LAUREL, MD – August 24, 2006 – In response to the increase in contracts awarded to the firm's planning group, Greenhorne & O'Mara, Inc. (G&O), engineering consulting firm, announces the appointment of Robert E. Thorn, ASLA, as Civil Development Planning and Engineering Department Head. Working from the Atlanta, Georgia office, Mr. Thorn will manage the design, planning, land development, and implementation efforts for public and private sector general civil clients in the Southeast.

"We are pleased to have Bob on board," said Joseph T. Skinner, P.E., Regional Vice President, Southeast Civil Engineering. "With more than 30 years of planning, design, and revitalization experience combined with business strategic planning, development, and management skills, he will be an asset to our clients and our team."

Mr. Thorn's experience includes urban, environmental, recreational, campus design and planning; healthcare facilities; retail and mixed-use commercial and industrial facilities; residential; and resort and golf course communities. Over the course of his career, he has contributed his planning and design skills on numerous public and private sector projects such as Pleasure Island and the Norway Pavilion at Disney World, Florida; Carroll Creek Park, Frederick, Maryland; the "Market Village," Smyrna, Georgia; Kiawah Island, South Carolina; and American Express Data Centers located in North Carolina and Arizona. He has a B.S. degree in Landscape Architecture from West Virginia University, holds Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB) certification, and is a Registered Landscape Architect in 22 states.

Greenhorne & O'Mara is a national, full-service engineering consulting firm that has provided solutions in the areas of general civil, transportation, environmental, water resources, and hazard mitigation and security, for more than 55 years. With 16 offices located in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, G&O provides a broad range of services to private industry as well as federal, state, and local government clients.