Public engineering firm profile
Eli & Associates, Inc.
Missoula, MT
Land Surveying, Planning, and Engineering
- Services
- 31
- Offices
- 1
- Leaders
- 2
- Founded
- 1972
Overview
Eli & Associates, Inc. is a Missoula, Montana land surveying, land planning, and civil engineering practice serving Western Montana. Its licensed professionals support boundary, topographic, ALTA/NSPS, construction, floodplain, LiDAR, and drone surveys, plus subdivision planning, site development, septic, sewer, water, grading, detention, stormwater, and permitting work for residential, commercial, government, land development, utility, roadway, and water-resource projects.
- Founded
- 1972
Services
Land Surveying
Survey crews support landowners, developers, lenders, public agencies, and design teams with property, development, construction, and floodplain survey needs.
Land Planning
Clients use this support to navigate development applications, subdivision planning, and agency review in Missoula and Western Montana.
Civil Engineering
Private and public projects receive site development plans plus water, sewer, septic, grading, detention, and permitting support.
Aerial Mapping and LiDAR Surveying
FAA-licensed UAS pilots use LiDAR and photogrammetry to produce topographic, point-cloud, orthomosaic, contour, boundary, and structural-location deliverables.
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Leadership
Joshua G. Phillips, PLS
President
PLS
Joshua Phillips is a licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Montana and Wyoming and became president of Eli & Associates in 2021. His experience includes planning, construction and as-built mapping, subdivisions, commercial developments, highways, tunnels, dams, high-voltage transmission lines, hydrographic surveying, and the practice's aerial survey program.
David Hach, PE
Civil Engineer
PE
David Hach joined Eli & Associates in May 2025 and is a licensed professional engineer in Montana, Colorado, and Nebraska. His background includes water and wastewater treatment, water distribution, gravity sewer design, grading, detention pond design, ADA-compliant sidewalk improvements, septic design, GIS, and water modeling.
Testimonials
The Montana DNRC was very happy from project start to finish with the services provided by Eli & Associates.