Public engineering firm profile
Reno, NV
Floodplain Management and Water Resources Engineering
House Moran Consulting, Inc. is a specialty water resources and environmental engineering consultancy headquartered in Reno, Nevada, with offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Atlanta, Georgia. It specializes in floodplain management, water resources engineering, stormwater master planning, FEMA map revisions, and stormwater design. The practice serves municipal, state, and private clients nationwide, helping navigate complex regulatory compliance programs including FEMA HMA and EPA 319(h) grants, NPDES, NEPA, CEQA, and Clean Water Act Section 404/401 permitting.
Utilizing advanced statistical analysis and GIS-based technologies, these solutions optimize conveyance designs and build cost-effective solutions for clients nationwide.
Specialized assistance navigates the intricate regulatory process of securing floodplain revisions and reclaiming property from designated hazard zones.
Tailored evaluations address quantitative and qualitative stormwater challenges, delivering alternative solutions aligned with local regulatory policies, ordinances, and design criteria.
Strategic guidance helps communities establish continuous revenue models and secure federal allocations to address aging infrastructure and capital constraints.
Comprehensive permitting support guides projects through local, state, and federal regulatory pathways to ensure ecological compliance.
Professional instruction and continuing education programs provide practitioners with up-to-date expertise in advanced water resource engineering topics.
Qualified professionals offer authoritative guidance, site analysis, and objective testimony to resolve complicated water resource disputes.
2018 | Nevada | Nevada Department of Transportation | Transportation
A multi-decade research initiative exploring the applications of NEXRAD Gage-Adjusted Radar Rainfall (GARR) data synthesis combined with advanced hydrologic methods. The project secured technical endorsements from FEMA, USACE, FHWA, DoD, and NAS, culminating in an AASHTO RAC Research Sweet Sixteen Award.
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Jeff has more than 44 years of experience dedicated to providing technically creative and economically sound solutions for a diverse range of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering/Permitting projects. He is a nationally recognized regulatory permitting expert. As a pioneer in the field of advanced GIS-based Hydrologic and Hydraulic (H&H) modeling and calibration methodologies, he has served as Project Manager/Director on dozens of large-scale comprehensive stormwater master plans, watershed assessments, and FEMA flood insurance studies across the country. He has co-authored and facilitated numerous stormwater design criteria and best management practices (BMPs) manuals for municipalities and agencies.
President
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Jeff is a registered professional engineer with more than 31 years of experience specializing in executive management and environmental engineering. His leadership skills are demonstrated through his repeated success in improving organizational performance by expanding capabilities, enhancing work quality, and maximizing efficiency. His diverse technical experience includes expert witness testimony, stormwater management, stream gage installation and statistical assessment, site investigations, remediation, and regulatory compliance including NPDES, CERCLA, RCRA, and NEPA. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University as a Civil Engineer and completed an Executive Management Program at Harvard Business School.
Senior Vice President
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Todd is a licensed Civil Engineer with more than 20 years of experience specializing in water resources engineering and permitting. His expertise in advanced hydrology and hydraulics is primarily related to stormwater management, drainage, and flood control systems, with project experience developing many one- and two-dimensional hydrologic and hydraulic models. His background includes FEMA flood studies and revisions, the design of flood mitigation and control systems, stormwater Best Management Practices, dam hydraulics, bridges, and culverts. He has managed watershed-level flood studies, FEMA Letters of Map Change, stormwater and watershed master plans, and flood control master plans. He holds a Bachelor's of Civil Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Senior Project Manager
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Greg is a licensed Civil Engineer with more than 14 years of experience specializing in water resources and permitting. His expertise in advanced hydrology and hydraulics includes stormwater management, drainage, floodplain analysis, and flood control systems. He is proficient in using advanced modeling programs to simulate complex hydrologic systems, including FEMA flood insurance restudies, LOMRs and CLOMRs, calibration of physics-based hydrologic models, dam hydraulics, and hydrologic analysis of bridges and culverts. He has integrated geographic information systems (GIS) throughout his career to develop spatially correct models and illustrate risk. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology.