NOVA’s San Diego office is currently working on 4 of the top 30 “Largest Construction Projects” in San Diego County, ranked by contract amount and published in San Diego Business Journal.
This includes the #1 ranked project as well as:
Ranked 1 – Palomer Pomerado Health PMC West ($600 M)
Ranked 4 – Rady Children’s Hospital Patient Care Pavillon ($187 M)
Ranked 5 – Sony U.S. Corporate Headquarters ($160 M)
Ranked 15 – Sapphire Tower ($75 M)
NOVA ranked one of the "Top 500 Engineering Design Firms"
(May 2009) - NOVA has been ranked by Engineering News Record (ENR) as one of the "Top 500 Engineering Design Firms". The ranking is based on firms with U.S.-based operations only.
NOVA expands its network of offices into the Northeast by
opening an office in Newark (Kenilworth), New Jersey
The office opened in December 2008, and is headed by Tom Chapman, a 25+ year veteran of the construction industry. NOVA offers its full line of services from the Newark, New Jersey office.
AGC San Diego Engineering Professionals
Making an Impact on the Industry
With over 65 years of combined experience, long-time local engineering and environmental professionals and active members of the AGC, Mark Baron, Dan Barnett, and Chad Davis have opened the doors to NOVA Engineering and Environmental, a geotechnical, environmental and construction materials testing consulting firm.
Friends and competitors since 1989, Mark Baron and Dan Barnett acquired the commercial division of GeoTek Inc., located in San Diego, California, to utilize the expertise and client relationships they developed in order to become a major factor in the local marketplace. Immediately thereafter, NOVA acquired this division from Barnett and Baron along with the assets of Davis Earth and Materials, Inc., immediately enhancing their engineering and laboratory capabilities. “This acquisition was a perfect fit because its principals have brought extensive local experience and knowledge of the industry,” says Dick Wright, CEO of the parent company, NOVA Group Services. “The San Diego office will make a positive impact on our company as well as on the San Diego market.“
NOVA may be a new company to San Diego, but its principals’ experience and knowledge is not. Mark Baron brings 30 years of experience includes working as a Journeyman Bricklayer, Peace Corps volunteer building schools in West Africa, special inspector for AEL, Operations Manager for a geotechnical engineering and testing firm and later becoming the President of Testing Engineers – San Diego, Inc. Dan Barnett has over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing working with international, national and regional firms. Dan started in the industry as a heavy equipment operator building bridges and pipelines in Colorado. While gaining skills in sales and management, he transitioned his position to become the Vice President of Business Development for a geotechnical engineering and testing firm in San Diego, California and later the Executive Vice President of Client Development for GeoTek, Inc. Chad Davis has over 15 years of technical experience specializing in construction materials, construction quality control management and geotechnical engineering. Chad worked at the University of Nevada’s Asphalt Research Laboratory, Harding Lawson as the Laboratory Manager, performed forensic engineering at Opterra, Testing Engineers as the Materials Engineering Manager after which he started Davis Earth and Materials in 2004.
With this acquisition, NOVA’s mission is to offer its San Diego clients full-service capabilities by bringing integrity and commitment to quality. “It is the little things that matter, such as returning a phone call promptly, responding to an email swiftly, and delivering reports on time or even early,” says Dan Barnett. “NOVA is committed to being proactive in staying in constant communication with its clients.”
Marcus D. Johnston, P.E. named as NOVA’s
Buford, GA Branch Manager
 NOVA Engineering and Environmental, LLC (NOVA) names Marcus D. Johnston, P.E. as its Buford, Georgia Branch Manager. As Branch Manager, Mr. Johnston is responsible for technical overview, scheduling, dispatching, and training of the Buford personnel. His responsibilities also include data review and reporting, project management, and client consultation.
Since 1992, Mr. Johnston has been providing geotechnical and construction materials testing services in the Georgia market. His key strengths are in the evaluation of foundation systems for buildings and bridges, pavements and slabs-on-grade, retaining wall design, and in the evaluation of site geology and hydrogeology. Mr. Johnston’s field experience encompasses conventional soil testing techniques as well as extensive evaluation and monitoring of various foundation systems including drilled piers, auger-cast piles, driven piles, rammed aggregate piers, micro-piles and traditional shallow foundations. Mr. Johnston has utilized numerous computer programs for the analysis of pavements, settlements, slope stability, bearing capacity, reinforced soil wall, and linear and non-linear analysis of lateral and axial pile capacity.
Mr. Johnston has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Mathematics from LaGrange College. In addition, he is a Georgia-registered Professional Engineer.
Javier E. Jimenez, P.E.
Environmental and Building Sciences
Business Unit Manager, Sunrise, Florida
(July, 2008) NOVA Engineering and Environmental, LLC (NOVA) recently hired Javier E. Jimenez to serve as its Business Unit Manager for Environmental and Building Sciences. Javier will be based out of the Sunrise, Florida Office and serve clients across south and central Florida. Mr. Jimenez is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida and Puerto Rico. Mr. Jimenez began his engineering career in 1996 working as an assistant project engineer and since that time he has gained considerable project and construction management experience while working on a variety of projects ranging from the structural design of NFL stadiums to the construction of multi-million dollar highway projects.
His experience includes performing building envelope evaluations, infrastructure evaluations, roof testing and design, property condition assessments, forensic testing and evaluations, moisture intrusion investigations, mold and indoor air quality consulting services. In addition,
Mr. Jimenez’s experience has included materials engineering consulting and construction materials testing/inspection for a wide range of projects such as schools, hotels, office buildings, airport terminals, parking structures, large mixed-use developments, earth retention structures and transportation infrastructure projects such as interstate roadways and bridges.
Mr. Jimenez has performed structural analysis and design of commercial structures under lateral and dynamic loads, such as wind and seismic loadings, design and analysis of telecommunication towers and sites, geotechnical engineering, construction materials testing and quality assurance services. Mr. Jimenez has served as a special inspector and performed threshold inspections; he is familiar with code requirements under ACI, AISC, ASCE 7, FBC, IBC and TIA 222.
CAPRI Engineering LLC Merges with NOVA Engineering and Environmental LLC
Sunrise, Florida (June 23, 2008) NOVA Group Services LLC, the parent company of NOVA Engineering and Environmental LLC and CAPRI Engineering LLC, is pleased to announce the merger of NOVA and CAPRI. NOVA Engineering and Environmental, an industry forerunner in providing
geotechnical, environmental consulting, construction materials testing and inspection services will join
forces with CAPRI Engineering, one of Florida’s largest companies providing Private Provider Inspection
services, construction materials testing and municipal/building department support services. This strategic
merger will combine the technical resources of both entities to become one of the largest companies
providing engineering, testing and inspection support for public and private clients in the Southeast under
the common brand name of NOVA Engineering and Environmental LLC.
“We are truly excited to announce this reorganization and to offer our clients more diversified professional
services and specialists. Our improved internal controls and systems, streamlined administration, and
diversification will fuel NOVA’s growth by adding value and increasing the level of service we offer our
clients”, says Dickerson Wright, CEO of the parent company, NOVA Group Services LLC.
Dickerson Wright, P.E., has over 30 years of industry experience and has a history of success in growing
diversified engineering companies. Wright, who recently joined NOVA Group Services as President and
CEO, will direct the strategic growth of all NOVA companies by further diversifying NOVA’s holdings
through organic growth and acquisition. “Our vision is to expand the Nova platform through organic
growth and acquisitions to become the leading national provider of our services”, says Mr. Wright.
NOVA Engineering and Environmental was purchased last July to be part of Stone Point Capital’s Trident
III fund. Other subsidiary companies, including NOVA Quality Assurance Consulting Services, CAPRI
Environmental and CAPRI Remediation will soon transition and will operate under the NOVA name. The
strength of our combined companies will place NOVA in an enviable market position by offering
experienced and qualified geotechnical engineering and technical professionals and proven systems which
rivals even the most seasoned multi-disciplined engineering firms.
Brian A.
Grinstead, P.E. named Geotechnical Services Manager
(February, 2008) NOVA Engineering
and Environmental, LLC (NOVA) names Brian A. Grinstead, P.E. as its
Geotechnical Services Manager for the Kennesaw, Georgia office. Mr.
Grinstead brings with him over 14 years of experience in project
management, geotechnical exploration and evaluation; foundation
(deep and shallow) design analyses and installation; slope
evaluation and repair design; geo-physical evaluation; retaining
wall design and evaluation; site grading; construction phase
testing; asphalt and concrete mix design; pavement evaluations and
design; Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA); and failure
investigation. In his role at NOVA, Mr. Grinstead will oversee and
manage all geotechnical engineering projects for the Kennesaw,
Georgia office.
Mr. Grinstead has a B.C.E. in Civil Engineering from Georgia
Institute of Technology. He is a registered Professional Engineer
in the state of Georgia, as well as an ICC-Certified Commercial
Building Inspector, Gwinnett County Third-Party Engineer, and Level
1B Certified Inspector for Erosion Control.
NOVA awarded KIA project.
NOVA was recently selected by SCM, LLC, out of
Anchorage, Alaska, to provide structural
steel fabrication shop inspection services
for the steel materials to be utilized at
the upcoming KIA Plant in West Point,
Georgia.
The steel fabrication for the West Point KIA
plant will take place at the Kyung Joo and
Uiryeong fabrication shops in the
Providences of Gyeongbuk and Gyeongnam in
Korea. From there, the materials will be
shipped to the United States to build three
of the KIA buildings: the Assembly Plant,
the Welding Plant, and the Stamping Plant,
totalling approximately 1,000,000 square
feet. The first shipment of structural steel
materials to the U.S. is schedule for the
first week in December, 2007.
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NOVA will provide inspection services for a
3-month duration, 6 days a week. Barry LaFon,
Certified Welding Inspector with NOVA, has
over 30 years experience in the construction
industry and was the first NOVA
representative to provide the fabrication
shop inspections. Doug Frain, an ICC
Structural Steel Inspector with NOVA has
over 25 years experience in the industry. He
will provide inspections services at the
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NOVA began inspection services on September
17th at the Hyedong
Uiryeoung shop in Gyeongnam, Korea.
NOVA also provided the required special
inspections for the KIA training center in
West Point, Georgia. Completion of the
Training Center was in August.
NOVA was also awarded the quality assurance
field inspection services contract for the
erection of the structural steel once it
arrives in the United States. Billy Edwards,
a Certified Welding Inspector with NOVA,
will provide the quality assurance field
inspection services for this project.
Superior Rigging and Erecting Company
(Superior Rigging) located in Atlanta,
Georgia was the contractor selected by SCM,
LLC to provide field erection services for
the KIA facility. Patrick Lewis, President
of Superior Rigging was also contracted to
provide the IBC Chapter 17 field inspection
services and selected NOVA for this portion
of his contract. Lewis projects a 16-week
erection activity schedule for the three KIA
buildings awarded to his firm.
NOVA’s Buford, Georgia office has
recently been awarded two
Indefinite Delivery contracts
to provide
geotechnical, environmental and construction
materials testing and special inspection
services for the next several years at the
1,100-acre resort, Lake Lanier Islands in
Buford, Georgia. NOVA was awarded the
contract through Lake Lanier Islands
Development Authority and Islands Management
Company, LLC.
NOVA awarded 3-year Indefinite Delivery /
Indefinite Quantity contract with Georgia
Department of Transportation
NOVA was awarded a 3-year Indefinite
Delivery / Indefinite Quantity contract
with Georgia Department of
Transportation’s Office of Materials &
Research to provide on-call geotechnical
engineering and environmental consulting
services for new roadways, existing
roadway widening & realignments, new and
replacement bridges, retaining walls,
and high-mask lighting associated with
the design and construction of the
Department’s projects across the state
of Georgia. The contract value is $1.25
million.
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