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WK Dickson welcomes new energy practice leader – Bernly Bressler
WK Dickson proudly announces Bernly Bressler’s appointment as our energy practice’s area leader. With an impressive track record in developing and implementing effective market strategies, Bernly brings a wealth of experience and a proven record of success to the role. In his previous position, Bernly demonstrated exceptional leadership by spearheading the development and implementation of…
Read More2024 South Carolina Association for Hazard Mitigation (SCAHM) Presentations
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Revolutionizing Stormwater Management: The First Dune Infiltration System in South Carolina Marc Horstman, PE, PH, BC.WRE | 1:30pm Residents and visitors of Folly Beach are currently grappling with traffic disruption at the intersection of 10th Street and East Arctic Avenue due to water ponding after moderate rainfall events. The solution? A…
Read More2024 South Carolina Environmental Conference (SCEC) Presentations
Sunday, March 10, 2024 Handling Changing Times and Impact of Consent Order Joe Swaim, PE | 1:30pm This presentation discusses how the Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority (OJRSA) has strategically evaluated its structure, staffing, and operations since the Consent Order in May 2021. Details will include the intricacies of navigating the Consent Order, negotiating with…
Read MoreWK Dickson wins engineering excellence merit award for Virginia aviation project
WK Dickson has received an Engineering Excellence Merit Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Virginia for our work on the Apron Expansion and Road Relocation Project at the Blue Ridge Regional Airport (MTV) in Martinsville, VA. This project represents an incredible journey spanning nearly two decades, encompassing careful planning, strategic land acquisition,…
Read MoreWK Dickson wins contract with the Kinston Regional Jetport and The North Carolina Global Transpark
We are thrilled to share the exciting news that WK Dickson’s aviation practice has secured an Airport Engineering and Planning Services for the Airport Development Projects contract with the Kinston Regional Jetport and The North Carolina Global Transpark located in Lenoir County. This 2,500-acre multimodal industrial park and airport is designed to meet domestic and…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes watershed services municipal advisor – Daryl Hammock, PE
WK Dickson welcomes Daryl Hammock, PE, a seasoned stormwater expert, to its watershed services team. Daryl commenced his journey more than 30 years ago with the City of Charlotte’s stormwater utility and has played a key leadership role in shaping and evolving the municipal stormwater landscape. In his previous role as the assistant manager of…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes Jessica Leggett as Senior Consultant
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Jessica Leggett as a senior consultant, joining our esteemed funding team. Over the past two decades, Jessica has proven herself a versatile and accomplished engineering and funding expert who has been at the forefront of driving strategic initiatives, navigating regulations, and transforming communities through her strategic…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes Regional Water and Wastewater Practice Leader – Seth Robertson, PE
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Seth Robertson, PE, to our team as a new regional water and wastewater practice leader. In this position, Seth will play a significant role in leading much of the practice’s growth in the North Carolina region. Additionally, he will serve as a technical resource to our…
Read MoreWK Dickson completes the acquisition of Eden & Associates
WK Dickson has completed the acquisition of Virginia-based Eden & Associates, with offices in Blacksburg and Martinsville. The two companies have long been recognized leaders in the AEC industry, and the acquisition will allow for greater efficiencies, broader capabilities, and a wider geographic reach for the combined company. “We are thrilled to welcome the talented…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes new senior consultant – Rad Hudson, PE
WK Dickson welcomes Rad D. Hudson, PE, to our team as a senior land development consultant in our Charlotte, North Carolina office. Rad will help lead the land development team and expand our in-house capabilities by focusing on our private sector clients. Rad has over 16 years of civil engineering experience in land development, primarily…
Read MoreMarc Horstman earns Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE) certification
Marc Horstman, PE, PH, D.WRE, was recently named a Board-Certified Diplomate, Water Resources Engineer (D.WRE) of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE), a subsidiary of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). In support of AAWRE’s mission to ‘advance the practice’ – to broaden and deepen the body of knowledge for practicing engineers,…
Read MoreJeremy Brashears receives Arthur Sidney Bedell Award
Congratulations to Jeremy Brashears, PE for being recognized recently at the South Carolina Environmental Conference by the WEASC / Water Environment Federation with the Arthur Sidney Bedell award. WEASC, an affiliate of the Water Environment Federation, is part of the South Carolina Water Associations, a not-for-profit technical and educational organization representing water professionals in South Carolina.…
Read MoreExciting Leadership Changes in South Carolina
As WK Dickson continues to grow in South Carolina, we are pleased to announce two changes in our leadership team. Terry Macaluso, PE, vice president with WK Dickson, is taking on the role of the practice area leader for our land development and energy groups. In this role, Terry will lead the continued advancement of…
Read MoreWK Dickson acquires Edison Engineering; strengthens water & wastewater infrastructure consulting in Georgia
W.K. Dickson & Co., Inc., a leading community infrastructure consulting firm, announced today they have acquired Edison Engineering Group, a civil and environmental engineering firm based in Dallas, Georgia. This new partnership will allow WK Dickson to better serve existing and future clients’ critical infrastructure needs throughout the state. “Our partnership with Edison represents a…
Read MoreWK Dickson selected for Aviation GEC contract with Albert J. Ellis Airport
The Onslow County Board of Commissioners just approved WK Dickson’s new five-year on-call professional consulting services contract to provide architectural and engineering consulting services for the Albert J. Ellis Airport (OAJ) in Richlands, NC. Projects that may be awarded through the on-call contract include runway extension, roadway relocation, general aviation development, parking lot improvements, rental…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes new funding and regulatory specialist – Susan Turner
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Susan Turner as a funding and regulatory specialist. During her 30-year tenure at the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), Susan was responsible for managing and supervising the air, land, water (wastewater, drinking water, stormwater), and rabies programs. She performed hazardous waste inspections…
Read MoreVIDEO SPOTLIGHT: How Does It Work? Dune Infiltration System
Coastal flooding is more than a mere nuisance; it can be a real safety hazard for people who live and vacation in these communities. Dune infiltration systems are a low-cost, low-tech solution for diminishing stormwater discharge and lowering bacteria loads to recreational beaches, and reducing beach closures. But how does it work?
Read MoreFUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE: US Treasury Final ARPA Guidance
As of January 11, 2022, there are two key changes you need to know about ARPA funding based on our recent review of the US Treasury’s Final Guidance. 1 – Use of ARPA funds under Revenue Shortfall for Government Services Final guidance allows units of local government to elect to use a “standard allowance” of $10M (or…
Read MoreWK Dickson Welcomes New Senior Consultant – Clay Cannon, PE, LEED AP
WK Dickson is pleased to welcome Clay Cannon, PE, LEED AP, to our team. As a senior land development consultant in our Columbia, South Carolina office, Clay will help lead the land development team and further expand our in-house capabilities by focusing on our public sector clients. Clay has more than 22 years of civil…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes new project manager – Stephanie Clay, M.S., PE
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Stephanie Clay as a project manager in our Knoxville, TN, water resources group. Stephanie will be responsible for managing projects and assigning resources to those projects. With over 30 years in environmental engineering, Stephanie brings a strong background in industrial wastewater pretreatment, developing and enforcing EPA…
Read MoreWK Dickson wins engineering excellence grand award for dune infiltration project
WK Dickson has received an Engineering Excellence Grand Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina for our work on the Caswell Beach Dune Infiltration Project in Caswell Beach, North Carolina. Only the second of its kind in North Carolina, the project features a dune infiltration system (DIS) that will accept and infiltrate…
Read MoreWhen it comes to airports, safety is job #1. What’s job #2?
The Jackson County Airport terminal area apron had degraded to point where repairing the apron wasn’t a viable option. Geotechnical borings of the pavement section were so thin that a mil and overlay project wasn’t even feasible, so it was determined that a comprehensive apron rehabilitation project was required to properly remedy the situation. However,…
Read MoreWK Dickson promotes Weston Boles to Vice President
WK Dickson is pleased to announce that Weston Boles, PE, has been promoted to Vice President. Having taken on the role of Practice Area Leader in our Land Development group in February 2021, Weston and his team of engineers and designers have taken the practice to historic new levels of collaboration and success. Weston joined WK…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes new project manager – Tricia Malinowski, Ph.D., PE
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Tricia Malinowski, Ph.D., PE, as a project manager for our watershed services practice in Charlotte, NC. Tricia has over 25 years of experience advising public and private sector clients in environmental compliance and water resources engineering, planning, and management. Her principle areas of expertise are Clean…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes new project manager – Anita Robertson
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Anita Robertson, PE, as project manager for our North Carolina water resources practice in Raleigh, NC. Anita has over 20 years of progressive engineering and management experience, including process design, remediation engineering, municipal water and wastewater engineering, project management, state and local environmental permitting, state and…
Read MoreWK Dickson promotes Weston Boles to Land Development Practice Leader
WK Dickson is pleased to announce that Weston Boles, PE, has been promoted to land development practice leader. In this role, Weston will be responsible for leading the growth and development of WK Dickson’s land development group in existing and new strategic locations throughout the southeast. He will also continue in his role as program…
Read MoreWK Dickson wins engineering excellence award for $32M stormwater culvert project
WK Dickson has received an Engineering Excellence Honors Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of North Carolina for our work on the Town Creek Culvert Project in Greenville, North Carolina. The original culvert built-in 1935 was failing in multiple places, and the city was experiencing severe localized flooding. This $32 million capital improvement…
Read MoreWK Dickson wins ACEC-GA Engineering Excellence People’s Choice Award
In late 2019, WK Dickson was honored to have won a 2020 ACEC Georgia Engineering Excellence State Award for our work on the Wastewater Treatment Facility in Dahlonega, GA. The state award is the organization’s highest category. Today we learned we were also awarded the People’s Choice Award, as revealed this morning during a live…
Read MoreWK Dickson welcomes new aviation program manager – Chris Birkmeyer
WK Dickson is pleased to announce the addition of Chris Birkmeyer, PE, as program manager for our South Carolina aviation practice. In this role, Chris will be responsible for leading project delivery, business development, and strategic growth of the aviation group in South Carolina and surrounding areas. With over 25 years of service in the…
Read MoreCan you recycle a taxiway? You can.
RDU’s Taxiway F, originally constructed between 1986 and 1988, has deteriorated due to age, as well as Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) in the concrete, and is scheduled for rehabilitation. Currently, the project is in its first year of a two-year construction effort to replace a portion of the taxiway. This $26 million project involves removal of…
Read MoreRebuilding Eden
Although named for the idyllic garden of the Old Testament, the city of Eden, N.C., has battled infrastructure challenges that have been anything but paradise. Formed in 1967 through the consolidation of three old mill towns and one sanitary sewerage district, the city inherited an aging wastewater collection system that has struggled with chronic sanitary…
Read MoreVIDEO SPOTLIGHT: Town Creek Culvert
After completing a citywide stormwater Master Plan for Greenville, NC across its entire 35 square mile jurisdiction, WK Dickson served as the engineer to retrofit the Town Creek watershed, which encompasses the majority of the uptown area that is quickly redeveloping. Because this area was prone to flooding that causes safety, as well as property…
Read MoreVIDEO SPOTLIGHT: Infiltration Gallery – How does it work?
In many areas of the U.S., our drinking water supply comes from a nearby river. But how does that water get from the river to your faucet? One method of extracting water from a river is through something called an infiltration gallery. What exactly is an infiltration gallery and how does it work?
Read MoreIntegrating Green Infrastructure into Your Community
We integrate green infrastructure into your projects by helping you navigate the funding, regulatory environment, design, and implementation of these practices to add value through increased resiliency and performance. Why is green infrastructure needed? Communities are continually facing challenges associated with our changing climate – including more intense and frequent storms and flooding associated with…
Read MoreNCSD Ashley Interceptor Rehabilitation Phase 8 Surprises and Successes
The Ashley Interceptor Rehabilitation – Phase 8 differed from previous phases of the Sewer District’s interceptor rehabilitation program because in addition to the sections of the interceptor that was laid in the marshes associated with the Ashley River, other portions were constructed within narrow, live oak lined roads in an upscale neighborhood. The setting(s) proved…
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