June, 2018

New Senior Associates

Lea+Elliott is pleased to announce new Senior Associates – Laura Espinoza, P.E.; David Ewing, P.E.; Scott Sipes; and Iris Yuan, AICP.

Laura Espinoza has nearly 20 years of planning, cost estimating, procurement, implementation, and operations experience on APM transit projects, including George Bush Intercontinental Airport’s Skyway APM, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport’s PHX Sky Train^®, and Chicago O’Hare Airport’s Airport Transit System Expansion and Modernization. Laura is a member of Lea+Elliott’s cost estimating committee, which leads the firm’s estimating of APM and transit systems.

David Ewing is the on-site leader providing implementation management oversight of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport’s APM systems–the landside SkyTrain APM and the airside Plane Train APM. With over 10 years of experience in the APM industry, he has managed greenfield and brownfield APM projects at the busiest airport in the world. David is leading the planning efforts for upcoming APM projects as part of Atlanta Airport’s $6 billion master plan.

Scott Sipes has 30 years of experience providing expertise in transportation planning, procurement, engineering, implementation and operations and maintenance services to APM projects around the world, including Miami Airport’s three APM systems–North Terminal Skytrain, MIA Mover and the new eTrain that replaced the existing Satellite E System. Prior to joining Lea+Elliott, Scott had a long history working with Lea+Elliott through his years with Bombardier Transportation where he had project management responsibility for numerous turnkey transit projects.

Iris Yuan is one of the firm’s leaders in operations planning and analyses for automated transit systems, including Personal and Group Rapid Transit (PRT/GRT) systems. With 15 years of experience, Iris has led APM planning studies at airports and urban areas around the world, including Calgary, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

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