News and Events

SAME Small Business Outreach & Industry Day

WDP is excited to announce that we are in attendance for the Hampton Roads Post 2024 Mid-Atlantic Small Business Outreach + Industry Day in Virginia Beach from 2/26 – 2/28! Our Federal Lead, Rich Freewalt, R.A., LEED AP looks forward to seeing everyone there.

Project Spotlight: NY SCA James Madison HS & Thomas Jefferson HS

For this month’s project spotlight, WDP is excited to highlight the work of our New York office! Under term contract for the NYC School Construction Authority (SCA), our staff have been working on an investigation for two historic sister schools—James Madison High School (K425) and Thomas Jefferson High School (K435). Congratulations to the project team on a job well done!

Career Fair at Potomac Shores Middle School

WDP was excited to attend the “Focus on Your Future” Career Fair at Potomac Shores Middle School yesterday! Staff Engineer Abigail Cowser, E.I.T., and Marketing Assistant Ian Scott were glad to represent the company and teach students more about the field of engineering. With Jenga, swag, and an opportunity for a hard hat photo shoot, the WDP booth was a big hit! Thanks to Potomac Shores Middle School for putting on this event.

SAME Happy Hour Bowling

Rich Freewalt and Lisa Grill recently attended a Happy Hour Bowling event for the Northern Virginia Chapter of the Society of American Military Engineers. Thank you to SAME NOVA Post for hosting the event!

WDP’s New Intern: Zoe Rae

WDP is excited to announce that Zoe Rae has joined our Blacksburg Office as an Engineer Intern. Zoe is currently attending the University of Waterloo in Waterloo, Ontario to obtain her Bachelor of Applied Science in Architectural Engineering. At the University of Waterloo, Zoe has been modelling with Revit 3D to perform cost-saving analysis and mitigating schedule conflicts for research related to incentivizing the reuse of construction materials. Welcome to WDP, Zoe!

Project Spotlight: VCU Children’s Hospital

WDP is excited to round out our project spotlights for the year with a feature on Virginia Commonwealth University’s Children’s Hospital! WDP performed building envelope consulting for the hospital expansion project. Thanks to the project team for all your hard work!