Jason Brooks, President/CEO of LDA Engineering, won the 2018 Best of Blount “Philanthropist of the Year” award at a ceremony held on November 1 at the Clayton Center for the Arts at Maryville College. The event honors businesses, entrepreneurs, and volunteers who have contributed their time, effort, and resources on behalf of Blount County.
UT Students Awarded 2nd Place in Annual Competition
LDA Senior Project Manager Stefanie Farrell, along with UT professor Jennifer Retherford, accompanied a team of University of Tennessee undergraduate engineering students on a recent trip to the WEFTEC Conference in New Orleans. The conference is considered the largest annual water quality technical conference and exhibition in the world.
FUNDING YOUR DRINKING WATER OR WASTEWATER PROJECT WITH STATE REVOLVING FUND LOANS
By Emily Kelly, PE While we wish there were a free lunch, or in the case of drinking water and wastewater project funding, a grant, those days appear to be gone forever. Increasingly, financially strapped communities find themselves looking at repairing aging infrastructure. In many cases, however, the aging infrastructure can no longer be repaired; it is unsafe for public … Read More
LDA Welcomes Michael Tanner
LDA Engineering welcomes Michael Tanner as our newest Geomatics CAD Designer. Some of Michael’s responsibilities include processing survey data to build design models that are used to develop construction plans for a variety of civil infrastructure projects.
Global Streets: Part 2
By Stephanie Livingston, PLA, EI Our last blog post, “Global Streets: Part 1”, focused on how streets around the world are transitioning to become quality spaces for all. As we continue to examine the National Association of City Transportation Official’s (NACTO) Global Street Design Guide, it is important to consider how these concepts can be applied to our local communities … Read More
Global Streets: Part 1
By Stephanie Livingston, PLA, EI The National Association of City Transportation Official (NACTO)’s Global Street Design Guide, published in 2016, is a useful resource that shows how streets around the world are transitioning to become quality spaces for all. In a sense, streets are outdoor rooms with the ground being the floor, building edges being the walls, and a canopy … Read More
Spreading the Word about Future City Tennessee
By Kim Chaney-Bay As part of our ongoing STEM education outreach efforts, LDA Engineering was pleased to participate as a booth exhibitor at this year’s “Institute for CTE Educators” conference sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Education / Career and Technical Education. The conference, held at the Music City Center in Nashville, was attended by over 1,400 career and technical … Read More
Creative Financing Opportunities
By Wade Knapper Funding capital improvement projects is often a top priority for utility districts and municipalities. Especially if the system is experiencing growth. Large districts benefit from municipal bond ratings, providing access to bond markets with a relatively low cost of borrowing. However, many smaller utility districts may find the process of obtaining a bond rating to be cost-prohibitive. … Read More
Using Drones for Solid Waste Management
By Jim Albert Managing a landfill is a complicated process that requires a large amount of preparation, planning, and adhering to government regulations such as meeting airspace requirements and assuring that the landfill is being built as designed. A well-planned landfill works in conjunction with its surroundings, assuring that the leachate that is produced from the decomposing trash does not … Read More
LDA Creates Momentum for STEM Scouts in Tennessee
By Stefanie Farrell and Kim Chaney-Bay STEM Scouts is a national program aimed at helping students in grades 3-12 grow in character and skills as they explore their curiosity about STEM fields. STEM Scouts meet weekly or bi-weekly in groups called “labs”.