CONTACT INFORMATION:
Engineering Manager

Mark P. Guess, PE, CPESC

Phone: (731) 644-1014
Fax: (731) 644-0109
Tollfree: 1-800-247-6847

mguess@lismith.com

www.ieca.org

L.I. Smith utilizes best management practices for managing stormwater runoff after construction activities has ended and the project site has been permanently stabilized to protect and maintain existing waterways. Our objective is to implement projects that maximize infiltration technologies, reduce peak discharges, minimize point source discharges to surface waters, preserve the integrity of stream channels, and protect the physical, and biological qualities of the receiving water.

L.I. Smith utilizes designs that will support the re-establishment of natural stream flow, dynamics, and environmental conditions. When preparing a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), our stormwater experts examine the existing topographic features for each project site including the types, depth, slope, locations and limitations of the soils, the characteristics of the earth disturbance activity including past, present, and proposed land uses, locates all surface waters which may receive runoff and identifies any sensitive areas or areas of environmental concern.

Recent Projects

Wetland Delineation and Surveys
Jackson, Tennessee
Client: Teague Transports
L.I. Smith & Associates was the prime consultant to delineate, mark, and survey the perimeter of approximately 48 acres of wetlands as part of a larger project to develop a sand extraction facility on the privately owned property of Teague Transports in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee. This project was located along the Middle Fork of the Forked Deer River. GPS control points were established for use by conventional survey methods to locate and mark the wetland's perimeter, and to determine the property boundary for the total parcel of 108 acres. Flood elevations were evaluated to access the impact on the proposed development.

Bailey Fork Tributary Two Flood Study
Paris, Tennessee
Client: Jim Adams Commercial Development
L. I. Smith & Associates, Inc. surveyed 26 cross sections along 6,500 feet of the upper reaches of the Bailey Fork Tributary Two in Paris, and modeled the stream sections, using HEC-RAS to more accurately define the 100-year floodplain and floodway, in accordance with FEMA requirements. Private landowners had straightened this section of stream and a new city street had been constructed about 15 years prior. The channel had experienced down cutting due to the change in the hydraulics associated with re-alignment, and the floodplain was determined to be much less restrictive on adjoining properties than was previously mapped. This information was forwarded to the local code officers and to FEMA for upgrading the publicist information.

Mass Grading & Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan
Paris, Tennessee
Client: J.R. Hayes Construction Company
L. I. Smith & Associates, Inc. designed a mass grading plan and SWPPP for a 40-acre site that had been used for many years as a borrow site for fill material on other projects. The mass grading plan was engineered to convert this parcel of land into commercial development sites of various size.