Public engineering firm profile
Columbia, MD
Advancing sustainable and resilient communities
Straughan Environmental is a Columbia, Maryland-based multi-disciplinary environmental engineering and planning practice founded in 1995. With more than 300 active projects and decades of Excellent or Very Good Federal performance ratings, its engineers, planners, and scientists deliver analysis, planning, engineering, and asset management services to government agencies and commercial clients. Core practice areas include ecosystem restoration, water resources, civil engineering, coastal resilience, natural resources permitting, and environmental program management.
Program management, construction oversight, GIS, and public involvement services spanning project planning through construction and delivery.
Engineering design for ecosystem restoration, water infrastructure, coastal resilience, and sustainable site development.
Environmental review, natural and cultural resource documentation, noise and air quality analysis, and environmental compliance.
Maryland | Maryland Transportation Authority | Transportation
Delivered environmental permitting, stream restoration mitigation design, and public outreach support for the express toll lanes project.
Virginia | Virginia Department of Transportation | Transportation
Prepared the stormwater pollution prevention plan and provided environmental services for the highway bridge-tunnel expansion.
Washington, DC | District Department of Energy and Environment | Government
Developed GIS-based mapping of underground and piped streams to document historical stream paths.
Frederick County, MD | Frederick County Office of Sustainability and Environmental Resources | Government
Designed a stream restoration and pond decommissioning project to improve local water quality and ecological function.
Nationwide | Indian Health Service | Federal
Provided program management and construction inspection support for tribal sanitation facilities nationwide.
Maryland | Maryland State Highway Administration | Transportation
Managed the Total Maximum Daily Load compliance program to support highway stormwater mitigation efforts.
President and CEO
PE, Assoc. DBIA, LEED Green Associate
Vice President, Director of Engineering
PE, MBA
Vice President, Director of Business Development
Director, Resilience and Coastal Engineering
PE
Director, Natural Resources
PWS, ISA-CA, QP
Director, Natural Resources
QP
Director, Ecosystem Restoration
PE
Director, Ecological Restoration & Full Delivery Solutions
PE
Director, Environmental Engineering and Resilience
PE, BCEE, ENV SP, LEED AP
Director, Stormwater Engineering
PE, CPSWQ
Director, GIS & Technology
GISP
Director, Environmental Planning
ENV SP, CEP
Program Manager, NASA JSC Environmental Services
Deputy Director, Sustainability
LEED Green Associate
Deputy Director, Natural Resources
Deputy Director, Water Resources Engineering
Ph.D., PE, LEED AP BD+C
Deputy Director, Water Resources Engineering
PE
Deputy Director, GIS & Technology
GISP
Director, Marketing & Communications
CPSM, CF APMP
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