Our People
Jitendra Hirani, P.E., President
Mr. Hirani has over 30 years of engineering experience with a specialty in structural engineering, safety engineering and construction management. He has directly overseen major capital improvement projects for Federal, NY State, NY City and Long Island municipalities in the areas of building improvements, bridge rehabilitation, highway upgrading, and site engineering. Additionally, he has developed significant skill in the area of Design/Build, and continually provides Quality Assurance and Quality Control on Hirani Engineering projects.
Jay Gewirtzman, P.E. Executive Vice President
Jay joined Hirani in 2015 as Vice President of Construction Inspection and Management Division after 35 years with a major NYC firm where he helped to grow and manage their 600 person New York City office and was responsible for profit and loss, hiring key managers, client contact, business development and day-to-day operation of the office. The multi-disciplinary office performed civil, structural, MEP, rail, security and architectural design services as well as construction management and resident engineering. Prior to managing the office he managed their construction management group where he helped it to grow from 35 to 125 personnel.A He started his career with NYC agencies where he provided construction management services on several large scale projects.
Joseph Pike, L.S. Vice President, Land Surveying
Upon the retirement of Richard Moravec in January of this year, Joseph was promoted to Vice President of Hirani's Land Surveying Department.A Joe brings 30 years of experience in land surveying services as a Project Manager, Office and Field Supervisor, and Party Chief for topographical surveys, title surveys, subdivision stakeouts, building layouts, and elevation certificates for street, bridge, buildings, and stadium projects. He has used the latest surveying equipment such as total station, data collector, level and GPS.He is responsible for all surveying projects undertaken by the firm.
Gina Marie Schoregge, P.E. Director of Structural Engineering
Gina brings a more than 12 years of structural design experience including bridges, tunnels, subways, buildings, water and wastewater treatment facilities, and marine and waterfront structures.She is in responsible charge of all of Hirani's structural engineering projects.
Matthew Holahan, P.E. Vice President,A Special Inspection & CM
Matthew offers more than 15 years of experience in Special Inspections, Material Testing, Progress Inspections and Construction Management. This includes work on diversified projects such as World Wide Technical Inspection and Testing, colleges, hospitals, residential housing, bridges, roadways, airports and water and wastewater treatment plants.He is a licensed Professional Engineer in New York State with certifications in concrete, masonry, structural steel as well as being a NYCDOB Registered Construction Superintendent and Concrete Safety Manager. He has experience working with DASNY, NYCHA, NYCDEP, MTA NYCT, MTA LIRR, MTA B&T, NYCDOB, USCOE, FEMA, NYSDOT, NYSTA, NYPA, CUNY and NYCEDC.
Neil Hirani, Director of Technology
Mr. Hirani has more than 4 years of experience in technology based initiatives including instrumentation, software integration, BIM, modelling, and virtual reality in monitoring instrumentation, VR, 360 view, scanning, and the software associated with it. He is the lead technologist in introducing new technology to his firm. Mr. Hirani assists in cost effective and innovative solutions on projects and designs.
Daniel Loscalzo, P.E., LEED AP. Director of Civil Engineering
Dan brings nine years of experience as a Project Manager and Project Engineer for government clients in the greater New York Tri-State area, providing civil site design and transportation engineering services. As a civil site designer Dan has produced designs for road infrastructure, streetscapes, green infrastructure, erosion control, wetlands permitting, bulkheading, sewer systems, drainage systems, seawall repairs, prefabricated building construction, and infrastructure capital planning. His background in transportation engineering includes traffic modeling, signal optimization, safety analyses, MPT plans, PSAP assessments, complete street improvements, and managed-use lane studies. Dan brings a practical approach to his design projects, as earlier in his career he served as an inspector and surveyor during field construction. He is in responsible charge of Hirani’s Civil Engineering projects.
