Rooted here. Built to last.
Three generations of the Lewis family have run this firm since 1972.
The firm was founded in 1972 and identifies itself as family-run. For clients, the useful question is whether the team has the relevant experience for the site, service and jurisdiction at hand.
Planning and engineering requirements change by locality and project. The team can discuss the information that should be gathered before a plan is prepared or a survey is commissioned.
Four of the firm’s engineers are licensed Professional Engineers: Edmund D. Lewis Jr., James H. Lewis, Ross Lewis and Mark Lewis. The team also includes a licensed land surveyor and field survey crews.
A well-defined scope and clear communication help a project team make informed decisions as it moves through planning, engineering and surveying work.
Meet the leadership and engineering team, including the firm’s four licensed Professional Engineers.
President, PE
Principal in charge of the preparation of engineering of site plans, sanitary sewer plans, water line plans and pump station plans.
Vice President, PE
Design engineer with extensive expertise in the design of site plans, drainage systems, flood plain analysis, stormwater detention, road plans, and water and sewer systems.
Project Engineer, PE
Mark is a Professional Engineer with more than a decade of experience in private and public land development throughout the greater Richmond area. He works closely with clients and review agencies to develop practical engineering solutions, navigate regulatory requirements and guide projects through design and approval.
His experience covers site design, stormwater management, water and sanitary sewer infrastructure, detention design and floodplain analysis, with a background in Virginia DEQ compliance. He also leads the firm’s adoption of new design tools to improve efficiency and project delivery.
Outside of work, Mark enjoys the gym and cheering on the Indianapolis Colts and Baltimore Orioles.
Project Engineer, PE
Ross is a licensed Professional Engineer with more than five years of experience in land development. His work covers residential and commercial site development, subdivision design, stormwater management, utility design and site layout, with practical, code-compliant solutions worked out alongside clients, localities and project teams from concept through construction.
He is also a Surveyor in Training, working under a licensed land surveyor toward his own license. He handles field data collection, deed and plat research for boundary surveys, and the final survey plats.
1972
Year the firm was founded
50+
Years working across the greater Richmond area
3
Generations of the Lewis family
4
Licensed Professional Engineers on staff
1
Licensed land surveyor on staff
“The first company to receive a new award for success in the land development approval process.”
Bill Dupler, deputy county administrator for community development, created the program to “acknowledge firms that have demonstrated their ability to obtain prompt plan approvals, thereby providing excellent customer service to their clients and our partners in the development community.”
That is the part of this work clients actually feel. Not the drawings — the approvals.
A selection of firms shown in the source portfolio materials. Relationships and current use of these marks require stakeholder approval before launch.
Planning, engineering and survey under one roof, so the boundary the survey established and the site plan drawn on top of it never disagree.
Before anything gets engineered, someone has to understand the site, its constraints and the local review path. We help organize the planning information needed to make informed next steps.
Land planning in Central Virginia
Site plans, stormwater, sewer and water design prepared for the specific requirements of a Richmond-area project.
Civil engineering in Central Virginia
Boundary, ALTA and topographic surveys, physical improvement surveys and plot plans, easement plats, and construction stakeout for the crews who build from them.
Land surveying in Central Virginia