International consulting firm Turner & Townsend has hired a pair of new executives, including former New York City Economic Development Corp. vice president Jennifer Rimmer, for its U.S. infrastructure group as it looks to take advantage of the rollout of the new infrastructure law.
The hires come as the firm looks to double its growth in North America by 2025 in part by taking advantage of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
Rimmer joins as senior U.S.A. vice president for government and public sector. In addition to the New York City EDC, Rimmer has also served as special advisor to the New York State Senate and was also Nassau County, New York’s director of economic development.
Mark Blumkin, who was previously managing director of Deloitte’s infrastructure and capital projects practice, joins as executive vice president and leader for Turner & Townsend's U.S. infrastructure practice.
Blumkin will lead the expansion of the firm's infrastructure offerings in the U.S., as "recent legislation opens major new opportunities for expansion in the sector," the firm said in a release.
The firm will continue to expand its government and public sector group, and is also looking to hire a vice president to lead its public-private partnership group, said spokesperson Christopher Villari.
The firm’s U.S. projects include the expansion of the Denver International Airport, where it is the airport’s provider for project controls services, and Maryland’s Purple Line light rail project, where it was the lender’s technical advisor under contract with Meridiam.
The firm works with New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority as asset management specialist and has partnered with the Oregon Department of Transportation in wildfire rebuilding efforts.
“With the signing of the landmark $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, we find ourselves at the beginning of a historic era of investment and growth in our nation’s infrastructure and public buildings,” said John Robbins, Turner & Townsend’s U.S. managing director.
