Duffield Associates Wins Engineering Excellence Award
April 4, 2008 - Duffield Associates won an Engineering Excellence award from the American Council of Engineering Companies - Delaware. This award is in recognition of engineering achievements that demonstrate skill and ingenuity while providing significant benefit to the public.

The project "Lewes Canalfront Park - An Historic Waterfront Reborn," revitalized a 3 acre lot and incorporated a waterfront boardwalk, a fishing pier; floating docks, a restroom facility, shade arbor, walkways, and landscaped areas. Duffield Associates provided civil, environmental, structural, and geotechnical engineering and construction review services for this restoration project. The canalfront is now a great gathering place for family and friends or for an after-dinner stroll to take in the sights and sounds.

These awards follow in the legacy of the numerous awards which Duffield Associates has received over the last 30 years.

Duffield Associates Expands in PA and MD
September 11, 2007 - Duffield Associates, Inc. acquired Cumberland Geotechnical Consultants, Inc. in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and opened a new regional office in North East, Maryland.

The resulting name of the Carlisle division will be Cumberland Geoscience Consultants, a Division of Duffield Associates, to better reflect the additional geoscience services that will now be offered in that office. In addition to geotechnical and solid waste landfill consulting, drilling, and laboratory and construction review services, Cumberland Geoscience Consultants (CGC) will now also offer the full range of Duffield Associates' services including Ecological Services/Permitting, Environmental Services, Water Resources & Infrastructure, Structural Engineering and Coastal/Waterfront Engineering.

"Joining with CGC enables us to achieve our regional growth objectives and brings a strong geoscience presence to better serve our existing and prospective clients in the Central Pennsylvania area," says Jeffrey M. Bross, President of Duffield Associates.

"Over the last 18 years, CGC has grown to become a well respected and strong geotechnical, solid waste, and construction services firm. Now, as part of the Duffield Associates' family, we can offer our clients a greater breadth and depth of services that, in essence, will provide one-stop geoscience shopping," says S. Jeffrey Barnes, P.E., Regional Manager of CGC. "It's a win win for our clients and employees. We are very excited about this opportunity"

In addition, Duffield Associates has opened an office in North East, Maryland. Mr. Bross said "Our firm has been providing services in the Cecil County area for many years. The continued growth of Cecil County and the recently announced expansion at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds has prompted this decision to open an office in Maryland. North East was chosen because of its central location within Cecil County. We look forward to better serving Cecil County and the surrounding counties in Eastern Maryland from this location."

Duffield Associates, an award-winning geoscience consulting firm, was established in 1976 and has grown to include a professional and technical staff of over 130 individuals. Duffield Associates also has offices in Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Duffield Associates' Women Participate in Habitat for Humanity
Women Build is a Habitat for Humanity International program that encourages women to have fun and make a difference by building homes and communities. Nearly 800 Habitat houses have been built by women crews around the world. Duffield Associates' staff worked on insulation and dry wall during a Duffield Day at a Women Build house in Wilmington, Delaware.