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  • Parsons' James Smith Promoted to Environment, Infrastructure Group VP Post; Virginia Grebbien Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons’ James Smith Promoted to Environment, Infrastructure Group VP Post; Virginia Grebbien Comments

    James Smith, formerly a program director and management specialist at Parsons, has been promoted to the vice president ranks in the company’s environment and infrastructure group and will oversee its program and project delivery functions. “He is a valued member of our team, and we know that he will continue to assist us in delivering successful […] More

  • Brian Hard Takes VP Role in Parsons Operational Shared Services Org; Nick Hutchinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Brian Hard Takes VP Role in Parsons Operational Shared Services Org; Nick Hutchinson Comments

    Brian Hard has been promoted to vice president of Parsons‘ alternative project delivery services for operational shared services. Hard will be responsible for project and engineering support for the firm’s alternative project delivery activities, Parsons said Thursday. “Brian’s experience with megaproject planning is invaluable to Parsons, and we congratulate him on his promotion,” said Nick […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins to Speak at Syracuse University's Graduation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins to Speak at Syracuse University’s Graduation

    Parsons Group President Mary Ann Hopkins will deliver remarks at Syracuse University’s commencement ceremony for graduating engineering and computer science students on Saturday. “I look forward to the opportunity to share with the engineers of tomorrow some of what I’ve learned in the last two decades and to encourage them to pursue their passion,” she […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Expands Md. Cyber Center with New Training, Conference Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Expands Md. Cyber Center with New Training, Conference Facility

    Parsons Corp. has launched a training and conference center in Columbia, Md. The 4,000-square-foot facility located in Parsons’ Columbia cybercenter houses operations areas, labs and innovation centers, the company said Tuesday. Mary Ann Hopkins, Parsons group president, said the company intends to meet customer requirements for network operations through collaborations at the expanded facility. “Adding […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Wins DOE 2013 Secretarial Honor Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Wins DOE 2013 Secretarial Honor Award

    Parsons has been awarded the 2013 Secretarial Honor Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for the company’s work on the cleanup of the Salt Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, S.C. The company won the award for its development of a next generation solvent technology for the deployment of a […] More

  • Parsons Awarded Middle East Electricity Award; Guy Mehula Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Awarded Middle East Electricity Award; Guy Mehula Comments

    Parsons‘ street lighting project in Abu Dhabi has won the Lighting Project of the Year award at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Center last week. The company was recognized for its design and construction supervision services of Ras Al Akhdar Bainoonah Street, Parsons announced Wednesday. Parsons is one of 25 companies that were shortlisted […] More

  • Parsons-Managed Houston Metro Project Wins 6 ADDY Awards - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons-Managed Houston Metro Project Wins 6 ADDY Awards

    A Parsons-managed project has won six awards from the American Advertising Federation-Houston for management of the METRORail Expansion Project in Harry County, Texas for Houston’s Metropolitan Transit Authority. The METRORail Expansion Project was recognized in four separate 2014 ADDY award categories, the company announced Wednesday. Also Read: Parsons Receives Military Friendly Employer Designation; Jamie Morehead Comments […] More

  • Parsons Picks National Engineers Week Excellence Awardees; Guy Mehula Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Picks National Engineers Week Excellence Awardees; Guy Mehula Comments

    Parsons has chosen a group of engineers to receive this year’s National Engineers Week Award of Excellence in recognition of their work, commitment and innovation in the field of engineering. One recipient, Abe Neemeh, serves as a program director for the Expressway Program in Doha, Qatar, the company said Tuesday statement. Guy Mehula, Parsons’ Middle […] More

  • Parsons JV to Advise on Design of Qatar Railway Network; Guy Mehula Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons JV to Advise on Design of Qatar Railway Network; Guy Mehula Comments

    Parsons‘ joint venture with engineering and consulting group Systra has won a design consultancy services contract for the Qatar Long Distance Railway Network, which will carry cargo and passengers within Qatar and to adjacent countries. The 248.5-mile railway will connect Qatar to Saudi Arabia and Bahrain as part of the Gulf Cooperation Council rail network and the under-construction Doha Metro, Parsons said […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Team Worked to Help Destroy Libya's Chemical Weapons - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Team Worked to Help Destroy Libya’s Chemical Weapons

    Parsons worked with UXB International and Dynasafe International under a U.S. government program to help secure then destroy chemical weapons in Libya, as a prime contractor in the Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract II. The Nunn-Lugar CTR Program was funded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency and tasked Parsons with securing the weapons storage facility and destruction area, […] More

  • Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Designs Cyber Tool for Security Teams - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Ann Hopkins: Parsons Designs Cyber Tool for Security Teams

    Parsons Corp. has introduced a new cybersecurity product that is designed to send crash information from reports generated by Windows operating system to a server for analysis. The Cran product is built to analyze information and determine whether the crash was caused by a hacker, Parsons said Monday. Parsons unveiled patent-pending Cran at the Washington-based […] More