DuBois & King is excited to welcome John Kenney as the firm’s Bangor office manager. John holds a doctorate in conservation biology from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maine in Orono. He has 17 years of engineering experience and is a licensed professional engineer in the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York.

John’s professional experience includes utility coordination, stormwater analysis, local, state, and federal permitting, site design, and the coordination of engineering disciplines. John also has nearly a decade of experience as a wildlife biologist working for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Earlier in his career, John worked as a wildlife biologist studying tigers in Nepal, India, and Thailand. 

At D&K, John is responsible for continuing the growth of the firm’s professional services in Maine and leading an expanding multidisciplined team in Bangor. Locally, John serves on Bangor’s Planning Board and on the Downtown Parking Advisory Committee.  In his spare time, John enjoys sailing, boating, and hiking. 

D&K is pleased to announce that following Chuck Goodling’s appointment to President of D&K, Jonathan Ashley, PE, was chosen to lead the firm’s Public Works Division. Jon has steadily grown his responsibilities and is now responsible for Public Works operations in five offices in four states. Prior to joining D&K, Jon was a Vice President at Phelps Engineering in Middlebury, where he managed a wide variety of civil and environmental projects. Jon brings high-level experience with hazardous waste sites, including brownfield investigations, remediation, disposal, and site stabilization. Bringing decades of hands-on experience in the area of water, sewer, and stormwater engineering, Jon regularly oversees the firm’s services for onsite, small- and large-scale wastewater treatment; water sourcing and supply; and site/stormwater projects. He has also helped to grow the firm’s slope protection practice.

Jon provides ongoing mentoring, helps resolve issues, and keeps people gainfully busy and productive. Jon was also elected to the D&K Board of Directors in 2019 and continues to serve in this key leadership position. D&K is very fortunate to have Jon on the D&K team and serving in this senior leadership position.

D&K has received a Grand Award for the Bethel Mountain Road Emergency Slope and Roadway Repair in Rochester, Vermont. The award was received in the Special Projects Category of the annual American Council of Engineering Companies of Vermont (ACEC/VT) Engineering Excellence Awards Program, a showcase of exemplary engineering projects completed around the state.

On April 15, 2019, a significant rainfall event melted snowpack on frozen ground above the Bethel Mountain Road, a vital mountain connector road that carries 1,400 vehicles per day between VT 100 and VT 12. The stormwater and sediment runoff overwhelmed inadequate drainage and scoured the unstable roadway embankments, leading to six roadway slope failures and rendering the road impassable.

D&K led the design and supported the project through the reconstruction of a half-mile section of road and repairs of steep embankments in a compressed six-month timeframe, meeting schedule requirements that resulted in the town receiving one hundred percent federal funding. Working with the Town of Rochester, the Vermont Agency of Transportation, the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, the Federal Highway Administration, Sanborn Head (which provided geotechnical engineering), G. W. Tatro (contractor), and John Turner Consulting, D&K successfully led the stabilization of six failed slopes, developed new stormwater collection and erosion mitigation practices, and reconstructed 2,800 linear feet of roadway. Construction was completed and the road reopened for traffic on October 11, 2019.