GMB’s Director of Stormwater/Sustainable Engineering, Steve Marsh, P.E., LEED® AP, recently participated in Salisbury University’s Smart Growth Day Conference on April 28. His presentation entitled “Green Site Design: Stormwater Management Considerations” aimed to educate attendees on the importance of, and methodologies to implement, low-impact development and environmental site design techniques.
As water quality in the Chesapeake and Atlan... more
GMB would like to announce that employee David L. Myers, P.E., S.I.T., has recently obtained a Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in the State of Maryland. Mr. Myers joined the firm of George, Miles & Buhr in April of 2007. He is a Project Manager with the Civil Engineering Division in the Seaford office. His background primarily consists of stormwater hydrology & hydraulics modeling and site engineering as related to commercial, municipal and residential projects.&nb... more
GMB would like to congratulate employee Katherine J. McAllister, P.E. for recently passing the eight-hour Principles and Practice of Engineering exam. Ms. McAllister is now a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Maryland. She joined the firm’s Salisbury office in 2005 as an engineer in the Water/Wastewater Engineering Division. She has served as a Design Engineer on a variety of projects including wastewater treatment processes, on-site subsurface disposal... more
GMB is proud to say that 22 of its employees and their family members recently donated personal time on Saturday, September 19th to assist DNREC and the City of Seaford with an important storm drain marking project. With GMB’s assistance, every storm drain in Seaford was marked with medallions bearing the reminder, “Don’t Pollute – Flows to Waterways”.
Marking stormwater catch basins is a great way to remind citizens not to ... more
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB) recently participated in the Eastern Shore of Virginia Wastewater Summit sponsored by Delegate Lynwood Lewis. The September 9th event was held to discuss critical wastewater issues facing the Eastern Shore. The crowd of 80 attendees included local municipal officials, engineers, private citizens, developers, and representatives from regulatory agencies.
Chris Derbyshire, P.E. and Charlie O’Donnell, P.E., resident wa... more
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB) is proud to congratulate the following six (6) of its employees on recently becoming LEED Accredited Professionals (LEED APs):
Judy A. Schwartz, P.E., LEED® AP (Senior Vice President)
Stephen L. Marsh, P.E., LEED® AP (Vice President)
Seth A. Nace, P.E., L.C., LEED® AP (Director of Electrical Division)
Susan J. Frederick, A.I.A., LEED® AP (Proj... more
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB) is proud to announce that the firm was recently presented with the Delaware American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) 2009 Grand Conceptor Award for the upgrade and expansion of the Howard H. Seymour Water Reclamation Plant in Lewes, DE. This groundbreaking facility represents the first time that Membrane Bio-Reactor and Biological Nutrient Removal technologies have been implemented together by a municipality in Delaware.
GMB’s creative des... more
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB) is pleased to announce the winners of three $1,000 scholarships for the 2007-2008 academic year.
Cory Kohler received the George K. Miles Civil Engineering Memorial Scholarship. GMB presents this award to a student who plans to attend college to pursue a degree in civil engineering. Mr. Miles is a former partner at GMB and was involved in a variety of civil engineering projects throughout the Delmarva Peninsula. His brother, Willi... more
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB) recently hosted a LEED Seminar for twenty GMB employees. The training took place on May 1, 2008, at the Hampton Inn in Salisbury to prepare the firm’s architects and engineers for the LEED certification exam.
The seminar was led by Sustainable Design Consulting, LLC of Richmond, Virginia’s, Kara Strong, AIA, LEED AP and Beth Ridout, LEED AP.
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) was established in 1993 as a rating system... more
Morgan H. Helfrich, Project Architect at George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB), recently participated in the CanStruction event at the Salisbury Festival on April 26, 2008. Helfrich served as a Professional Advisor to a team of five students from West Salisbury Elementary School.
The theme of the CanStruction event this year was “Kids at Play.” Helfrich’s team collected 344 cans and they designed and can-structed a hopscotch board. The team include... more
GMB’s current project, Baltimore’s Ashburton Filtration Plant, was featured in Chesapeake Magazine’s Spring 2008 edition. The plant is one of three drinking water treatment facilities serving Baltimore City and the surrounding counties, with more than 1.7 million customers. GMB provided a comprehensive evaluation of existing plant conditions, and then developed alternatives to improve, upgrade, rehabilitate and replace many of the major components of the facility. The articl... more
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB) is proud to announce that the firm was presented with the Governor’s Conservation Award for Excellence for Urban Conservation Activities in Sussex County.
Michael G. Kobin, P.E. and Stephen L. Marsh, P.E., both Project Managers at GMB, accepted the award from Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner and Lieutenant Governor John C. Carney, Jr., at the April 22, 2008 ceremony at the Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village in Dover.
The Suss... more
George, Miles & Buhr, LLC (GMB) is pleased to announce that Peter A. Bozick has been reappointed by the City of Salisbury to serve on the Building Board of Adjustments and Appeals. He has served on the board since 1991 and the reappointment extends his service to the Board until 2013. The Board hears appeals regarding building code enforcement, regulation, and interpretation of the code’s provisions. Bozick is the Executive Vice President / Director of Salisbury Op... more
