Gwin Dobson & Foreman Engineers

05/28/2026

05/15/2026

WEITZEL NAMED TO ENVIRONMENTAL POST
Gwin, Dobson, & Foreman is pleased to announce that Maggie Weitzel was recently appointed “Environmental Services Director”. Maggie will be responsible for GD&F’s environmental science team and the full range of environmental field investigations, studies, reports, and permits.

A Juniata College graduate with a BS in Environmental Science, Maggie joined GD&F in 2008. She has had progressive, advanced experience working on such diverse projects and evaluations as the impact and mitigation of dams and reservoirs, water treatment systems and site-civil developments along with local and regional planning and ecological studies.

Congratulations, Maggie, on attaining this vital leadership position at GD&F.

05/05/2026

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03/17/2026

GD&F COMPLETES BELLWOOD, PA TREATMENT PLANT UPGRADE, ONE OF THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED PLANTS IN SOUTHCENTRAL PA

More - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZfAeIMC9qKs-1-uTx19pd1i_gDI7usIF/view?usp=sharing

03/16/2026

GD&F SUPPORTS DAM SAFETY AWARENESS
Gwin, Dobson & Foreman was the first major donor to the American State Dam Safety Officials media campaign to raise public awareness of the hazards of Low-Head Dams and related safety measures.

03/11/2026

CHARLES B. DUDLEY, PHD. - THE PRR SCIENTIST TO THE NATION
Mark Glenn, President, was the Altoona Railroaders Memorial Museum’s guest speaker in its 2026 Historical Lecture Series, “Along The Broadway”. The presentation, “Charles B. Dudley, PhD. - The PRR Scientist To The Nation” was held on March 6 in the Museum’s Seidel Auditorium.

The lecture discussed Dr. Dudley's applied science research as Chief Chemist of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Chemical Test Laboratories in Altoona. His labs revolutionized materials science by establisihing PRR standard specifications in the late 19th century. Dudley later founded the American Society of Testing and Materials in 1898. ASTM is known worldwide for develping technical standards for over 13,000 products.

03/10/2026

GD&F AGAIN NAMED TO PENNSYLVANIA BUSINESS CENTRAL'S TOP 100 ORGANIZATIONS.
GD&F is proud to be included again this year in Pennsylvania Business Central’s 2026 annual
ranking in the top 100 organizations in Central PA. David Harry, the publication’s Managing Editor, says the list includes organizations that “create opportunity, enhance quality of life, and help chart the course for the region’s future.”

Thanks to all on the GD&F team for their hard work and dedication in achieving this honor.

12/30/2025

WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
The quote below is by Charles Mann, journalist and author, from an article in “The New Atlantis,” February 13, 2025, titled “How the System Works”:

“Similarly, the electric grid, the public-water supply, the food-distribution network, and the public-health system took the collective labor of thousands of people over many decades. They are the cathedrals of our secular era. They are high among the great accomplishments of our civilization. But they don’t inspire bestselling novels or blockbuster films. No poets celebrate the sewage treatment plants that prevent them from dying of dysentery. Like almost everyone else, they rarely note the existence of the systems around them, let alone understand how they work.”

12/22/2025

THOM MILLER RETIRING

We are saluting Thom Miller who is retiring after 20 years of sterling service as "Senior Resident Project Representative" with GD&F and Pathline Project Management. His experience as a masonry contractor earlier in his career served him well as a construction inspector on many large and challenging projects. His signature projects were the $35 Million Brookville Water and Wastewater Treatment Facilities and education buildings at Valley Grove, Brookville Area and Forest Area School Districts and St. Francis University.