Carmin Sbarro Joins DGI-Menard as Project Engineer

Pittsburgh, PA (May 25, 2007): Carmin Sbarro has joined DGI-Menard, ground improvement specialists, as a project engineer.

In this role, Sbarro is responsible for sales and engineering support both in the office and in the field; supporting operations management, project management, sales, and estimating; as well as performing design engineering, submittal preparation, field data analysis and presentations. In the field she will be executing and reporting full scale load tests and establishing quality records and procedures for CMC installations.

Sbarro received a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and is completing her MS in Geotechnical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. Her thesis is Visualizing the Fragmentation of a Weak Granular Material During Compression. She is a member of the Deep Foundations Institute, Geo-Institute and American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

DGI-Menard is a ground improvement specialist headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA. Using innovative ground improvement techniques, DGI-Menard offers extremely economical solutions for ground improvement that can be attractive alternatives to deep foundations. The company's broad range of technologies and design/construct experience have been successfully used worldwide in the construction of commercial warehouses, port and airport platforms, heavy industrial storage areas, roads and railways.

DGI-Menard is the US branch of Menard Soltraitement, an international ground improvement specialty contractor. DGI-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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