We are pleased to announce the acquisition of Wide Open Office, a landscape architecture, urban design and community development firm based in Tampa, Florida.

Blake C. Guillory, P.E., D.WRE, has joined the Applied Sciences team as Managing Principal, working directly on projects with select clients while assisting with the firm’s operations. Mr. Guillory has 33 years of civil and water resources engineering experience leading teams addressing a wide variety of public and private sector water projects throughout Florida.

For the last decade, hiring trends for jobs requiring college graduates have largely favored younger people, typically in their first or second decade in the workforce.