Rob Slimp, chairman, president and CEO of HNTB, Kansas City, MO, with one of the firm's projects, the Jeremiah Morrow Bridge, Warren County, OH

KANSAS CITY, MO—Responding to ongoing growth and a robust US transportation market, HNTB Corporation, which provides infrastructure-related services, including planning, design, and program and construction management, added a new region, a new operating division and named these presidents to its leadership structure:

• Michael Inabinet, PE, Central Region, United States, a newly created region
• John Friel, PE, Western Region, United States
• James Thomson, PE, Northwest Division, a newly created division
• Keith Hinkebein, PE, Design Build, providing alternative delivery services nationally

“To respond to rapid growth and expanding market opportunities, we have prepared organizationally for an exciting future,” says Rob Slimp, PE, HNTB chairman and CEO. “These leadership moves help us open new opportunities to better serve our clients, grow office locations and increase opportunities for our existing employees while continuing to add many new employees,” “It also allows us to better leverage our leadership capacity to focus on the most critical geographies and opportunities.”

HTNB works as an engineering consultant to departments of transportation, transit agencies, airports and tolling authorities, and other public- and private-sector owners.

Slimp credits HNTB's continued growth to its focus on clients and strong market conditions.