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Are Your Employees Listening? Connecting through Podcasts

by Julie Smith, Senior Marketing Communications Manager, ECS Southeast on March 2, 2023

In today’s world, employees and clients are inundated with news and messages constantly, not to mention juggling remote work, jobsite visits, and interacting with clients. Team members can feel disengaged, disconnected, and uninspired. How can you connect and reach them? ECS recently launched a podcast to engage with our employees and clients for this reason….

Topics: Business, Marketing & BD, People
ECS Southeast, employee communications, employee engagement, Marketing

ECS Announces Derek Clyburn as Subsidiary President in Southeast

by GroundBreak Staff Report on July 21, 2020

ECS is pleased to announce Derek Clyburn, PE has been promoted to Subsidiary President of ECS Southeast, LLP. Clyburn succeeds Steve Gosselin, PG who will take on the role of Executive Vice President supporting Clyburn and the Southeast Management Team in day to day operations, business development efforts, expanding the Subsidiary National and Regional Accounts Program, and…

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Derek Clyburn, ECS Southeast

ECS Welcomes Walid Sobh Construction Group Manager in Charlotte

by Joan Krause on May 11, 2020

ECS is pleased to announce that ​Walid Sobh, PE has joined the firm as a Construction Group Manager ​for the Charlotte, NC office.  Sobh has more than 19 years of experience working for ECS and over 25 years of experience in subsurface exploration for shallow and deep foundations, pile installations, Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) testing, construction materials testing,…

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ECS Southeast, geotechnical

ECS Southeast Adds Louisville Office with Acquisition of GEM Engineering, Inc.

by Joan Krause on April 2, 2018

Engineering Consulting Services (ECS) is pleased to announce the acquisition of GEM Engineering, Inc. (GEM) whose office will now become the Louisville, Kentucky location of ECS Southeast, LLP and a member of the ECS Group of Companies. “Louisville is the right place, with the right people, at the right time. Adding GEM to the ECS…

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ECS Southeast, geotechnical

Coastal N.C. Construction Firms Join Forces to Bring “Little Free Libraries” to Wilmington

by Joan Krause, GroundBreak Carolinas on March 3, 2018

Thanks to the generosity of the Coastal N.C. construction community, families at nine apartment communities administered by the Wilmington Housing Authority (WHA) are getting the opportunity to experience the love of reading. “Children and adults will benefit from the ‘Little Free Libraries’ made possible by the time, money, and materials donated by 18 companies that…

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ABC, ABC Carolinas, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC), Community, ECS Southeast

Spotlight on Derek Clyburn, P.E., of ECS Southeast – Raleigh

by GroundBreak Carolinas on January 20, 2018

Derek L. Clyburn, P.E., M.B.A. is Senior Vice President and North Region Manager for ECS Southeast, LLP — a premier provider of geotechnical, construction materials, environmental and facilities services across North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. ECS Southeast is an operating entity of Engineering Consulting Services (ECS), one of the largest and rapidly…

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ACEC North Carolina, Derek Clyburn, ECS Southeast, environmental, geotechnical

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