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Soltesz is fortunate to have been a major partner in the Prince George’s County Clean Water Partnership, which is a $100,000,000 program retrofitting 2,000 acres of impervious area within the county. This is the largest urban retrofit program in the United States and Soltesz is the lead design firm.Over the past 13 months, Soltesz has designed nearly 1,000 environmental site design features which have been retrofitted to hundreds of sites throughout Prince George’s County. We appreciate the partnership that we have formed with Prince George’s County and Corvias Solutions. Soltesz is a top engineering firm serving Maryland and the surrounding DC Metropolitan Region for over 35 years. The firm provides site and civil design, environmental sciences, landscape architecture, and surveying services from six offices throughout the region.For more information on Soltesz’s efforts as part of the Clean Water Partnership, contact Ken Dunn, Managing Member, at kdunn@solteszco.com or 301.794.7555.

Soltesz is proud of our services and relationships that have helped bring these projects to fruition.Viva White OakSoltesz was recognized for their contributions for the VIVA White Oak project at the groundbreaking celebration on October 22, 2018. The event was attended by Governor Hogan, Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, County Executive Ike Leggett, many other elected officials and key business people who collaborated on bringing this project to Montgomery County. County Executive Ike Leggett noted the tremendous effort put forth by Soltesz toward making this project a reality. Soltesz is providing all of the planning, civil engineering, environmental, landscape architecture, and surveying services necessary to shepherd this complex project through the Montgomery County land development process.VIVA White Oak is the largest new development in Montgomery County and the State of Maryland. The 300-acre community will accommodate more than 12,000,000 square feet and include the Life Science City of the Future in Montgomery County. The VIVA Project is adjacent to the new Washington Adventist Hospital and to the Consolidated FDA Site.  This important project will include thousands of new homes, retail businesses, entertainment and educational facilities, parks, hotel and conference center, as well as millions of square feet of office and research facilities for world-renowned biomedical companies. With the FDA serving as an adjacent anchor for the entire project, this mixed-use property will provide a key opportunity for people to live and work in this exciting Montgomery County community. Viva White Oak Groundbreaking photo. Photo credit courtesy of Clark Day Photography.Clarksburg Sewer ExtensionSoltesz was recognized at the groundbreaking of the Clarksburg Sewer Extension Project with the Montgomery County Department of General Services On November 1, 2018. Speakers included County Executive Ike Leggett; County Coucilmember, District 2, Craig Rice; Director, Department of General Services, David Dise; and Fire Chief, Fire and Rescue Service, Scott Goldstein. Soltesz recently completed the civil design for this high priority project to provide approximately 3,800 feet of proposed gravity sewer to the Clarksburg Historic District, and surrounding properties. The proposed sanitary sewer main will be located on MD-355, MD-121 and Spire Street. The sewer will drain into the proposed pump station located on the nearby Mile/Coppola property. The pump station is currently under design by WSSC. The proposed sanitary main will also provide sewer service to the new fire station off of MD-355.Soltesz, Inc., based in Rockville, Maryland, is an ENR MidAtlantic ranked top engineering firm serving Maryland and the surrounding DC Metropolitan Region for over 38 years. The firm provides site and civil design, environmental sciences, landscape architecture, and surveying services from six offices throughout the region.To learn more about the Soltesz team and our expertise in engineering, surveying, planning, and environmental services throughout the Mid-Atlantic area, please visit www.solteszco.com.

The Clean Water Partnership, a Public-Private Partnership between Corvias and Prince George’s County held a “Trunk or Treat” at their office parking lot in Largo, Maryland. Soltesz participated in this community activity by decorating our trunk and getting into our costume as a water molecule. Soltesz presented this as two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen. Despite the persistent rain, Soltesz staff member Shanell West, Olivia Bodnar, and Ken Dunn handed out the big bars of candy to the many trunk or treaters!

Saying goodbye to summer, Soltesz gathered at Nationals Ballpark for the Washington Nationals baseball game yesterday against the St. Louis Cardinals. It was a hot one, but we had a ball! Check us out!

Soltesz is committed to enriching the lives and future careers of the next generation of Engineers. This past summer Soltesz was happy to have more interns than we’ve had in a while. They were put to work and they can take credit for a lot! Extensive hydrology design utilizing drainage areas Stormwater management design, including our approach for ESD devices for technical proposal responses Utility design Utilizing TR-55 software, and rational method computations supporting several large residential subdivision projects Assisting and Preparing individual grading plans for building permits on residential development projects for Counties such as St. Mary’s, Howard, Charles, and Prince George’s, some of which were already submitted and received approval!We want to thank our Interns! Joyce Yang, B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park Jessica Linn, B.S., B.S., Physics, Salisbury University, and Civil Engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park Jimmy Liu, B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park Sara Tolnay, B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park Jasmine Whims, BLA, Landscape Architecture and BA, Spanish Language, University of Maryland, College Park Andrew Kret, B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park Brian Furlong, Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Graduating Dec 2019 Anissa Walker, LEAD (Learning Engineering and Design) Program, Elizabeth Seton High SchoolThank you to our Interns!

Left: Jim Soltesz, Governor Larry Hogan, and Chetna Sinha. Photo courtesy of the Executive Office of the Governor. Right: Jim Soltesz, Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett, Chetna Sinha, and Phil Isaja.August 20, 2018 - This past week, the Annual Maryland Association of Counties (MACo) Summer Conference drew nearly 2,000 local, state, and federal government officials and their families to the Roland Powell Convention Center in Ocean City, Maryland. This year’s conference, “Water, Water, Everywhere,” focused on all the ways counties work with water, from the health of the Bay and Maryland’s waterways to the infrastructure, treatment and regulations that ensure safe and healthy water flows through our pipes.Soltesz exhibited at the conference, meeting with County and State elected officials, local government representatives and industry colleagues. The conference provided the opportunity for Soltesz to showcase the firm’s work throughout the State, most notably their water resources engineering projects, such as their work for the Clean Water Partnership in Prince George’s County and the Montgomery County P3 Water Quality Improvements Project—as well as more traditional stormwater management design efforts in collaboration with local municipalities and private development projects—that are expected to serve as economic drivers to the region. Soltesz is proud of our relationship with these government officials and private developers.Representing Soltesz at the conference were Jim Soltesz, PE, President & CEO; Phil Isaja, Senior Associate and Project Manager; and Chetna Sinha, Marketing Manager.Soltesz is an ENR MidAtlantic ranked engineering firm serving Maryland and the surrounding DC Metropolitan Region for over 38 years. The firm provides site and civil design, environmental/water resources engineering, landscape architecture and surveying services from six offices throughout the region.

Pictured above: Governor Larry Hogan comes by our Booth, 2016! Soltesz will be attending MACo this year in Ocean City, Maryland! Visit us in Booth 202 on August 16th and 17th to see how we can help your jurisdiction or private development!Watch now! https://youtu.be/sFb7FTLPj8c

Under this contract, Soltesz will be responsible undertaking all surveying, civil design, geotechnical services, and preparation of construction documents for seven sections of underground transmission feeders.Soltesz bring a history of working with Pepco on a number of projects in Maryland and in Washington, DC and is proud to be an Engineer of Choice for the organization.Soltesz has over 38 years of experience in in the State of Maryland, and the greater Washington Metropolitan area, providing local expertise and technical knowledge for a long-standing winning combination of prestigious, successful projects.

Soltesz will be responsible for assessing the current level of service, reviewing documents and permits, assisting with the development of a storm water management program, as well as performing an analysis of funding required improvements through either tax revenues or the creation of a storm water utility.Soltesz has partnered with Raftelis, a financial analysis, civil engineering, public administration, and information management firm; as well as Maryland Environmental Services, an independent State agency, for MS4 permitting compliance. Together these three firms provide a one stop shop for each requirement of the study. Beyond the study, this team possesses the skills needed to bring the goals and findings of the study through implementation.Located at the headwaters of the Chesapeake Bay, the Town of North East, MD is less than an hour drive from Philadelphia and Baltimore. The goals of the Study include ensuring compliance with the MS4 permit, reviewing existing storm water facilities, developing a storm water management program that meets the requirements of the six Minimum Control Measures, and developing a financial plan including a capital improvement plan and revenue analysis. Once complete, the Town of North East will be able to compare fee funding to other approaches and understand the impacts, make a decision from an informed position, and the Towns near-term and longer-term MS4 and broader stormwater management needs will be known and documented.Soltesz has over 38 years of experience in in the State of Maryland, and the greater Washington Metropolitan area, providing local expertise and technical knowledge for a long-standing winning combination of prestigious, successful projects. This is the first study of this kind to be led by Soltesz.

Soltesz, Inc. is proud to have made ENR Mid-Atlantic's Top Design Firms of 2018 List, placing as No. 60!Check out the full list here: https://www.enr.com/Mid-Atlantic/Toplists/2018-Top-Design-Firms