SYRACUSE — The Chazen Companies, an engineering firm based in Poughkeepsie, opened a new Central New York branch office this spring and is already expecting consistent hiring growth. Chazen opened the 2,000-square-foot office at 721 East Genesee St. in Syracuse on April 1 with a staff of two full-time professional engineers (PE) and two part-time […]
SYRACUSE — The Chazen Companies, an engineering firm based in Poughkeepsie, opened a new Central New York branch office this spring and is already expecting consistent hiring growth.
Chazen opened the 2,000-square-foot office at 721 East Genesee St. in Syracuse on April 1 with a staff of two full-time professional engineers (PE) and two part-time employees — one PE and one engineer in training (or EIT), according to Sylvia Murphy, director of marketing and business development at the firm.
She says Chazen initially projects adding two to three full-time engineers and support staff per year in Syracuse as the client base grows and more staff is needed to meet the project workload.
The Central New York office will provide a broad range of professional services, including engineering, planning, environmental compliance, structural, geotechnical and landscape architecture. The focus of the office initially is in the area of infrastructure planning, design, and construction services for water, wastewater, and stormwater management, Murphy noted.
Chazen hired Eric Haslam as director of engineering services and Central New York office manager. Haslam is a licensed PE with nearly 20 years of engineering experience serving municipal and industrial clients across New York state, with a focus on water-resource projects, the company said in a news release. His responsibilities include leading Chazen’s growth across the Central New York region.
“Expanding into Central New York is a logical next step for Chazen as we branch out beyond our roots in the Hudson Valley,” Chazen’s president, Mark Kastner, said in the release. “We are excited about bringing Chazen’s breadth of services to Central New York, and we are confident in Eric’s abilities to establish and grow a highly successful branch office to serve our clients in the region.”
Haslam previously was a managing engineer at GHD Consulting Services, Inc., which has an office near Cazenovia, according to his LinkedIn page. He has a bachelor’s degree in environmental resource and forest engineering from SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse.
Founded nearly 70 years ago, Chazen is an employee-owned firm, with more than 120 total employees. Chazen says it serves clients in both the public and private sectors, including land developers, municipalities, utilities, health-care and educational institutions, and architects.
In addition to Poughkeepsie and Syracuse, the firm has offices in Troy (near Albany); Queensbury (near Glens Falls); and Nashville, Tennessee, according to its website.
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