Firm launches employee training institute.

A new comprehensive training program to enhance overall educational and training opportunities within the firm and assist employees in maintaining professional licenses and technical certifications has been created by Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB).

Called the PB Institute, the program offers PB-sponsored training courses that will be certified for continuing education credits. Many of the courses will enable PB employees to obtain the credits necessary to maintain current professional designations. In addition, the PB Institute will offer courses of specific technical interest to enhance the technical and professional development of PB employees. A site has been established on the company's Intranet that contains information on licensing boards and mandatory continuing education requirements for professionals--engineers, planners, landscape architects, architects, legal and accountants.

The PB Institute will also maintain comprehensive records on internal and external courses taken by PB employees, providing access to training transcripts for all courses taken and to certify education credits.

"The PB Institute is an outgrowth of our strategic objective of enhancing the firm's professional resources and technical capabilities," noted Chris Reseigh, president of PBConstruction Services, Inc., and chair of the PB Institute "This program demonstrates the importance we place on investing in our employees, maintaining our professional licenses and developing training programs to sustain PB's competitive edge."