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.
Abraham Rodriguez, P.E. Civil Engineering Manager
Abraham brings a over 40 years of civil engineering experience in Transportation, Power, Nuclear, Resource Recovery Facilities, Mining, Hydropower, Dam and Water & Wastewater Projects. He serves as Senior Civil Engineer/ Project Manager on the majority of Hirani's civil 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.
Joseph Allegra, L.S., Vice President, Advanced Survey Technology
Mr. Allegra is a Subject Matter Expert in the survey and mapping fields having performed work for Federal, Public, and Private institutions worldwide. His project metrology experience includes working on upgrades in steel mills, wastewater plants, refineries, bridges, buildings, and at Department of Defense (DOD) installations. He has utilized 3D Laser scanning for steam pipe line upgrades for the Architect of the Capital tunnels systems, structural and collision issues in piping rack systems in process plants, construction deformation analysis for buildings, rail road systems and for Electrical Facilities. For the Federal Highways and Penn State, Mr. Allegra used 3D laser scanning to determine the as-built construction of curved steel girder bridges and the deformation of large steel web beams deflection during loading of construction deck concrete pours. Mr. Allegra began his 3D Laser Scanning in 2000 performing a “white paper” analysis on the use of 3D Laser scanning for Maryland State Highways determining its practical use for mapping Tunnels, Bridges, Railroads, and Roadways. His team published an article for Professional Surveyor 2003 and won an Honorable Mention at the National ACEC Awards ceremony in Washington, DC for the integration of 3D Laser Scanning. Since 2005, Mr. Allegra has been integrating remote operated UAV platforms collecting LiDAR and imaging data in the air, on the ground and water with conventional, mobile and static data collection platforms creating accurate 3D digital surface models.
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.
