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Gary Ledford and Sandra Rice Join River's Tampa, FL Office

Tampa, FL–-River has expanded its Florida team with the addition of Gary Ledford, P.E., and Sandra Rice, P.E.

Ledford and Rice bring additional port and maritime expertise to River, which delivers Management, Consulting and Engineering to the Cruise and Maritime Industry.

Rice, who joins River as a Senior Port Engineer, has more than 20 years of experience in ocean and waterfront facilities engineering, specializing in berthing and mooring analysis and design and maneuvering of large vessels in port.

“Rice elevates River's level of capabilities in mooring design and vessel handling, bringing significant value to our Clients,” states John Bolles, Vice President & General Manager, Tampa.

“She is one of a few engineers with the experience and necessary skills to optimize berthing and mooring accommodations for today's largest commercial vessels and the U.S. Navy's fleet of vessels.”

Rice provides technological leadership and expertise using advanced mooring analysis software, including passing ship effects on moored ships and solutions for scour protection from ship propulsion at berth.

In recent years, she served as the primary technical consultant for the U.S. Navy's mooring analysis software, FIXMOOR.

Rice also executes vessel navigation access and harbor improvement projects working with state-of-the-art ship handling simulation facilities, port authorities and local harbor pilots, vessel operators, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Gary Ledford, P.E., brings more than 30 years of experience to River, where he serves as a Senior Project Manager and specializes in structural design.

Ledford has designed more than 100 structural projects, with the majority focused on port development; including bridge structures, wharf facilities, bulkheads, cruise terminals and cargo facility piers. His experience also includes missile, military and fire training facility projects.

“We are pleased to have Ledford join River,” states Guillaume Lucci, P.E., Principal Vice President, Ports and Maritime Services.

“His structural expertise will help us better serve our Clients in the cruise and maritime industry.”

For more information, call 614-797-2425.