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James
R. Waterman, AICP
President
Education
B.S. Urban and Environmental Planning, Roger Williams College
Certification
American Institute of Certified Planners
Professional Experience
Mr. Waterman has over twenty-six years of diverse experience in the analysis of both vacant and developed property, master planning, site design and environmental permitting for residential, retail, commercial and industrial projects. Mr. Waterman’s recent experience is demonstrated by the following representative projects. Mr. Waterman worked directly with the owners of a 160± acre property in Northborough to prepare the master plan for the development of a new retail lifestyle center. The multi-building program included 500,000 square feet of new retail and restaurant space, and also accommodates 350 units of multi-family housing developed under the State affordable housing program MGL 40B. On another significant project, Mr. Waterman was instrumental in preparing the initial site planning studies, design plans, and environmental permit applications for a brownfields redevelopment project on 55± acres in the downtown center of Westborough. The new “lifestyle” center will include 250,000 sf of space and a 50 unit, 4-story apartment building. Primary site challenges included protection of the existing impermeable cap over several existing landfills which are contained within the proposed building footprint, developing a functional traffic solution that will not worsen vehicle movements on East Main Street which is already at capacity and developing an aesthetically pleasing site layout, which includes a new two acre public park, which can be fully embraced by the town.
Additionally, he has provided master planning services to a substantial development group, which required analyzing eight separate sites within the I-495 belt for a specialized recreational program and he has provided full site design strategies for a Planned Parcel Development on 80± acres in Westborough.
Mr. Waterman’s depth is also demonstrated by the numerous residential projects on which he has provided site planning, engineering design and permitting. These projects cover a significant range of clientele and properties. Projects have included the creation of high end oceanfront estate lots on property on the North Shore of Massachusetts, the planning for subdivision of 500+ acre tracts of land in Central Massachusetts, numerous market rate multi-family projects to planning and design of affordable housing under various state and federal programs. In each case, a common objective was to maximize the lot/unit value by incorporating creative and affordable site planning methodologies.
Mr. Waterman is currently on the Board of Directors for the Westborough Community Land Trust, a non-profit organization formed for the protection of the town’s open space areas. He was also listed in several past editions of the Nationwide Registers Who’s Who in Executives and Business in recognition of his contributions to the engineering design profession.
Affiliations
American Planning Association, Environmental,
Natural Resources and Energy Division
Board of Directors, Westborough Community
Land Trust
Corporator, Avidia Bank
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Michael
J. Scott,
PE
Senior Engineer
Education
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Professional Registration
Professional Civil Engineer in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont & South Carolina
Professional Experience
Michael Scott is a licensed professional engineer with fifteen years of experience in civil engineering in Southern New England and Nevada. At Waterman Design Associates he has been involved in the design and permitting of residential subdivisions; site plans for commercial, industrial, retail and business clients; and multi and single-family home residential projects, including Chapter 40B projects. Mr. Scott regularly presents such projects to town Planning Boards, Boards of Appeal and Conservation Commissions at public hearings, and has established a highly successful track record in obtaining permits by garnering all parties support during the project concept and development phases and an attention to detail in final design. He is currently focusing on site layout and engineering for various projects, including a residential subdivision of 90 acres in Ashburnham, MA; a redevelopment project in downtown Westborough, MA for a major New York development company; several mixed-use projects; as well as numerous single-family home projects. Mr. Scott typically supports his projects through construction, which involves site inspections, shop drawing reviews, contractor coordination, value engineering and often entails permit close out and final sign off for occupancy. Presently Michael is involved in the construction of three residential subdivisions and several mixed-use projects throughout eastern and central Massachusetts.
Prior to joining Waterman Design Associates, Inc., Mr. Scott spent six years with the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), the last three as a Senior Hydraulics Engineer where his primary assignment was the Lake Tahoe Basin. While in Nevada, he was involved in design of new NDOT drainage and water quality projects, including project management and review of consultant designs for the Department. Mr. Scott also performed permit reviews for the Hydraulics Section of the Roadway Design Division and provided construction support to NDOT field engineers and contractors.
Mr. Scott participates in land use and development seminars and civil engineering technology transfer seminars, to keep abreast of the current industry standards, regulations, laws and new ideas in the fields of development and engineering. He is adept in AutoCad and Land Development Desktop software, StormCAD, HydroCAD, HEC and other hydrologic/hydraulic modeling computer programs and utilizes the latest computer technology in the design process.
Affiliations
Holden Conservation Commission, Member
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Paula
A. Thompson,
PE, LEED©
AP
Civil Engineer
Education
B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Professional Registration
Civil Engineer in Massachusetts & Rhode Island
Certification
Massachusetts DEP Soil Evaluator
Professional Experience
Paula Thompson is a Professional Engineer with over fourteen years of experience in both commercial and residential development projects. Her duties include: project management, feasibility studies, site layout and grading, utility research and design, stormwater management design incorporating MA DEP Stormwater Management Regulations, and developing site work specifications. She is a LEED® Accredited Professional and is charged with incorporating sustainable design and low impact development techniques into all of our project designs. She is a MA DEP Certified Soil Evaluator which enables her to determine soil suitability for on-site sewage disposal for both gravity and pressure distribution systems. Ms. Thompson has a wide range of experience in state and local permitting including MA DEP Sewer Connection/Extensions, Notice of Intent permitting, Special Permits, Site Plan Approval, Comprehensive Permits, and Definitive Subdivision applications.
Ms. Thompson’s recent projects include all phases of design, permitting, and construction administration for a 625,000 square-foot retail and restaurant mixed-use development in Northborough, MA. The project includes the design and permitting of 382 apartment units under MGL Chapter 40B. Design elements of the project included the design of a municipal sewage pumping station and associated State permitting with MA DEP, the preparation and filing of an ENF and mandatory EIR with the MEPA unit of EOEEA, Notice of Intent filing to the Northborough Conservation Commission due to its proximity to a bordering vegetated wetlands and intermittent streams, and Site Plan Approval/Special Permit and Variances with the ZBA. The 40B permitting process included significant coordination and meetings with the ZBA and resulted in construction level drawings and sitework specifications.
Recently, Ms. Thompson completed the design, permitting, and construction administration for the Raynham Town Hall. The Low Impact Development design included permeable paving to reduce stormwater runoff from paved surfaces, subsurface infiltration facilities to recharge groundwater with clean roof runoff, and bioretention areas (rain gardens) as additional water quality treatment and groundwater recharge.
Affiliations
Chi Epsilon, National Civil Engineering
Honor Society
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
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Stephen
P. Converse,
PLS
Senior Surveyor
Education
A.S. Civil/Structural Engineering Technology, Blue Hills Technical Institute, Canton, MA
Professional Registration
Professional Land Surveyor in Massachusetts
Certification
OSHA, Construction Safety
Professional Experience
Mr. Mr. Converse has 30 years of field and office experience in land surveying and earned registration as a Professional Land Surveyor in 1988. Some of the types of survey work for which he has been in responsible charge include horizontal design of residential and commercial subdivisions, boundary determination, construction staking, topographic surveys, aerial control surveys, and Massachusetts Land Court surveys. He is familiar with electronic total stations, data collectors, GIS equipment, Autocad, and various survey software.
During his career, Mr. Converse has had the opportunity to work in many different areas of the State including Worcester, Boston, Cape Cod, and Nantucket. He has performed research in all these locations at local municipalities, Public Works and Registries of Deeds. Some of the clients he has served include the cities of Brockton, Attleborough, Malden and Revere, the Army Corps of Engineers, Honey Dew Donuts, Federal Express, CVS/Pharmacy, and numerous private home owners.
Currently, he is involved in performing both field and office survey services to support the preparation of several large boundary and construction layout projects. Specific assignments include a 250± acre boundary and topographic survey in Northborough, construction layout of a 22 lot subdivision in Acton, and an ALTA survey for Home Depot in Natick.
Affiliations
Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers
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James
T. Almonte,
RLA
Senior Landscape Architect
Education
Bachelor
of Landscape Architecture, University of Rhode Island
B.S. Business Marketing, University of Rhode Island
Professional Registration
Registered Landscape Architect in Massachusetts & Rhode Island
Professional Experience
Mr. Almonte has over ten years experience as a landscape architect and a project manager. His responsibilities at WDA include all aspects of landscape architectural design from the performance of schematic design, design development, site feasibility studies and permitting through full construction documents. His creative design skills offer our clients unique solutions that are cost-effective and technically sound.Some of his recent projects include numerous automobile dealerships throughout the state for Colonial Automotive Group, The Teamsters office building in Worcester, Bank of American branches in Abington and Worcester, MA, building additions for The Tufts Small Animal Hospital and the Regional YMCA on Boston Hill in Westborough. Mr. Almonte has worked on a wide range of projects in the public and private sector from athletic facilities and parks for local towns, places of worship to various institutional projects. His residential project experience ranges from a singe; family estate on Maui to affordable housing projects throughout the State.
Mr. Almonte is currently working on a 500,000 square foot “lifestyle” type mall with 350 affordable housing units on a 160 acre parcel in Northborough, MA. This project will include all aspects of design and permitting on the local and state level.
Prior to joining Waterman Design Associates, Inc., Mr. Almonte was a site planner for a large multi-disciplinary consulting firm. He was responsible for the master planning and permitting of various complex projects including a retail/residential/river walk development along the Charles River, the corporate headquarters for a leading software manufacturing company, numerous residential and industrial subdivisions, cinema complexes, large scale retail centers and a cancer treatment center. He has performed site and regulatory analyses, as well as construction administration on many of his assignments.
Affiliations
American Society of Landscape Architects
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Michael J. Dowhan, RLA
Senior Landscape Architect
Education
Master in Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture, University of Rhode Island
Professional Registration
Registered Landscape Architect in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, South Carolina, New York & New Jersey
Professional Experience
Mr. Dowhan has been practicing as a landscape architect and urban designer for over 14 years, and has a total of nearly 20 years of professional experience in the design of the built environment. His involvement in WDA’s site design projects extends from preliminary schematic design through construction administration. His extensive experience working with architects, planners, engineers, and allied design professionals enables him to assume an important leadership role in the coordination and execution of complex multi-disciplinary design projects.Mr. Dowhan is currently completing the construction documents for Bay State Commons, a 20 acre mixed use development located on a brownfield site adjacent to the Great Cedar Swamp in Westborough, MA. A significant component of the project involves the design of the new Westborough Centre Park, a 2 acre passive public recreation space located adjacent to the development. His other major projects include supervision of design plans for a 350 unit “smart growth” residential project on a former gravel pit also in Westborough and a market rate age restricted project of 200 units in Marlborough, MA.
Prior to joining Waterman Design Associates, Inc., Mr. Dowhan served in a number of progressively responsible design and management positions for well-known design firms in New York City and Boston. He has directed the design and construction of a wide variety of urban and rural projects, with site construction budgets ranging from under $10,000 to over $10,000,000. His previously built works encompass a broad range of project types: urban parks, athletic facilities, streetscapes, residences, educational, institutional, and industrial campuses, open space plans, and historic landscape restorations.
Mr. Dowhan has been involved with projects that have received awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Institute of Architects, the American Planning Association, the Federal Highway Administration, and the Concrete Industry Board of America. He has lectured or presented papers at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, the University of Rhode Island, Utah State University, and the RIASLA Annual Convention, among others. He is a co-founder and past chairman of the University of Rhode Island Landscape Architecture Alumni Council. Mr. Dowhan also currently serves as an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Rhode Island in the Department of Community Planning and Landscape Architecture.
Affiliations
Project for Public Spaces
Society of Urban Arborists
URI Landscape Architecture Alumni Council
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Michael J. Dryden, RLA
Senior Project Manager
Professional Registration
Registered Landscape Architect in Massachusetts, Connecticut & Maine
Professional Experience
As a Senior Project Manager, Mr. Dryden brings over 16 years of project management, design and land planning experience to WDA. He is an integral member of our landscape architectural staff; conducting site analysis, feasibility studies, master planning, design development and construction documentation for a diverse range of land development projects. His experience includes office, retail, institutional, recreational, industrial and residential projects of varying scale and complexity. In addition to his technical experience, Mr. Dryden is responsible for client representation at public hearings and meetings in conjunction with local, state and federal permitting. He regularly coordinates the collaborative efforts of municipal officials and multi-disciplinary teams including architects, geotechnical engineers, transportation consultants, construction managers and other related consultants.Recent efforts in various stages of development include water supply permitting and site planning for the MetroWest YMCA in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, redevelopment of the historic Waucantuck Mill in Uxbridge, Massachusetts, design and permitting of a 30 lot open space subdivision in Northbridge, Massachusetts, and master planning and permitting for Johnson and Johnson Company’s corporate headquarters in Raynham, Massachusetts.
Past efforts include master planning and site design for the 300-acre New England Patriots NFL complex in Foxborough, Massachusetts. Mr. Dryden was responsible for the layout and design of the various programmatic elements for the project; including the stadium proper, entry plazas, accessibility, parking & pedestrian systems, practice facilities, and secure areas for players, coaching staff and media operations. He was instrumental in developing pedestrian and vehicular circulations systems, which minimize conflicts and improve pre and post event functionality. He worked with town officials and various consultants in obtaining local, state and federal permits, and managed stormwater and erosion control during demolition and construction activities. Mr. Dryden’s efforts helped meet the extremely aggressive design, permitting and construction schedule.
Mr. Dryden also managed the design and permitting of EMC Corporation’s 650,000 square-foot corporate facility in Hopkinton, Massachusetts. The project entailed numerous physical and regulatory constraints including significant earth and rock excavation, extensive wetland resource areas, on-site water supply, groundwater discharge facilities and structured parking. The project was made possible through creative design and extensive value engineering. Mr. Dryden’s effort resulted in a project that met the client’s space needs while minimizing sitework cost premiums and protecting sensitive environmental resources.
Affiliations
American Society of Landscape Architects
Builders Association of Central Massachusetts
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Wayne
M. Belec
Project
Manager
Education
A.S. Architecture & Construction, Worcester Industrial/Technical Institute
Undergraduate Studies, Civil Engineering, Central New England College
Professional Experience
Mr. Belec has over twenty-five years of diverse experience in all components of civil engineering design and project management. This experience has involved the expeditious permitting of numerous projects including single and multi-family residential subdivisions, commercial site design plans, and MGL Chapter 40B projects. He has been involved in project permitting at the local, state and federal levels, and the MEPA process requiring the filing of ENF’s and EIR’s. He has designed numerous sewage disposal systems for both residential and commercial developments, and has been involved in the layout and design of several golf courses in Worcester County. Mr. Belec works closely with municipal boards and state agencies beginning in the early stages of a project to create an open dialogue, which contributes to his success in obtaining approvals in a timely manner. Mr. Belec’s residential subdivision design experience includes the towns of Acton, Berlin, Bolton, Fitchburg, Grafton, Groton, Harvard, Holliston, Hopkinton, Hudson, Lincoln, Millbury Millis, Shrewsbury, Stow, Sturbridge, Sudbury, Townsend, Wayland, Weston, and West Tisbury. He has designed roadways, utilities, sewerage, and drainage systems for multi-family military housing projects at Hanscom Air Force Base in Lincoln. He has designed, permitted and managed the development of a 150 acre open space development in Hopkinton.
Most recently, he has designed, managed and received approval for 10 lot, 30 lot, and 46 lot residential subdivisions in Sturbridge. He has also received prompt approvals from the local Sturbridge boards for a 69 unit, over 55 “Empty Nest” community through the MGL Chapter 40B Comprehensive Permit process. Mr. Belec has obtained rapid approvals in the Town of Grafton for a 58 unit multi-family condominium development. He has received Special Permit and Site Plan Approvals from the Town of Grafton for a 72 unit multi-family development and Definitive Subdivision Approval for a 4 lot single-family subdivision running both hearing processes concurrently. Recently, he has designed and managed the development of the Liberty Assembly of God Church and the State Street 150,000 square foot data center, both sites within the Town of Shrewsbury. He also completed the design and permitting of a 3,600 linear foot municipal sewer system for the Town of Westborough.
Mr. Belec currently serves as a member of the Town of Auburn Board of Sewer Commissioners. Prior to that, he served the community of Auburn for several years as both a member of the Conservation Commission and Land Bank Committee acquiring invaluable knowledge of the permitting process from the perspective of the issuing authority. He had also served as Town Delegate to the Central Massachusetts Planning Commission and Central Massachusetts Transportation Committee. He is also adept in AutoCad and Land Development Desktop/Softdesk software, HydroCAD, HEC and other hydrologic/hydraulic modeling computer programs, and utilizes the latest computer technology in the design process.
Affiliations
Town of Auburn Board of Sewer Commissioners, Vice Chairman
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Brian
P. Waterman
Wetlands
Specialist
Education
Coursework in Environmental Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Coursework in Architectural Engineering, University of Florida
Coursework in Computer Technology, Northeastern University and University of Lowell
Professional Experience
Mr. Waterman has nearly twenty four years experience in the engineering/environmental profession with over seventeen years of specialized experience in the delineation and mapping of wetland resource areas using both the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection and Army Corps of Engineers methodologies. His environmental education/training includes University of Massachusetts environmental sciences coursework and a Hydric Soil Identification Certification and Wetland Delineation courses; completion of the Certified Professional in Erosion and Sedimentation Control (CPESC) review course, Rivers Protection Act (RPA) workshop by AMWS; a Wildlife Habitat Analysis Program conducted by the Massachusetts Audubon Society; Grasses, Sedges & Rushes review program conducted by the Institute for Wetland & Environmental Education & Research (University of Connecticut) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) Wetland Delineator Certification Program Training (WDCP) by the Middlesex Conservation District. In addition, Mr. Waterman has worked in the preparation and submittal of environmental filings with local Conservation Commissions and the DEP, and has served a two year term on the Leicester Conservation Commission where he acted as the community expert assisting the Commission in reviewing wetland delineations and submittals by other professionals. Mr. Waterman has also performed peer review for Towns and other consultants, and provided expert testimony in a DEP adjudicatory proceeding.
Mr. Waterman’s projects typically include wetland delineation, permitting, replication/restoration design, site and erosion control monitoring. Representative projects include the construction of a 30 foot wide roadway embankment through an existing federal and state wetland associated with access to a 75,000 sf first class office building. For this project, Mr. Waterman performed all wetland related services from delineation through replication design and construction oversight of replication wetland areas. He conducted a long term wetland monitoring program for wetland impacts associated with flood storage in wetlands at a residential subdivision in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts. This particular project required long term periodic botanical inventories of wetland areas to monitor changes in wetland vegetation caused by temporary flooding. These inventories were submitted to the Conservation Commission. He was also responsible for wetland restoration, erosion control and construction monitoring for several large residential/condominium projects in Westborough, Shrewsbury, Sturbridge and Grafton, reporting directly to the Conservation Commission. He also assists in the preparation of various plan submissions, which include Wetlands Restoration/Compensation Plans, Site Plans and Definitive Subdivision Plans.
Affiliations
Association of Massachusetts Wetland Scientists (voting member)
Society of Wetland Scientists
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Joseph
R. Zambuto, SIT
Survey Technician
Education
B.S.,
Urban & Regional Planning,
Westfield State College
Land Survey Certificate Program Graduate,
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Certification
Surveyor-in-Training,
Massachusetts
OSHA, Construction Safety
Professional Experience
Mr. Zambuto is a certified surveyor-in-training with over 8 years of experience in the surveying and civil engineering profession. He has considerable experience utilizing electronic total stations in connection with data collectors for property line determination surveys, subdivision layout, topographic surveys, as-built surveys and title insurance surveys. Additionally, he has significant experience with a variety of software for office and drafting work, including Autocad and Land Development Desktop. Prior to joining Waterman Design Associates, Mr. Zambuto was a survey technician for a local surveying firm where he performed numerous functions including topographic surveys, commercial design layout, and as-built surveys. Also, his responsibilities included town hall research and residential septic system design. Among his current assignments, he is responsible for the submittal and approval by the Land Court of calculations and a subdivision plan for a 36 acre parcel of land in Westwood, Massachusetts. This has included performing a boundary survey and corresponding with the court to resolve boundary conflicts. He is also responsible for gathering information and updating the existing conditions electronic files for several parcels of land constituting over 100 acres in Westborough, Massachusetts. He has recently completed an ALTA/ACSM title insurance plan of land in Natick, Massachusetts and is involved in both field and office procedures for numerous projects involving construction layout and subsequent as-built surveys. Mr. Zambuto also serves as the office liaison between the survey group and our design personnel to ensure base survey data and plans are thoroughly checked and completed to the full standards of the company prior to being utilized for in-house design.
Affiliations
Member, Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers (MALSCE)
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