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Jason Curtis
Vice President and Building Services Business Line Leader, Tighe & Bond: Age 35
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      Jason Curtis said he’s always been fascinated with the built environment.
“In elementary school, when some kids were playing computer games, I was drawing floor plans
on an architectural drafting program on my parents’ desktop computer,” he recalled. “And when I was
in high school and college, I did carpentry work as a summer job and on school breaks, and I always found that work to be quite rewarding.”
But what really cemented his desire to be an engineer was his coursework at Union College, where he started to see engineering as a way to make a difference in
the world through sustainability, energy efficiency, and high-performance buildings.
In his multi-faceted role at Tighe & Bond, Curtis develops strategic direction, oversees day-to-day operations, and tackles business-development efforts, and has led a wide variety of projects for schools and colleges, municipal buildings, industrial facilities, and multi-family residences.
“Every project is different. As consulting engineers, we say every project is a prototype. Everything is tailored to the particular needs and constraints of
each project and client,” he said, with one common thread being energy and sustainability efforts. “With
the various challenges of the world we live in today,
we always try to bring those things to the forefront. Whether it’s efficiency or greenhouse gases or fossil-fuel reduction or cost effectiveness or resiliency, those are all things we’re constantly talking about and thinking
about, and I try to be our client’s trusted advisor.”
Active in the community, Curtis serves on the town of Deerfield’s energy committee, and, as an advocate of mentorship, he has been part of the Hartford, Conn. chapter of the Architecture Construction Engineering (ACE) mentorship program, which assigns STEM-related projects to students. He’s also working with others at Tighe & Bond to revive the ACE mentorship program in Springfield schools.
“I wouldn’t be where I am without the mentorship I received over the years.
That is something that Tighe & Bond is
very cognizant of,” he said, noting that
his workforce-development efforts at the company extend to participation on the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee and leadership of the anti-racism subcommittee.
“The firm has been around more than
100 years. For a firm to have that kind of staying power, we know how to transition leadership,” he said. “We want to be around another 100 years, so everyone in a leadership role appreciates that, and everyone invests in developing the next group of leaders for the firm.”
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