Oil Patch Bits: Akers and Forbes join AECOM’s Anchorage team

AECOM said Nov. 28 that Kristen Akers and Arran Forbes have joined its Anchorage office.

Akers joins AECOM as a project environmental engineer. She received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental engineering from Texas Tech University and has more than four years experience working various remediation technologies and contract management for Department of Defense contracts. She currently holds her engineer in training certificate and is on track for a professional engineer license. Akers will supporting AECOM’s Alaska environmental services contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Air Force.

Forbes joins AECOM as an environmental scientist. She received her bachelor’s degree in environmental science from Dartmouth College in 2010. After graduating, she spent several months conducting field research in South Africa, one year doing environmental consulting for the village of Igiugig in Bristol Bay, and taught general chemistry at the University of Idaho. She will be supporting AECOM’s Alaska environmental service contracts with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and various NEPA EIS projects, and intends to pursue her master’s degree in the coming years.

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