Entries by Ashley Butler

Woody Thrasher is now the Commerce Secretary

Jim Justice announced that he has chosen Woody Thrasher, president of The Thrasher Group, as Commerce Secretary. “For months and months, I always felt that if I were humbled by the people of West Virginia and elected governor, without any question, the number one guy I wanted to recruit was Woody Thrasher,” Justice said in…

Client Projects with a Hyperconverged Data Center

It Started With Storage. Engineering demands a lot from a network. Surveys, base mapping, CAD files, Building Information Management (BIM) solutions, Geographic Information System (GIS) data, renderings, and video files all require a sturdy storage environment. When Brad Fortney, the IT Manager at The Thrasher Group, arrived in 2010, he quickly recognized that the storage…

David Hafley to lead Thrasher office in Kentucky

The Thrasher Group Inc. (Thrasher) is pleased to announce that David Hafley will lead their new Lexington, Kentucky office. According to Clay Riley, PE and Principal at Thrasher “David is exactly the right person to lead our new office. Having lived and worked in Kentucky most of his adult life, along with his stellar reputation,…

Infrastructure & Site Development for Young Life

Young Life has selected The Thrasher Group, Inc. to coordinate the civil engineering and infrastructure and site development for its new West Virginia Camp that is located along the Gauley River Canyon near Summersville Lake.  Each summer, over 4,000 high school students will visit this facility and be able to hear and respond to the…

WV architect gaining valuable experience early in career

By Jim Workman, The State Journal Most architects must toil away for many years before they secure an opportunity to work on a project of great significance. At 28, Josh Lyons already has a couple in his portfolio. The Springfield, Ohio native worked on the J.W. and Hazel Ruby West Virginia Welcome Center located along…

Thrasher Group Named to 2016 Zweig White Hot Firm List

The Thrasher Group, Inc. was recently named to Zweig White’s 2016 Hot Firm List. This is the fourth consecutive year that Thrasher has been named to the list. The 2016 Hot Firm List represents a look at the firms in the architecture, engineering, planning and environmental industries that posted the highest growth over a three-year…

Thrasher Named One of the Mid-Atlantic Top Design Firms

The Thrasher Group, Inc. was recently named as one of the Top Design Firms by Engineering News Record (ENR) in the Mid-Atlantic region, which includes the states of Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia. Thrasher was the only West Virginia based firm named to the list, ranking #26. The company, which was built on…

Using UAVs to Better Serve Clients

The Thrasher Group, Inc. recently obtained their Federal Certificate of Authorization (COA) and FAA Section 333 Exemption to actively operate unmanned aerial vehicles for the purposes of delivering the newest and best technologies available to their clients. Dan Wheeler, FAA licensed pilot and Senior Project Manager said “Thrasher is part of a new era in…

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Technology to Better Serve Clients

The Thrasher Group, Inc. recently obtained their Federal Certificate of Authorization (COA)   and FAA Section 333 Exemption to actively operate unmanned aerial vehicles for the purposes of delivering the newest and best technologies available to their clients.  Dan Wheeler, FAA licensed pilot and Senior Project Manager said “Thrasher is part of a new era in…