Page 17 - Water and wastewater engineering

xiv PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

Timothy D. McNamara, P. E., Senior Vice President, FTC&H
Mr. McNamara received his B.S. in Civil Engineering and his M.S. in Sanitary Engineering from
Michigan State University. He is Principal-in-Charge of his firm’s Process Engineering Department
and of their Construction Division. He has over 28 years of progressive design and management
experience with water supply and treatment, wastewater collection and treatment, and environmental
engineering projects. His design experience includes 27 water supply projects, 18 water treatment
plants, and 12 wastewater treatment projects. He has particular expertise with membrane filtration,
iron filtration, and lime-soda softening processes, and has been with his firm for 25 years. He is the
former Chair of the Michigan Section of the American Water Works Association.
Established in 1956, Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr, & Huber (FTC&H) is a full-service
engineering and architectural firm with 350 employees that is headquartered in Grand Rapids,
Michigan. FTC&H has four other offices located in Michigan and Ohio. FTC&H specializes in
engineering, architecture, environmental science, and construction management.

Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber, Inc.
1515 Arboretum Drive, SE
Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546

Thomas Newhof, P. E., BCEE, Chairman of the Board, Prein&Newhof
Mr. Newhof received his B.S. degree from Calvin College and his M.S. in Sanitary Engineering
from the University of Michigan. He is a licensed professional engineer in Michigan, Wisconsin,
and Illinois. As both a Project Manager and Principal-in-Charge of many of Prein&Newhof’s
environmental and civil engineering projects, his experience includes: planning and design of
water treatment and wastewater treatment facilities with conventional or membrane filtration
technology, water and sewer systems, intakes, pipelines, pumping stations, storm drainage and
flood control, airport and road improvements, and residential and commercial development.
The American Water Works Association recognized Thomas Newhof’s contributions to the
profession with the 1998 George Warren Fuller Award. The University of Michigan honored him
with the Jack A. Borchardt Award in 2008.
Mr. Newhof co-founded Prein&Newhof in 1969 with a fellow civil engineer. He is the Chairman
of the firm’s Board of Directors, providing leadership for Prein&Newhof’s 100 employees who
work in its environmental laboratory and five offices located throughout West Michigan.

Prein&Newhof
3355 Evergreen Drive, NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525