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As part of valued client JMT's team, ESP is celebrating multiple awards for the SC-4 Emergency Bridge Replacement project - the 2023 ACEC-SC Engineering Excellence Award and the 2023 Design-Build Institute of America Project/Team Award. We are proud to have provided geotechnical engineering and utility coordination services for such an important and time-critical SCDOT project. For more details, click HERE.

Continuing our celebration of Great Trails NC's 2023 Year of the Trail, let's talk about residential greenway connections! ESP's strong relationships with municipalities and homebuilders provide unique public-private partnership opportunities to create neighborhood trail systems that connect with and help expand public greenways. For more information about the project featured above, click HERE.

ESP is excited to announce that we've been included in the 2023 Charlotte Business Journal Book of Lists as the 8th largest engineering firm in the Charlotte Metro area! We would like to thank all of our employees and clients for helping us achieve this rank and continue to grow!

Congratulations to survey department manager Toynia Gibbs, PLS for her appointment to the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors (NCBEES). On Dec 20, Gov. Roy Cooper appointed Toynia to a 5-year term with a possible 5-year renewal. Toynia makes history as the first female surveyor to serve on the NCBEES.

ESP's Spring 2023 Career Fair Schedule got off to a great start in January, and there's a packed calendar of events up ahead. We look forward to talking with more students and early-career professionals about the career and internship opportunities available at ESP in the Carolinas and across the U.S. To view the full schedule, click HERE.

In celebration of Great Trails NC's 2023 Year of the Trail, ESP will be showcasing various design aspects and positive impacts of greenways! Coinciding with World Wetlands Day, our first talking point is on the use of boardwalk systems to preserve and protect wetland areas within greenway corridors. For more information about the project featured above, click HERE.

ESP Associates, Inc. is excited to announce the opening of our new Hendersonville, NC office, which is also our first shared office with Pickett and Associates, LLC. Joined together at this location, the ESP+Pickett team will better serve the Mid-Atlantic region with survey, geospatial, and civil engineering services. Visit us at 1027 Fleming Street, Suite D, Hendersonville, NC 28791.

In the North Carolina Society of Surveyors' Fall 2022 issue of The Tarheel Surveyor, ESP survey division manager David Lee, PLS commemorates an early-career mentorship at NCDOT that grew into a 30-year friendship. "Mentoring," David says, "is a life-long commitment to our profession. It is where old methods meet new technology and friendships are solidified." To read the article, click HERE.

For 2023 NC Year of the Trail's "First Day Outdoors" event on January 1st, ESP team members and families enjoyed a day out on local greenways and trails, making lasting memories and starting the year with outdoor fitness and fun! Join us this year as we celebrate the Great Trails State Coalition's mission to increase investment in statewide trail systems for all to enjoy! Looking for an event to participate in? Find one HERE.

It's an honor to support organizations like Dorchester County Habitat for Humanity. With anticipated completion in March, this new home build marks the first in the Town of Summerville in 7 years. Thank you, Dorchester Habitat, for leading efforts that care for our community and stand as tangible evidence of what we can do when we join together. For more info, visit HERE.