Chris Parinella Joins Menard as Project Manager

Pittsburgh, PA (June 30, 2008): Chris Parinella, P.E., has joined Menard, ground improvement specialists, as a project manager. In this position, he is responsible for maintaining client relationships, planning and facilitating project implementation, and monitoring the status of current ground improvement projects. Chris is a P.E. (professional engineer) with a background in project management, engineering design and construction management. His experience includes design and management of projects involving water/wastewater plants, solid/residual waste landfills with special emphasis on the geotechnical components, including foundations and ground improvement, quality control/quality assurance, construction management of all components of landfill construction, and general construction projects.

Prior to joining Menard, Parinella was a project manager for ITT-Water & Wastewater, a lead engineer and project manager for Michael Baker Corporation, an assistant project engineer for Paul C. Rizzo Associates, a utilities engineer for the Atlantic City Sewerage Company and a design engineer for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources, Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation. Chris obtained his B.S. in Mining Engineering from The Pennsylvania State University in 1984. He is a member of the Deep Foundations Institute (DFI) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Menard is headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA and offers a full range of ground improvement services including: vertical wick drains, controlled modulus columns™, dynamic compaction™, dynamic replacement™, vibrocompaction, vibro stone columns and vibro-concrete columns. The company's broad range of ground improvement solutions are alternatives to deep foundations and have been successfully used in the construction of commercial warehouses, port and airport platforms, heavy industrial storage areas, roads and railways.

Menard is the US branch of Menard an international ground improvement specialty contractor. Menard is affiliated with The Reinforced Earth Company, the inventor and market leader of the Mechanically Stabilized Earth retaining wall industry, and Freyssinet, specialists in prestressing, cable stayed structures and structural repair. The three companies form the Freyssinet Group, a division of VINCI Construction, one of the world's largest construction companies.

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