In+Motion Spring 2020 Vol 27 No 1

2505 N. State HWY 360, Suite 750 | Grand Prairie, Texas 75050

Editor:

Crystal Oczkowski Dallas/Fort Worth | 972.890.9800 Steve Perliss San Francisco | 415.908.6450 David Little Washington, D.C. | 703.968.7883 Daniel McFadden Miami | 305.500.9390

Advisors:

About Lea+Elliott Lea+Elliott is a transportation consulting firm offering a broad range of planning, engineering, program management, and construction management services for clients worldwide. These services are provided to public transit authorities, airports and private sector owners for new transit systems and the refurbishment of existing systems. We have expertise in all modes of transit, including high-speed and intercity rail, rapid transit, commuter rail, light rail, automated guideway transit, personal rapid transit, and conventional and advanced technology buses. The firm is especially well known for its creative structuring of procurements for a wide range of delivery options that include DBOM and P3.

Printed on recycled paper.

Please return address correction information to the above address.

Meet Lynda Tollner, P.E., PMP

Lynda Tollner is Lea+Elliott’s Project Manager on the AirTrain Newark Replacement Project. Lynda leads our interface with the Port Authority and manages the work of our team of six sub-consultants who are assisting with the planning, preliminary design, and procurement of the AirTrain system and infrastructure work for the $2 billion project. Lynda is a registered engineer and a certified project management professional (PMP) who’s been intricately involved in the Newark AirTrain. Although she is relatively new to Lea+Elliott (celebrating her fifth year in 2020) she is not new to the world of transportation infrastructure design. For 10 years, she was an employee of the Port Authority and before that, she was a “Port Kid.” Her dad, Bob Tollner, was the resident engineer for Kennedy International Airport. She grew up understanding the inner workings of an

airport and, during her college years, her father would take her around “his” airport to show her the construction projects underway. Lynda’s role at the Port Authority included Program Director for One World Trade Center where she enjoyed building the tallest building in North America and contributing to the rebuilding efforts. Prior to joining Lea+Elliott, Lynda was the construction manager for a $1.2 billion upgrade at Newtown Creek, New York City’s largest wastewater treatment plant. She was responsible for four construction projects involving new facilities, installation of process equipment and electrical switchgear, renovation of existing facilities, a new sludge loading dock and maintenance dredging of Newtown Creek. Lynda enjoys her work because it is diverse and new every day. When she’s not working, she’s a self-proclaimed weekend road warrior, traveling to new places or skiing or tailgating at Penn State. She also gives generously of her time and expertise to help manage the restoration of the Community Church of Mountain Lakes, NJ. The 105-year-old building, crafted of stone and stucco with a slate roof, needs professionals like Lynda to guide the meticulous reconstruction efforts.

In Motion

6

Vol. 27 No 1