less than a year. Pejcic was promoted
to managing senior associate, Transportation
for the Greater Toronto Area
on January 1, 2018. In addition to still
leading the North American Transit
Advisory practice, he now also has operational
and financial management
responsibility for 55 staff with various
transportation backgrounds. Pejcic recently
applied and was accepted into
The Eno Center for Transportation’s
leadership program for 2018.
Pejcic believes it is important to
give back to the transit industry. He
serves on the board of directors for
the Ontario Public Transit Association
(OPTA) and on numerous committees.
Statics) as well as advance courses (i.e.
Prestressed concrete).
Peyvandi is a multi-talented researcher/
engineer with highly-developed
advanced expertise in concrete,
and cement materials coupled with
background in industry and academia
who is establishing an enviable record
of accomplishment in civil and structural
engineering. Over the past decade
Peyvandi’s research in advanced
concrete materials, green nanocomposite
infrastructural materials, and
structural design has established him
among the very best structural researcher/
engineers.
He participated in federally funded
studies. In order to carry out his research,
Peyvandi was one of five nationwide
recipients of a $20,000 award
from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute in 2013.
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SASHA PEJCIC WORKED ON THE DEvelopment
of a Regional Transportation
Development Plan for Southern
Maine, called “Moving Southern
Maine Forward.” Throughout the project,
he showed drive, commitment and
dedication to public transportation.
In the Southern Maine context,
Pejcic proposed innovative solutions,
such as advancing shared mobility
technologies to better meet Stantec’s
paratransit needs, and to reshape
how it delivers rural transit services
throughout the region. Pejcic routinely
questions whether there are more
effective and efficient ways of serving
transit’s customers, while also keeping
transit relevant in the context of
competing disruptors seeking to take
away market share.
Pejcic is an ambitious, results-oriented
leader who is not afraid of stepping
up to a challenge, and challenging
others to take a fresh look at possible
innovations and solutions.
Pejcic built a new business line for
Stantec — Transit Advisory — which
grew from himself to a team of 12 in
AMIRPASHA PEYVANDI BEGAN HIS
career as a bridge engineer, involved
in a variety of simple to complex and
challenging projects that provided a
fast-track rise to senior level in the past
9 years. He is a senior bridge engineer
in Jacobs’s Englewood, Colorado offi ce
with Transportation group.
Peyvandi approaches daily interactions
with bridge department staff s as
learning opportunities, which has helped
develop talented engineers with strong
abilities. His experiences include development
of project design criteria, design
of new structures with wide range of
structural systems. His responsibilities
include manage and guide junior-level
engineers and technical staff during
the design and production of fi nal plan
documents and provides QC/QA review.
Peyvandi’s experience extends to the implementation
of ultra-high-performance
concrete (UHPC).
He was an adjunct professor in
the Civil Engineering Department at
Louisiana State University (LSU). His
key responsibilities included teaching
fundamental engineering courses (i.e.
Fact:
Pejcic serves
on the board
of directors for
the Ontario
Public Transit
Association and
on numerous
committees
of both the
American Public
Transportation
Association and
the Canadian
Urban Transit
Association.
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“Every day, my work directly effects millions of people
around the world. And, what touches me the most is that many
of them are individuals with disabilities and mobility challenges
that wouldn’t be able to leave their houses if it weren’t for
public transit. Knowing that I am working hard behind the
scenes to make the ride a better one, though most customers
would never know, is a silent accomplishment I cherish.”
Fact:
Peyvandi has
published more
than 25 peer
reviewed papers
in journals like
“ACI Structural,
PCI,” “Concrete
International,”
“ASCE Journal
of Infrastructure
Systems.”
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“We should watch every single detail and aspect of our
works, from designing to plan production, as at the end of the
day, all these deal with people’s lives and public safety.”
Sasha Pejcic, PMP
Managing Senior
Associate,
Transportation
(GTA) & Transit
Advisory Lead
Stantec Consulting
Amirpasha
Peyvandi, Ph.D,
P.E.
Senior Bridge
Engineer
Jacobs
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