Posts Tagged ‘engineering’

Governor commends Waggoner Engineering’s Donelson Harris

by Stephen McDill Published: May 3,2013

Tags: Donelson Harris, engineering, Waggoner Engineering

Waggoner Engineering’s Donelson C. Harris, PE, received commendation from the Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal after more than 50 years of service in his field, honoring his efforts to “safeguard life, health and property and promote the public welfare.” Harris’ career as a professional engineer has been marked [...] [...]

Jackson engineering firm tackles emergency management

by Wally Northway Published: May 3,2013

Tags: disaster, engineering, Hurricane Ike, Neel-Schaffer, Smithville, True North Emergency Management

In 2010, Neel-Schaffer reorganized its emergency management activities into True North Emergency Management. Based in Fort Worth, Texas, True North is a full-service emergency management company offering debris removal management/monitoring, automated debris management and emergency management planning/training and exercises. The employment of True North varies depending on the magnitude of disaster response in progress and [...] [...]

Attorneys for lab owner to ask for dismissal of charges

WATER VALLEY — A hearing is scheduled today on a motion to dismiss the charges against a laboratory owner charged with faking wastewater samples she was hired to test for a company in Mississippi. Tennie White, who owns Mississippi Environmental Analytical Laboratories Inc., was indicted Nov. 7 in U.S. District Court in Jackson. The indictment [...] [...]

Firm welcomes Overstreet

by MBJ Staff Published: April 12,2013

Tags: engineering, Kreg Overstreet, Neel-Schaffer Inc.

  Neel-Schaffer Inc. has added Kreg Overstreet, PE, to its team of professionals. Overstreet brings with him over 10 years of experience in transportation and water and sewer infrastructure repairs. Overstreet holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and is a registered professional engineer in the state of Mississippi. He is also a [...] [...]

Lab accused of falsifying testing results to Corp, Stennis

by Associated Press Published: April 11,2013

Tags: charge, concrete, engineer, engineering, explorationm, falify, law, law enforcement, legal, report, space, test, testing

DIAMONDHEAD — Authorities have accused a company of making false statements about concrete tests it was hired to do for NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. Gulf Cities Testing Laboratories LLC, based in Diamondhead was charged in a criminal information in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. [...] [...]

Corps repairing beach damaged by Hurricane Isaac

by Associated Press Published: April 9,2013

Tags: beach, engineer, engineering, federal agency, hurricane, outdoors, sand, storm, Sun, tourism, tourist, tropical, vacation, visitor, waves, Weather

PASCAGOULA — The Army Corps of Engineers is working to repair the sand beach along the west end of Beach Boulevard in Pascagoula. The Sun Herald reports the corps built the beach after Hurricane Katrina and installed wind fencing and plantings to promote dune growth. Dunes help prevent sand from blowing onto the road and [...] [...]

Corps adds Mosley

by MBJ Staff Published: April 5,2013

Tags: Charlene Mosley, Corps of Engineers, engineering

Charlene Mosley, a native of Houston, Miss., is the newest member of the Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District family. Mosley, a graduate of Houston High School, was recently selected for a position in the Vicksburg District’s regulatory office. She earned her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Mississippi, and earned her master’s degree [...] [...]

BMA makes staff moves

by MBJ Staff Published: April 5,2013

Tags: Benjamin Smith, Brown Mitchell & Alexander Inc., Chandra Nicholson, engineering

Brown, Mitchell & Alexander Inc. recently welcomed Chandra Nicholson, P.E., to the staff of BMA, Nicholson joins the firm as a professional engineer in the Biloxi office. She received her bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Mississippi State University in 1995 as well as earned her MBA from William Carey College in 2005. [...] [...]

Officials watching river walls during rainy weather

by Associated Press Published: March 27,2013

Tags: bridge, engineer, engineering, erosion, highway, infrastructure, river, transportation, travel, wall, Weather

VICKSBURG — Two concrete walls blasted into the Mississippi River bank below the old U.S. Highway 80 bridge are passing a tough test during a rainy start to 2013, bridge officials said, as the latest study on the Interstate 20 bridge shows piers moved at the same pace last year as its older neighbor. In [...] [...]

Mat Sinking Unit docks after long, extended season

MISSISSIPPI RIVER — U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District’s (Corps) Mat Sinking Unit (MSU), has completed an extended mat-sinking season. This revetment season included a larger than normal program with critical repairs being made to sites damaged as a result of the 2011 historic flood. During this longer, eight-month, revetment season, the MSU placed [...] [...]

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