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  • Parsons Videos Win Bronze Telly Awards; Scott Carl Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Videos Win Bronze Telly Awards; Scott Carl Comments

    Parsons‘ creative services team in Pasadena, California, has received two awards at the 35th Annual Telly Awards for its 2013 holiday video and a mobile applications video. The company said Wednesday the holiday video won the bronze award for art direction and the mobile apps video won a bronze award for copywriting. “These awards are a direct result of the […] More

  • Chip Mallare Joins Parsons as VP, Senior Program Director; Todd Wager Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chip Mallare Joins Parsons as VP, Senior Program Director; Todd Wager Comments

    Chip Mallare, a 20-year engineering design and program management veteran, has joined Parsons as vice president and senior program director at the company’s bridge and tunnel division. Mallare, who previously handled Bay Area Rapid Transit projects, will be responsible for Parsons’ bridge and tunnel projects in the western U.S., the company said Monday. “We are […] More

  • BP Executive Jeanne Johns Joins Parsons' Board of Directors; Chuck Harrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BP Executive Jeanne Johns Joins Parsons’ Board of Directors; Chuck Harrington Comments

    Jeanne Johns, head of safety and operational risk at BP‘s refining and marketing businesses, has been appointed to the board of directors at Parsons Corp. The 25-year BP veteran also has chaired a joint venture between BP and two China-based energy companies and holds a background in international business development, Parsons said Tuesday. “As we continue […] More

  • Patricia Walsh Appointed Parsons Director of Business Development–Midwest - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patricia Walsh Appointed Parsons Director of Business Development–Midwest

    Patricia Walsh has joined Parsons‘ transportation business team to serve as vice president and director of business development based in Chicago. Walsh has worked in the transportation sector for more than 18 years, with construction and engineering experience, as well as in assembly, management and oversight of technical pursuits. “Tricia brings to Parsons a wealth of […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons-BHEF Team Aims to Help DC Region Build Cyber Workforce - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons-BHEF Team Aims to Help DC Region Build Cyber Workforce

    Parsons is collaborating with the Business-Higher Education Forum to create a Greater Washington Cyber Network of cybersecurity professionals from academia, industry and government from Maryland, Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. The company said Friday the network will be an expansion of the BHEF Undergraduate Cybersecurity Network of the University System of Maryland. The expanded network aimsto bring more opportunities for business disciplines and policies supporting […] More

  • Brent Harvey Named Parsons Internal Audit Manager; Chuck Harrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brent Harvey Named Parsons Internal Audit Manager; Chuck Harrington Comments

    Brent Harvey, a 23-year veteran at Parsons and former global business development director for its environment and infrastructure business, has been named the company’s manager of internal audit. Harvey will oversee the management and operations of Parsons’ internal audit department out of the company’s office in Charlotte, North Carolina, Parsons said Thursday. “Brent brings a wealth of industry […] More

  • Nick Hutchinson Named BD Director for Parsons' Transportation Unit; Mike Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nick Hutchinson Named BD Director for Parsons’ Transportation Unit; Mike Johnson Comments

    Nick Hutchinson has been appointed business development director within the transportation business unit at Parsons, the company announced Thursday. Hutchinson, who is based in the company’s Washington office, has been with Parsons since 1997 and most recently served as director of operations for shared services. In the new position, he will be responsible for building […] More

  • Parsons Picked to Manage Virginia Streetcar Program; Todd Wager Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Picked to Manage Virginia Streetcar Program; Todd Wager Comments

    Parsons Transportation Group has been awarded a $7 million contract to provide management services for a streetcar program in Northern Virginia, RailwayAge reported Monday. Douglas John Bowen writes the Columbia Pike streetcar program is intended to connect two separate lines from Fairfax County to Arlington. “This high-capacity modern streetcar program for the Columbia Pike and […] More

  • Parsons Completes Mall Renovation in Abu Dhabi; Guy Mehula Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Completes Mall Renovation in Abu Dhabi; Guy Mehula Comments

    Parsons has completed work on modernizing the Dalma Mall in Abu Dhabi by using a fresh transportation design technology. Parsons worked to design the mall improvements by implementing the diverging diamond interchange approach, the company said Thursday. “The use of the diverging diamond interchange for this project is an example of a successful collaboration between […] More

  • Parsons Team Receives $3M in Bonus Funding in NY Reconstruction Plans; Todd Wager Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Team Receives $3M in Bonus Funding in NY Reconstruction Plans; Todd Wager Comments

    Parsons and the New York Southern Tier Communities of Broome, Tioga and Sidney have received the Best Regional Collaboration award in the NY Rising to the Top Competition for their post-disaster reconstruction and rebuilding plans. The team’s plans included a Regional Resiliency Summit to gather sector and stakeholder feedback and a Regional River Initiative to discuss issues and opportunities in watershed resiliency, […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons to Raise $15K for Vets' Education, Training at Golf Fundraiser - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons to Raise $15K for Vets’ Education, Training at Golf Fundraiser

      Parsons will host the seventh annual Charity Golf Classic at the Augustine Golf Club on June 9 to raise $15,000 to support a variety of programs and services of the Institute of Veterans Education and Training. The company said Thursday the tournament is expected to fund efforts on the education, training, job placement, life management and outreach to potential […] More

  • Parsons Receives LNAPL Biodegration Tech Patent; Virginia Grebbien Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Receives LNAPL Biodegration Tech Patent; Virginia Grebbien Comments

    Parsons Corp. has been granted a U.S. patent for its technology designed to help remove light, non-aqueous phase liquid contaminants from groundwater and soil at petroleum release sites. The NAPL-Away platform works to address LNAPL pollution by using a natural anaerobic biodegradation method, Parsons said Thursday. Virginia Grebbien, a Parsons group president, said the company builds […] More