{"id":1694,"date":"2017-07-20T19:04:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa-origin-www.parsons.com\/?p=1694"},"modified":"2017-08-28T21:17:31","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T21:17:31","slug":"parsons-partners-with-bridges-to-prosperity-to-construct-a-footbridge-in-panama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parsons.com\/2017\/07\/parsons-partners-with-bridges-to-prosperity-to-construct-a-footbridge-in-panama\/","title":{"rendered":"Parsons Partners with Bridges to Prosperity to Construct a Footbridge in Panama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3138\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/17-07-inf-b2p-panama-prebuild.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"484\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>PASADENA, CA (July 20, 2017)<\/strong> \u2013 An 11-member Parsons team will travel to Panama this summer to construct a footbridge\u2014alongside nonprofit Bridges to Prosperity (B2P)\u2014for a small community of rice farmers. In 2015, Parsons committed to becoming a Country Partner for B2P, an organization dedicated to building footbridges over impassible rivers so that isolated communities can access healthcare, education, and economic opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven my upbringing in a rice-growing family, I feel a special connection to the local rice farmers that will benefit from this project,\u201d said Chuck Harrington, Parsons\u2019 Chairman and CEO.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cParsons\u2019 partnership with Bridges to Prosperity is a way for our employees\u2014including Elie Homsi, Chairman of B2P\u2019s Board\u2014to volunteer their time and use their knowledge and expertise to help communities around the world. By being a B2P Country Partner, participating in this life-changing project, and sharing the skills of our construction and infrastructure experts, we will help a small community access essential services safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parsons is bringing together volunteers from offices across North America to accomplish this feat of collaboration, engineering, and corporate social responsibility. Parsons\u2019 multinational team represents multiple business units within the corporation and diverse disciplines, including bridge and civil engineers and safety managers.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, a Parsons team helped design and construct a unique 58-m footbridge in La Guaya, Colombia, that melded together two different bridge designs. To see more about the work that Parsons and B2P have accomplished together, visit <a href=\"\/media\/bridges-to-prosperity\/\">Bridges to Prosperity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About Bridges to Prosperity<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Bridges to Prosperity is a nonprofit, nongovernmental organization dedicated to the eradication of extreme poverty through rural infrastructure development focused on footbridges. Since its founding in 2001, Bridges to Prosperity has served 798,730 people with the construction of 232 footbridges in 20 countries. In addition to providing much-needed mobility, these bridge projects serve to teach footbridge construction to local communities and provide opportunities for leadership development and personal growth through international collaboration. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgestoprosperity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bridgestoprosperity.org<\/a> and watch social media for #B2PPanama.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About Parsons<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; PASADENA, CA (July 20, 2017) \u2013 An 11-member Parsons team will travel to Panama this summer to construct a footbridge\u2014alongside nonprofit Bridges to Prosperity (B2P)\u2014for a small community of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Parsons Partners with Bridges to Prosperity to Construct a Footbridge in Panama<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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