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Jackson engineering firm tackles emergency management

Wally Northway — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:59:36 +0000

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 [...]

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USM, Neel-Schaffer recreating tornado devastated campus

Wally Northway — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:24:37 +0000

Loren Erickson watched from his Hattiesburg home that Sunday in February as an EF-4 tornado ripped through the heart of the Hub City. He feared the worst. “I could see the debris raining out of the top of the tornado — I knew it was going to be bad,” Erickson remembered. After freeing a person [...]

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Neel-Schaffer engineering firm celebrates 30 years

Lynn Lofton — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:25:42 +0000

It has been a busy 30 years for Jackson-based engineering firm Neel-Schaffer. The company was founded in 1983 by Hibbett Neel and Gorman Schaffer, both professional engineers, with one office and 18 employees. As Neel-Schaffer celebrates its 30th anniversary, it has 400 employees and 39 offices nationwide with 19 of those in Mississippi. The [...]

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Neel receives honor

MBJ Staff — Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:01:12 +0000

The 2012 recipient of the American Council of Engineering Companies-Mississippi Teddy Roosevelt Award is Hibbett Neel, president of Neel-Schaffer Inc., which he co-founded in 1983. Neel received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Vanderbilt and earned a master’s degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology and served as an officer in the U.S. Army. [...]

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Firm welcomes Trebisky

MBJ Staff — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 05:50:03 +0000

Neel-Schaffer Inc. has added Chris Trebisky, PE, PLS, PP. Trebisky has more than 13 years of experience in recreational design, roadway reconstruction, water/wastewater supply and treatment and land surveying. Prior to joining Neel-Schaffer, Trebisky spent 13 years in municipal engineering as a consultant for a variety of local, state and federal agencies. He also served [...]

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Officers, directors seated

MBJ Staff — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:01:29 +0000

The Mississippi Main Street Association has formally welcomed new officers and members to the state board of directors. The following are new officers of the MMSA board for 2012-2014: president Barry Plunkett of B. Plunkett & Associates Inc. in Jackson; president-elect Joey Hudnall of Neel-Schaffer in Jackson; treasurer Mark Loughman of Mississippi Power in Gulfport; [...]

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Hegwood leading office

MBJ Staff — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 06:01:53 +0000

Mandy M. Hegwood is taking the helm of the Laurel office of Neel-Schaffer Inc. She will serve as the Laurel manager. Hegwood joined Neel-Schaffer in 2000 and has provided engineering expertise to municipalities throughout the state with a large focus in South Mississippi. The opportunity to work on municipal projects has allowed Hegwood to develop [...]

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College inducts Exley

MBJ Staff — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 06:01:41 +0000

Slade Exley, chief administrative officer for Neel-Schaffer Inc. in Jackson, has been inducted into the College of Fellows for the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). The honor recognizes an ACEC member who through their career has elevated the standards of the engineering profession. Exley joined Neel-Schaffer in 1983. He has served as project engineer, [...]

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Milner granted certification

MBJ Staff — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:55:49 +0000

Derick Milner, graduate engineer with Neel-Schaffer’s Environmental Science Group, has been granted status as a certified professional in erosion and sediment control by EnviroCert International, a certification body for professionals in the erosion, sediment control and storm water quality industries. Prior to recently joining Neel-Schaffer, Milner was an environmental engineer for the Mississippi Department of [...]

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Neel-Schaffer adds new personnel

MBJ Staff — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 06:00:59 +0000

Neel-Schaffer recently hired four new members to its growing staff within its Environmental Science Division. The firm recently made a key hire aimed at beefing up its GIS division, adding Carl Gordon as an environmental scientist. Gordon has worked as a consultant for numerous federal, state and local entities, including the General Services Administration, USDA [...]

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