FORT MYERS, FL (April 2009) – Johnson Engineering has named James “Vee” Lofton Jr., as director of its construction engineering & inspection (CEI) team.
Vee joined Johnson Engineering in January 2008 as a transportation CEI project administrator and has more than 20 years of experience in roadway and bridge construction, project administration, and inspection in both traditional design-bid-build and design-build projects.
Vee’s extensive experience also includes interstate highways and major bridges, pile driving, earthwork, sub grade and base construction, asphalt paving, drainage items, and all types of utilities and related relocations. He specializes in document control for both quality assurance, quality control testing and is well versed with the FDOT requirements for verification testing and document control.
His previous experience as a consultant program manager with the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) gives him a unique perspective of the bidding process, construction techniques utilized, as well as an understanding of the maintaining agency’s needs after construction has been completed.
Laura is the director of the firm’s planning and landscape architecture group. She joined Johnson Engineering in 2004 to lead the planning services in the firm’s Collier County office and is now the Department Director for all planning and landscape architecture efforts for Johnson Engineering. Laura manages projects that involve development feasibility studies, governmental coordination, preparation and presentation of land use and zoning applications, site planning, master planning, and design. She has 20 years of professional experience in the planning field, in both the public and private sector. Prior to joining Johnson Engineering, Laura served five years as a planner for the City of Naples.
