Dejana Ricca

Dejana's Role at Brightworks

Dejana Ricca is a consultant in Brightworks’ Sustainable Healthy Buildings Practice in New York and serves clients throughout the US and Europe. She works closely with Brightworks’ clients providing excellent project management and delivering high-quality sustainability solutions. With years of experience working on a variety of project types, Dejana’s skill set and experience spans many of the practice areas provided by Brightworks and a wide range of clients including world-renowned technology clients, real estate development clients, and state and municipal governments.

Education

Lafayette College
- Bachelor of Science (Civil and Environmental Engineering, major; Architectural Studies, minor)

Technical Credentials

U. S. Green Building Council (USGBC) 
- LEED Accredited Professional Building Design + Construction (LEED AP BD+C)
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES)
- Certified Engineer in Training (EIT)
ACE Mentor Program of Greater New York
- ACE Mentor Program Team Leader and Mentor Committee Vice Chair
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
- 10-Hour Construction Health and Safety Training

Dejana has five years of experience working on large transportation and infrastructure projects, performing civil utility engineering, project management, and project controls. She assisted in the accessibility upgrades to New York City Transit’s 149th St–Grand and Tremont Avenue stations. She has also performed project control services for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Cross Harbor Freight Program Tier II Environmental Review and Amtrak’s Gateway Hudson Tunnel Project.

Prior to her work on large-scale transportation and infrastructure projects, she was the field engineer for Eastbanc’s West End Square 50 mixed-use development responsible for coordinating and directing trades.