WJE Associate Principal Matt Gries has been appointed regional director of the Janney Technical Center (JTC), where he will lead operations and coordination for the firm’s 70,000-square-foot applied research and testing laboratories at WJE’s headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois.
Gries oversees a team of more than sixty professionals who support WJE’s cutting-edge diagnostic and investigative work. A structural engineer, Gries joined WJE in 2010 and has served as a unit manager at the JTC since 2020. His technical expertise includes structural assessment, analysis and repair of buildings, bridges, towers and utility structures.
