
Our Markets
Industrial
Innovative and Cost-effective Solutions – and Winning Outcomes
An increasingly competitive marketplace and strict regulatory compliance demands sets the tone for operational challenges in the industrial sector. It’s crucial to have an integrated team of engineers, regulatory and compliance specialists, and environmental and industrial safety experts to help navigate those challenges and at the same time produce measurable and important process improvements. Having an experienced single point of contact for all of these services reduces complications and stress – and is more cost-effective, too.
A Scorecard of Success
Our firm has worked with manufacturers since the advent of environmental regulations in the 1970s. Our industrial clients — many of whom we have served for decades — represent industries such as aerospace, chemical, metal finishing, food processing, plastics, printing, pulp and paper, textile and pharmaceuticals.
Sparking Innovation
In addition to offering these services to across industry throughout the northeastern United States, we can help spark innovation by drilling down into problems and presenting solutions to help our clients, because it’s the right thing to do and it’s our passion. We are dedicated to our clients and developing ongoing relationships to assure compliance, find improvements, and generate results.

Wayne Bates, Ph.D., PE
Vice President
Wayne has 30 years of experience providing environmental engineering services to manufacturing and commercial clients…

David Horowitz, PE, CSP
Vice President
David Horowitz provides regulatory compliance and industrial wastewater treatment plant design services to industrial, municipal, and in…

Christopher Haker, PE
Vice President
Chris Haker is a Vice President with 22 years of experience in geotechnical and dam engineering analysis and design. He has performe…

Nicholas Granata, LEP
Principal Environmental Scientist
Nicholas Granata is a principal environmental scientist with over 20 years of experience providing site assessment and remediation consultin…

Todd Kirton, LSP
Principal Environmental Scientist
Todd Kirton has conducted a variety of environmental site assessments and hydrogeologic investigations for many municipal and clients privat…

Shawn Rising, LSP
Senior Project Manager
Shawn is a Massachusetts Licensed Site Professional and an active member of the Licensed Site Professional Association with over two decades…

Daniel Ciaramicoli, PE
Project Manager
Daniel Ciaramicoli has more than ten years of experience in project management, design, inspection, and evaluation of waterfront facilities …

James Webb
Principal Environmental Scientist
James Webb is a Principal Environmental Scientist who has 18 years of hazardous building materials assessment, management, and demolition ex…

Richard Canavan
Principal Environmental Scientist
Richard Canavan is a Principal Environmental Scientist with over 25 years of experience in environmental research, teaching, and consulting…

Michael Martin
Senior Project Manager
Michael Martin is part of Tighe & Bond’s Site Assessment and Remediation group with 21 years of experience, focusing on site assessmen…

Jeffery Thelen, PG
Principal Hydrogeologist
Jeffery Thelen is a veteran professional geologist and project manager with over 30 years of experience in solid waste assessment and landfi…

Craig Yannes
Project Manager
Craig Yannes utilizes his experience in transportation and traffic engineering to develop improved roadway and street networks that balance …

Jeffrey Arps, LSP
Vice President
Jeffrey Arps is responsible for the day-to-day management of numerous comprehensive site assessment and remediation projects as a Licensed S…

Rick Gille
Project Manager
Richard Gille is a Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) with 24 years of broad experience working for private and public se…

James Russell, PE
Vice President
Jim is a Vice President and Land Use Technical Director, with over three decades of experience. He began his career with the largest enginee…

Mehdi Begag, EIT
Staff Engineer
Mehdi Begag is an Environmental Engineer with experience in environmental site assessment, MS4 stormwater permitting, and technical report w…

Brian Huntley, PE
Senior Project Manager
Brian Huntley serves as a project manager on a variety of public and private civil engineering projects, specializing in solid waste and ren…

Melissa Coady
Project Manager
Melissa Coady is a project manager at Tighe & Bond with over two decades of experience in applied wetlands science and environmental per…

Timothy Kucab, CHMM
Project Manager
Tim Kucab provides regulatory compliance and permitting support to a wide variety of Tighe & Bond’s client base. His background in envir…

Doug Stellato, PE
Project Manager
Doug Stellato provides environmental compliance and permitting support to our regulatory compliance group. His background in chemical en…

Jeffrey Bibeau, REM, TURP
Principal Compliance Specialist
Jeff Bibeau, who has more than 30 years of environmental compliance experience, manages a wide range of regulatory compliance projects for…

William Potochniak
Senior Project Manager
Bill Potochniak has 25 years of experience providing environmental engineering services to industrial and institutional clients. He speciali…

Patrick Crimmins, PE
Vice President
Patrick Crimmins is a Vice President and Senior Project Manager in the firm’s Land Use business line. Patrick is a licensed site/civil e…

Michael Toto
MEP Team Leader & Senior PM
Michael Toto is a senior electrical manager who oversees Tighe & Bond’s Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing and Fire Protection (MEP/FP…

Jason Urso, PE
Project Manager
Jason Urso specializes in mechanical design for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. He has experience in a multitude of build…

Jason Curtis, PE, LEED AP
Vice President, Building Services Business Line Leader
Jason Curtis is the Business Line Leader of our Building Services Business Line. Prior to his current role, he served as Senior Project Mana…

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