By Stefanie Farrell Fire department employees around the nation are very cognizant of what “ISO ratings” can mean to a community. As they know, these ratings come from the Insurance Services Office (ISO), and classify a community’s ability to suppress fires through a grade or “rating” of 1 to 10.
Accessing Tennessee
By Stefanie Farrell According to the U.S. Census Bureau, nearly 1 in 5 Americans has a disability, which can include difficulties with hearing, vision, cognitive ability, mobility, self-care, and independent living. As of the 2010 Census, 15% of Tennessee’s population was living with some kind disability.
LDA Engineering brings Future City Competition to Tennessee
By Riley McMillan Future City is a program for middle school students that encourages and fosters application of math, science, writing, teamwork skills, and critical thinking, to real-world issues. Each year Future City publishes a universal problem facing cities today, and asks Future City participants to solve it in the best way possible.
Resources Hidden in Plain Sight
By Stephanie Livingston, EI In the pursuit of economic development, companies and individuals alike choosing to live, work, and play in areas with better quality of place over those with tax breaks and subsidies. So, what key resource can promote this type of live, work, and play environment? The answer is surprisingly simple—streets. Streets that promote economic development are accessible, … Read More
LDA Engineering hires Terry Grubb as transportation services coordinator
LDA Engineering has hired 40-year transportation veteran Terry Grubb as transportation services coordinator. Grubb, based in the Knoxville office, will assist clients with improving transportation infrastructure in support of community safety, mobility and economic development.
LDA Engineering hires Kelli Richardson as associate engineer and project manager
LDA Engineering has hired Kelli Richardson, PE, as associate engineer and project manager. Richardson, who works out of the Chattanooga office, will provide civil/site design and project management on commercial, multi-family and residential projects, handle permit writing and build client relationships.
LDA Engineering leads charge on STEM initiatives in East Tennessee, contributes $250,000 in funding and employee time
LDA Engineering will commit $250,000 of employee volunteer time and financial donations over the next 10 years to school systems in Tennessee communities where its employees work, live and serve, the company announced Thursday at a ribbon-cutting event celebrating its new Blount County office. The civil and environmental engineering firm will make contributions to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) … Read More
The Tennessee Stormwater Runoff Assessment Tool (RRAT)
By Lee Gentry, PE On June 18, 2015, the University of Tennessee SMART Center and TDEC conducted the inaugural design training course. The course was for the new Stormwater Runoff Reduction Assessment Tool (RRAT). I was excited to participate in the course held in Knoxville, Tennessee. The class was coordinated by Mr. Tim Gangaware, and was taught by Dr. Andrea … Read More
What is Green Infrastructure?
By Jason Foster, PE To bring attention to the topic of Green Infrastructure, LDA is doing a blog series about GI with topics including proposed GI stormwater regulations in the State of Tennessee, GI applications in stormwater and wastewater, specific GI controls such as pervious pavement and bio-retention, and GI funding. The term Green Infrastructure has been used interchangeably with … Read More
Presenting GIS
By Jim Albert Recently I gave a series of presentations to local east Tennessee schools, learning centers, and a Veterans outreach program. The purpose of these presentations was to give an introduction to Geographic Information System (GIS) and to show how GIS is used across a wide variety of careers.