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Christopher S. Andes, Environmental Scientist
Thomas P. Béchard, P.E., Senior Engineer
Carl J. Bonés, P.E., CIE, CIAQP, CBI, RBI, Project Engineer
Donald W. Brickner, Environmental Scientist
Robert L. Carter Jr., Senior Environmental Scientist
Richard J. Clemson, P.E.
Thomas E. Hart, P.E., P.P., C.M.E.
Lance B. Landgraf, Jr., Senior Project/Principal Planner
Daniel J. Martin, Senior Environmental Scientist
Gerhard Mueller, Designer
Rick Ricciardi, P.P., President, and Principal Environmental Scientist
Jason T. Sciullo, P.E.
David F. Wood, P.E. & P.P., Project Engineer
Rick Ricciardi, P.P., President, and Principal Environmental Scientist
Mr. Ricciardi has 35 years of experience in all phases of federal and state permitting procedures and regulatory agency documentation including the preparation of permit applications under Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act; Section 10 of the U.S. Rivers and Harbor Act; 401 Water Quality Certifications; CAFRA; Freshwater and Coastal Wetlands, Waterfront Development; New Jersey Pinelands Commission, Water Quality Management Plan Amendments, and 50 or More Realty Improvements Certifications. He has completed numerous environmental inventories, environmental assessment and impact statements, wetland delineations and mitigation proposals, and alternative analyses for residential, commercial and industrial developments and governmental projects.
He is responsible for the administration of all projects from proposal preparation to final close out. He is responsible for the development of the technical approach for proposals; interfaces with the client, attorney and the various disciplines (i.e., architecture, engineering, surveying, planning, transportation, etc.) on technical design and on scheduling; is responsible for quality assurance/quality control; and works with regulatory agencies on securing timely approvals through monitoring of applications and insuring that technical deficiencies are addressed.
Daniel J. Martin, Senior Environmental Scientist
Mr. Martin has over twenty years experience in multiple aspects of environmental consulting with emphasis in environmental assessments, wetland identification and delineation and preparation of environmental documents. Mr. Martin has performed wetlands delineations for both the public and private sectors in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and New York. He has prepared environmental permit applications for Department of Army Section 10 and Section 404 Permits; Section 401 Water Quality Certificate, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Stream Encroachment, Riparian, CAFRA, Freshwater Wetlands and Tidal Wetlands), New Jersey Pinelands Commission, Pennsylvania Dam Safety and Waterway Management (Chapter 105), DNREC Subaqueous Lands Permit, and Pennsylvania Flood Plain (Chapter 106). He has testified on wetland issues at the local, county and state levels and has been a third party expert witness in civil actions involving wetlands.
His involvement with soil issues includes stormwater basin failure investigation, the establishment of limiting zones for stormwater and septic systems, and residential/commercial septic system design.
Mr. Martin has been involved in rare and endangered species evaluation for both flora and fauna. This includes establishing monitoring programs and literature review to document absence, mapping of presence and project design changes to minimize impact for known species. He has also designed mitigation areas specifically for use by rare and endangered species.
Thomas P. Béchard, P.E., Senior Engineer
With an overall working experience in civil engineering spanning twelve (12) years, Mr. Béchard has been involved with providing consultant services on a diverse number of project types, including major industrial, commercial and residential land development projects, storm water management facilities, floodplain and stream encroachment matters, hydrologic/hydraulic studies, roadway design, and construction liaison services.
As a graduate engineer, Mr. Béchard was involved with a variety of projects in the South Jersey area. These projects included the design and construction inspection of various road reconstruction projects in Moorestown Township, St. Pius X sanitary sewer expansion in Blackwood, Riverfront State Prison Erosion Control project in Camden, as well as several residential subdivision projects in Blackwood, New Jersey. As an emerging engineer, Mr. Béchard relocated to the Northern Virginia area in the late 1990’s. He expanded his design and project management experience on government projects including the expansion of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland the FBI Lab relocation project in Quantico, Virginia, the M Street Beautification project in Washington D.C., Thomas Circle reconstruction in Washington D.C. the Griffith Water Treatment Plant in Occoquan, Virginia and the Quantico Physical Fitness center in Quantico, Virginia. Mr. Béchard was also involved in a number of commercial projects in the Northern Virginia area including Marriott Courtyard Hotel in Springfield Virginia, CVS Pharmacy in Chantilly, Virginia, the Cloverleaf Business Center in Germantown, Maryland, the Research Office Center in Rockville, Maryland as well as a number of school and church expansion projects.
Mr. Béchard relocated back to the Philadelphia area in the early 2000’s. His commercial experience was broadened on land development projects including the New Hope Museum of Art, the International Paper demolition project in Durham, Pennsylvania, the Daily Intelligencer building expansion project in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, the Giaimo Brothers Shopping Center in Northampton, Pennsylvania, the Smithfield Professional Building in Smithfield, Pennsylvania, the Kindercare day care facility in East Norriton, Pennsylvania as well as a half dozen CVS Pharmacies throughout northern and central New Jersey. Mr. Béchard was also involved with the roadway reconstruction projects associated with the Welsbach/GGM Superfund sites in Camden and Gloucester City, New Jersey.
Robert L. Carter Jr., Senior Environmental Scientist
Mr. Carter has 14 years of experience conducting environmental investigations. Mr. Carter’s experience in the environmental engineering and science industry focuses on soil and groundwater issues throughout PA, NJ, NY and DE and regulatory compliance with state and federal programs. He is involved with completing and managing Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and Phase II Investigations; soil and groundwater projects including sampling and analysis; fate and transport modeling, and risk assessment. Mr. Carter is responsible for report preparation and coordinating and negotiating approvals with the appropriate environmental regulatory agencies, as well as regulatory compliance issues. He has experience in storage tank management, environmental site assessments, remedial investigations and remedial actions, geological/hydrogeological investigations and wetlands permitting. Mr. Carter also has experience with Brownfields redevelopment projects including identifying various funding mechanisms, determining appropriate cleanup levels and establishing appropriate engineering and institutional controls.
Mr. Carter is also responsible for wastewater permitting, including the preparation of nitrate dilution models in support of Fifty or More Realty Improvement Certifications and New Jersey Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permits (“NJPDES”). Mr. Carter prepares Industrial stormwater NJPDES permits and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans.
Lance B. Landgraf, Jr., Senior Project/Principal Planner
Mr. Landgraf has over 22 years of experience in land development and land use planning. From municipal planning for the City of Brigantine and Mullica Township to preparing site plans, subdivisions and variance applications, Mr. Landgraf has reviewed and designed projects with the benefit of experience from both the developers’ point of view and the municipal agency aspect of development. Over the last 10 years as the Municipal Planner for Brigantine and Mullica, he has prepared Master Plans, Land Use Ordinances and assisted in preparing various agency applications for public development. On the private side, Lance has focused his practice in the New Jersey Pinelands Region and application process associated with that agency. Having been based in Hammonton for the last 15 years as a Principle in the engineering firm of Aqua Terra, P.A., he has extensive knowledge in preparing the applications, plans and documents for commercial and residential development within the Pinelands Region.
He is responsible for management of the Hammonton office and for the administration of all projects from proposal preparation to final close out. He is responsible for the development of the technical approach for proposals; interfaces with the client, attorney and the various disciplines (i.e., architecture, engineering, surveying, planning, transportation, etc.) on technical design and on scheduling; is responsible for quality assurance/quality control; and works with regulatory agencies on securing timely approvals through monitoring of applications and insuring that technical deficiencies are addressed.
Jason T. Sciullo, P.E.
Mr. Sciullo is a project engineer with Marathon Engineering and Environmental Services, Inc. Mr. Sciullo has extensive consulting engineering experience in land use design and approval for a variety of commercial and residential projects. His experience and responsibilities include project management, site design, submission/permit plan preparation for review and approval by local Planning and Zoning Boards, County Planning Boards and State environmental and transportation review bureaus and departments, including presentation of these projects to the respective boards and agencies, and preparation of bid and construction documents. While with Pennoni Associates Inc., he also performed construction management for general inspection and coordination. His inspection experience includes piers and bulkheads, bridge support structures, and foundation and subgrade inspection.
Mr. Sciullo’s extensive experience in detailed site design, approvals and permitting includes feasibility analyses, site layout and design, stormwater management system design utilizing Best Management Practices (BMPs), hydrologic/hydraulic studies, flood control projects, stream analysis and modeling, utility layout and design, sanitary sewer and water main design, roadway design, and soil erosion and sediment control design, all in accordance with local, county and state requirements.
Thomas E. Hart, P.E., P.P., C.M.E.
With an overall working experience in civil engineering spanning twenty-five (25) years, Mr. Hart has been involved with providing consultant services on a diverse number of project types, including major industrial, commercial and residential land development projects, storm water management facilities, floodplain and stream encroachment matters, hydrologic/hydraulic studies, highway/roadway construction, and pavement management and maintenance programs.
In addition to this experience, Mr. Hart has been involved with design and coordination of sitework, railroad trackwork, roadways, storm drainage and utility systems for major power plant expansion projects during his tenure at Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation of Cherry Hill in the early 1980’s. While with Gannett Fleming Transportation Engineers, Inc. of King of Prussia, this experience was broadened with involvement in engineering and design of major highway and transportation projects and preparation of related contract documents and specifications for projects such as the preliminary design of the Vine Street Expressway, design of the reconstruction of the PennDot’s Route 202 corridor in King of Prussia and its interchange with the Schuylkill Expressway, design of the NJDot’s Route 55 and design of Detroit’s Elevated People Mover System. With this experience, Mr. Hart undertook and/or participated in the design of other highway projects during his tenure with Sickels & Masteller, Inc. of Woodbury, New Jersey including the New Jersey Turnpike’s Southern Mixing Bowl Project, New Jersey Highway Authority’s Stone Harbor Commuter Parking Facility, New Jersey DOT’s Route 168 and Route 42 Ramp Surfacing Project, Evesham Road and Egg Harbor Road Reconstruction Projects for the County of Camden, Roadway alignment studies for the County of Gloucester including the Cross-Keys Bypass in Washington and Monroe Townships, Route 47 - Fries Mill Road Intersection in Franklin Township and Route 42 - Fries Mill Road Intersection in Washington Township.
During the later part of his career, Mr. Hart has become increasing involved with municipal engineering and planning disciplines. Functioning in the capacity of the in-house municipal engineer for Cherry Hill Township and later as an appointed consultant to several municipalities and their appointed community boards, Mr. Hart has been responsible for planning, engineering and implementing municipal capital projects such as construction of roadway improvements, storm water management facilities, erosion control measures, and water distribution and sewerage collection and conveyance systems. Mr. Hart has also served as adviser to the municipalities’ planning and zoning boards, gaining recognition as an expert in planning and engineering review of land development proposals and the monitoring and oversight of construction activities.
As Managing Director of LIPPINCOTT & JACOBS’ Civil Engineering Department, Mr. Hart is responsible for its overall management and administration. His responsibilities include the general supervision of the land surveying, land development planning and engineering, and environmental groups, from project conception through client consultation during the planning approval and permit review phase and into the construction phase. Mr. Hart’s duties include marketing engineering services; developing programs and proposals; overseeing and monitoring the performance of services; scheduling, supervising and training technical personnel; and creating and implementing policies and procedures to ensure sound business practices. While with Lippincott & Jacobs, Mr. Hart under took major development projects in the Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey area. Projects included Sharon Baptist Church, a one hundred acre facility on the property of the former Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital; Caesar’s Boardwalk Casino which involved the construction of a new hotel tower and reconstruction of the existing casino and infrastructure; and the Lenape Regional High School District’s proposed fourth high school to be located in Tabernacle Township.
Gerhard Mueller, Designer
With an overall working experience in civil engineering spanning thirty-five (35) years, Mr. Mueller has been involved with the preparation of numerous residential, commercial, and industrial projects including hydrologic/hydraulic studies, preparation of Soil Erosion and Landscaping Plans.
Mr. Mueller’s experience includes 15 years with Pennoni Associates, Philadelphia, PA and Absecon, NJ, where he was also involved with overseas engineering and planning on location in Tehran, Iran for the development of a new town/city community. Mr. Mueller left Pennoni Associates is 1984 to become a part owner and Vice President of G.S. Winters Associates, Inc. Berlin, NJ. From 1984 to 2002, Mr. Mueller was responsible for the overall management and administration which included supervision and training of personnel and overall project management of numerous engineering and planning projects. Projects included engineering for WAWA and McDonalds sites as well as providing services to Reynolds Metals Development Company in developing the Mid-Atlantic Corporate Center along I-295.
From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Mueller provided project management and supervision of staff at Dixon Associates, Galloway Township, NJ. Project management and supervision included on-location engineering services for the Isle of Capri Casino in Bosier City, Louisiana.
In June of 2004, Mr. Mueller joined Marathon Engineering and is working in the satellite office located in Absecon, NJ. He is providing project management and supervision of personnel in the preparation of engineering and planning projects.
Donald W. Brickner, Environmental Scientist
Mr. Brickner has eight years of experience in the environmental science industry focusing on land use permitting and ecological studies throughout New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. He is responsible for performing the following services: field investigations and preparation of permit applications in support of projects requiring approvals from State and Federal regulatory programs; freshwater and coastal wetland delineations utilizing methodologies presented in the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (Federal Interagency Committee for Wetland Delineation, 1989), the Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual (USACE, 1987), and the New Jersey Pinelands Commission Manual for Identifying and Delineating Pinelands Area Wetlands (NJ Pinelands Commission, 1991); wetland mitigation design and monitoring; soil evaluations to determine site suitability for development; habitat assessments; and natural resource inventory evaluations to assess potential environmental impacts.
Mr. Brickner has experience in conducting graduate-level ecological research. As part of his graduate school curriculum, Mr. Brickner designed and completed a seven-month field study to evaluate the effects of prescribed fire disturbance on soil processes in a pine-oak forest located in the New Jersey Pine Barrens. This project involved preparation of a project proposal; experimental design; field sampling; laboratory analyses, including minirhizotron (i.e., root growth) analysis and analytical chemistry; statistical analyses; and preparation of a thesis, which was accepted by a thesis committee (comprised of Biology professors) and the Rutgers University Graduate School at Camden, NJ.
Christopher S. Andes, Environmental Scientist
Mr. Andes has over eight years of experience in multiple aspects of federal and state permitting procedures and regulatory agency documentation. He has prepared permit applications for Department of the Army Section 10 and Section 404; Section 401 Water Quality Certificate, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (Stream Encroachment and Freshwater Wetlands), Pennsylvania Dam Safety and Waterway Management (Chapter 105), and the New Jersey Pineland Commission. He also has experience in preparing feasibility studies; environmental inventories; environmental impact statements; and soil evaluations to determine site suitability for development, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (N.P.D.E.S.) Phase II permitting, erosion and sediment pollution control plan design, and post construction stormwater management design.
He has completed numerous freshwater wetland delineations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Idaho, and Utah utilizing methodologies described in the Corps of Engineers Wetland Delineation Manual (USACE, 1987); Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (Federal Interagency Committee for Wetland Delineation, 1989); and the New Jersey Pinelands Commission Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Pinelands Area Wetlands – A Pineland Supplement to the Federal Manual for Identifying and Delineating Jurisdictional Wetlands (January 1991).
Mr. Andes has a scientific collector’s permit from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission to conduct aquatic resource surveys (macroinvertebrate and fisheries). He has also been the lead in threatened and endangered species surveys for herptile, avian, and floral species in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. This includes conducting surveys to determine the presence or absence of protected species and if found to develop a management plan to minimize impacts.
Carl J. Bonés, P.E., CIE, CIAQP, CBI, RBI, Project Engineer
Mr. Bonés is a Professional Engineer, registered in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the states of Delaware, Florida, New Jersey and Maryland. He has more than 13 years of experience in environmental engineering and related technologies and 8 years in the petroleum industry and has completed and supervised Phase I, Phase II and Phase III Environmental Site Assessments in the tri-state area and regionally. In addition to ATSM Environmental Site Assessments, he has completed numerous soil and groundwater investigations in PADEP’s Act 2 Land Recycling and USTIF Programs, New Jersey’s Site Remediation Program and Delaware’s Voluntary Clean-up Program.
Mr. Bonés has completed environmental compliance audit programs for public and private clients for state and federal programs and has expanded his capabilities to include Property Condition Assessments and IAQ investigations including the assessment of molds. He has completed many indoor air quality projects for residential and commercial clients, local governments and schools investigating both chemical and biological contamination of living spaces and HVAC systems. He is certified by the Indoor Air Quality Association (IAQA) as a Certified Indoor Environmentalist (CIE) by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) as a Certified Indoor Air Quality Professional (CIAQP), by the International Code Council as a Certified Commercial Building Inspector (CBI) and Residential Building Inspector (RBI) and scheduled to become a certified inspector and plans examiner for ICC/ANSI 117.1 (Accessible and Useable Buildings and Facilities).
His duties and responsibilities include project management, construction inspection of environmental projects, on-site and small flow sewer system design, environmental and NPDES permitting, chemical process review, SPCC and ERP and state plan preparations, contaminant Fate and Transport analysis using Quick Domenico and Visual Modflow and groundwater remediation system analysis and design and preparation and submittal of various State and Local environmental permits.
David F. Wood, P.E. & P.P., Project Engineer
Mr. Wood has over thirty (30) years experience in the field of civil engineering providing consulting services on a diverse range of project types, including municipal engineering, industrial, commercial and residential land development projects, storm water management facilities, hydrologic/hydraulic studies, roadway design, sanitary sewer and water utilities, waterfront structures and construction liaison services.
Upon becoming licensed as a professional engineer, Mr. Wood formed Aqua Terra, P.A., a company that was uniquely positioned in time and space to service the public regarding the newly formulated Pinelands Comprehensive Management Plan and the challenges it presents to individuals, developers, institutions and municipalities alike. Mr. Wood remains in responsible charge of all engineering aspects of the projects undertaken for clients at Marathon’s Hammonton office.
Richard J. Clemson, P.E.
Mr. Clemson is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the States of New Jersey and Pennsylvania with more than 20 years experience in providing professional engineering services for residential, industrial and commercial land development projects, covering all aspects of design from initial planning and project layout to final detailed design. Areas of expertise include storm water management design consisting of stormwater collection and conveyance systems, stormwater management systems providing both stormwater quality treatment and stormwater quantity control, flood plain studies, wastewater collection and conveyance systems, wastewater pumping station design, water distribution system design, roadway and pavement design and construction services. He also has experience in the preparation of permit applications to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) including sanitary sewer extensions, freshwater wetlands and wetlands transition waivers, stream encroachment permitting and water works extension applications.
Mr. Clemson supervises engineering, environmental and drafting personnel in the development and completion of land planning, site and subdivisions design plan, technical reports, specifications, cost estimates and permit applications to various regulatory agencies. His duties include project planning and design, organizing staff resources and project scheduling.
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