Ethan Smith

Project Manager, Hunter Roberts Construction Group

In his role at Hunter Roberts, Ethan manages the Battery Coastal Resilience Project, which is one of several projects together known as the Lower Manhattan Coastal Resiliency (LMCR) Project, an integrated coastal protection initiative to reduce flood risk from storms and sea-level rise in Lower Manhattan. Ethan oversees the project’s budget and schedule, implements cost controls, ensures conformance to design documents, and communicates progress to various stakeholders. Ethan is the Envision lead for the construction team and is responsible to ensure sustainable processes are implemented throughout construction and all related efforts are adequately documented to conform with project requirements. Ethan holds a bachelor’s degree in geosciences from SUNY New Paltz and is completing his master’s degree in environmental geology at Rutgers. He began his career in engineering at firms including LiRo and Langan before pivoting to resilience-focused construction management.