Infrastructure"
• Past Director, Saint Mary’s Rehabilitation Center for Children.