[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 129 (Wednesday, November 15, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2051]
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  PAYING TRIBUTE TO JOHN L. CHURNETSKI, WILLARD G. KRESGE, AND LEE W. 
ECKERT, FOUNDERS OF QUAD THREE GROUP INC. IN WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA

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                         HON. PAUL E. KANJORSKI

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 15, 2006

  Mr. KANJORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask you and my esteemed 
colleagues in the House of Representatives to pay tribute to John L. 
Churnetski, Willard G. Kresge and Lee W. Eckert, founders of Quad Three 
Group, Inc. in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.
  Quad Three Group is a full service architectural, engineering and 
environmental science firm that has grown from a single proprietorship 
in 1967 to a firm employing 70 people today in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton 
and Pittsburgh, PA.
  From 1967 through 1987, the company was a multidiscipline 
professional engineering firm known as Utility Engineers which served a 
large number of architectural firms, commercial and industrial clients 
and municipalities. A large part of the firm's growth came from 
contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense.
  In 1987, Utility Engineers, which had employed 35 people, merged with 
the largest architectural design firm in the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 
area, Pyros and Sanderson, which employed 15 people, to form Quad Three 
Group, Inc.
  Noteworthy regional projects they completed included Blue Cross Blue 
Shield of Northeastern Pennsylvania headquarters, Luzerne County 
Community College Technology Building, Penn State University Wilkes-
Barre and Hazleton campuses, Martz Trailways Office Building, 
InterMetro Industries Corporate Headquarters Building, the 
environmental impact study for the Francis E. Walter Dam Hydroelectric 
Project, Newport, Rhode Island and Lakehurst, New Jersey Naval Base 
Utility System Upgrade and the $85 million Steamtown Mall project in 
downtown Scranton.
  They also completed the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard Base Re-Alignment 
and Closure project, ten major K-12 and higher education projects, the 
$45 million Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza and the $30 million Mount 
Laurel Center for the Performing Arts.
  Mr. Churnetski received his bachelor of science in mechanical 
engineering from Notre Dame University. Mr. Kresge received his 
bachelor of electrical engineering from Penn State University and Mr. 
Eckert received his bachelor of science in civil engineering from Penn 
State University. Between the three founders, they have 127 years of 
combined engineering experience.
  Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratulating these three talented 
men who have distinguished themselves in the engineering world as well 
as in their northeastern Pennsylvania community. Their commitment to 
excellence and professionalism has benefited everyone associated with 
Quad Three Group and has contributed to improving the quality of life 
in the entire region.

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