Emily T. Cooperman
By Joshua Burd
Design and engineering firm PS&S has hired a nationally recognized expert in historical architecture, in an effort to bolster its work in cultural resources and permitting.
Emily T. Cooperman, who joins the firm’s cultural resource management practice, is a nationally recognized expert in evaluating the historical significance of buildings, structures and landscapes, PS&S said. She also specializes in assessing the effects of project upon cultural resources, bringing 28 years of experience to the practice.
Cooperman’s clients have included private property owners, attorneys, colleges and universities, local governments and state agencies, the firm said in a news release. She has also worked with architects and landscape architects, engineers, planners, developers, preservation advocacy organizations, historical societies and museums.
She has worked on projects that range from studies of individual buildings and gardens and historical designations to planning for preservation for whole municipalities.
“I have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with PS&S,” Cooperman said. “I have known the director of the company’s cultural resource management practice for more than 12 years, primarily working on projects that review potential effects upon cultural resources.
“We have worked together to mitigate any effects that are found to be adverse.”
She will work out of the firm’s Cherry Hill office. Recently, she worked with PS&S to survey historic buildings of a wide variety of types and dates across southern New Jersey for a planned upgrade to an Atlantic City Electric powerline from the Delaware River to near Atlantic City.
“The unusual depth of Dr. Cooperman’s expertise in the historic preservation arena will allow PS&S to penetrate the historic preservation market more substantially,” said John Sartor, the CEO and president of the Warren-based firm. “We are looking forward to her providing strong support for our growing regulatory permitting practice.”
