Counes, Karen

Karen Counes, PE, Program and Construction Management Practice Leader, CDM Smith. She has 25 years of experience in developing and implementing engineering and construction solutions in the transportation, water and power industries. She has served as a consultant and owner, and held key roles in major programs like New York's Second Avenue Subway, eight miles of new tunnels and stations in New York City, the Everglades Restoration, initiated by the Water Resources Development Act to restore South Florida's ecosystem and connect the "River of Grass"from Lake Okeechobee to the Gulf of Mexico, and Next Generation Niagara, a $1B modernization program to extend the life of New York Power Authority's largest power generating asset, the Robert Moses Niagara Power Project in Niagara Falls, NY.