Employee Spotlight – Chris Hart

Chris Hart is a partner in Nexus PMG and currently serves as the President of Project Development Services. Chris is a registered Professional Engineer with over 14 years of business leadership and technical experience in the engineering, procurement and construction industry. He is responsible for developing the Nexus PMG global...

Trade Schools & Vocational Training for In-Demand Green Jobs

Many people assume that a college degree is necessary in order to have a successful career, but trade and vocational schools can be equally wise paths. This is especially true in a post-pandemic job market with an administration with big plans for green jobs and a clean energy transition...

Embracing a Circular Economy to Bolster Pandemic Economic Recovery

Going Green with Brown The coronavirus pandemic has proven to be a disruptive force in both the global economy and the United States economy. The evidence is clear that the pandemic has plunged the economy into a recession. The International Monetary Fund is estimating a global loss of $2.7...

Employee Spotlight – Palak Sharma

Tell us about yourself. Growing up in Kuwait, my best and favorite subjects were math, physics, and chemistry, so engineering was of natural choice. My nationality is Indian, but I attended a British high school, then moved to Canada to pursue my BASc in Chemical Engineering, and then the USA...

Our Founders Describe Their Roles

Nexus PMG was founded by Ben Hubbard, Paul Hammond, and Roshan Vani. We asked our founders to describe their respective roles now that they have titles of CEO, CFO, and COO. Their responses expand beyond the traditional C-level duties, reaching into their personal spheres of influence and other aspects...

Employee Spotlight – Emmie DeFusco

Emmie DeFusco moved to Greenville, SC in 2017, and originally hails from Maryland. She studied engineering at West Virginia University and has previous work experience in building recycled products and telecommunications manufacturing facilities in process engineering, R&D engineering, and materials management capacities. It was her role in materials management...

College Degrees for In-Demand Climate Careers

Students in college today have an opportunity to pursue degrees that prepare them for combating the effects of climate change. Degrees in environmental science aren’t the only path, either. Many programs incorporate sustainability, so students can follow their passions and have a positive impact at the same time. You...

Is a Career as a Drafter the Green Job for You?

As sustainability becomes a priority for infrastructure in the US and globally, drafters will play an important role in the transition to clean energy and a circular economy. Unlike some jobs that require a four-year degree, drafters can start their careers with an associate degree or even self-taught skills....

How Our Sustainable Infrastructure Development & Advisory Company Pivoted During the Pandemic

With tech-forward founders, Nexus PMG has been heavily tech-focused and cloud-based from day one. Even before the pandemic, we used drones, 3d laser scanning, and cloud and mobile technology to improve safety, quality, and execution on our sustainable infrastructure projects.  Being set up for remote work was a huge...

Understanding the EPC Contract: Project Schedule Levels

Project schedule levels are part of the art and science of developing the project plan.  Project Schedule Risk Assessing the risk in a project schedule is driven by the amount of detail available when developing the schedule along with the participation of all the stakeholders. At the point of...

Finding Comfort in the Discomfort of ESG Innovation

I’ve always been a huge baseball fan. I started playing baseball when I was five years old and continued into college. My team of choice is the Atlanta Braves, and my favorite player was and has always been Chipper Jones. I used to dream about becoming the next Chipper...

Understanding EPC Performance Guarantees

A performance guarantee (a performance bond) protects downside risk by holding the EPC accountable for ensuring all the equipment works as expected when connected for operation. In its simplest form, an EPC performance wrap is an engineering design guarantee. Each respective process technology package typically comes with a performance...