148 Chester Court Bowling Green, KY
42103 Phone - (270) 843-2247
Fax - (270) 843-9323
750 West 15th Street Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Phone - (270) 885-9893 Fax - (270)
885-9869
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DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC
is pleased to announce that Matt Rogers, PE, recently passed
the Principles and Practice in Engineering (PE) examination.
Matt began his engineering career with
DDS
in May 2005 after graduating with a Bachelor of Science
degree in civil engineering at Western Kentucky University. Matt
manages the geotechnical engineering, construction materials
testing, and special inspection division of
DDS
and also serves as the radiation safety officer.
Additionally, Matt has recently passed the International Code
Council (ICC) Reinforced Concrete Special Inspector examination.
Congratulations Matt!
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 The Kentucky Ready Mix Concrete Association recently awarded
DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC an award of excellence in Concrete Design for the design and
use of ready mix concrete in a commercial project. The project for which the award was presented was the Adams Street parking lot for
Western Kentucky University. The design and construction utilized ready mix concrete surface, pervious concrete, and underground storm
water storage and treatment. This parking lot design had to meet three main goals: be environmentally friendly by meeting local storm
water quality and quantity regulations, provide an aesthetic improvement to north campus, and maximize parking/usage of the property.
The parking lot consisted of 497 parking spaces for WKU with approximately 124 parking spaces that would have otherwise had to be used
for storm water management. Stewart Lich, PE, was lead engineer and project manager for
DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC
and accepted the award
at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Ready Mix Concrete Association in Covington on February 19, 2010.
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Don Pedigo,
PLS
2008 Surveyor of the Year
On February 20, 2009, Don Pedigo, PLS was
named 2008 Surveyor of the Year by the Kentucky Association
of Professional Surveyors (KAPS) at the annual Conference
and Awards Banquet. The conference was held at the Downtown
Hotel and Conference Center in Lexington, Kentucky, February
19-21, 2009. This is Don’s second Surveyor of the Year
award. Don was named 2006 Surveyor of the Year by KAPS at
the annual Conference and Awards Banquet February 16, 2007
held at the Holiday Inn University Plaza in Bowling Green,
Kentucky.
 Each
year candidates, who demonstrate being an outstanding
example to the land surveying profession, are nominated by
their peers based upon years of service and dedication to
the Surveying Profession, the association and other
organizations. The final decision for the award recipient is
selected by the KAPS president.
Don has been surveying since 1979 and has been
a Professional Land Surveyor since 1988. He is licensed in
Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia. Don was President of KAPS
in 2003, he currently serves as Vice President of Internal
Affairs on the 2009 Board of Directors as well as Standing
Committee Co-Chairmen for the Annual Picnic and Golf Outing,
He is the Chairman of the Health, Life, General Liability,
and Professional Liability Insurance Committee for KAPS. Don
also sits on the Kentucky Board of Licensure for Engineers
and Surveyors Standards of Practice Task Force Committee and
the Continuing Professional Development Committee as a KAPS
Representative.
I would like to express my sincerest
appreciation to KAPS and the Presidents that presented me
with the awards. These awards are an honor, very humbling,
unexpected and truly held close to my heart. To receive an
award in your chosen profession, one that you enjoy and are
devoted to is the highest form of achievement. The
experiences that I have been fortunate enough to have and
the people I have met and gotten to know are wonderful. I
respect my fellow surveyors and surveying profession and I
look forward to many more years of involvement with KAPS and
the surveying profession.
Thank You.
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DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC
is pleased to announce that
Cody Humble, EIT,
recently
passed the Fundamentals in Engineering (FE) Exam.
Cody began his engineering career with
DDS
in September of 2006 while he was a senior at
Western Kentucky University
pursuing a BS in civil engineering.
Congratulations
Cody!
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 Dr.
Wayne A. Karem, PhD, PE, a
principal at Vector Engineers, Inc. in Shelbyville, Kentucky
and an adjunct professor of civil engineering at the
University of Kentucky received the Best Paper of the Year
Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers
(ASCE), “Journal of Performance of Constructed
Facilities” for his paper entitled, “Settlement of Mine
spoil fill from Water Infiltration: A Case Study in Eastern
Kentucky”.
Dr. Karem provides exclusive
consulting geotechnical engineering services to
DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC.
Congratulations Wayne!
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 In
October 2008 Dennis D. Smith,
PE, PLS, of Bowling Green was
re-elected as the President of the Colonial States
Boards of Surveyor Registration.
Colonial States Boards of Surveyor Registration (CSBSR)
represents 19 states that follow colonial meets and bounds
surveying methods verses public land system regulations.
Members of the CSBSR consist of members of individual
licensure boards appointed by the Governors of the
respective states.
Dennis is President and CEO of
DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC with offices located in Bowling Green and Hopkinsville,
Kentucky. He is a Licensed Professional Engineer in
Kentucky, West Virginia, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi and
Licensed Professional Land Surveyor in Kentucky, Tennessee,
West Virginia, Mississippi and North Dakota.
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 DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC
is pleased to welcome
Wayne
A. Karem, PhD, PE, PG to our
team. With an exclusive agreement with
DDS to provide consulting geotechnical
engineering services, Wayne is the latest addition to our
rapidly expanding Geotechnical Engineering Division.
Dr. Karem is a Principal of Vector Engineers Inc., of
Shelbyville, Kentucky, a civil engineering company
specializing in site engineering and construction with
geomaterials. He has over 24 years experience as a
consulting civil engineer. His experience has been primarily
in the geosciences. Dr. Karem is a licensed professional
engineer and a licensed professional geologist. He has
worked in consulting most of his career specializing in
geotechnical engineering and materials testing. He is also
an adjunct professor of Civil Engineering at the University
of Kentucky, teaching classes in soil mechanics and
foundation engineering. In addition to his technical
background, Dr. Karem has extensive business operational and
business development experience. During his professional
experience, he has had the opportunity to work in several
geographic regions. In addition to his experience in
Kentucky, he has conducted engineering work in Tennessee,
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Alabama, Florida,
Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, Guantanamo
Bay Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
Dr. Karem’s
technical expertise ranges from evaluation of commercial
sites, large high rise buildings to million square feet
industrial facilities. He has consulted on engineering
failures and been involved as an expert on several legal
cases.
Wayne lives in Shelbyville, with his wife,
Teresa and three daughters, Grace, Olivia, and Victoria.
Wayne, welcome to the
DDS team! We’re proud to have you on board.
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 DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC
is pleased to announce Dale Davis, PE, PLS has assumed
responsibility for the Engineering and Surveying services
provided in their Hopkinsville office. Dale’s new position
will be Engineering and Surveying Manager of the
Hopkinsville office as well as continuing to provide
Business Development services for all of
DDS ENGINEERING,
PLLC
. This move allows the Hopkinsville office to offer
engineering services as well surveying services. Dale
has over thirty years of extensive civil, structural, and
mining engineering experience, and land surveying. His past
professional affiliations include Freeland Harris Consulting
Engineers and Associated Engineers in Madisonville. He also
has over 15 years of mining engineering experience for firms
that included The Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Company
and Armstrong Coal. Dale is a licensed Professional
Engineer in Kentucky and Indiana and a licensed Land
Surveyor in Kentucky. He is a member of the American Society
of Civil Engineers (ASCE), National Society of Professional
Engineers (NSPE), Kentucky Society of Professional Engineers
(KSPE), The American Society of Military Engineers (ASME),
and the Kentucky Association of Professional Surveyors
(KAPS). He is Past President of the Owensboro Chapter of
ASCE, and Past President of the Green River Chapter of KSPE.
Call or visit with Dale in our Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Office – contact information is below. Dale Davis,
PE, PLS DDS ENGINEERING, PLLC 750 West 15th Street
Hopkinsville, KY 42240 Office: 270-885-9893
Mobile: 270-836-7312 Fax: 270-885-9869
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