FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 26, 2013
Contact: Darrel Berry, Marketing Communications Manager
Hanson Professional Services Inc.
(217) 747-9291
dberry@hanson-inc.com
Kontny joins Hanson Professional Services Inc.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Jackson Kontny, engineer intern, recently joined Hanson Professional Services Inc.’s headquarters in Springfield, Ill., serving in the firm’s railway market. He will assist the water-resources team.
Kontny was a corporate engineering intern for Patheon Inc. in Durham, N.C., where he investigated acetone levels at a Puerto Rico manufacturing plant, assessed wastewater-treatment designs and proposed measures that would lower acetone levels. He also was a Global Engineering Services intern for Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Ill., where he worked with architects on a project to consolidate two laboratories.
Kontny has a bachelor’s degree in civil and environmental engineering from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was a member of Engineers Without Borders and is an Eagle Scout.
Hanson is a national, employee-owned consulting firm providing engineering, architecture, planning and allied services. The firm’s corporate headquarters is located at 1525 S. Sixth St., Springfield, IL 62703. The office may be reached by phone: (217) 788-2450 or fax: (217) 788-2503.
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