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CHRISTOPHER K. RICHARD, PE
PRESIDENT

Qualifications/Registration

President of DSA
Member of DSA Board of Directors
Licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering: Louisiana License No. 24629
Licensed Professional Engineer in Environmental Engineering: Louisiana License No. 24629
Licensed Professional Engineer in Civil Engineering: Florida License No. 0047914

Work Experience

2/92 – present: Designed and managed engineering projects, including conceptual development, technical design, preparation of plans and specifications and construction administration. Typical projects included: Commission Boulevard Water Treatment Plant for the City of Lafayette ($12 Million Construction Costs); South Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Digesters for the City of Lafayette ($8.2 million construction costs); Sludge Dewatering Facility for the City of Youngsville ($2.7 million construction costs); South Sewage Treatment Plant Sludge Dewatering Facility ($5.9 million construction costs) North Water Treatment Plant – Filter Improvement and Instrumentation for City of Lafayette, LA ($6.2 million construction cost); North Water Treatment Plant – Treatment Unit Replacement for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.4 million construction cost); Donaldsonville Water Treatment Plant Upgrades for the Peoples Water Service Co. of Donaldsonville, Inc., Donaldsonville, LA ($1.5 million construction cost); Breaux Bridge Water Treatment Plant Upgrade for the City of Breaux Bridge, LA ($1.0 million construction cost); Lafayette Regional Airport Infrastructure Improvements, Facility for PHI ($24 million construction cost); Donaldson Water Treatment Plant for the Peoples Water Service Co. of Bastrop, Inc., Bastrop, LA ($800,000 construction cost); Construction Project No. 2, Wastewater Treatment Plant for the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana ($1.2 million construction cost); 6 MGD Wastewater Treatment Plant for the City of New Iberia ($30 million estimated project cost); Ambassador Caffery Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade for the City of Lafayette, LA ($22 million construction cost); Consolidated Sewerage District Project VIII, Part C – Bellevue Plantation ($1.36 million construction cost); Channel and Levee Improvements for the St. Mary Parish Consolidated Drainage District No. 2 ($1.33 million construction cost); Facility expansion for Coil Tubing Services ($2 million construction cost); Various computer Hydraulic Models of City Distribution Systems, (Bastrop, LA; Donaldsonville, LA; Tallulah, LA; Breaux Bridge, LA; Youngsville, LA; Parks, LA and Pensacola, Florida), Permits, etc.

 

2/91 – 2/92: Design and Project Engineer responsible for technical design and construction administration. Typical projects included: North & South Water Treatment Plants, Lime Sludge Thickeners for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.2 million construction cost); North & South Water Treatment Plants, Backwash Separator and Recovery for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.3 million construction cost); Consolidated Sewerage District for the City of Lafayette, LA ($1.5 million construction cost).

 

1988 – 1/91: Design Engineer for Bishop & Associates, Consulting Engineers, Sarasota, FL – Sarasota County, Florida, water transmission system (more than 20 miles of pipeline from 6″ to 42″ in diameter); evaluation of existing water distribution, sewage treatment plants, sewage collection systems and pump stations in Florida; gravity sanitary sewer system and force mains in Florida; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge & fill permits; U.S. Coast Guard bridge construction permit; various EPA National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge permits.

 

1987 – 1988: La. Dept. of Trans. & Development, Baton Rouge, LA – Design engineer for miscellaneous drainage and highway projects.

Education

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1987

Special Skills

Expert Witness – Utility Litigation
Hydraulic analysis using Watercad Software.
XP-SWMM Drainage Hydraulics

 Awards

 

  • 1995 Outstanding Young Civil Engineer Award – LA Section American Society of Civil Engineers
  • 1998 F. Hugh Coughlin Award of Merit for Young Engineers – Louisiana Engineering Society
  • 2004 Waldemar S. Nelson President’s Award– Louisiana Engineering Society
  • 2011 Waldemar S. Nelson President’s Award– Louisiana Engineering Society
  • 2012 Fellow of the National Society of Professional Engineers
  • 2013 Dudley Hixon – Bobby Price National Professional Achievement Award– Louisiana Engineering Society
  • 2021 – A.J. Szabo Award of Merit – Louisiana Engineering Foundation
  • 2021 – Outstanding Civil Engineer – Acadiana Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers
  • 2021 – Outstanding Civil Engineer – Louisiana Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
  • 2023 – Lifetime Achievement Award – Louisiana Engineering Society.

Affiliations

Louisiana Professional Engineering and Land Surveying Board

    • Appointed by the Governor in 2017 to a six-year term.  Served as Chairman in 2022-2023.

Louisiana Engineering Society

    • President 2005-2006
    • Past President 2006-2007
    • First Vice-President 2004-2005
    • Second Vice-President 2003-2004
    • Secretary/Treasurer 2002-2003
    • Long Range Planning Committee – Chairman 2003-2004
    • Constitution & Bylaws Committee –Chairman 2000-2005
    • State Director 1999-2001
    • State Chairman of Professional Engineers in Private Practice 2001-2019
    • NSPE House of Delegates Representative for Louisiana 2009-2013
    • President – Lafayette Chapter 1999-2000
    • Past State Chair – Young Engineers Committee
    • Past Lafayette Chapter MATHCOUNTS Coordinator
    • Past State MATHCOUNTS Coordinator

Louisiana Engineering Foundation

    • President 2008-2014
    • Past President 2014-2016
    • Vice President 2006-2086
    • Director 2014-Present

American Society of Civil Engineers

American Council of Engineering Companies of Louisiana

    • Lafayette Chapter President 2007-2009

National Society of Professional Engineers

    • NSPE Professional Engineers In Private Practice Chair 2014-2015
    • Member of the Professional Liability Committee 2012 – 2018
    • Member of the Legislative & Governmental Affairs Committee 2014-2016
    • Energy Task Force Chair

University of Louisiana at Lafayette

    • President of the Alumni Association 2022-2023
    • Member of the Alumni Executive Board
    • Member of the Alumni Council
    • Engineering Alumni Chapter Steering Committee

Leadership Lafayette – Graduate, Class XVII, 2002-2003

American Water Works Association

Water Environment Federation