Michael Marsala

Engineering Department Manager - Gainesville @Wetland Studies And Solutions, Inc. Wssi , A Davey Tree Company

Gainesville, VA, US

As a water resources engineer, I work on a variety of environmental and water related projects primarily associated with floodplain management, dam safety, stormwater management and stream restoration/stabilization. FLOODPLAIN RELATED WORK- General floodplain development consulting - Floodplain/floodway analyses- FEMA Letters of Map Change (LOMAs and LOMRs)- No-Rise Certifications- Assist property owners with floodplain regulations, mapping, insurance and floodproofing DAM RELATED WORK- Dam inspections- Dambreak analyses- Innundation mapping- Emergency action/preparedness plans- Operations and maintenance manuals- Applications for O&M certification/recertificationSTREAM STABILIZATION/RESTORATION- Project Manager and lead designer/inventor of innovative proprietary automated stream restoration design software called StreamNCD- Provide in house training for design software, StreamNCD- Stream assessments- Ches Bay TMDL credit calculations for pollutant load reductions- Design, model and prepare plans for stream restoration projects utilizing natural channel design concepts- Construction oversight and inspections- Stream monitoringSTORMWATER MANAGEMENT- Watershed (Hydrologic) Analysis- Environmental Site Design (ESD)- Best Management Practice (BMP) design- Retrofit designs for existing facilities- Sedimentation analysis of facilitiesOTHER EXPERIENCE- Adequate outfall analyses- Design and analyze culvert and bridge stream crossings- Resource Protection Area (RPA) plans- Water Quality Impact Assessments (WQIAs)- Erosion and sediment control (ESC) plans- Traffic control/line of site plans- Quantity takeoff/construction cost estimates- Proposals

University of Maryland

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Civil Engineering